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New Game - Zookeeper's Memoir
🕑 Added 2021-09-18 16:31:13 +0000 UTCSo,
the game is coming along pretty good.
I've got two of the several main questlines done -
Eastern Guard - Where you protect the city from an evil god with the help of an eastern oriented family.
Junkyard Rondo - Where you begin working at a junkyard, but end up uncovering a conspiracy happening in the sewers involving living slimes and military grade weapons.
Smaller questlines are alos being completed, including helping out at the local port/warehouse area by going undersea to find treasure. However, in order to be able to go under the sea, players will need to workout at the gym. Speaking of which,
There's a gym in the game, for which you can build up your Strength/Speed/Dexterity. These stats will affect both in battle and out of battle elements, such as certain skills you can acquire. I'm going to be using a Skill Slot based build for the game, think of Final Fantasy 9, where you got skills from equipment by getting AB from fighting enemies, just this time you'll need to workout at the gym to build them up.
At the gym there is also a martial arts class which you can take to learn core fighting skills from. Every rank you win will grant you a new ability when you rest at home, but you'll need a martial arts robe to get in, and be a Brawler Class. Of which you can choose to become at the start of the game, if you don't choose to become a street fighter (knife user) or gunsmith (gun user). These altenative classes will have their own skills which will be granted by under going certain charater quests in game.
Speaking of which, there are 5 main 'guys' who you can try and woo in the game - pictures will be shown of them in the upcoming post. Because this game is being based on the visual novel style, you will be able to get with them by spending time with them at the zoo, giving them gifts, helping them with their personal problems, of which will culiminate into a personal ending, which will have a picture of. Yes, there will also be intimate scenes, those will be of a lesser quality though, beause I am working on a budget here. Forgive me my sins.
There will be a two coliseum style fighting tournament in game for all classes, though the Brawler will be favored amongst the other two classes for the sake of realism. However, all classes will be accessible to secret gear/weapons, so no need to worry about feeling cheapened by the lack of stuff for everyone to do.
I'm reimplimenting the skill slot upgrade feature that I was using in The Heart In Space, but this time you will be able to access this function at the hospital in game.
THERE ARE NO HEALING POTIONS IN THE GAME!!
Instead, you will have to purchase a kitchen set and cookbooks to be able to cook items for you to use in battle. Every item cannot be used in battle, as I'm trying to go with semi-realism (you are not eating a bowl of soup while fighting against a sea monster)! With that said, you can go to the hospital and get a checkup which will boost your healing % for the day, or until you sleep.
Much of the game will be based around a day/night cycle, with the day having 12 hours that can be used to do extracirricular activites (like study at the museum, workout at the gym, or do side hustling to earn extra income), though the latter six will always be used to work at the zoo, this will be the best time to build relationships with your possible boyfriends. The night will grant you 6 hours to try and do as much as you can around the city at night, of which includes helping out side quests like with the eastern family and junkyard, and/or stripping or fighting in the coliseums.
Be aware that there is a day limit on the game. You have 30 DAYS to try and fix up the zoo, otherwise the game ends, in this time you'll need to fix things that are broken, purify the city water system, and woo your special guy -they won't be bothered with you if you don't fix up the zoo- you will also have to pay off the zoo's debt, which is a whopping 50000$! If you don't pay off the debt at the city capitol building, then its game over.
Fun times for all.
To be fair though, there are several ways to earn money in game, so this will be easy enough to do.
I think that's it for now, but if anything more comes up I'll post about it later.
My hope is to get the game out by the end of the month, however, depending on circumstances it may not be released until October. It all depends on how fast/much I can work. Wish me luck.
