Once again best wishes to you and your family.

Snarky, I hope that the GUI works to make things easier for the player rather than harder. I don’t agree that a game has to just be an interface to struggle against (which I believe we’ve discussed before). I want the challenge to be in thinking and considering what to do next rather than how to do it, so hopefully the GUI can do it’s job and act as a natural means of communication between of the player’s intentions and the character rather than a barrier between them.

As for the overall progress, I find it hard to make such estimations. I can tell you that about half the background art is done, but several of other rooms are in place with programmer art. Programming-wise, The game system itself (The GUIs, sliding inventories, custom dialog system, switchable characters, all the other custom stuff) is all in place. That was pretty much my first three months of programming. As for the gameplay, I have a goal of completing the first (of three) acts by May with all art and everything, which would be a huge milestone for us. That isn’t to say that nothing is done beyond the first act, since most rooms are reused and revisited, and I’ve done several other scenes in the second. Not much has been done for the third act, however.

I don’t know how to extrapolate a percentage out of that, though. Hope that helps!

The game looks fantastic. I love the sliding effect on the touchscreen UI, and the clever touches on the main GUI (like the fact that it auto-selects the right inventory based on what you’ve “picked up”) really makes the whole idea seem viable despite its complexity.

I just played ‘Anna’ the other day (after remembering that I never completed it), and it reminded me of how much I enjoy the games you’ve made to date. So while I admire the slickness of this WIP, patience is a lot to ask for. Could you give us any idea of overall progress?