Dev Update - September

Hey hey hey! Here with another update!

Planning planning planning......

Been a minute since I posted any development updates. That's mainly because I've spent the last few months going hardcore in planning the "on-paper" details for the game. Things like writing dialogue, outlining the plot, designing puzzles, among a few other behind the scenes details.

The good news as that most of the important details have been figured out and locked in! So that means I've been able to dive back into developing new mechanics and new levels for the full game.

New item: Copy-Paste!

While the game is centered around freezing and unfreezing objects in time, there'll be a few other items with their own unique mechanics and puzzles as well.

The first one I'd like to share is the clipboard & paintbrush!

This item allows you to copy the material of one object and paste it onto another. You can use this to make things bouncy, floaty, heavy, as well as few other adjective ending in "y". And the idea will be to use these for clearing obstacles and reaching keys that let you get to the next level! These different items will also be tied to other characters featured in the game.

Meet Penny!

So far, gameplay footage and artwork has mainly focused on Ai. While she is the protagonist, there'll be plenty of characters she meets on her journey who are central to the story.

And so with this update, I'd like to share the first of those characters: Penny Doolum!

She's a member of the school's art club, and particularly loves painting. The only problem is, she tends to overthink just about everything. From what color socks to wear, to what sort of scenes she should paint. This leads her to be quite indecisive, and so she tends to spend way more time standing in front of a blank canvas than actually painting anything 😅

She's just one of many folks Ai will meet on her journey to find love, and I hope you can look forward to seeing what sort of role Penny will play in the game's story :)

Wrap-up

Apologies again for the delay between updates! The plan now though is to keep working directly on developing new content prepping for the demo release!

Also, the best place to stay most up to date would be the DokiToki Discord server , and second best place is the game's Twitter!

That's all for now, thanks for reading and I hope you have a nice day! :)