Quest Failed: Chapter Two - Dev Log #126

Hiya everyone! I hope you're doing well~ I'm back again with another exciting, action-packed dev log, whoo!

Admittedly I was holding out on posting this one--as I wanted to potentially post the monthly bonus art first since I usually do at the middle of the month--but there's going to be some slight delays with that piece, so I'm going to forge on ahead with this instead for now. Though, the monthly art is shaping up to be really awesome, so look forward to it! I'll post it as soon as it's done.

In terms of what I want to preview in this particular dev log--I feel it's been quite a long time since I've teased voice clips--so have a few small clips from different characters that tease a scene of theirs. I'll leave it to your imagination as to how the scene will go down--but hopefully there's enough context to get you excited for more!

The first is from the ever sultry Lucille, thanking our dear Matt for helping her in her time of need. And it appears that she wishes to...ahem...'thank' him for all of his hard work so far. This scene is quite far into the chain of events you can have with Lucille, and is a natural consequence for visiting her constantly and slowly getting her to warm up to you. We sure have come a long way from their first chance encounter with the tea, haven't we? Goes to show that even the cruelest of witches have their softer sides if you take the time to get to know them!

The second clip features a very drunken Ren, who may or may not have just scooped Matt right up into her arms and boldly proclaimed her intentions--not just to him, but to the surrounding patrons as well. Because apparently this super ultra spy has no shame. Ah, well--maybe that's part of her loud, boisterous charm? One thing is for sure--Matt is in for a heck of a wild night!

The third clip is from every one's favourite slimegal, Jilly! She's ecstatic that she's finally gotten some alone time with Matt, and isn't going to waste a second of it. One can only imagine what she has in store for him--but I'm sure it's going to be very lovey-dovey. And slimy. Slimy love! <3

It should be noted that these voice clips have been all just thrown into one file for your previewing pleasure and have been minimally cleaned up, and as such are in a bit more of a raw format than they might otherwise be once in the game. So there may be a couple of imperfections or incorrectly balanced audio here right now due to my limited knowledge of Audacity. (I'll master the software one day!) But either way, I hope you enjoy this little glimpse into the voiced world of QF--because there really is a ridiculous amount of voiced scenes. Both h-related and otherwise. I'm super happy with how everything has come to life in terms of the art and voice--and never though I'd see the day where my silly writing is translated into such wonderful works of visual and aural art~

In addition--for anyone curious, I'm still forging ahead with the next alpha build, too and an August release is still my intention. I'm just slowly going back over everything newly written thus far and adding all the appropriate sprite directions, CG directions and clipping audio lines as it all slowly builds up. Some scenes are taking longer than others with multiple characters that have more complex ranges of expressions (why couldn't everyone wear a hood, it'd be much easier!) and the same applies to CG scenes, where some are really simple to implement with a small, limited range of poses and expressions to cycle through in the scene, while other scenes are absolutely labyrinths of layers to process, with multiple poses and expressions/bodily fluids moving between these poses requiring quite a lot of back and forth. Putting some of these scenes together from individual layers is like a puzzle sometimes, I tell ya! But, yeah--this has been my life for the last few days, so I intend to continue powering through it as best I can. Thank you all for your patience!

And in additionally addition, I hope to have the bonus art to share with you all very, VERY soon! The temptation to post a sneak peak of it was great, but I feel it'd give way too much away--so instead I'll leave you wondering as to what it could possibly be~

Until next time!