The Dream of Shadowlands Episode 2

Devlog

• Inventory Overhaul Update
  August 17, 2022 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Coding

  After hearing about the couple issues people were having with puzzle items, I went ahead and built an entirely new system for them from the ground-up. Before, you were only able to hold one puzzle ite... Continue reading
• Episode 2 Updates and MacOS Release!
  July 07, 2022 by Kitty_Cay

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  Alrighty! I finally got my last major updates done for Episode 2. Biggest change besides random bug fixes is that all fully animated cutscenes are now done entirely by cel. I did a couple tweaks with... Continue reading
• Episode 2 is released
  June 23, 2022 by Kitty_Cay

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  Attaching this picture of Jyl because I didn't think I would have time to update that cutscene before release but here we are. After like 6 months of delay, I have released Episode 2 for Windows. Unfo... Continue reading

  
• Early December 2021 Devlog
  December 01, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art, #Rooms, #Cutscene, #Puzzles, #Talk, #NPC

  Here is some footage from September this year! This was during a time where I was adding a lot of polish to the game to improve presentation and game experience. In this update, the following changes... Continue reading
• Catch Up Devlog
  November 17, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Devlog, #Art, #Combat, #Enemies, #Music

  Edited together some previously unpublished footage of Episode 2's development! I'm trying to get back into consistently posting on both social media as well as proper devlogs here, so let's see how l... Continue reading
• Fishing Minigame Begins Development
  October 30, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Fishing Minigame

  Here is footage of the first programming tests for the fishing minigame with placeholder assets. Next will be the proper assets and programming the process of actually hooking and reeling things. I'm... Continue reading
• Release Date Shifted to February 11th, 2022
  October 20, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  Hey everyone! It's been a while since I released a proper devlog on Episode 2. I've mainly been focusing on my Patreon, followed by my Twitter and Instagram when it comes to updates. But I think it's... Continue reading
• The Great Imp Chase
  July 29, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Rooms, #Temple

  All 4 sections are officially done... to a degree lol. All the rooms are there and the bulk of the work is done, all they need is some extra polish in the form of animations, dialogue, and decorations... Continue reading
• When Indie Dev Gets Tough | Where I've Been
  July 23, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Video

  So... This has been a Time the past couple months. I just wanted to keep you all in the loop, as unstructured and weird as this video is. But I hope that from here, things look up. Official Merch Stor... Continue reading
• History of the Shadowlands
  June 29, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Rooms, #Temple, #Lore

  Got another section of the Temple laid out! This is the history section of the Temple, as I went over in my original room drawing devlogs! There's a lot of lore properly explained in this section, but... Continue reading
• The Cemetery and the Music Box
  June 10, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Rooms, #Temple, #Video Update

  Here is the first video in my new format that I think I'll be doing from now on! Instead of showing off every little thing that there currently is to see in an update, I want to leave the in depth det... Continue reading
• Getting the Second Key
  June 09, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Rooms, #Temple

  Hey guys! Sorry it's been so long since I properly updated the status of the game, I've been trying to switch up my content as I focus more of my energy on Patreon now. Basically, this will be the las... Continue reading
• The Creature Puzzle
  May 25, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Rooms

  Sorry this video took so long to come out! I'm a bit behind on what's public versus what's on Patreon so I'll be playing a bit of catch up with the next couple posts. As I'm sure could be expected, to... Continue reading
• Metal Ball Puzzle
  May 09, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Rooms

  Got some more rooms done in time for the monthly build on Patreon! I think this is where I'll leave it for now, and just work on sprites and such for the rest of today! Since I got one of the paths fo... Continue reading
• Kickstarter Now Live!
  May 01, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Kickstarter

  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1380866287/the-dream-of-shadowlands Thank you so much to everyone for all the support I've been given so far. I can't wait to see how this campaign ends, crossing... Continue reading
• Starting on all those rooms I drew
  April 30, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Rooms

  It feels like it's been way too long since I just did a walk around dev log like this! I've just been chugging away at rooms in prep for the monthly build, but I haven't gotten nearly as many as I nor... Continue reading
• New Key Item - The Demon Cards
  April 29, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Demon Cards, #Items

  Still chugging hard at work to add more rooms to Episode 2 in time for the monthly Patreon build for the 1st. In doing that, I made some progress by programming the next key puzzle item, the demon car... Continue reading
• Comic #3
  April 15, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Comic

  Many don't know this, but Igiul, the mass of crabs that hang around the Secret Master are actually a hive mind that collectively act as his pet dog. The secrets truly never end with the Secret Master... Continue reading

  
• Comic #2
  April 14, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Comic

  This comic gives a bit more insight into the relationship dynamic between Tourke and Ignir, a two man team for the Nightshade Cult! As I'm sure it's apparent, they're the complete opposite of each oth... Continue reading

  
• Comic #1
  April 13, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Comic

  I've been considering this for a while, but I decided to periodically make 4koma comics to help people get to know the characters a bit more! First one is about Rina and Jyl, but hopefully the other o... Continue reading

