Devlog #051 (Patreon)

Hi!

 I did a lot of stuff these past 3 weeks, clearing a few tasks out of the list, and more.

First of all, what little was left to do for alchemy mode is done. If you want more info on how alchemy works, you should take a look at the last update. (#50)

Then, I finally took care of the rank up menu, and renamed it amplification. In order to increase a character's rank, you will have to meet a few condition. A few of these are the same for all characters (reaching the maximum level for current rank, owning at least x power orbs, found all over the world) and others will be more specific, like clearing a certain quest or finding an item. With this, all menus are now done! That was the biggest coding task left to do before the next demo :D

A nice animation involving a magic circle plays out when you rank up, and I decided to draw a few more to fill the menus' background.

I also realized I still had a useless button in the bottom right of the pre fight menu. I had left it as is since the Almanach menu wasn't ready at that time. It is now implemented correctly and will show the current monster's info, as shown above.

Finally, I had enough time to take care of the saving system. I don't have too much to say about it, except that it saves the game as it should. You can only save if you find a save point, and it triggers a cool animation with yet another magic circle. The circle won't just be floating in mid air in the final game, there will be a cool background and everything, but that's how it looks for now.

 
Also just so you know,  I'll still be working as much as usual , but now that most of the main mechanics have been explained I might not have as much to say in the future, especially once I get to the bug fixing part. There will probably be more to be shown after I begin working on the graphics, but I don't really want to reveal everything either. I'll try my best to keep the updates interesting, but you should expect them to be somewhat shorter from now on, I hope that's okay. 

And now, the list :

 ̶-̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶a̶c̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶e̶m̶o̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶

 ̶-̶ ̶m̶e̶n̶u̶s̶ ̶(̶ ̶̶̶p̶̶̶r̶̶̶e̶̶̶ ̶̶̶b̶̶̶a̶̶̶t̶̶̶t̶̶̶l̶̶̶e̶̶̶,̶ ̶ ̶̶̶a̶̶̶l̶̶̶m̶̶̶a̶̶̶n̶̶̶a̶̶̶c̶̶̶h̶̶̶,̶̶̶ ̶̶̶c̶̶̶h̶̶̶a̶̶̶r̶̶̶a̶̶̶c̶̶̶t̶̶̶e̶̶̶r̶̶̶ ̶̶̶s̶̶̶e̶̶̶l̶̶̶e̶̶̶c̶̶̶t̶̶̶,̶̶̶ ̶̶̶t̶̶̶i̶̶̶l̶̶̶e̶̶̶ ̶̶̶s̶̶̶e̶̶̶l̶̶̶e̶̶̶c̶̶̶t̶̶̶,̶̶̶ ̶ ̶̶̶s̶̶̶t̶̶̶o̶̶̶r̶̶̶a̶̶̶g̶̶̶e̶̶̶,̶ ̶ ̶̶̶s̶̶̶h̶̶̶o̶̶̶p̶̶̶,̶ ̶ ̶̶̶a̶̶̶l̶̶̶c̶̶̶h̶̶̶e̶̶̶m̶̶̶y̶̶̶,̶ ̶r̶a̶n̶k̶ ̶u̶p̶,̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶̶̶m̶̶̶a̶̶̶p̶̶̶)̶

 ̶-̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶

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

 ̶-̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶s̶o̶r̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶r̶o̶v̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶

 ̶-̶ ̶a̶l̶c̶h̶e̶m̶y̶ ̶m̶o̶d̶e̶

 ̶-̶ ̶s̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶s̶y̶s̶t̶e̶m̶

- title screen

- room editor

- a bunch of smaller fixes

Next up is the title screen, followed by the room editor. I don't know If i'll be able to have both of them ready by next time, but if not, I should be pretty close. 

The smaller fixes will be detailed in their own list when the time comes. There is still a bit of work to do, but I'm getting really close to the graphical work, which is very exciting :D

See you!