Little devlog thingy!

Hi! Just wanted to give an update/devlog thing since It's been a while since I've done so on here.

Firstly, making extremely good progress at the moment. Naturally almost immediately after the last devlog I got hit with pixel art burnout that lasted for a few months, but the pendulum has now swung the other way, and I'm moving through things at breakneck pace. All enemies required for the next update at least have their still art done, roughly half of which also already have their full animations done as well. A lot of system stuff has also been done at this point including:

• HUD theme system and unlock system fully implemented
• Fast travel system at least mostly done, just needs plugged into it's actual menu thing
• Framework for minigames, as well as one minigame almost fully completed, just missing a few animations
• Rebalanced combat system with stamina; now includes a dodge, and allows for rapid attacks but punishes spam if not careful
• Much better sandbox system that uses location categories to sort enemies instead of just being a long list; also can be controlled via keyboard/controller by holding down a modifier key and using directional input
• Sandbox spawner can now also be moved, and spawn enemies that cling to ceilings or floors, such as the Curseflower
• Framework for more traditional NPC dialog via the Dialogic plugin, which will be necessary going forward.

And here are the plan changes from last time I outlined things:

• Alternate gamemode using a separate character that allows player-as-pred gameplay. Not really a campaign as much as just something to place non-canon characters and events that I'd like to add, or that get commissioned in the future. I'm not entirely sure if the baseline for this will be in the next update, but the intention is there.
• Originally was going to add in a money system, but decided against this as I would be adding it just for the sake of it being there. Finding new enemies and looking for more hidden secrets should be the exploration draw, not forcing combat for no reason.

Finally I want to note that I'm not really focusing on doing devlogs though here at this point as it's a lot more natural for me to do so through art posts on my FA at https://www.furaffinity.net/user/pthaloartist . I'll still be uploading for larger things or when I'm like really close to being finished, but that would be the best place to be kept up-to-date on where I'm at with stuff, and what I've been working on at a glance.