So last update, I said I was going to take Friday off, and pick up work back on Saturday and Sunday.

What actually ended up happening was I spent all of Friday doing the solid linework for almost every single background art I needed, and I ended up taking Saturday and Sunday off. On Saturday, I desperately needed a break from my neck being stuck at 45 degree angles slaving over my drawing tablet, so I cleaned the house, and we went to the Stampede, which is an annual, world-famous festival in my city that barely got approval to run this year due to COVID-19 concerns. Then, on Sunday, I went to get my second vaccine shot, and ended up taking a work shift when one of the other people in my office called in sick. It was really dead on Sunday at work, but instead of using it to work on my backgrounds and the game, I'm going to be honest, I spent about 7 hours reading comics. I'm not particularly proud about that one, but man. It was worth it. So many lovely comics.

Yesterday and today, I kicked up into full gear getting backdrops done and looking at my list, I'm actually about halfway done, which I'm super happy with. I'm on a roll, and at this rate, I think I can accurately predict that I'll be done all my backdrops before next Wednesday, which is when we leave for our annual camping trip. The hardest backgrounds to complete have been completed. It's the ocean backgrounds. It's the dang ocean ones. They required SO MUCH DETAIL. So much more than any of the others I did the linework for. They required so much more detail than the other backgrounds, that I actually didn't give 3 out of 4 of them new line art, and instead just cleaned up the sketches I already had a little and colored them. The ocean backgrounds took literal years off my life, and will present as a little lazier than the others, and I'm okay with this, really. My hand hated me drawing them, and coloring them, and I'd like to appease the wrist Gods where I can. 

With the finishing of the three backgrounds included in this devlog update, this concludes the showcasing of any other sprites or background arts, as I said once I'd uploaded the final versions of the WIP's I'd posted, everything else would be left for the actual game. In all honesty, I've revealed almost 90% of the in-game sprites, and like 5% of the backgrounds haha. So the rest is shrouded in mystery... mwahaha.

Just as I was writing this, I cast Danny's voice actor. Once they contact me, I'll be sending them lines immediately, so hopefully I'll have those to work with soon. I'm still considering my choices for the player characters voice actor. There's only a single line for them in the entire game, but I'd like it to really fit with the sound I'm going for, which is soft, and loving. The auditions I have so far for that are great, but I'm considering if I want to wait longer to see if I can get someone else who is just a little closer to that, or if I want to work with what I have. Either way, I appreciate anyone and everyone who takes an interest in the project. <3

Until next time!