hpowellsmith

small celebration #2

Added 2022-11-30 23:00:15 +0000 UTC

As November comes to an end, I've submitted my full first draft of Royal Affairs to my editor! It's currently a total of 333000 words, and an average playthrough of 71000 words (longer than any of my other CoGs).

It's been intense. I've added about 10000 words in 4 days doing the following:

Small changes/fixes:

tweaked wording of MC height choice
added a little more context to initial Politics class
added a playful option in Chapter 5 towards Asher
added option to not support either teacher in Chapter 5 with associated choices and outcomes later in the chapter and Chapter 6
reduced difficulty of getting a perfect inspection score in Chapter 5 so now it's challenging but possible
Many many small fixes, continuity fixes, typos

Stats:

put NPC stats back on the stat page and renamed/reworded some of them
renamed Underhanded stat to Cunning (reflecting noticing agendas/subtlety/craftiness rather than purely deceptive/treacherous)
balanced skill power levels so each skill is tested more evenly (in practice this meant adding a lot of options)
standardised what the action skills are used for, mostly in early game sections
reduced difficulty of getting top grades (previously 2% likelihood on RandomTest!)

General:

reworked Josiane's storyline
made Rosario's marriage to CremeMC mutually exclusive with CremeMC being a teacher
Added some narrative description for breaking up with other characters if you've committed to someone else in late game
News articles throughout to reflect public opinion and the state of the world
Achievements
Lots more romance and friendship time without stat tests