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Dandori Downpour - A Pikmin 4 Dating Sim - May 11th Development Blog
Welcome to the second installment of the Pikmin 4 Dating Sim development blog! A weekly "news letter" where I will discuss my progress on the dating simulator.
I asked, you voted! The official name of the project will become Dandori Downpour! Thank you to all who voted!
Previous Development Blog Character Creator Showcase
Dandori Downpour was my first choice too but I thought the alliteration was stupid (okay it kind of is but this is all in good fun, right?)
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What has been done this week?
Two backgrounds
More Shepherd Sprites
Started Collin's Rough Draft
Not as much as I'd like to have done this week but backgrounds are a lot of meat and potatoes! Work is also picking up and I'll be out on a trip next weekend too so there may not be a development update next Sunday!
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Release info
You may be wondering how exactly I plan on releasing this? And to answer that, I'm not entirely sure yet!
It'd be cool if this could work exclusively on itch.io with no download but I'm unsure how that all works! Rest assured, a download will always be available for it.
Unfortunately, this game will not have mobile support. I'm sorry!
Another thing about releasing, it is highly likely that I will release the routes in waves, starting with Shepherd, Collin, and Russ in the first wave. After them, I will release Dingo, Yonny, and Bernard either all together in a second wave or one at a time.
The good news is that Dingo, Yonny, and Bernard's development time will be significantly shorter as a majority of their sprites and backgrounds will be drawn by the time the first three routes are out. Predicted Release?
This is not set in stone but I am hoping for the first three routes to release around the end of August.
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POLL TIME!
And if you'd like, comment below as to why! I'd LOVE to know!
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Anywho, thanks for reading this weeks newsletter! Stay curious!~
andrabeets / Cherie <333
Pikmin 4 Dating Sim - May 4th Development Blog
Welcome to the first installment of the Pikmin 4 Dating Sim development blog! A weekly "news letter" where I will discuss my progress on the dating simulator. I thought instead of doing a discord server, this would probably be the best course of action. If we get more buzz around the project, perhaps a discord server still can be made.
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What is the Pikmin 4 dating simulator? The Pikmin 4 dating simulator (working title) is a dating simulator where you create a character and go on a little narrative story path with members of the Rescue Corps!
It takes place late into your mission on PNF-404, a multiple day storm forces the Rescue Corps to halt rescue efforts and take shelter in the S.S. Shepherd.
During this time, you decide to get to know your crew members, each having their own arch and story!
Planned routes:
Captain Erma Shepherd
Collin
Russ
Dingo
Yonny
Bernard
All around, it will be a light-hearted playable dating sim made in Ren'Py!
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What has been done this week? (Well, a bit over a week)
Shepherd's rough draft
Russ' rough draft
2 backgrounds
Most of Russ' sprites
Started Shepherd's Sprites
Started writing Introduction
UI text box shift when custom character is on screen
-------------- Please keep in mind, I am one person <3 I'm working as fast as I can while also working a job! Feel free to DM me anything <3 either on here or @andrabeets on discord --------------
So, obviously, the official name won't be "Pikmin 4 dating sim" or "Rescue Corps dating sim" I have a few ideas for a name but I thought I'd let you guys vote!
The winner doesn't guarantee the name of the project. I just know I'd like it to be something to do with dandori.
-------------- Thank you for reading! Hope to have more updates for you next week! Stay curious~
andrabeets / Cherie <333
THIS IS SO CUTEEE I LOVE THE ART <333 AWWW sleeping together on the couch is too cute!!
MORE FOOD FOR THOUGHT!!
Where are they going for date night? What might happen during it? What might happen after?? 💥💥💥 I need me some more old married couple vibes
GOODNESS I am being fed so nicely with all this food THANK YOU!!!
Russ and Galena can come to an agreement on what to do for date nights most of the time, but there would definitely be some distinct days where the both of them would be…crazy stubborn.
It would definitely be something like him wanting to go somewhere fancy to eat and her wanting to go somewhere more casual like some kind of barbecue place, but all the time that could be spent just saying “screw it” and picking one randomly and getting ready instead gets used for hardcore debating where they should go and why.
…So much so that too much time has passed and absolutely nowhere is open.
But movie night works just fine in the end!! Pretend there’s some kind of sci-fi movie on in the background that Russ definitely didn’t question/criticize the tech and science of
THATS SO FRIGGIN CUUUUTE
!Suggestive warning!
Even if it’s only in verbal flirting, just gotta put that out there
Pikmin OC drop, her name is Galena and I’ll have her ref sheet ready at some point lol
Plus I saw @andrabeets ‘s post about the rescue corps dating sim and that got me thinking…..on how you can flirt with Russ……….
Russ' lame PJs
sorry for lack of overwatch drawings i have been drawing pikmin
Gonna try and draw the entire crew maybe, i love pikmin 4