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Devlog: Into external play testing! I've gotten the final ritual into pretty good shape I think, to the point where I am going to get some feedback on it. The scoring is working too. I even managed to slip in another mechanic to tie it....

It's finally time to get some external playtesting on the final ritual. If it goes well, I can release the game very shortly, like a week or two!

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Devlog: Final mechanic behavior finalized, now just working on numbers The mechanics are all behaving the way I intend to keep them, so now it's on to the final part, which is tweaking things like damage and frequency, etc. This essentially means just playing it over and...

Final Ritual mechanic behavior is set. This week I'm just tweaking the frequency/damage of said behaviors. It may take a week or two. After that, it should be good to go.

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Devlog: Mechanics done, on to tweaking and testing I have all the mechanics for the final ritual programming in now. So this week the focus is on tweaking them all into a playable ritual. Its all fully playable now, its just * extremely * difficult. I...

Final Ritual mechanics are done, and just need tweaking to make them the right level of difficulty. That's the focus of this coming week.

Still aiming for a mid-December release, and then its all done!

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Devlog: Two final mechanics to go! I finished the mechanic I was working on last week, and even started some playtesting/tweaking of the ritual difficulty. I thought last week there was a good chance the ritual might still be 'missing....

I finished up the mechanic I was working on for the final ritual, but it was still missing something. So I created two additional mechanics.

Should have both of them done this week, and then its on to difficulty tweaking!

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Devlog: One or two mechanics left! I've gotten more mechanics done this week. There is only one more for sure to go. After that, if I feel like the ritual is still missing something, I'll add in something else. After all the mechanics....

I finished more mechanics this week on the final ritual. There is only one more to go (maybe two if needed), before the difficulty related playtesting and tweaking.

After that, the game is largely wrapped up.

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Devlog: More mechanics done, some more play testing I got a few more of the mechanics implemented this week, and I have a few more to go. There's still the tweaking phase of it all too, to make sure its the right difficulty, but that has to wait until....

I got more final ritual mechanics done, still have a few more to go. After that, tweaking and setting up scoring.

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Devlog: Started Actual Final Ritual Mechanics So last week was finishing up the very last non-mechanics related details of the final ritual, which was last dialogue bits and final polish to the theatrical bit, and then I started working on the me...

Started on the actual mechanics for the final ritual, even got a few finished. There's still more to design/program of course.

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Good progress on Final Ritual, new dialogue option I made good progress this week on the final ritual itself. There's still plenty to do, but some important core items are done, and a bit of theatrics have been added too, which are almost done. Most o...

I made good progress this past week on the final ritual, and added an option to hide in game dialogue too. I plan on a small release soon to make that option available.

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Devlog: Endings are done and Epilogue is done, got another illustration added I finished off all the endings for the final encounter, I'm happy with all of it at this point, nothing more to change or tweak. I got the epilogue and subsequent credits done too, I'm happy with the....

Final encounter endings are done and epilogue is done. All that's left is the ritual itself, and then tying it all together with the other screens/features.

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Devlog: Endings about done/epilogue started So this past week I ended up working on the various endings to the final encounter. There's a few different ones, but each one has multiple lines of dialogue, wider dialogue boxes (like the intro as w...

I've just about finished the various endings for the final encounter and started on the epilogue. Currently planning how to spend the remainder of my illustration budget.

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Devlog: Final Character rewards done! So this week I was able to work with Frooby to get the illustration rewards done for the final character. After he drew the initial image and the NSFW variant, I cleaned them up a bit and split them i...

Final Character illustrations and alts are all done, Basic Ritual is fully working. Now to add custom mechanics and theatrics.

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Devlog: Final Encounter Intro done, basic ritual code in place So I ended up spending the entire week working on the intro for the final encounter. Its a little bit more involved than the prior ones, having more dialogue, a wider dialogue box for longer lines, an...

The intro for the final ritual is done, and I've begun work on the ritual itself. The base ritual is in place, but needs all the custom mechanics added.

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Spent last week thinking of mechanics for the final encounter. This week, time to start adding a few of them in.

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Devlog: Making good progress on final encounter So this past week, I got the various accessory screens blocked out for the final encounter, like the help section and intro text section. They basically function, but only have placeholder text curren...

