Hello all, it's been a long long while. Loads of stuff happened (my mother got severely ill (she's in remission now thankfully), I had to have several surgeries, and I still have one coming). However, I have resumed work on Escalia again slowly.

Here's some things I have been working on. It's mainly updates of some scripts and additions I wasn't happy with.

I've been tinkering with a new lightning system which is a lot more dynamic (does require RGD).


I also got the water tiles animated:



And got a weather script ported to VX Ace


Animated Battlebacks


I've been tinkering with a visual novel style for the busts instead:


(Yes there are differences in the text from the IGMC version, can you spot them all? :D)

It's not as noticable since Caelmor and Alexis don't change faces, but the faces can change every message, and even mid-sentence.
Quick sample:


And Olivia has a new face.


And some other minor graphical overhauls.

That being said, since quite a lot has changed so far, I'm looking for beta testers. I'm also looking for people to spar with for (minor) storyline ideas, as I got a bit of a writer's block at the moment. I know where I want to go with the story, but the steps in-between are not so easy to flesh out, so if you have any ideas for mini storylines, quests or anything you'd like to see, poke me and I'll see if I can add it. In due time I'm also looking for people to help with tiles and an OST. Some of the music I've been using needs to be replaced in the future, because the terms have changed.