Update: May 5, 2022, The Queen’s Gambit
This patch mainly adds B2: The Queen’s Gambit. It also adds a completion panel to the game, so you can quickly see what you’ve completed with your current character. It adds other interface improvements, like character class images, ability to press -enter- to advance the dialogues, and create your character by assigning points (i.e. a third option).
There are also lots of bug fixes and proofreading. This was three weeks of free-time work since I returned to the game, although B2 was substantially finished earlier this year. B2 is about as large as B1, plus offers a substantial branching path if you are more neutral/darkside inclined. I’d like to improve this branch, since it’s really the first of its kind.
I’m feeling a little burned out already, but I’ve been working hard because I want to start a new module. My options are B3: a diplomacy module, C3: a pirate outdoor adventure, or D3: another dungeon. This patch introduces Outdoor Adventures to the adventure selection, as well as to the new tracker panel.
I’ll playtest on the server this weekend to look for any missing assets or other issues. Thanks for visiting.
Patch Notes:
A third character creation option is now available in module A1. You may now choose assign your own points, or randomize, or play through the full module.
Ora now asks a few organic questions about you in order to determine your character class, instead of awkwardly asking you to pick from an overwhelming list.
The six character classes now have tarot cards assigned to them, which now appear in the character sheet.
You can now press -enter- to auto-choose the first option in any dialog.
Botany Hike with Jeanie and Bird Walk with Connor now count as the first two “Outdoor Adventures” for tracking on the completion panel. Any more dedicated future romance content will be in the form of “Interludes”, and not tracked for completion or character progress.
New module cover art for Botany and Bird modules. Edited modules to correct file paths, write to savecode, which was broken, etc.
Dialog speaker mood text will now flash a highlight when their mood changes. (Will not be active yet in older modules due to referencing a newer version of the mood update function.)
Savecode manual load should now be fixed; there was an error in regular expression check.
On the other hand, the savecode was re-structured however to do the new completion panel, so old save codes will need to start a new game. Unless you want to manually edit your current save code to have 29 alphanumeric in segment 15, and an additional segment 16. Game support docs show how to hack your save code. “NAA100-FFFHFG-FFFFFH-AAAAAA-0-0-00190A0000000-AAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAA-AAAAAA-AAAAAA-5222222222222222-00000000000000000000000000000-000000000“;
A completion/achieve panel for story modules and dungeons is added to the interface. This replaces the in-game console record panel, which was kind of useless. The prior save roll etc. output to this panel is now in the browser console.
Some translations fixed in the gift shop. On review, I found the gift shop needs upgrades, but isn’t hopelessly bad. I backed off of developing a new all-purpose shop panel on the main interface for now.
Fixed a few errors and links in game rules.
Fixed settings panel height.
Fixed issue with quest/review panel button.
A1: proofread Spanish.
A2: fixed discrepancy in Chary’s dorm room location
A3: proofread Spanish translation, more cuts on long paragraphs, fixed progress counter?
A4: fixed a conversation bug
A5: proofread Spanish. That translation was frankly terrible. Fixed a few other issues.
A6: proofread Spanish. Added night sounds to the Moon Tower parlor. Fixed broken Morrigan portraits.
A7: fixed typos.
B2: The Queen’s Gambit (El Gambito de la Reina) is now live on the server. It is playable to the end, but it is currently being playtested, and still needs translations of most dialogues.
C1: Fixed typos, made edits to bring Botany Hike up to current code and styling standards, fixed music, added new bird music. Improved lesbian conversations.
C2: This was just a clown fiesta. Sorry about that. Fixed many egregious typos and bugs, fixed title, tried to fix some terrible dialogue, made edits to bring Bird Walk up to current code and styling standards, fixed music, added new bird music. Improved gay dialogue a bit. Apparently this module was rushed and never tested.
