Nanoprogress

Well, all of March flew by, and while we’re watching participants of this year’s NaNoRenO celebrate their demos and bite-sized projects, we’re happy to share with you some of the fruits of our labor! We focused on the first third of the game’s Common Route, which is the very beginning of Primrose Path’s story. Here’s some of our mock-up assets we worked on from all of last month:

Character Sprites

We have initial sprite concepts done of the first three characters you’ll meet in-game! From left to right, say hello to:

The one-eyed silver fox and security guard, Arthur Talbert
Your best friend and secret love informant, Priya Korrapati
Your calculated, stiff-lipped glamazon boss, Harper Steffensen

We have all planned poses and expressions drawn for Arthur but a little ways to go for Priya and Harper, who are main characters with a lot to show off! It doesn’t stop here of course. Primrose Path is a big world, so expect to see plenty more faces to come, and some particularly handsome ones very soon! 

Background Art

And with a big world comes a breadth of places. Several backgrounds are still in progress, but here’s a snap sketch of where you’ll be spending some private time as Lynn Austen:

This is an initial draft of Lynn’s Bedroom, where work and leisure are a shuffle away in her small apartment.

Expect to see some more clean drafts of places central to Lynn, and those that help set up the fashionable and tech savvy world in which she lives.

Writing

Here’s a quick overview of the writing for the Common Route so far:

- 98% outlined
- Part 1, Work Day: 13,375 words scripted

So save a couple scenes, we’ve nearly completed the script for the first third of the route! Lynn’s had a rough day at work and an ultimatum from her boss. Next up will be Part 2, The Party, where she winds down with Priya at an unusual New Year’s Eve bash—and stumbles upon some interesting characters.

We’ve worked really hard to get to the point we have after a month, and it revealed to us some things about project management, which we’ll share in another “The Process” post at a later date. But we’re not slowing down! We’ve plenty of content and some special character reveals, soon to come.

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