Devlog #050 (Patreon)

Hi!

I've got some good news and some bad news :

The bad news is I underestimated the work required for alchemy mode and that I got sick last week, which set me back pretty bad on development. The alchemy menu is ready, but I wasn't able to finish alchemy mode on time for today, even though I'm really close (as in 90 % done). This is pretty annoying, but what can you do...

The good news is that the room editor is going to require waaay less work than I thought it would. Instead of at least one month, it will take two weeks at most, which is very encouraging.

Since everything alchemy related is pretty much done, I'm going to explain it in this update : At some point in the game, you will gain access to alchemy, which is pretty much B.E. Witches' crafting system. By bringing the right ingredients, you will be able to create all kind of items as long as you have the recipe and enough shards. Once you choose to synthesize an item, you will be presented with a pre made puzzle that can only be cleared within a certain number of clicks, kind of like Puzzle Quest's monster capture system. Clear it, and the item will be created.

If you complete a recipe once, you won't have to clear it again when you want to create more of the same item, and you will even be able to make several at once.

However, alchemy doesn't only allow you to create items : you will also be able to unlock characters, character palettes and background tiles, as long as you have the correponding recipes. Note that all characters won't be unlocked through alchemy.

I would have posted a picture of the alchemy menu/mode, but since it's not actually finished, you will have to wait until next devlog... Sorry about that :/

Progress list :

 ̶-̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶a̶c̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶e̶m̶o̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶

- menus ( ̶p̶r̶e̶ ̶b̶a̶t̶t̶l̶e̶,  ̶a̶l̶m̶a̶n̶a̶c̶h̶,̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶a̶c̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶e̶l̶e̶c̶t̶,̶ ̶t̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶s̶e̶l̶e̶c̶t̶,̶  ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶a̶g̶e̶,  ̶s̶h̶o̶p̶,  ̶a̶l̶c̶h̶e̶m̶y̶, rank up,    ̶m̶a̶p̶)

 ̶-̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶

 ̶-̶ ̶m̶o̶d̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶o̶d̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶(̶e̶.̶g̶.̶ ̶b̶a̶t̶t̶l̶e̶ ̶-̶>̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶l̶o̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶)̶

 ̶-̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶s̶o̶r̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶r̶o̶v̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶

- alchemy mode (90 % done)

- save system

- title screen

- room editor

- a bunch of smaller fixes

It's pretty safe to assume that all menus and alchemy mode will be done by next time. After that, I'll begin to work on the save system and the title screen. Actually, there won't be a whole lot left to do code wise after that now that I look at the list, that's pretty exciting ! :D

See you!