HOUSEKEEPING'S PROFILE

Okay, I think I've tackled all the outstanding bugs so far. With the cloudbabies recovering skitter, I've fixed that issue, but now skitter's health appears full even if you've injured him. If he's dead he stays dead, and he's not ACTUALLY recovered; this has to do with some script stuff, so I'll see what I can do about it, but at least it's not terrible.

The lag is outstanding, too, but it's hard to test when I'm not experiencing more than a few sporadic frame drops. Cloudy Hill actually makes sense, as there are a whole bunch of events there. It was the first level I designed, so I didn't have things as sleek yet. Basically, every time you climb a vine, you're switching tilesets in order to accommodate the clouds being both walk-underable and walk-overable. I had a lot of ground events there to make that work. I might be able to pare those back using a parallel process, but I'd like to see how more people are experiencing lag to know how extensive the problem is.

@Malandy: Can't shake your parents, I'm afraid. You can shake most everyone, but there are some people performing actions that can't be shaken. And, yeah, you have to buy the rustic set and first aid.

As for the encounter system, it just does a roll based on your level. So, if you're in the "acceptable" range, you'll have a 50% chance of getting a green exclamation point. For every level higher, that chance goes up 25% (and vice versa for lower). So, it's not tied to any specific monster formation. Also, those notes are really useful; thanks so much for taking them. You're so thorough!

@Merlandese: Thanks, that means a lot! Those were definitely considerations for framing the opening.

Funny you should mention that; there was a point that I was thinking about changing the menu cursor to a piece of chalk and the window skin to more of a chalkboard frame, so I'm actually kind of pleased that that's being conveyed. I was waffling between that and an old-school rpg vibe and ended up sitting somewhere in the middle, partially because of intent, partially because of the aforementioned Luna Engine issues, and partially from good old American apathy.

Edit: Menu bug was an easy solution at least! Onto the next...

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Playing it! ... Do you want a TvTropes page?

Umm, up to you? That's a lot of work and it's just the demo!

Hope everyone enjoys this; I'm flop sweating over here, Christ.

I don't know if I can post my FAVORITE track, but, in fairly recent memory, here's a battle track from Mystic Ark (which is a flawed snes gem if you haven't played it) that pulled me up by the shirt collar and said, "I know you're trying to play the game, but how about you stop and listen to me, you FUCK."



The change around :22 is what got me.

Legend of Mana has a great soundtrack; this one sticks in my head a lot:



Also, I love me some Paladin's Quest/Lennus 2 for how unique they sound:





My unquestionable devotion to the glockenspiel (and melodic percussive stuff in general) is due in large part to that franchise.

Those frayed edges of the carpet are a nice touch.