Welcome to... Chichester 2: Part II - No Regrets For the Future
Graphic update
This update has graphics for Emily's handcuffs and Grendel's knife mainly.
Next will be knife slashes and if I'm not being mucked around, it'll be Grendel's manga
Grendel Fight Update
The protagonists' name is displayed correctly in the health bar line. What happens if you don't do anything is now more in line with WTC 1 now : Missing the "defence" section will now increase Grendel's attack strength. Whenever it's her turn to attack, if her attack strength is sufficiently high enough, she will launch a super attack.
The initial timer now starts at one second lower than previously too
Update
All the required backgrounds are now in. All of the music and most of the sound effects are in as well.
The story has also been expanded in various areas to give a bit more background to the protagonist penchant for rules and regulations and Grendel's desire to recruit the protagonist.
The manga section near the end of the game needs to be done, which will hopefully be of the adult variety. A few other graphics need to be added as well.
Two new bad endings have been added, as well as a short preview
Release date !
Last update before release
- Background graphics near the beginning of the story
- Fixed a crash when escaping from the abandoned building
- Added a few sound effects, fixed a few grammatical errors and so on
There are three backgrounds to go now, one character and possible a few other graphics.
All in all, it shouldn't be far off my original release date
Penultimate update
This update contains :
- Fix for crash at start of the final fight
- "Visual novel only" mode or "Visual novel plus fight sequences". This allows players to just read the story if they don't like the fight sections. Choosing the "visual novel only" mode does limit the available endings
- New character and background graphics added
- Fixed some grammatical errors
There are now two characters to go and around ten backgrounds along with sound effects. I'm hoping to get everything done by the end of March for testing in April, and the chances are good that it's on schedule.
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In other news, WTC 1 will be updated hopefully later in the year (with mainly addition graphics for the Idiot's Guide DLC) along with a story update.
WTC 2 - Part III : NightFall's main story is edging towards being finished, after which all the secret scenes (which will be only available after completing the game once) will be added. These scenes will add a lot more to the story.
Once that is completed, I'll probably then start writing the last OVN, with the aim of getting both of these out by the end of the near, leaving 2021 to update the last episode of this series.
NightFall may be put into Early Access again - it certainly seemed to work out okay with No Regrets.
Last update for the year
The remaining three remaining character graphics will resume next year, along with all the backgrounds. Hopefully, it will all be done by the end of April.
In other news :
Around 80% of the main story for WTC 2/3 : NIghtFall has been coded. There is one and a half complete sections needed to go, and then the "secret stories" need to be added.
Fortunately not many new backgrounds or characters need to be added for this, so I hope to get it out well before the end of 2020. Some backgrounds for this are shared with WTC 3, which is pretty handy.
Finally, one last OVN will probably be written. This too will share graphics with WTC 3, and may not need much in the way of original backgrounds.
Finally, once these three have been released, I'll start upgrading WTC 3. The story will certainly need updating, along with gender-specific dialogue.
So, thanks for playing the WTC series (or at least trying the demo), and a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !
If you have any queries or suggestions, don't be afraid of making a post in the forums
Update
- Some more backgrounds (around 18 left now)
- Added character graphics
- Slight story addition (Prologue Part 2 and Chapter 6)
- Started to add silhouettes for minor characters with speaking parts. These will change later on as they are either obvious on whom they are based on or rather weird
The following is now left to :
- Small amount of sound effects
- Four characters (I'm hoping I can get two done before the end of the year)
- Backgrounds : Tower gangway x2, base and possibly shaft; Jinx's kitchen x2; alleyway x2 ; desert; protagonist's sitting room x5; Unseen's building x3 (one is actually only for Part III, but best to get it done at the same time) and Grendel's hole
I think it should be pretty much on course for late April release or at the worst May/June
Large update
This update consists of :
- Male text checked (thanks to Foxxelle)
- Added character graphics for two people (around 5 to go)
- Added a couple of backgrounds (around 9/10 to go now)
- Added sound effects
- Added a slight bit of new dialogue to Prologue - Part 1
- Some new music added as well
Next update
I may do another before the end of the year, but it won't be a big one.
The game is on track to be released at the end of Q1 2010 (so around April or June if I'm unlucky).