Ren'Py Under Your Spell [Development Thread]

[Shady_Character_1]

Hey, everyone! This is my first post here and also the start of my devblog, I guess.
About a couple of month ago me and my friend started working on our first game. It is called "Under your spell", and it is going to be a 2D VN-style school simulator based in a magic school loosely inspired by the Harry Potter universe. After a spell-gone-wrong, you will have to carefully plan your school year: attend classes, raise stats, balance part-time jobs and leisure, to survive a dangerous tournament, and most importantly find yourself a girlfriend.

What to expect:
RPG elements - the way you create and develop your character will effect the story and end results.
Time management - you will have to spend your time with care.
Plot - the game will be plot-driven and will have a complete narrative.
Girls - a variety of girls to interact with and potentially date (we are planning to have 4 at first, but the full cast is planned to be 11).

What NOT to expect:
Porn - this will not be a purely porn game, though it will have plenty of lewdness and sex.

We are currently moving steadily to our first demo build. Until then, I will try to post some progress reports and teasers here.
If you have any questions - I am happy to answer them.​

 

[Shady_Character_1]

Some work in progress sprites for our four initial girls. Only two of them are in their school uniform, and to be honest, the uniform is still a subject to change too. But we are planning to have several main outfits for the girls like "uniform", "casual", "winter", "sports" and maybe a few variations.​

 

[Shady_Character_1]

I am not sure if I will keep it a weekly thing, but for now I will try to keep it up.
The first alpha-build is coming up nicely. Slower than I was initially hoping for, but the progress is steady.
The art is the slowest part of course, but a lot of groundwork on both characters and interface is being done.
For the first build we decided to focus on the first month and a half of the school-year, and mostly on the beginning of girls' story-lines and the main plot. There will be a few random events, but only a few, since it will take to much time to make the art for.
Random events and different "companion mechanics" like shopping, learning spells, part-time jobs and the like, we will leave for future builds.​