Happy New Year!

Hello Guardians,

Yunseok is here. How are you doing? Many days have passed from the last devlog. I am pleased to be able to write an article here again. Today, I am announcing new updates and other news from Project DW. Hope you like it!

Minor Update

• Update: Version 1.8.3.770 > 1.8.3.880 
• Update: Ren'Py Engine 6.99.14.2 > 7.1.3.1092
• Added: Some Python packages(for upcoming DLCs and News)
• Added: News system
• Improved: NVL-mode settings(for upcoming DLCs and Steam Workshop)
• Improved: Android support
• Improved: Code optimization
• Fixed: Now the Ga-yeon on the bridge is not cutting by the mask according to device's performance.
• Fixed: Copyright

DEVLOG

Ren'Py Engine Update

With the efforts of the creator PyTom and many Ren'Py peoples, I was able to apply an improved engine. Android support, OpenGL and DirectX acceleration, other many fixes and improvements have been applied. I am also currently involved in the Korean translation of the engine.

Android

After updating the engine I built a new TEEN version for Android. I expected better performance on Android. As expected, it worked great on my test devices. But however, my app has been removed from Google Play because a crash error has been reported.

signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR)
SDL_main
pid: 0, tid: 0 >>> github.io.yggdrasilstudio.kndwteen <<<
backtrace:
#00 pc 00000000000016fc /data/app/github.io.yggdrasilstudio.kndwteen-PhqUeVImbv12os7LZQoqrw==/lib/arm/libmain.so (SDL_main+79) #01 pc 000000000000131f /data/app/github.io.yggdrasilstudio.kndwteen-PhqUeVImbv12os7LZQoqrw==/lib/arm/libmain.so (Java_org_libsdl_app_SDLActivity_nativeInit+230) #02 pc 000000000002bdb1 /data/app/github.io.yggdrasilstudio.kndwteen-PhqUeVImbv12os7LZQoqrw==/oat/arm/base.odex

I thought it was related with the Adreno GPU(not Ren'Py's fault). And the backtrace, only three lines recorded there. I built the app again, by reducing the size of the presplash image to 800x480(1280x720 before). It worked on the Firebase Test Lab, I re-submitted updated APK to Google Play and it was restored.

News System

After cool my head, I have prepared a update of the Steam version. As a result, KNDW is now has a news system. It is a way to parse JSON on the web and show it in the program. When the player runs the program, a thumbnail appears at the bottom left of the screen. After click it, the original image and text, and the URL link will be output in the center of the screen.

{
    "version" : 1,
    "image" : "<a href="<a href="https://yggdrasil-studio.github.io/Discouraged-Workers/news/news_banner.webp">https://yggdrasil-studio.github.io/Discouraged-Workers/news/news_banner.webp</a>"><a href="https://yggdrasil-studio.github.io/Discouraged-Workers/news/news_banner.webp</a>">https://yggdrasil-studio.github.io/Discouraged-Workers/news/news_banner.webp</a></a>",
    "thumb" : "<a href="<a href="https://yggdrasil-studio.github.io/Discouraged-Workers/news/news_thumb.webp">https://yggdrasil-studio.github.io/Discouraged-Workers/news/news_thumb.webp</a>"><a href="https://yggdrasil-studio.github.io/Discouraged-Workers/news/news_thumb.webp</a>">https://yggdrasil-studio.github.io/Discouraged-Workers/news/news_thumb.webp</a></a>",
    "link" : "<a href="<a href="https://www.indiedb.com/games/discouraged-workers/news/new-year-devlog-20191">https://www.indiedb.com/games/discouraged-workers/news/new-year-devlog-20191</a>"><a href="https://www.indiedb.com/games/discouraged-workers/news/new-year-devlog-20191</a>">https://www.indiedb.com/games/discouraged-workers/news/new-year-devlog-20191</a></a>",
    "text" : "Happy New Year! V1.8.3.880 Update & WIP. Visit our {a=<a href="<a href="https://www.indiedb.com/games/discouraged-workers/news/new-year-devlog-20191}{u}IndieDB{/u}{/a}">https://www.indiedb.com/games/discouraged-workers/news/new-year-devlog-20191}{u}IndieDB{/u}{/a}</a>"><a href="https://www.indiedb.com/games/discouraged-workers/news/new-year-devlog-20191}{u}IndieDB{/u}{/a}</a>">https://www.indiedb.com/games/discouraged-workers/news/new-year-devlog-20191}{u}IndieDB{/u}{/a}</a></a> to find out more."
}

Deploy updates to all distribution platforms

The next thing planned is to update on all our distribution platforms. Both of desktop and mobile platforms, I will update the original and TEEN version.

Upcoming Release

The first release in this year is Solitaire Minigame DLC. Based on Klondike, the best-known solitaire card game. This mini-game was developed to get donations for the Project DW. It will be released on January 21st, because Taejin need work to translate the hints.

Working in progress for 2019

• Fimbulvetr(Free playable MOD DLC, ASAP)
  • NVL based kinetic novel
• Wake Up, Ga-yeon!(Free playable Steam Workshop MOD item, ASAP)
  • Life simulation mini-game
• Where is My Cranberry Jam?(Free playable MOD DLC)
  • 8-bit voxel based puzzle adventure
• A Squirming Fairytale(other project)
• Choice matter interactive fiction

If you have any problem or found a bug, please report it to our forum, or email me with your problem and log.txt. Thank you for read this article. I'll be back soon!