October small update + plans (Patreon)

Hey everyone! I just want to give a small update and talk about plans for the remainder of Chapter Two.

Since the last build I’ve been working on the goblin battle scripts and added a new goblin variant. I want every enemy to have a variety of abilities instead of just attacking every turn, and some monsters will have unique interactions with other monsters in battle.

I’ve also worked on the dungeon save data for the game so now treasure chest states will be saved as well as the crystal checkpoints will be saved individually for each dungeon. Hero’s chimera gene settings will be saved now so they won’t have to be set up each time you load the game. These updates will be available in the next build and should be save compatible.

In the coming months I will be working on the final part of Chapter Two. It wouldn’t make sense to release this new content in piecemeal so I would like to have it mostly finished before revealing it. However I don’t want to have another three month wait between releases. I’m going to try to split the work between side content and the final story content and try to release two smaller side content builds, one in October and one in either November or December depending on how things go.

Some of the side content I want to touch upon is adding onto the mercenary camp and expanding the scenes that take place there, particularly involving the buddies. I’ve also started work on animations for a couple new scenes involving the goblins.

Some of the game mechanics need a bit of work, for example Hero’s wolf form passive sniffing skill, and some use for slime passive in the new areas. I’d like to add more new equipment items, particularly for Ash. And overall the ongoing tweaking and polish of the game.

I hope that I will be able to execute this plan and keep engagement high for the rest of the year while also being able to surprise everyone with a big finish to the end of Chapter two. Let’s see how it goes!

As always, thank you for your support and let me know if you have any questions or comments.