  
• Kickstarter Reward Plushies!
  April 09, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Kickstarter

  Alright! Finally got the sample plushies done for both the chibi and detailed Rina and Jyl plushies! I almost forgot how much of a hassle hand-painted faces are haha. The detailed plushies stand at ab... Continue reading
• Room Devlog: Episode 2's Conclusion
  April 07, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Rooms, #Art

  Please note: I say that I finished these before the end of March in the video because I did indeed record and upload this to Patreon on March 30th lmao. And that's a wrap! As of 3/29, I have finished... Continue reading
• Room Devlog: The Chase Place
  March 31, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art, #Rooms

  I couldn't come up with a good title so here we are lol. We are in the absolute home stretch for Episode 2's rooms! There are less than 15 left after this video. Glad to be wrapping this up soon! Scan... Continue reading
• Kickstarter is in the works!
  March 27, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Kickstarter

  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1380866287/the-dream-of-shadowlands Exciting news! I am currently building the Kickstarter page for The Dream of Shadowlands. I'm working on making all the images... Continue reading
• Room Devlog: Origins of Yurenica and the Curse
  March 23, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art, #Rooms

  Here we have the last rooms in the history section of the temple! This marks the rooms for Episode 2 at around 3/4 done! I have drawn a LOT so far so I'm excited to enter the home stretch. I'm not sur... Continue reading
• Room Devlog: A History Lesson
  March 19, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art, #Rooms

  Sorry for the delay in getting this video to you guys, was having Internet issues for the past couple days that kept me from properly uploading my stuff. Here is the first part of the history section... Continue reading
• Room Devlog: Creepy, Crawlie Cemetery Rooms
  March 14, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art, #Rooms

  Got a lot of rooms to go over in this one! It has been a while since the last one after all! All of these are the final rooms in the cemetery section of the episode, the next one will focus on detaili... Continue reading
• What my game means to me: a video
  March 12, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Video

  I decided to make this video because I am still working on improving my content, and I firmly believe that it's important for me to reach out to you guys once in a while about the more intimate aspect... Continue reading
• Room Devlog: The beginnings of the Cemetery
  March 10, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art, #Rooms

  Here are the first rooms for the next section of Episode 2! These rooms are what's behind the top right gate in the temple lobby. It's pretty straightforward as usually so for more details, check out... Continue reading
• Speed Coloring: Nerat's Rest
  February 27, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art, #Speed paint

  This was a drawing that I showed off a few videos ago mixed in with a bunch of room drawings. I was digging through my files today to find something to work on so I decided to color this! I hope you f... Continue reading
• Speed Coloring: Kazari
  February 24, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art, #Speed paint

  Decided to work on a piece of dialogue art last night, and I needed something to do whilst on the treadmill today so I decided to make a speed paint type video of me coloring the art. Not only was I b... Continue reading
• New "Talk" Feature
  February 21, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art, #Talk

  This is something that I've been crunching really hard on this week, it took a lot more time and effort than I originally planned. (; . .) But, I've got a new feature that I'll be adding to the game w... Continue reading
• Rooms, and how I digitize my art
  February 20, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art

  Who could have guessed it, I show you guys more rooms today! The rooms in this video conclude the first quarter of the temple, so we've knocked a decent chunk out of the episode's map already! In addi... Continue reading
• New and improved art devlog
  February 13, 2021 by Kitty_Cay#Art

  I decided to further work on my dev log format and did it all on my computer this time! I think this new style is a definite improvement on the previous video, so I hope you guys like this one too! He... Continue reading
• Drawing some more temple rooms, and first "in-person" update video!
  February 07, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art

  So, this is an awkward sort of stage for me as I do my first attempt to actually speak to you guys with my own face and voice, but here we are! I wanted to do something where it felt more personal lik... Continue reading
• Tripping Cutscene Done!
  February 01, 2021 by Kitty_Cay#Cutscene

  Took me a long time yet again due to life getting in the way, but here is the finished cutscene of Rina tripping! I'll probably adjust the pacing once I actually have the audio for this, but the frame... Continue reading
• Rina trips (again); a cutscene
  January 28, 2021 by Kitty_Cay#Art, #Cutscene

  This took a while with work and moving getting in the way, but here is one shot of the first cutscene I intend to do for this episode! Basically what we see here is a shot of Rina's face as she's trip... Continue reading
• Finished second aletheite images
  January 21, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art

  These took a lot longer than I planned because a bunch of stuff has been pulling me away from my drawing. I'm gonna be moving into a new (very small) place, so work on that will take up a decent amoun... Continue reading

  
• Working on art
  January 14, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art

  Here are some Aletheite drawings I did for Jyl's next vision. It's from a memory of his mother giving him the responsibility of keeping watch for the first time, something that further ties into his o... Continue reading

  
• Episode 1 recap images
  January 10, 2021 by Kitty_Cay

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  #Art

  I decided that since I'll be going with the episodic format, I may a well do a little catch-up at the beginning of each episode highlighting the important parts of the previous installment. So, here a... Continue reading