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Today we are posting the gameplay loops and the thumbnails for environments Epic Tales of Codfish will have, the Sea, the Bay and a Portuguese old house interior.

Briefly, the core loop of Epic Tales of Codfish consists of fishing, selling the fish and repeating, while the retention loop will integrate mostly easter eggs and achivements, although we are still researching which approaches we should take. Below is an image describing the core loop and the retention loop.

As for the complete gameplay loop, Epic Tales of Codfish has 3 phases, with distinct minigames where the player can sucessfully finish them or not. In the event the player does successfully complete the minigames they progress the day, otherwise the day repeats. Below is an image describing the gameplay loop.

As for the environment design, below are the developed thumbnails.

(Sea Environment)

(Bay Environment)

(House Interior Environment)

Our main character João also got updates, here are some sketches of him:

We also got updates on the mockup image!

We are also posting the sound samples we developed in youtube shorts format :)

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This week we worked on sounds and environment concepts, as well as sketches for the initial sprites of one of the main characters, João Maria.

Unfortunately we can't display sounds here, but next week we might release a video on youtube with some sound samples of the music style we intend to have in Epic Tales of Codfish. Expect something calm and portuguese themed :)

Below are the moodboards of the environments we are working on:

• House interior environment;
• Bay environment;
• Sea environment.

Here are some sketches of a character:

The mechanics we are researching are similar to Undertale's damage bar moving target, and Stardew Valley's fishing mechanic. Below are 2 GIFs of the researched mechanics:

Next week we will give updates on the Gameplay loop, as well as more concepts and some of the ingredients for the game elements/sprites.

Feel free to keep up with these devlogs and give feedback. We are a team of students and any advide is welcomed :)

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In this post we will discuss topics such as Game Narrative and Concept, Character's Moodboards, Mockup Image, Logo Studies.

This week our team created a short narrative for Epic Tales of Codfish, it reads as follows:

João Maria is a writer who was censured by the Portuguese Dictatorship in 1933. He and wife, Inês de Castro, had to find new professions in order to sustain their son. João is now a fisherman, and Inês a Varina.

The following moodboards describe these two characters:

Epic Tales of Codfish presents a political theme, with elements of nostalgia, family conflicts that involve parents and their child and moral and ethical dilemmas. We are focusing on Epic Tales of Codfish' concept and narrative.

The following image is a mockup image of how we want Epic Tales of Codfish to look like:

As if the player is reading a book, written by the main character João Maria (J.M.), the narrative gets developed. The player catches fish and sells it.

We are also working on the logo for Epic Tales of Codfish, below are the studies we made.

These are rough and still in progress. We intend to have an artstyle that appeals to more mature audiences.

On this week we wil reasearch mechanics and environments, as well as music and sounds. Please do keep up with our weekly posts!

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