Howdy y’all! It’s about that time again already, eh? So here I am with what I have to share for this month. First, a few words: I’m finishing things up with the first chapter of Raphael’s story now. I’ve completed the level block for the very first level, and when I’m done editing the tiles, I’ll place them where they need to be. It’s been quite the challenge trying to come up with the maps for the levels, but also very fun. It’s so beautiful to see this world come to life, little by little. :)
Now to get into what you guys were probably waiting for the most; the visual aides! If you’re here from either my Twitter or Instagram, then you’d probably remember those cute little blue robotic attendants, the Mini-Miches. Their little kitchen scene I’ve been working on for maybe a quarter of the year is finally all set up and ready to go! Well, for the most part at least. There a few boxes and game mechanics I have to add in before the scene is 100% but it’s so close I can practically taste it! 
Through out this set of levels, Raphael will have to use his destructive quirk to find his way back to his home. I have plans for him to crash through walls to create new access points as well as using his mortar to blow up some extremely volatile security cameras. Despite this nephilim’s size, these set of levels were actually designed with lots of stealth aspects in mind. Upon playing his story, you’ll find out how tough he actually has it, but I don’t want to give away too much! 
The final bit I’d like to share is of a change in design choice. Originally, I was going to go the old-school Sonic the Hedgehog route and make the level titles on their own little title cards before control is given to the player. But after watching a few YouTube videos about diegetic interfaces, I thought doing something like that sounded a lot more interesting.
So far, I only have the titles on billboards, but I’ll think up more creative places when I get to those levels. I’m excited just thinking about all the clever places I can place them. Maybe one will be in the banner announcing the beach BBQ? Maybe one will be the name of a store in a different city? I’ll never tell, mwahahahaw!
I’m going to continue to chip away at this while also getting ready for Spooky Season with my little ones. I hope you all have a spectacularly spooky holiday, have a great time, and most importantly, stay safe y’all! Until next time, my friends! Happy Halloween!!
