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Hello,

Here is the first devlog about The Myths of Lightis -Begins the Age of Darkness-, not far from 1 month after its publication. A few points about this:

• At the same time, The Myths of Lightis had a little more visibility than HopDrop. The re-containment in France must have helped (HopDrop being released during the start of the school year in September 2020).
• But downloads have not really followed, probably the fault of the fact that The Myths of Lightis is, at the time of writing, only available in French (HopDrop includes English and French in a single game, since its release).

It is on this second point that I will dwell a bit, the English version is almost finished and will be released on April 30. That same day, the French version will be updated, bringing some fixes and 2 new items to collect in the wild (plants that can heal ailments).

Of course, the English version will benefit from its fixes and additions. Small points also:

• The translation work, on the technical side, is much harder than for HopDrop. If RPG Maker VXace is perfectly suited to a bilingual game for HopDrop, The Myths of Lightis induce a major reworking of the game code.
• Backups from the previous version will be compatible with the next version, also from one language to another.
• The current version will therefore be deleted, a corrective patch will be available to prevent first players from having to redownload the entire game while benefiting from the latest advances.
• As an experiment for HopDrop, a native Linux version (Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint primarily) of The Myths of Lightis will be available later (concerning macOS, Apple's current transition to the ARM architecture is currently a brake to the portage of Myths of Lightis in its current form).

There are no plans to unify the English and French versions, because as indicated on the main game page, you have in your hands a prototype for a more advanced game running on Godot. The Myths of Lightis -Begins the Age of Darkness- being actually a very old game, initially a remake of Felix Vengelis -Twilight King-, The Myths of Lightis started in April 2015 has taken a whole new direction. This prototype can be used to raise problems or suggestions. Like HopDrop, a Google Forms questionnaire is offered at the end of the game ... This will be all the more useful as the prototype is despite everything a good game and that the Godot port is in full reflection.

Stay tuned, hoping to see you again soon :).