Hi everyone! It's Slime! 

With November approaching, I'm excited to share that Prescription:LOVE development will officially resume, as planned. Please refer to prior devlog for information of upcoming update, as those details will not be revisited here. 

I will be doing some light storyboarding, but my main focus will be looking at ways to visually enhance the base game. Going forward , this will give me a better sense of the visual tone I want to establish in Prescription:LOVE. 

When I initially began work on this visual novel, I lost interest in art for several years, but now that I've returned drawing more often, I see ways I could improve on the visual quality of the game:

1.  Anselm sprite rework

Currently, I feel Anselm's sprite lacks saturation/contrast and his "yandere" expressions are not menacing enough.  Here are some changes/additions I would like to make to his sprite: 

• Increased saturated/contrast 
• Bust sprite : Preferred during player dialogue scenes with Anselm. These sprites provide an eye-level perspective, reinforcing the feeling of close proximity, as if the player and Anselm are directly facing each other.
• Torso Sprites : To be used when Anselm is at a greater distance from the player, example: when entering or exiting a room. The torso view naturally shows more of his body, providing a realistic sense of distance as it aligns with how a person would appear when further away.
• Hand gestures/slight head turn: I will see where I can add these gesture to certain expression to make his sprite more lively.
• I will probably review his set current expressions and see how I can express them better or keep some. 
• Additional CG to current demo: I will review existing scenes to identify key moments for CG additions. This will offer players a larger gallery when the update comes out. 
• Unhinged Anselm sprite? (idk what to call this LOL) : Maybe have his coat hanging off his shoulder a lil or something , with no whites in his eyes. I think this will be a good visual que to  the players, signaling he is not in his right state of mind and probably wont give in to the player like he usually does. This will used for the update and future chapters.

The game currently has 67 sprites, I made it so there is a slight change in Anselm's expression every 2-3 lines of dialog. So this will take time to go through. I'm still keeping the same format of having slight changes in his sprite every 2-3 lines of dialog. 

I will more or less keep the simple cell shading for his sprite. 

Background?

I don't think I will be making any changes to the backgrounds at the moment. BGs are 3D modeled so it's easier for me to manipulate the player's POV when need be.

2. Story boarding 

I will probably work on story boarding when I don't feel like drawing, as my focus is sprite and CG for November, this will likely carry on to December. 

I already have  ideas in mind for what happens in the bad endings. The horror in this VN will not have explicit gore and body horror, as that doesn’t align with Anselm’s character. Instead, the focus will be on situational and medical horror. 

Sneak peek of revisions? 

I will most likely to post short clips or images of these revisions on my social as I work through it. 

Thank you for reading 💗