Automated Builds using ZuriZuri Build!

After seeing the polls running for a little while. And seeing that more people want more Alpha and Beta, I decided to strike at this early and fix some issues with being able to do that. 

Previously all builds had to be "manually" updated and built, which made it difficult to manage releases. And it was also really really fucking confusing o_o. 

So this morning, I cranked up the tunes and went all out. The result... versioning, builds and packaging is now completely automated through an interface. 

"But wait, how is that different from just building using normal Unity?" some people may be wondering.

...heads up... geeky stuff ahead...

Zurizuri is an engine which runs it's own scripting language called Zuri Script. It's what talks to the underlying engine and controls it's behaviour, like loading images, unloading sounds and displaying characters for example.

So everything you see in Paizuri University is handled by Zuri Script.

In order for any of it to work, many of the resources like backgrounds, images, sounds, and music have to be manually built or "bundled up" so that Zuri Script can use them.

If the project was built using Unity's build pipeline, all the resources and settings wouldn't exist in the build and Zuri Script would fail to run anything. And playing a blank screen isn't really all that fun.

I've included an example of Zuri Script in the bottom of the image, showing how the Title introduction is actually handled. You might need to click on it to make it bigger...

...err... end geek-y stuff...!

Now that builds are completely automated using a handy dandy interface.  All I have to do is specify the configuration to "Patreon" or "Public", press "Build", wait a minute or so, then upload the Zip file it spits out! Simple!

With that change, I'll be talking with Bukacain to figure out a few details so we can start getting out regular builds. This is also likely to lead to updating the reward tiers again to adjust for the frequency in which we can make releases. Nothing major hopefully, but we'll be sure to let everyone know about any changes when they happen.

Hope you enjoyed that.

~Zuripai Sama