Character Portraits & Name Tags for Message Boxes

Hi everyone, sorry the updates have been far and few between. Somehow something always pops up.

Speaking of popping up, I've been improving a lot of code behind the scenes (that you really can't tell in-game) as well as the art for when message boxes pop up on screen. The message box itself has gotten a graphical upgrade; it's wider now and matches the choice boxes. I also reprogrammed the name tags that appear when characters are speaking to each other. Originally you would see the names but there was no box around it so they just floated there, like little balloons... except static. Strange static balloons floating there and not moving unless the window closes.

Anyway.

I also got to work on character portraits! Kazuki has his "Simple" or "Default" emotion portrait. I meant to work on more of his but then I did a "Simple" one for Hayato. I ended up changing his design slightly and liked it a lot so I've been on a roll making all of his expressions. Of course, I'm having to update game code databases for the amount of expressions I need/want. Like I said, a lot of behind-the-scenes work that really isn't noticeable. :3

I plan to make this my focus for now seeing as the game's story and characters are very important to the game. I wanted to bring more life to conversations. So expect more expressions in future updates as well as more cleanup of the text, choices, and such. I might also tackle some of the various bugs I have listed in the changelog.

Thanks for reading! And feel free to share any opinions thus far if you're following the updates! Or if you're not. Or really any opinions... Hayato likes pudding. Do you?