Making good progress on the final encounter. Starting the actual Ritual this week. Thinking about what comes next and spinoffs/sequels.

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Devlog:Art viewer done for final character, Bio/Stats programmed in. Illustrations rewards started. So I got the in game art viewer done for the final character. There may still be a few tweaks to make after the ritual is done, but there's no more work on it at this point. I'm pleased to say this is...

The In Game Art Viewer is done for final character. Bio/Stats are done as well. I even got the illustrations rewards started. On to blocking out the final ritual!

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Devlog: Sounds and bio done for final character, on to in game art viewer So I had found some sounds for the final character, and tried adding in some effects on them, but I wasn't very happy with the result. Luckily, I think the sounds will work OK as is. It would be wonde...

Sounds and the character bio are done for final character. I'm going to work on the in game art viewer this week, and try and get the reward illustrations done.

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Devlog: Character programming about done, on to sounds and more biography So I finished up about all the programming for the final character. I'm sure there's one or two small things I forgot, but nothing that will take more than a few minutes. I had to make some small adju...

The final character's programming is about done. Now its on to sounds and continued refinement of the biography. After that, in game art viewer and then the ritual itself.

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Devlog: Final character art added to game, now programming I took a few days last week to tweak the numbers for the first ritual, and get that published. After that, I got all the final character's art imported into the game, and began the process of programm...

Final character art added to game, now programming. After that, in game art viewer and biography.

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Happy Anniversary! The RitualBound demo featuring Zazginak was released one year ago today, so here's a little piece of art to commemorate the occasion. Artwork by @froobyart.com

Patch: Easier to get 100% on Casual Mode Zazginak After getting a few feedbacks that it was too difficult to get 100% on Zaz, I went about retesting the ritual and tweaking the numbers. I was able to get 100% pretty solidly on non-casual mode, so I d...

After getting feedback that it was too difficult to get 100% on Zazginak, I retested the ritual and tweaked the numbers.

It's much easier to get a 100% on Casual Zazginak now.

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Working on tweaking the 100% timings for Zazginak on Casual mode, since they are being reported as too hard, and they are.

About done I think.

This is how much play testing it took:

Devlog: Final Character art done, bio and other features in progress I finished the artwork for the last character this previous week and ran it by several people, who provided feedback, which is done. I began working on the bio as well, and hope to have that finished....

Final Character art done, bio and other features in progress

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Devlog: Final Character art is nearly done, programing them in soon. So the artwork for the final character is near done, to the point where I have shared it to get some feedback. I have a few more people to solicit feedback from and make any final adjustments. The nex...

Final Character art is nearly done, programing them in begins soon.

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Still sick, but making some progress.

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Devlog: Got really sick, read some writing books, thinking about the next projects So the day after my last devlog, I got really sick. I had unknowingly been exposed to Covid a few days prior, and the symptoms showed up pretty hard on Sunday. I was bedridden for almost 3 days, and d...

I was really sick this past week, so I didn't work on RitualBound. I did some prep work for the next potential projects however.

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Devlog: One last (failed) attempt to get the game working on mobile iOS web Since the game is in the final stages, I put in another attempt at getting the game to work on iphones/ipads. While I did manage to get it running and playable this time, there is now a frequent crash...

I gave it one last shot to get the game working on iOS browsers.

I managed to get it playable on iPhone/iPad, but the game has frequent crashes, so I can't release it.

Exporting to web for iOS is not recommended for this engine it seems.

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Devlog: Planning for Final Encounter, Ending I'm currently drawing up the plans/todo list for the final encounter and ending. Since it's the finale, I'm trying to give it more oomph than having it be just another ritual. I'm trying to plan it al...

Currently in planning for the final encounter and proper ending to RitualBound. Figure it'll take about two months all in all to deliver.

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In Game Art Viewer and first set of Reward Illustrations now available. Rewards drawn by the very talented @froobyart.com

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Agamas reward illustrations are now done. I'm going to try and release both the In Game Art Viewer and illustration rewards this Saturday.

Devlog: Agamas rewards halfway done, will release In Game Art Viewer in a few days This past week I was able to get the initial Agamas rewards about halfway done. I will continue working with the artist this coming week to see about finishing them. I also had the 2nd external playte...

Agamas rewards halfway done, will release In Game Art Viewer in a few days. Then onto Final Encounter!

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