Dev Diary 61: Back! (Patreon)

Hello mutants!

Guess who's back with a new keyboard! And not one, but two new keyboards (just in case)! :D

As promised last week, this will be a bigger update.

First of all, let's recap of what has been done this week. 

Almost 1200 new pieces of art required for one new location have been added to the game! It has been incredibly challenging to find the right tools and methods to properly cut and place all of that into the Fallout 2 engine. But nothing's impossible and there's always a way! :D

Wish I could give you some screenshots right now but I'm keeping this eye candy game-exclusive, anything less than that would be a shame and robbing you of the real experience.

With that finally done, I will move on to programming. The first new location that will be finished is Mesa Verde. This will also be a nice opportunity on some background learning about the real world location. So I will also include an optional historical documentary in the form of a holodisk spilling the beans about this beautiful location.

Another great piece of news is that I somehow missed out on info that a proper way of extending the gameplay time beyond 13 years is possible. So starting as of R4, the 13 years time limit will be gone and you will have time to explore the wasteland. However, that doesn't mean the world will wait for you forever. Some "events" will happen after a certain long period of time has passed and some special conditions are met. The world is alive after all and it will be interesting to hear what story your Prisoner has to tell :)

The time limit was removed with the help of a forum user gustarballs1983 who took time to explore the entire map on foot. It only took him 30 years to do so! :D

I'll wrap up this update with a conclusion me and writers came up with regarding the romance in game. None should feel pressured to add it to the game, it has never been a part of Fallout world while things such as flirting, seduction and sex were. Here's a good article on it https://games.avclub.com/why-love-and-fallout-have-never-mixed-1798283363

However, if they feel like doing any of the following while writing their characters and it fits the overall tone, I'll add it to the game.

- A pulp fiction romance.

- A funny situation similar to the shotgun wedding from Fallout 2.

- A crush such as the one between Tandi and the Vault Dweller from Fallout 1.

So there you have it, if it happens and it fits, I'll add it. If not, I won't force anybody to do one.

See you next week mutants!

-PJ