Hello, Ducklings!
It has been quite some time since we've updated. It has been a challenging time mentally for our EVIL Geniuses. Many of us also work full-time jobs while supporting this small studio. With the rising tide of racism, police brutality, COVID 19, and concerning political changes that are happening in the United States right now, it has been hard to always be motivated to work on our latest and greatest EVIL inventions.
We're happy to inform you that any members that needed extra care during these times have safely sought help and are working to be their best EVIL selves.
This means it's been a challenge to make progress on Project S.A.M but that's alright. The health and safety of our EVIL Geniuses and Duck affiliates are most important.
With all that said, we do have an EVIL update to share with you!
The Pondcast
Madame Evil along with Stephen Mazzeo: CEO of Fatal Games and Jake McKenna: Studying Game Designer and Freelancer are releasing a new podcast under the Evil Quacks banner! It's called The Pondcast and will feature topics like "Did this game deserve the praise it got?", "Did this game deserve the backlash it received?", "How do our backgrounds affect our creative process?", "How to manage audience expectations!", and many more!
The first official episode releases Sunday, August 22nd, 2020 but to help you get acquainted with the Ducks who will be joining us in our Pond, there is an Intro episode out now called "Dipping Our Toes in the Pond"
Project S.A.M
Project S.A.M tasking has been readjusted to better suit our team members who are currently seeking help. Instead of focusing solely on a template code base, we will be continuing to work on S.A.M while also developing the template.
We've come to the conclusion that building a template with an application in mind really helps the team iron out the structure.
With that said, prior to this change, we were able to complete some key components!
The Scene Manager
The Sound Manager
The Game Manager
Base UIController
Base AnimationController
Story Edits
Story edits are underway! These edits will hopefully help retain tension from scene to scene and clear up which choices are impactful to the end game.
Repository Maintenance
The Repo has been cleaned up of any old branches so that a new clean base could be used to start reworking project SAM and combining the Template adjustments to the SAM code base.
We hope to keep you updated more often but feel free to follow us on Twitter, @EvilQuacks, or on Facebook, Evil Quacks Studios for additional updates.
Thank you for your continued support Ducklings and remember to always be your best EVIL selves.
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