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Status Report On 0.5.8.6
🕑 Added 2024-08-23 15:06:09 +0000 UTCGood afternoon!
After last weekend and another dislocation treatment on Monday, I am finally feeling better and the headaches are gone. This week has therefore been much more productive than the last and I have managed to get a lot done, although not as much as I would have liked.
I started the week by finally completing the interactions with Penny's new outfit in her house (Implementation of last pictures and an animation). This was followed by tests to make sure that the right pictures are displayed in all interactions.
I also worked on a new scene in the living room (while Penny is cooking) since I wanted to give the new dress some time to shine.
I've also wrote a lot of dialog over the week and continued events around the quest involving the new mill and implemented the adjustments that the player can make to the map SE of Arenfield into the questline (Graphics for that have been made earlier, but it's one thing to make something appear and another to fit it into a story construct). I also added mercenary spots for the new area and edited the map inside the leadertent at the camp so that you can send them there.
I've also thought about adding in a new recruiter mercenary at the camp that will allow you to replace mercs that have died more easily (not yet implemented, but on the todo list for next week). You will also be able to loot mercenaries who die in the new area to get their armor back.
Today I've also started working on the events for Penny & Dave (when he comes to collect taxes). Images/animations for that were already done earlier, but the events are still not fully implemented and I had to make some sprites as well.
This week I also started with the economy of the new area. Penny will be solely responsible for paying the workers, the MC has the task of keeping the area safe, either with mercenaries or by defeating bandits that appear. If the area is secure workers will do their job and produce Grain & Milk.
Grain that is produced there ends up directly in the mill and is processed into flour, which Penny can then use for baking. I might add an option to sell flour directly, but I'm still testing that to make sure it's a good profit/loss ratio. Cows will provide milk, which is another commodity for sale (in the long term, further processing should also be possible here, but at the moment I'm trying to find a good end point so that this isn't a bottomless pit in terms of work).
There is still a lot to do as you can see and my approach is to get it all done by following through the quest step by step. As soon as the area is fully useable I plan to release update 0.5.8.6. which will be next week (as soon as it's done).
After that I will need some more time in September to get the story around the Coldstone estate completed. The pieces of all the created images/maps/sprites are finally beginning to click together, which really feels great, but there is still so much to do.
For now I plan to work some more on the tax collection events and then when I have a good endpoint relax a little over the weekend.
That said, I hope you've already done your work today and I wish you all a nice weekend!
Comments
Chyos
in her next update
Xefire
When are we getting Claire super pregnant?
Bruce Barton
Penny can pay the wages with other things besides money
Kevin Daley
quite literly as of now their is SO SO SO many possibility's to get ride of the baron. we can just outright kill him. have his wife staff or us poison him, let hemish do the dead, hand over all his illegal deads to the king or church letting them do it, blackmailing him to step down, doing a coup, asking the king/queen, be made a baron ourselves or he just cut ties and leave because we pay him off, join his family or he knows hes lost the town and leaves when his tieds are still high yet at the same time he is usful be it for his corruption factor on the world (you are the champion of lust after all. we really need to vote qwen so the main story can continue), money, or connections in the city. ya we might have arnfield and the surounding areas down pat but all but the queen do we have no true connections in either of the capitals or major factions. yes we have became our own faction and have united some of the outside factions but we are still not all powerful, just all powerful in arnsfield.
Kevin Daley
being able to recruit mercs make sense. literaly the bar is FILLED to the brim with soldiers and gaurds going or returning from the frontline. of course a few of them will want to join up hell if it wasnt for story reasons im pretty sure bajorns son would have joined up as a merc band is a great way to hide from desertion. it would also be a good idea to also be able to recruit some of the 'rouges' from hamish if your working with him. possible also unlock some higher level recruits thru yasmin as well if the raven was freed or let go. these last two options aren't really joining for money but other objectives but story wise and gameplay wise it makes sense. both as the mc and player get access to higher level mercs for cheap/cheaper and they have a place to hide in plain sight
Gray Metal Fox
The MC getting Penny on her feet and at a profit will surely get the Baron thinking. As the popularity of the MC rises in Arenfeld compared to the Baron. Though it's a good thing the MC has helped the people pay the high taxes and kept them safe from bandits and Orcs. The Baron will find himself in a dilemma. One, he's been able to keep favor with the king delivering all taxes due. The other is people becoming more reliant on the MC over the Baron. Regardless the Baron is subsidizing the mercenary's income. Sooner rather than later the Baron will seek complete loyalty from the MC, or see him as a future threat for control over Arenfeld and plan for his fall. But hey this is your story to tell. I love to speculate since the game has a good story so far. Your hard work is always appreciated.
Chyos
No :D that is not planned for now.
Sonjohn Nickles
Iβm assuming penny would protect the farm from bandits offering herself up as relief π
