Devlog (Nov 3, 2024)

Hi, here's what I did since the last devlog (summarized):

• Fixed bugs in 0.7.1.

• Implemented lots of performance improvements (0.7.1 had some performance problems on the water/forest levels w/ a full party).

• Implemented gases (e.g. steam, smoke, poison gas). Right now the mechanic is not very developed but I think there's a lot of potential!

• Made lots of mechanical changes to fire(balls) (e.g. reeds/trees burn probabilistically)

• Implemented new dungeon generation logic. The old logic filled the level with walls before digging rooms. The new logic fills the level with a combination of terrains/objects before digging rooms. It also generates bridges! I think the next step (to make the levels more interesting) is to add more interesting encounters (e.g. bosses, puzzles, traps).

• Added hard/finishing animations to all h scenes

Here's what I plan to do in the near future:

• I have some new HCGs (2 for Pila, 1 for Paila, and more are coming) so I plan to write the associated scenes.

Changelog for versions 0.7.2-0.7.15

Roguelike

• Implemented gases; added steam, smoke, and poison gas.

• Added new monsters: will-o-wisp (placeholder sprite), rafflesia (placeholder sprite)

• Added new terrains/objects: lava, steam vent (placeholder sprite), burnable bridges

• Added new items: tome of explosion, tome of poison gas, potion of smoke, potion of fire immunity, potion of antidote

• Flames have a 5% chance to burn objects on adjacent tiles each turn.

• Fireballs have a 100% chance to burn a tile when colliding and 5% chance to burn the tile when passing over it.

• Trees block movement (and collide with fireballs)

• Axe's melee attack removes trees (I forgot to implement this for spin attack)

• Reeds reduce presence (rather than set "base presence") (I planned to remove the "base presence" concept but I forgot to make the same chance for water)

• Parched reeds have a 10x chance to burn.

• Trees/reeds/bridges generate smoke when burned.

• Water generates steam when burned.

• Added drenched status (+fire resist, -elec resist)

• Water/steam puts "drenched" status

• Added new dungeon generation logic (uses other terrains/objects for "walls", generates bridges)

• Added "fire level" dungeon region (B5-B6)

• Adjusted monster table for other dungeon regions

• If a monster bumps into you while you are invisible, it becomes able to see you.

• Change how multiplicative bonuses stack (+20% and +20% should be +44%, not +40%)

• Tome of fireball does +2 damage per level (rather than +3)

Narrative

• Talking to Pila is required for Paila to appear in the dungeon

• Viola goes past B5

Art

• Hard/finishing animations added to all sex scenes

• Hot spring tile has ledge

• Spiderweb is dark on sand

UI/UX

• Don't preselect options in dialogue menus

• Remove fade transitions when changing cg animations

• Add green rectangle for poison damage on portrait (over the red rectangle for normal damage)

Fixes

• Fix bug where you can teleport to spaces outside your field of vision

• Fix bug where you can equip the same ring to both slots

• Viola's, Miran's, and Paila's starter items are sellable

• Fix Miran being in a bad state when loading 0.6.x saves

• Fix misc issues in Miran's dialogues

• Fix Seri's post-content conversation repeating Viola/Miran introductions

• Fix bug where felling Nanako and Yuu in the same turn causes an error

• Fix bug where falling in town makes you go back to town without a continue prompt

Performance improvements

• Store terrains and features in arrays (rather than dictionaries)

• Store various field of vision, pathfinding, and dungeon generation data structures in arrays (rather than dictionaries, priority queues, etc.)

• Check if a point is in-bounds by checking 0 <= x < MAP_W and 0 <= y < MAP_H (rather than checking if the point exists in a set)

• Use different functions to check if it's possible to see past a point (when calculating field of vision) when underwater / not underwater (rather than check underwater status for each point)

• Pirahna/octopus/crab have different move abilities so other monsters don't have to check "Am I a pirahna/octopus/crab?" when calculating paths

• When inputting directions, FIRST check that the ability can be used via direction input and SECOND check that the ability is usable (rather than the other way around)

• Sprites use 1 GameObject (Unity) (rather than 2)

• Don't animate sprites outside field of vision

Misc

• Upgraded to Unity 6

The latest version can be downloaded here: https://ayumu98.itch.io/the-demon-lords-lover-patreon (password: eterna).

Thanks for the continued support!

And feel free to check out the discord channel, it's cozy <3. If you need an invite feel free to dm me.