Friday, April 10, 2020

TLS 0.50.0 Released! Chapter 1 Art Update!

New update for supporters on Patreon or SubscribeStarVersion history updated, you know what to do, etc.

TLS 0.50.0
 - Grand art update: All scenes in Chapter 1 now have an illustrated image!
 - Total added: 28 scenes, 5 joke scenes (52 images total)

Guys, it's finally here! After a year of work behind the scenes, I'm launching the illustrated version of The Last Sovereign! Every single scene accessible in Chapter 1 of the game has at least one illustration.

Here are some preview images:
https://i.imgur.com/RVmjFNg.png
https://i.imgur.com/BqCWtYC.png
https://i.imgur.com/BsZz7aR.png
https://i.imgur.com/YyWE1Xz.png
https://i.imgur.com/laMSIQF.png
(Alternatively, you could view them embedded at Legend of Krystal forums.)

To answer some common questions:
 - You can also access scenes via the Reflect menu.
 - You'll be able to disable art if you want via the System menu.
 - The W key hides the text box.

This update was more involved than you might think. I was only able to make everything work properly thanks to scripting assistance from Lamsey and Decanter. Future updates will be normal chunks of gameplay plus whatever new art is finished.

That all for now! Please look forward to it in a week!

27 comments:

  1. I was looking forward to it. ������

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  2. Those preview pics are very nice.

    What kind of "joke scenes" do you mean?

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    1. The scenes featuring Chosen (like Tal x Plant) are drawn in a different style. I wanted to separate them in the list so that people wouldn't think that those early scenes were included in the 28.

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  3. I don't know if i'm understanding correctly, but this update only has the art, right? No new gameplay.

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  4. Its cool that you where able to finish this part of the project. Good luck on whatever it is your working on now.

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  5. Awesome, and congrats on getting this update out!

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  6. Hello! Its awesome you managed to actually implement art into the game. Looking forward to seeing it when the public release rolls out.
    I also have a question. I spoke to Luanell to get her to go to the Fancy shop during the succesion crisis. I forgot to go speak to her there before i ended the section, but she seems to still be there if you go during the following freeroam. Is this intended? Also on a similar note, Mestan is also still in the New Givini teahouse if you dont speak to him during that section.
    Stay safe!

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    1. Generally speaking, these quests had poor handling for if players only partially completed them. You've found two more bugs, so thanks!

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  7. Huh, imgur needs a phone # to register (since June last year, from what my google-fu found), and you can't view 18+ content without an account.

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    1. Yeah, this is an obnoxious change on their part. If you don't want to bother, you could check a forum instead. I'll include one in the post.

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  8. WOOHOO!!! Time to see my girls in all their glory!

    Quick question, though I'm pretty sure I know already, but all the illustrations are viewable via Reflect, right? No need to replay from the start to view them?

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    1. To answer some common questions:
      - You can also access scenes via the Reflect menu.

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    2. To add on this question, is it just the scenes who are illustrated on this update, or did you also add important moments like Yarra first apparition (aka SFW Cgs) ?

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    3. There will be a few SFW CGs over the course of the game, but not very many. This game will already have hundreds of pieces of artwork.

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    4. I know, what I was asking was if all the images are in the scenes, or if I needed to replay chapter 1

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    5. Everything is in the replay except one image introducing the Chosen at the very beginning of the game.

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    6. In future updates, will there be more SFW CGs not viewable via the Reflect skill?

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    7. Potentially, but it's not high priority. I believe the only one we've discussed is Janine's wedding.

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  9. Nice. Will we have to start a new game or will this work with existing save files?

    I also haven't found the reflect menu, but I'm also dumb.

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  10. Time to restart from the beginning!

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  11. hi sierra lee, big fan of the game just wondering if you would ever let people know what major choices are "canon" when the game is finished,like as in the choices you count as "canon", like how the synod went, who won the ardford succession etc.

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    1. I don't want to invalidate any path as non-canon. However, I'll be writing some stories following the conclusion of TLS that will be set in a certain sort of canon.

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