

Thought I’d check in this week with another small update! I’ve been meaning to do a bigger one but there’s some last minute stuff that’s happened over the last two weeks that is really awesome, but can’t talk about at the moment. I will be able to soon though. :D

Anyways, progress has been great on getting some gameplay video up and going. I’ve implemented a particle engine and have almost finished finalizing some of the foods that will be showcased in the vid, as well as having a general idea of how the video will be cut. There were a few small setbacks (the deep fryer and the way you “dunk” the foods took way way longer than expected…I had no idea it would be so complex due to the camera perspective, but the amount of layers and such really made it a tough challenge). From here though it feels like I just need to get all the stuff up and running and I’ll be ready to make some vids.



I was going to talk about some of the sound design in CSD 2 but I’ve opted instead to not put in the final sound engine for the game, and will just do it in post on the video (specifically, the background ambient sounds). This saves time and lets me get finished with the video quicker. So I’ll have that update later once I get it in the game.



I’ve also been tinkering a bit with the UI. Along with the new classic list menu I’ve decided to make the UI cleaner by shrinking it down a bit and getting it out of the way so that the delicious food art can shine that much more.







I think it looks much cleaner compared to the original style, and will likely be what I’m going forward with on the video.



Next week I’ll be submitting the Coming Soon page for Steam so I can have it ready when the gameplay trailer is finished, and finishing up any loose ends so I can have another mini-launch of the game since it’ll be the first time anyone has seen it in action. I don’t think I’ll have the new website ready though, as I want to get everything up and done as quick as possible.

Sorry for the short update but I’ve just been crazy busy with everything related to CSD, which is very much a good thing! I like that better than being crazy busy trying to build an office. I’ll answer some Tumblr questions over the weekend and will have more news next week, so until then!

