Hello, lovely players! I’m Ya Mao, and here’s the Jun. game development update for Shiba Sweet.
This month's game development progress includes ensuring proper launch and gameplay support on Steam Deck, adjusting the UI layout for the exterior decoration system, adding a continuous selection feature for controllers, creating extended functionality for the egg separator, and finalizing the purchase and equipping logic for the apron shop.
This month, we adjusted the Steam backend settings and the game build so that players can enjoy the game on Steam Deck in addition to PC. Although continuous optimization for programming and rendering is still required to ease the hardware load on the Steam Deck, the game can now launch and run completely fine without any issues.
Based on feedback from the previous Playtest, some players mentioned that the exterior decoration UI was slightly cut off on the left and right sides when playing on Steam Deck. To address this, we shifted the layout slightly toward the center this month and fixed the controller support to ensure the directional navigation of the selection buttons works correctly.
Players can now hold down directional buttons to move continuously across the main menu, ingredient cabinet, dessert showcase, and mailbox interface. This eliminates the need to press the button repeatedly and makes browsing much faster and more convenient. Additionally, we implemented an automatic scrolling adjustment feature for lists that require scrolling.
By default, the egg separator only collects egg yolks. However, as new recipes are unlocked, egg whites may be required in later dessert-making processes. Therefore, when the corresponding recipes are unlocked, the option to collect egg whites will also become available. Players can freely toggle this feature off if it is not needed.
We successfully established the core functionality of the apron shop this month. While players can obtain a cute apron for free in the Demo, the full game will allow players to purchase new aprons with a small amount of Shiba Coins and freely choose which apron to wear while baking.
Development progress in June was a bit slow as my body is still recovering. There were times when I could not even sit properly in front of the computer to develop the game, but I still worked very hard to complete the items on the development checklist one by one.
I know that every time I reach a milestone, the game gets a little bit closer to everyone. I truly miss seeing the happy and surprised expressions of players during the playtest. No matter what, I will remain fully dedicated to completing this game. Let us look forward to the official release day together. Thank you so much for your patience.
Thank a lot for reading this far. See you in next month’s devlog!
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