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Hi! I've gotten a lot done since the last devlog, like making rain and getting a rain sound for inside and outside. I am currently planning what should happen for the rest of the day.

Rain Story experience:

About a weeks ago, I stood outside for 2 minutes while it was raining, and then went to record the rain from inside for 2 minutes. Afterward, I created a new sky background then attempted to animate the rain by hand in animate CC. The result's for the animation weren't what I wanted

(Note: the picture behind the animated rain is only a screenshot of the game for reference)

I then turned to After Effects and found there is a simulator called "Rainfall" which was super useful. This realization was 5 hours AFTER trying how to animate rain in Animate CC.

The lovely tutorial that showed me how to make rain:

🌧 How to Animate Rain in After Effects | Tutorial 🌧

I then adjusted the rain to my liking and exported it to a PNG sequence, however the issue now was that the rain didn't export with a transparent background. What fixed that issue was the "Fill" effect, and lowering it to a lower opacity.

I finally was able to export the rain with a transparent background and in RPG Paper Maker, I created a loop function in the map properties.

The script in the map properties:

Lastly, to add a more ✨rainy feel✨ to the game I added some splatter everywhere. (Using a character sprite)

I then set the sprite to change the sprite with "Move object" using a true/false script! However this can also be achieved with the new feature "Move animation" even when the sprite is still. (it's a check box)