Steeping

There have been a lot of new developments for /jp/ Milk Tea recently, so I'd like to share some information with those of you that have taken interest in the progress. I had been mostly working on my own to develop before, but now I have some swell people helping out.

Sprites aren't really my specialty, so now I have someone else to take care of them. Another person has been taking charge of other game art. Take a look at some of their work below:

Pretty exciting, isn't it? It all looks so great. For the record though, these may or may not be final versions. It's too soon to say. I've more good news to share. We also have another individual that will be working on music. Based on our conversations, I believe he will handle the music nicely. I don't have any music to share yet though.

Aside from those contributions, someone else drew a picture too!

Such a pleasant surprise.

We have been working with a lot of new ideas lately. It's a lot of work, but I'm very passionate about this project. I'd share more, but you'll have to wait. I hope to share more soon!

P.S. We could really use the help of some programmers! If we can find programmers that are interested in working on /jp/ Milk Tea, it should develop much faster.

Upcoming /jp/ Milk Tea Anniversary

As of September 9th, 2012, this blog will have been here for a year. Although progress has been rather slow, I intend to keep working on this project. I believe the rate of development will accelerate as time passes. Part of the reason that progress has been slow is a matter of my lack of programming knowledge. I chose to learn Python to use for /jp/ Milk Tea and I'm still studying it (by using the free e-books here: http://inventwithpython.com/).

I've other ideas planned for the game that I haven't shared here. I've a very simple prototype map, some character personality details, and plans for the logic that the game will follow. Some of these details are not yet final and others may remain secrets until the release of /jp/ Milk Tea.

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I have just made a Twitter account (@jpmilktea). I'll use this to notify anyone interested when new posts are available here. I'll post other updates related to progress as well. Perhaps this will be more convenient than having to check here from time to time since Twitter notifications can be sent to mobile devices.

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Since I don't want to assume I will have a team to help me develop /jp/ Milk Tea, I have recently been looking into music development software. I've discovered BoyScout. It can be used to make chiptune music that more or less sounds like a Game Boy Advance. I don't know how to use it yet, but I may use it since it seems easier than trying to learn how to use Cubase (what ZUN uses, I've read) or Vocaloid.

If anyone would like to discuss ideas for /jp/ Milk Tea, feel free to contact me through whichever means would be most convenient for you.

E-mail: jpmilktea@gmail.com

Twitter: @jpmilktea