Hello again! I need to post this now because I will be busy enjoying some time outside this weekend! My subscriber count is pretty much at level with Stonesearch, in record breaking time! Anyway, I have made tons of progress so far, especially today, which was an unusually super-productive day.

What I have accomplished this week:
• I finished mapping out Godtree, it's houses, and all of the NPCs.
• I have started and nearly have wrapped up the optional content in the Forest region!
- This includes several cutscenes, and additional Forest paths, as well as a small minecart "minigame" (W.I.P.) for the Abandoned Mines.
• I have started to implement the SYNTHESIS system, with basic items and swords now ingredient-ed, as well as a few recipes (What is required to craft) started.
• I have began to make use of a Faction Reputation system that gives you various benefits/disadvantages based on your alignment with six different factions, two opposing factions for each of the three human-populated regions. (The Shadelands is inhabited by monsters and such) More about that in a later blog post when more decisions have been made.
• Gave Kara the Gust enemy skill by default so she would be more useful towards the start of the game.
• Buffed up the HP of Compost and Garuda.
• Implemented "smart strategies" for a few enemies that really needed it, and made overall improvements to enemy AI.
• Made cutscenes skippable.

What I aim to accomplish this week:
• Start and finish cut-scene at the Fork in the Road. (where three separate paths that lead to the Forest, Mountain, and Jungle regions.)
• Map path from Fork in the Road to Pahoe City. (Mountain Region)
• Map Pahoe City interior and exterior, as well as NPCs and cutscenes.
• Finish up weapons and armor.
• Finish weapon and armor ingredients list and recipes.
• Start and finish the boss in the Abandoned Mines.
• Finish the optional content of the Forest region by finishing the last few cutscenes, as well as making the first optional dungeon (and the first available dungeon), the Godtree.

I'll be adding a few screens momentarily.