Where the hell have you been?

Hey! So I wanted to update here quickly and just say: Knight Shift is not dead! I've just changed priority in terms of what order I'm doing things in!

As some of you may know, a lot of this project started as an excuse for me to think of a pun, laugh to myself, and then draw that pun. Like, for example, the first boss in the upcoming Chapter 2: CthUwU.

But the project rapidly took on life of its own, and I didn't want to continue using the 'RTP' stock assets bundled with RPG maker. So, rather than taking things back to the drawing board, or buying other stock assets I figured I'd redo every single asset in the RTP in the same artstyle as the enemy sprites I had been doing. This has led to a relatively radical overhaul of every area of the game from a visual standpoint.

Some assets look pretty similar to how they did before, some are massively changed, but now I feel like they fit better into the world I'm trying to create. I'm also doing stuff like creating boss-specific battle backs, and limited animation where I can:

Now, this isn't going to come as a surprise to anyone, but this is bloody time consuming, especially when I'm redoing everything by hand using Paint.NET and a mouse. Because of that, while I am doing some limited work on Chapter 2, I figured prioritising the assets with which I will be creating the rest of the adventure makes sense. Especially since in using so many unique RTP assets I have written a relatively substantial cheque which I now have to cash.

I've also moved across the country, gone through some relatively miserable personal stuff, and been doing a ton of real-life-ish stuff. I'd be lying if I said that this wasn't slowing down development a bit.

Anyway! Just wanted to make an update and show off the new graphics! Now, if only I could get that old font I made to work, we'd be laughing!

I'll leave you with a picture of Denzel from the new profiles screen, and a couple more screenshots showing off some exteriors from Chapter 1. Thanks for reading, I hope to accelerate development a bit once I'm settled into my new place!