Well, I've beaten four dungeons, and I'm about to start on the fifth. So far, I've run into a few REALLY annoying bugs with the level system, but I've managed to fix them easily enough (though it took forever).
Things are running pretty smoothly, and I think that the balancing progression has been a lot less difficult than it was with the first game.

I'm going to divide the walkthrough into separate parts this time around. I feel that each character needs some writing on, for those who actually care about their second party member. Miria's the perfect fit for mine, but I suppose it'd be more difficult using a non-healing member anyway. On the plus side, I think other party members will get through battles a whole lot quicker, and they won't lose as much HP... so hopefully it all evens out.

I'm getting excited for this next release. While it is very different than the first, it has its own strange flavor (thank you ugly Valhalla caverns). I foresee a shitload of complaints about that, but oh well. They aren't meant to be pretty, they're supposed to make the atmosphere very desolate. Luckily there are no random battles on (most) parts of it, and when there are monsters lurking about, you'll know ahead of time.

I want to get a good chunk done again tomorrow, but I don't think that will pan out. I gotta get started on another essay pronto. Nevertheless, if I can keep doing this one or two times during the week, I may very well be finished sometime late next week! And then beta goes out! And I start #3! Who knew deadlines would actually work for me?

I should also note that I am mere seconds away from trying to rip all my old projects off my OLD computer. It probably won't work, as I've tried it before, but here's hoping. With any luck, I may be playing games I made ten years ago very soon. I may even consider releasing them, although many have tried this and been ripped apart for it. I hope people take it easy on "Final Tear", that one intrigues me. And the dude is brave for revamping it and re-releasing it. I suppose it's what inspired me to try (yet again). Anyway, we shall see very soon.