Chastitas: The Broken Land

Well, I've officially restarted development, and I've got a neat little tidbit to share. You see, I'm a big fan of Final Fantasy, and this game is supposed to be a labor of love designed to be similar, but not, a Final Fantasy game. The combat was absolutely stunted, that is a straight up turn based RPG is more suited to being made in Flash. Thanks to Yanfly's Classical ATB script, I put in place the ATB system we all,(I hope), know and love. I'm laying off of advancing the Nairikuno Manor and Temple scenarios, and focusing first on revamping the initial "Bandit Hideout" location. This, in turn, will allow me to create a more robust and perhaps believable scenario where Kenshi and Co. escape a crumbling building where the splintered factions of the Dust Bandits are warring. From there, I just have to do Pacquiao's house, and I think I should be done with visual and storytelling improvements for the time being. With that done, I'll be able to move on to finishing the Item lists as well as restructuring their values for balancing purposes. After ALL THAT is done, I'll continue the Nairikuno scenario and everything after.

I've got a bad feeling that this isn't going to be done by August.

Bad, BAD things have happened. My computer finally gave out, and the entire motherboard quite literally melted, sticking to my hard drive. Stupid 6 year old cooling fans finally gave out.

I NEARLY lost all of my work for Chastitas, as well as my then only means of updating this page and working on the game. However, through a little perserverance, some serious luck, and several ziplocs of ice and a large fan, I managed to run my junkyard PC long enough to transfer all of my files over to friend's computer. I had to jury rig some wires connecting a cheap motherboard over to my hard drive.

Put simply; I'm going to have to completely scrap just about every deadline I've got.

I WILL continue to work on the game, but I won't be able to do very much until my new computer comes in in the next month, month and a half. So, wish me luck.

I have to offer my sincerest apologies to everyone following this, as well as to myself. In any case, wish me luck, I'm going to need it.

Well, thanks to the diligence of our fine Tester, I've managed to get most bugs ironed out. Phew. My confidence just rose a thousand times! I'm expecting more, and I know the current version posted is littered with them. Don't worry, those'll all be solved in time.

Here's what I'm currently working on:
-Nairikuno; This guy is only around a a quarter of the way done, the initial ordeal is almost done, now I just need to get working on the backstabbing noble, the interiors, and the underground Aquifer Tunnels.
-Interactivity; I LOVE having a protagonist interact with the world around him. From casual remarks to accidentally breaking a pot and getting scolded by some old nun. I'm working to introduce this into new areasm E.G. Telbooze Manor

Stuff that's Will get worked on:
-Dynastic Roads; This is essentially gonna be a massive, open Dungeon, replete with two cave systems and a couple of nice long mountainous trails. I think I'm gonna be taking a bit of inspiration from FFIV, FFVI, and maybe even Hero's Realm for this part. I only hope I won't have to push back the deadline, as this is going to be my biggest mapping challenge yet.
-More Aesthetics Fixes; I hate myself for leaving Pacquiao's house alone. I hate myself even more for that disgrace of an initial area I made called "Bandit Town"
that's all going to get a revamp by the time I release the last "Small Update" demo.

Wish me luck!

Alright, this is the last hotfix I'm going to put out, for sanity's sake. Most if not all major bugs *SHOULD* be squashed by now, but I'm sure minor bugs, text clipping, and typos are still around. I haven't really done too much to fix those. Besides, quirkiness adds to a game, right?

(That hotfix is actually compressing as I write this...)

Note to Self: Thoroughly playtest the game BEFORE releasing a major update.

Anyways, Roadmap time. I realize I've been a little washy here and there when it comes to content and dates. It's sort of a learning process. I don't like deadlines, but if I don't set one, nothing gets done.

Deadline for "Small Update" Demo #3 is March 31st 1:59 AM EST.
It *WILL* Contain:
-Nairikuno in all it's Glory.
-The Aquifer Tunnel and Aquifer Temple
-Tensai and Kukyona
-The Dynastic Roads
-A Revamped "Bandit Town"
--------------------Deadline Changes-----------------------------------------------
-Deadline for the FIRST SAGA has been pushed back to August 1st 1:59 AM EST
-Deadline for the FIRST CONTINENT, Torionogare, has been pushed back to the current deadline of July 1st 1:59 AM, otherwise known as May 31st my time.
--------------------Feature Changes------------------------------------------------
-Voice Work is still something on the fence. I wouldn't mind having fully voiced dialogue, but then I'd have to find a way to turn it off if you skipped the dialogue. Having short little phrases here and there to accompany speech balloons and major scenes, as well as combat would probably be healthier for my sanity.
-The Combat Renovation will be pushed back to AFTER "Small Update 3"
-My lazy ass needs to finish doing the Item Lists. There's no need to have it finished for the "Small Updates", but I'll need to get my rear in gear to finish those by the end of the first continent.

In addition to all of this, I'm in need of testers, my new Lead Tester has been hard at work identifying the bugs in the Aesthetics Update, but as the game gets larger, I'll need people who can identify little bugs that we otherwise miss.

There's Much to be done, so wish me luck!

Hey all, please refrain from clicking that download button at this time, there's a LOT of bugs/issues that I missed in this demo.

Of course, if you're willing to play test everything you can, go ahead and PM me as clear, professional, and as detailed a bug/issue report as you can.

Here's a list of what I already know about courtesy of Roy and my own short playthrough, (before I had to go to work.):
- Oasis Merchant doesn't give direction
- Rock on Weapon Shop Freezes Game
- Fire sound at start doesn't go away after second cutscene
- Kenshi and Muzai start at Level 8
- Shinoken pops up without being in the party on old saves
- Balancing Issues regarding Mini-Boss on Cursed Passages
- Painful Puzzles
- Lack of Loot Randomness
- Stuck in Weapon Shop's wall after coming off the roof

Bugs/Issues I know of, but can't fix unless I get a detailed report or have done a playthrough on my own:
- Sudden Nairikuno teleport after exiting a location
- Entering and or Exiting a house gets you stuck somewhere
- Balancing Issues (I'll need a full report on your characters' levels and equipment, along with the enemies and/or location.)