Patreon build v0.22.0: Mapping Nudibranchs

Greetings, my dear players. This week I bring you... game-engine maintenance! Queue audio track of overeager cheering. A long stretch of hard work on my part, that hopefully results in nothing outwardly having changed. Exciting stuff!

All kidding aside, it isn't the fun kind of update, but the mapping engine was due for an update. I was still hand-placing every tile on the map in code, which was becoming increasingly ridiculous. So I hooked up a tile editor and spent a week writing conversion/merging code. Besides that, the item system was in desperate need of some changes to allow for later additions to the loot and equipment systems. Once again, nothing is visible right now, but internally the system has changed quite a bit.

I did add some art to Nuby, and added the portrait to all the scenes she appears in. She will get some content focusing on her specifically somewhere in the future, unfortunately, there are more imported things that have to be added first. Judging from the planning, there will be some regular content shipping next week, instead of mostly systems, so you can look forward to that.

This update is made possible through support on my Patreon, the patronage helps in freeing up time and resources, helping this project get done better and faster. If you want to play the updates early, you can get them by supporting me there!

Patch notes:

• Updated the mapping engine to use a tile editor
• Worked on the improved map simulations
• Converted all maps to use the new system
• Added a portrait for Nuby the Caretaker
• Reworked part of the inventory display code, to allow for some new features later down the line
• The inventory now has categories
• Equipment stats now display as icons
• Male and Female slime loss scenes now trigger on both hp and lust deaths
• Sleeping no longer clears the screen
• Introduced a fix to prevent crashing when the inventory detects a corrupted item
• Fixed a bug where the Christmas event would give you a corrupted item

Greeting, my lovely and glamorous patrons! It is my pleasure to bring to you this week's Patreon build, you can find it here. This week's password is: mapslug.