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Dandori Downpour - A Pikmin 4 Dating Sim - May 11th Development Blog

Welcome to the second installment of the Pikmin 4 Dating Sim development blog! A weekly "news letter" where I will discuss my progress on the dating simulator.

I asked, you voted! The official name of the project will become Dandori Downpour! Thank you to all who voted!

Previous Development Blog Character Creator Showcase

Dandori Downpour was my first choice too but I thought the alliteration was stupid (okay it kind of is but this is all in good fun, right?)

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What has been done this week?

Two backgrounds

More Shepherd Sprites

Started Collin's Rough Draft

Not as much as I'd like to have done this week but backgrounds are a lot of meat and potatoes! Work is also picking up and I'll be out on a trip next weekend too so there may not be a development update next Sunday!

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Release info

You may be wondering how exactly I plan on releasing this? And to answer that, I'm not entirely sure yet!

It'd be cool if this could work exclusively on itch.io with no download but I'm unsure how that all works! Rest assured, a download will always be available for it.

Unfortunately, this game will not have mobile support. I'm sorry!

Another thing about releasing, it is highly likely that I will release the routes in waves, starting with Shepherd, Collin, and Russ in the first wave. After them, I will release Dingo, Yonny, and Bernard either all together in a second wave or one at a time.

The good news is that Dingo, Yonny, and Bernard's development time will be significantly shorter as a majority of their sprites and backgrounds will be drawn by the time the first three routes are out. Predicted Release?

This is not set in stone but I am hoping for the first three routes to release around the end of August.

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POLL TIME!

And if you'd like, comment below as to why! I'd LOVE to know!

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Anywho, thanks for reading this weeks newsletter! Stay curious!~

andrabeets / Cherie <333