Devlog (Apr 15, 2025)
Added 2025-04-16 01:59:45 +0000 UTC
Hi, here's what I did since the last devlog.
Finished writing Pila's route (4/10 events -> 10/10 events)
Made progress on implementing Pila's route
Made progress on re-implementing the town w/ the new town tileset
Made progress on the dojo; did some thinking about how non-tome feats/moves would work
Added experience points (which can be spent in the dojo)
Did some thinking about how to implement multi-tile monsters (e.g. 2x2 monsters)
The artist made some new menu borders; I implemented them
The artist made a dust cloud animations (for movement); I implemented them
Added a few items: chakram, tome of toxic shock
Added a few dojo-learnable feats: increased endurance, increased power, charge up (increase crit rate for 1 turn on rest)
Also, I did some thinking about the long-term vision. Here's what I have in mind:
"Chapters":
Chapter 1: Ends when you bring the 1st shard to Seri.
Chapter 2: Dungeon gets harder. More floors/quests get unlocked. Ends when you bring the 2nd shard to Seri.
Chapter 3: Dungeon gets harder. More floors/quests get unlocked. Ends when you bring the 3nd shard to Seri.
Post-game: Dungeon gets harder. More floors/quests get unlocked. Ends when you end the hero/demon lord curse permanently.
Average day:
Morning: go to shops, dojo, etc. pick a dungeon mission (and companions). OR pick a non-dungeon activity (e.g. practicing martial arts with viola, gardening with miran) and advance to evening.
Mid-day: do dungeon mission.
Evening: pick an evening activity (e.g. helping pila cook, helping paila close up, drinking with chii)
Night: go to bed (alone or w/ someone)
In the past I didn't want to add farming/cooking/etc because I was afraid of growing the scope, but now I think that it'd be nice to have more activities to do w/ the heroines that aren't just doing dungeon missions, esp given that not all heroines (e.g. Pila, Chii, Hilde) are adventurers. Also I've been playing Metaphor: Refantazio lately I realized I can add barebones versions w/o growing the scope that much. For example, the initial version of "cooking" could just be chatting with Pila and getting a food item, but it could be expanded into a whole system w/ ingredients, etc. if I feel like doing that.
