Nsala Liberation

Hello my friends, hope everyone is having a good Black History Month. I decided it was a good time to let you all know what I've been up to and what I have planned. I am currently working on what might be the final update to Nsala Liberation. The new version will have various upgrades that I think will make the game a smoother experience for players. For example, I have reprogrammed almost every enemy in the game for a variety of reasons but one reason was to facilitate the ability to Auto-regenerate when you die. Essentially, it works like a fairy in the Legend of Zelda. I still have to do more testing but so far it seems like I'll be able to accomplish this addition to the game. This is an optional thing the player can have but I felt it was an important addition because the difficulty of my game has often been a barrier for new players and I want my game to be able to be played by a large number of players. Besides quality of life improvements, I'm also adding some more side quests and other things. I hope to release this version of the game sometime this year or next year. Hopefully it'll be sooner than later but I do tend to take a long time to work.

Outside of Nsala Liberation, I've been working on a card game, which at the moment is planned to be physical cards though I may make it into a video game at some point.

I have recently bought a 3D engine so I may make a 3D game in the future and I also still have ideas for 2D games which will likely still use RPG Maker.

P.S. I do also want to continue the prequel game Nsala Sunset though I may prioritize new projects first. As you can see I have a lot of ideas to work on. So its hard to say exactly which one will come out next but for the time being the main priority is to finish the current Nsala Liberation update.

That's all for now. Thank you for your support.

Lanoa and Rawjal are now mascots for my videos. Specifically a video series I call Game Ritual which are painting videos. The first video is about Ganon from Zelda and the Kponungo mask of the Senufo. Please give it a watch.

Game Ritual video

Eventually I plan to feature Nsala Liberation and Nsala Sunset on this new Youtube channel.

Please subscribe and share if you can.
Thank you everyone :D

I was hoping to release a new demo for the prequel game this month but that will likely be delayed for more testing. If you are interested in play testing Nsala Sunset let me know. That being said, if your planning to play some games this month, might I suggest the first African fantasy adventure game Nsala Liberation. Which I might make a trailer for in the future since I'm learning how to make Youtube videos.

Since it is Black History Month I kinda feel awkward just promoting my game so let me also recommend some other stuff. If you love research like me might I suggest one of my favorite books "A History of Art in Africa" authors include Visona, Poynor, Cole, Harris, Abiodun, Blier. This book is such a great resource I highly recommend it. It covers Africa from past to present and it also talks about all of Africa instead of simply concentrating on west and central Africa like some other art books do.
Also did you know there is now a monument in DC for Martin Luther King and a National Museum of African American History and Culture. Those weren't there last time I traveled there but if I do ever go back to DC I'd love to go there. When I was there I did get to check out the National Museum of African Art. It is easily my favorite museum ever. If you go to DC please check it out.
Anyway since I brought up MLK, just feel like sharing something new I learned about him a few months back, MLK was in favor of Basic Income! How awesome is that? It's unfortunate how our public schools don't give us the full story on MLK. Of course there's tons of stuff our public schools don't teach us. I had to wait till I was in college before I learned anything about Africa.

Anyway hopefully my rambling was interesting enough to justify this blog lol.
Hope you all have a wonderful month :D

The update is finally here! Nsala Liberation is now more user friendly than ever. Many challenges have been tweaked. Certain abilities have been refined. The Call Clua spell is now practically a built in walkthrough able to give directions on where to go and help on puzzles and challenges. You can now see the whole world map now instead of just the Great Savannah. A new item called Baked Porridge can give the player invincibility. It was implemented for those who are struggling with a boss or some other challenge. With all of these new additions to help the player, if you still are having trouble please contact me and I'll try to help.

I've been working on this game for about 8 years now. I hope you enjoy.
Thank you all for your support.

I probably shouldn't make a blog while I'm drunk but whatever.
I don't drink often but it's a new year and I've gotten a good amount of work done in these past weeks.
So it's been a long time since I made a blog and for good reason. I felt why waste time making a blog while I could use that time to work on the update. Well I can say that the bulk of the update is now done. There are a few smaller things to add but it shouldn't take too long. Once everything is done, I'll be getting some friends to play test it and make whatever final adjustments are needed. Then I'll do one final play test and after that I'll upload the update.
The biggest addition to the game is a new hint system that works like a mash up between Midna and the Big Sheikah Stone in the new Zelda games. Essentially its like having an in game walkthrough for those who need it. So the walkthrough I was mentioning in a previous blog is now accessible in game basically. I did this because I really want to encourage players to get through the whole game. Statistically, many people don't finish videogames these days and I think that's why Nintendo added in game walkthroughs to Zelda. I'm also adding an invincibility item, which is another thing I learned from Nintendo.
Another big feature will be the previously shown off world map. And you can now unlock secrets on the map. If you feed Tingtembo's animal friends, he will reveal secrets on the map. Yep, all the animals on the Savannah that were previously decorative are now interactive. They weren't interactive before because for one, I was worried about slow down but I have managed to set things up in a way that works fine. Two, I don't study Africa for the animals I care about the people, art, and culture but I recognize that other people enjoy animals so now you can interact with them.
And of course many other changes have been made, most notably just subtle tweaks that make playing certain challenges in the game more enjoyable.
I think I have taken the vast majority of feedback that you have all given me into account and hopefully that will show when the update is available.

Just, keep in mind this update is not out yet but I hope to bring it to you all soon. Thank you all, and have a great new year!