Devlog #5 (Jobs and Lani)

So this next release is the beginning of actually fleshing out the game. I do still have some more environments to build, but I finally have a chance to get into some of the nitty-gritty.

Yes! I'm adding more options for the morning! Also, Lani's fighting images are finished! And all of the placeholder images for the fighting effects are in there. There should actually be no more missing images in the entire game. It only took two months.

Anyway, this next release will have a framework for the various profession choices available to the player. What choices are give to you will be dictated by your set of titles. The church is available to everyone (even on first playthrough), and alchemy and adventurer guilds will open up for players with int/magic and str/end/agi titles respectively.

What can you do at the new places? Very little right now.

Is there a benefit to choosing one over the other? Eventually, yes. Right now, not really.

Plans for the initial release:
- Basic environments for the Church and Adventurer Guild.
- A series of random encounters much like the patrol, just so there's something there for players to read.
- At least one new interaction for girls based on each location (more to come, of course).

Plans for the future:
- The Church and Adventurer Guild each have progression mechanisms for advancing based on duties performed. Higher level in the profession provides more money and access to different quests. You'll start as a beginner in the first release, but those tiers will open up with newer versions.

- Each location provides benefits or demerits towards the player's relationship with romantic partners. Obviously Bess likes the church. Marla is interested in alchemy. Bess and Marla do not like the adventurer's guild. Lani doesn't care much about Alchemy, but if you can get her some potions to help her training, she may change her mind.

- Alchemy will lead to 'interesting' results.

- Each profession will eventually lead to skills and titles that will have an impact on the game as a whole (for example, gathering skills learned as an apprentice alchemist become a title that doubles the chance of rare loot drops from monsters)