Dev Ramblings (Classes)

Hello there!

Been a while since our last ramblings, as we’ve been doing a lot of touch-ups, setting up our new writers, and importing the large amount of scenes they’ve already done. If you aren’t on the Discord to see the Progress post, we have over 70 new events already ready for this next update! From new interactions, actions, OC events, and everything in between! And that’s just what is already in the game ready. This update will be a big one, which we’ve already known.

But I am here to talk about the changes to the Class System. Now, instead of just determining if you want to pay attention or slack off for a bonus to the class’s skill check, you have a few more options that affect a bit more. I’ll list them below.

Attend Class Normally: This is the basic one, you attend class with no buff or debuff and every event, outside of special quest events, has the exact same chance of occurring.

Pay Extra Attention: This option gives you a bonus to the Class Check at the cost of some -Fun. However, that’s not all it does. It also increases the chance at getting Classroom events, these are events where you have chances to increase you SP gain and lessen the chance of bad or embarrassing things happening.

Socialize: This option increases the chances of getting an event with NPC interactions, at the cost of a debuff to the Class Check. This option will make it easier to boost social or get special NPC events in class.

Goof Off: Goof Off is similar to the above, giving you a Class Check Debuff and increasing the chance of socializing with NPCs. However, this option also has the extra bonus of giving you +Fun, with the downside of making it more likely to get negative events, along with some upcoming special events exclusive to goofing off.

Finish Homework: This is a special option only available in Math Class. It is a risky last-minute chance to avoid the grade loss and detention from not finishing homework, but it you may get in trouble if Mr. Randolph catches you. Another downside is, since you are hurrying with your homework, you don’t get the normal boost to grade as well.

Nap: A special option that appears if you are tired in class. You can risk it all to catch a few winks in class. Naturally, this will make it very hard to pay attention and you risk getting caught. This option may also be forced upon you if you are too tired in class, so be careful.

A couple other notes. You won’t be able to choose your Class Style if you attend late, so keep that in mind. Also, while these options affect the chances certain events playing, special conditions may override these, like Quests or Stories. Lastly, we’ve changed up how the skill check works in Classes to make it a bit easier to pass. At the moment, Studying no longer provides a bonus in class, but rather only affects the Mock Exams. (Though we plan to remove this as we don’t like how Studying works and want to rework it.)

I’ll leave you with one note about the Beta. We expect it to arrive once the new Clothing Library and changes have been finished to help with performance. So, once you see that Dev Rambling, expect it soon. The full release of the first part of the update will be a week or two after that.

Thanks again for all your support!