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Big Battle Changes & Next Version Plans
Jaiden
Hey everyone!
So I've been quite busy this week, taking some time to iron out some bugs and make changes in response to all of the excellent feedback everyone has provided on the demo so far
One of the biggest problems with the game was the balancing of battles. Let's be honest, they were just too dang difficult. Not to mention if you didn't choose a command fast enough, enemies would just continue to wail on you until you got it right.
Among that, switching party members never quite worked right and caused some pretty nasty crashes, as did charging up skills.
And so, the ATB system has been completely replaced. I found that ParaDog's ATB integrated much nicer with the sideview battle system, and it works and looks fantastic:
Besides changing the battle system to be smoother and more effective, I'm also modifying the progression of the starting area to be more friendly and less rage-inducing. Baldric will join the user in the first dungeon, and the player will have more access to healing items so they don't have to continuously return to town (which was never my intent--I discovered that was the only way to beat the dungeon).
Stay tuned! This update should be complete by Friday, as Driftwood Gaming is going to be doing a live impressions video on it then.
So I've been quite busy this week, taking some time to iron out some bugs and make changes in response to all of the excellent feedback everyone has provided on the demo so far
One of the biggest problems with the game was the balancing of battles. Let's be honest, they were just too dang difficult. Not to mention if you didn't choose a command fast enough, enemies would just continue to wail on you until you got it right.
Among that, switching party members never quite worked right and caused some pretty nasty crashes, as did charging up skills.
And so, the ATB system has been completely replaced. I found that ParaDog's ATB integrated much nicer with the sideview battle system, and it works and looks fantastic:
Besides changing the battle system to be smoother and more effective, I'm also modifying the progression of the starting area to be more friendly and less rage-inducing. Baldric will join the user in the first dungeon, and the player will have more access to healing items so they don't have to continuously return to town (which was never my intent--I discovered that was the only way to beat the dungeon).
Stay tuned! This update should be complete by Friday, as Driftwood Gaming is going to be doing a live impressions video on it then.
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The Update Approaches - 7/20/18
The blog posts have been sparse but this project is not forgotten!
Lots of changes have been made to mechanics and little details have been added. You can expect to have a good 2 hours of gameplay in the update when it releases!
First, a pretty teaser:
Enemy HP bars! This is something I wanted to implement from the beginning but couldn't find the best way to do it. Enemies will display a health bar after their entry has been completed in the bestiary.
Some other work that's been done:
-Bestiary is completed
-Elemental skills have a chance to apply states
-Various interface bugs fixed
-Dungeon 90% complete; mini-boss added, only several more events to completion
=Changed crafting recipes, fixed crafting bugs
-Combat balancing
-(KK20 @ Chaos Project) Fixed a game-breaking crash that occurred on some computers as a result of a resolution script
Things to be done before demo release:
-Combat bug needs to be fixed (MDEF is currently ignored by enemies)
-Eventing 1 more dungeon room
-Dungeon boss
-Dungeon ending cutscene
-Battle theme music (if it isn't completed before the others, it will be in next update)
-Tutorial books in Mordin Village
Expect an update soon!
Lots of changes have been made to mechanics and little details have been added. You can expect to have a good 2 hours of gameplay in the update when it releases!
First, a pretty teaser:
Enemy HP bars! This is something I wanted to implement from the beginning but couldn't find the best way to do it. Enemies will display a health bar after their entry has been completed in the bestiary.
Some other work that's been done:
-Bestiary is completed
-Elemental skills have a chance to apply states
-Various interface bugs fixed
-Dungeon 90% complete; mini-boss added, only several more events to completion
=Changed crafting recipes, fixed crafting bugs
-Combat balancing
-(KK20 @ Chaos Project) Fixed a game-breaking crash that occurred on some computers as a result of a resolution script
Things to be done before demo release:
-Combat bug needs to be fixed (MDEF is currently ignored by enemies)
-Eventing 1 more dungeon room
-Dungeon boss
-Dungeon ending cutscene
-Battle theme music (if it isn't completed before the others, it will be in next update)
-Tutorial books in Mordin Village
Expect an update soon!
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Weekly Status Report - 2/25/18
This week's status update comes a little late, but with quite a few updates!
The first one, and perhaps most exciting one, is the combat update: a new battle command menu!
Thanks to the scripting guru KK20 from Chaos Project, this new menu is much more attractive than the original:
There are also now individual enemy icons and a few animation updates.
Next, I've made a few improvements to Mordin Village, which was experiencing some serious lag. I've reduced the lag a bit, and made a few minor changes to the overall ambiance of the village vs the swamp with fogs and color overlays:
Work on the swamp dungeon continues (it's currently a bit dark...):
And finally--there is now a cave connecting the end of Mordin Swamp and Mordin Village, making it easier to re-visit town to resupply once you've entered the dungeon:
Hopefully with this great progress, v1.2 will be ready by mid to late March. Stay tuned!
The first one, and perhaps most exciting one, is the combat update: a new battle command menu!
Thanks to the scripting guru KK20 from Chaos Project, this new menu is much more attractive than the original:
There are also now individual enemy icons and a few animation updates.
Next, I've made a few improvements to Mordin Village, which was experiencing some serious lag. I've reduced the lag a bit, and made a few minor changes to the overall ambiance of the village vs the swamp with fogs and color overlays:
Work on the swamp dungeon continues (it's currently a bit dark...):
And finally--there is now a cave connecting the end of Mordin Swamp and Mordin Village, making it easier to re-visit town to resupply once you've entered the dungeon:
Hopefully with this great progress, v1.2 will be ready by mid to late March. Stay tuned!
