V0.02 - Editing software (Youtube Simulator)

                                               Major Editing Software Progress

19/01/2025

We are back at it again with devlog 2. Last time we got the basic recording system up and running so it only made sense to get started on the editing software next. Video editing plays a big role on YouTube so it's only natural it should be a big part of my game too. So first we need a way to select the recording file we want to edit so I copied the same file system that I used on the recordings application and made a way to select a file. The "Days to edit" number is directly impacted on how many hours it took for the file to be recorded, however the more days it takes to edit the more "Added quality" the file receives (but do keep in mind the -£1 daily living fee still applies). 

You can also select different video features that have a one time cost and add a day to the editing time but it also adds 5 quality to the edit. At the moment each feature has pretty much the same effect but at some point I'm planning to make them have different impacts on the recording so some will be very expensive but worthwhile if you've got the spare dough. I'll probably end up making them unlockable to the player (especially the more advanced ones) so I can flesh out the shop a bit more and kind of bump up the users average play time.

Then once you click the "Start editing" button the progress bar increases according to how many days you need to edit. I also added an editing window to randomly change costumes to make the illusion that the player's character was actually editing something. If you look closely you may realise that the images it flicks through are screenshots of my devlogs over on YouTube. I feel like this is a nice little Easter egg and I will keep adding more of these images as I make more devlogs over on YT.

That's it for now but next I'm going to work on the upload application and maybe even start on the whole YouTube system so we can start actually getting these videos out there. Anyway if you like the look of this project then please give it a follow and like this post to help me get it out to more people.

Version Additions Overall

- Video Editor app design

- Files select

- Video features select

- Video screen display

- Days to edit

- Added quality to the edit

- Video features cost

- Start editing button & processes

- Editing progress bar