Greetings! It is time for the weekly devlog, where I bring you up to date on the state of the game and where things are headed. What have I worked on this past week? Dialogue is now able to branch, allowing for unique conversations and dialogue options available for certain classes and whatnot. There is now a Tutorial Area in the Hub area (an area for the player to 'prepare' for a run) that will allow the player to test out controls as well as weapons, abilities, and classes. I hope that this area will remove the need for a 'hand-holding' tutorial sequence, but I am always open to changing it if need be. To go along with this Tutorial Area, the player can now change classes in the Hub area, allowing the player to see what each class offers and to try them out. In the future I plan to include unlocks for classes, requiring the player to complete certain objectives to unlock specific classes. I've also completed a bunch of minor improvements and tweaks, such as:

• Overhaul of the Status/Effect GUI
• Reworking how each Classes' data was stored, allowing for much easier creation/adjustment
• Reworking how Abilities and Statuses/Effects were implemented, leading to much faster development
• ...as well as many, many bug fixes and adjustments

Where are things headed? Starting today, I plan to begin work on fleshing out the game and creating content, in the way of classes, locations, quests, dialogues, relations, etc. I believe the foundation of the game is sturdy, and I look forward to finally stretching my creative muscles to create interesting classes and locations. As this game is set in a medieval/fantasy setting, I want to include the 'generic' fantasy races such as humans, elves, dwarves, goblins, etc. However, I also want to include unique races and peoples at some point in time. I will begin by creating and fleshing out the human world first, which will entail probably a few factions, such as common folk, bandits, the nobility, etc. I want each reach to feel unique when compared to each other, but also unique compared to themselves. For instance, an elf could be a tree elf, or a mountain elf, something like that. Thanks for reading, and if you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and ask away! Until next time, aGoldenFly

[ 2022-06-29 13:06:46 CET ] [ Original post ]