Pix & Bit's Big Debut - Devlog #1 (The Glen, See description)

Hey guys! I thought i'd give you all a bit of an update with the hack so far. It's been picking up pace kind of quickly and now that i'm getting into the swing i think i might be able to make the Q4 2025 deadline. That's not to say i WILL release it at that time as a fully finished product, it's taken me about six months to get to where i am now, not to mention there's all manner of different things that have happened throughout my time working on this that have caused me to burn out and lose any and all motivation to work on it.
But with that said! Here's my current workflow:
I take time to work on a few mechanics & parts that need working on or revision like VWF dialogues and some spritework that feels a bit off and is far too noticeable, or maybe it's a part of a level that doesn't fit the background, maybe there needs to be a different look & feel to the actual background itself, whatever it is that needs revision i get around to making sure it looks better.
Other times i'll be adding new stuff and researching how some things work, like new level content. For each level i tend to try and keep them themed and fit the world or try to have them explore a new mechanic, and for subsequent levels i try to make opportunities to use that mechanic all the more frequent so that the player can feel accustomed to it and work with it with ease.
Then there's bugs and glitches. If something breaks i either undo the thing i just did, make a backup before adding it if i'm unsure of what will happen if i add an UberASM patch or an asar patch, or i'll head to the SMWCentral Discord and ask the kind folk there what i'm doing wrong. So far the only bug i've encountered that's impacted me is my Wine configuration making every 2nd application i open crash for quite literally no reason whatsoever, but i've learned to work around it and while it is annoying, it's not that bad, really.
So yeah! That's how i've been going about it. I don't really know what i'm doing in terms of a story just yet but i do have a few ideas up my sleeves ;3c
Hope you all enjoy this gameplay video of me playing through one of the first few levels as Pix! ^w^

[@third-place.ordinal]

wow this is cool, i love pix and bit!

[@Pomodorosan]

Fun

[@fluoriteByte]

This looks cool :3

[@SonictrainkidDoesFurryStuff]

super mario world?

[@tiredideabox]

yep, it's a rom hack i'm working on