December 19 Update (Patreon)

Once again, huge thanks to everyone supporting me! Not only was this a big confidence-booster, it really motivated me to dive straight into the project! Here's the first of what I hope to be a long string of updates, regularly punctuated by new versions of the game. About half of this week was occupied with fixing bugs in version 0.3.1 and integrating feedback. I don't do everything that's suggested, of course, but sometimes someone's comment really meshes with my vision of the game and so I use it. Most of these are minor, but there's one improvement I want to talk about. Starting with version 0.4.0, there will be sex sprites in the game for many of the scenes. The text is still the focus, because that's what I do, but this will allow for some variety. It will also integrate the graphics with the storyline better, and that's important to me. One of my goals with this project is to provide a unified experience and I think this will help. This week wasn't all looking backward, though: I also finished the last leg of the journey to Stineford. It's a fairly simple segment, but it introduces one of the other major elements of the game so I needed to get the back end in order to avoid problems later. Let's just say it's time to meet some orcs. Right now I'm sketching out maps for Stineford itself. I have a list of all the locations I want to include, so now it's a matter of arranging them as close together as looks nice and makes sense. I want Stineford to feel less claustrophobic than some of the areas we've seen, so it will have nice wide streets, but generally speaking I think tight maps are better. This weekend I should start laying actual tiles. You can ask me questions at your forum of choice if you want, but Patreon is the easiest way to contact me. See you next time!