hi! we're still working on veadotube.

we skipped last month's devlog since there was nothing to talk about! we took a huge month-long break during december/january, and now we're back to work, doing a LOT of full version stuff :]

so how's the full version?

lots has happened since the last update! first we redesigned the UI to make it look sharper but still silly while at it. we also eventually stopped calling it veadotube live and veadotube editor, and now the full version is just... veadotube. since it only really depended on which type of file you were editing, we instead started calling each part of the one app the "scene editor" and the "avatar editors". just a small semantic change.

and yes, that's a plural on "editors" -- not only you'll be able to create dynamic avatars in the future (you know, the fancy ones that will accept face tracking and all that), but also right now you can create and edit mini avatars in it! meaning that the full version officially covers everything veadotube mini does and more.

exclusive to the full version, we also added an effect preset editor, so you can create your own presets and apply them to state effects and you no longer need to copy and paste them around.

also exclusive to the full version, and released just yesterday: you can anchor objects to one another in the scene editor, and in the mini avatar editor you can create custom anchors that change position between different states and images. that's right baby we finally added prop/accessory support <3

here's the mini avatar editor in the full version, letting you select multiple images at once to edit custom anchors:

and here's the scene editor, with objects attached to the mini avatar:

everything is still obviously a work-in-progress, and we're still tinkering with the UI to see what works best! but as always you can already play with this very alpha version of veado the full in the early access, so do give it a try if you feel like it could suit you.

if you got access to it, we also released a new tutorial video to explain the whole workflow of the full version, if you ever feel lost!

what about mini?

mini 2.1a seems to be doing fine so far! we should however update it this month, just to fix some stuff -- veado uses SDL3 behind the scenes, and we ended up using a pre-release version which had a few bugs. the good news is that it recently got a first official release, and that we can update the app with some SDL3 bug fixes and whatnot :]

if you're in a hurry for more stability and bug fixes, you can replace the SDL3.dll file by yourself in the lib folder next to veadotube-mini.exe (or build it yourself if you're on linux), but soon this won't be needed.

anything else, veado related?

we got a lot of work ahead of us now, especially in the full version -- we're finally heading on to the dynamic avatar editor, which is what we had in the very old patreon version a long time ago, which is cool!

we also expect to update the website with some new screenshots, a better help page, better instructions for everything, search mechanisms, so on and so forth. it's a lot of work that we don't have much time to tackle right now, but it's necessary -- we wanna add more guides to the full version, and we wanna get things ready for future releases. did we mention this is very possibly the year we finally get veado the full ready for an actual release? things are happening!!

anything else, less veado related?

so you should probably already know at this point that veado is developed by Bella and i, and we're both part of Sindigatas, our small development and art team together with Nat. the news is that we're working on new ways you can support us and our other projects :]

between all that, we have a patreon now, for all us three! this is not only yet another way to get early access to veadotube, but also other exclusive content from us, including Bella's art, Nat's mini games, and art request piles.

the ko-fi will continue being a thing, but if you ever want more stuff than just from me, you got a new alternative :]

in other news, Bella is taking commissions on VGen, including pngtuber commissions! if you like Tube the deer and the other built-in avatars made by Bella, do know that now you can get your own avatar like that!! go commission Bella now!!!!!

anything else?

no! bye