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Weekly Status Report
🕑 Added 2022-12-09 13:59:24 +0000 UTCGood afternoon,
I'm taking a short break from work to tell you about my progress over the past week.
I began the week with working on the new maps. Currently I've worked on 3 (2 larger, 1 small). The large maps aren't completely done yet as adding all the little details to them is always timeconsuming, the small map is complete. So this requires a bit more time, but it's close to being done.
I've also been working on a new system to make the progression through the game easier in the early game. I know that the game needs a lot more balancing as currently the beginning is difficult/grindy while the endgame is too easy. But to balance that out I will need more time than I currently have. As already said that I plan to do that with the next rework update among other things.
For now: the new system will reward you for doing things like: cutting trees, mining, finding items, working on the field, working in the smithy, lockpicking doors... Each time you do such an activity you will progress a hidden counter that will then reward you with a talent point in the specific talent. So working on the field will give constitution/strength. finding herbs will increase nature/inteligence and so on. if the talent you gain the point in is already maxed out you will get a free point that you can put somewhere else. Currently you can get 2 additional points for each talent and only the MC can gain extra points.
I will have to test that out so that if it's not too big of a buff it can be expanded in the future.
The third thing I've been working on is a new Winterhowl event. Last year I didn't add anything new to the game other than a new reward in the crampus fight should you have defeated him before... This year I want to add a bit more with a new animation that you can unlock during winter ingame or if we have December (realworld month). Once unlocked you can trigger the scene in every month of the game. Similar to Kate's scene at the inn (If you didn't know, yes there is a scene already that is only available in December ingametime/rltime). To clarify: the new scene won't be with Kate, but other than that no spoilers for now.
It's also time to talk about the deadline I've set for this update. As I've just written I want to add a christmas event...this means I want to get this update out before the 24th. Since the 23rd is a bit late in case of fixing bugs I would like to get this update done until the 22nd. With "this update" I mean 0.5.2.5 and not 0.5.3.0.
I've written about this before in my last report and just wanted to clarify for those who might have overlooked it. Tia's quest will require an additional month to be completed. It involves too much stuff and I want to do it right.
Before I forget, @Mayor: There is currently a pre poll running on discord to determine the next addition to the bonus scene poll. If you want to participate check the #bonus-scene-prevote channel. The next bonus scene poll will then go live on Monday.
That's all for now. I'll continue working for a few more hours.
I wish you all a nice weekend!
