Progress Report: Bug Fixes, Weapon Scripts, Equipment Viewer Grid, Character Creator Progression.

Hey everyone :)

So I've been working a lot on the  weapon scripts---actually, been working on them for the past...4-6 days  now. They definitely took a lot longer than I thought they would but  that's the cost with fully customizing weapons toward enemies. I mean, I  could do something like...

"You attack the minotaur"

"You attack the goblin"

But  that to me doesn't scream best text adventure game ever! Matter of  fact, it screams lazy in my opinion and not very immersive at all. As I  mentioned before, I want battles to feel exciting and different, and  very dependent on what weapon you're using and the enemy you're  attacking because whether you're fighting multiple mobs or just one,  it'll actually feel and read like a epic battle for your character's  life. The cool thing about customizing the battles too is that some  enemies will react differently to different weapons or fearful; for  example, the Male Minotaur doesn't like the whip weapon and the Pale  Abomination gets confused by the Spell Book. But anyway, I'll explain  the rest below :)

I'm also still head deep in classes for this semester @_@ Can't wait for summer.  

Bug Fixes:
So  there's a lot of trial and error going on with the Save System right  now and a few other errors in different fields of the game that are  slowly and methodically being eliminated! It'll take some more time  though and depending on where I am with them, I may delay the  Public release as I don't want to release a broken version of the game.  Keep in mind though that once the save issue is fixed you SHOULD be able  to use old save files again and pick up right where you left off, but  no promises. I won't be able to test that particular aspect myself so  you guys will have to let me know. If you can't use them, I severely  apologize. Once the system is fixed, you should be able to use previous  saves for new updates again and the Save System itself will return to  it's testing phase once more. Just have a little patience. I added a lot  of things to the game and the Save System has to be adjusted to them.

Weapon Scripts:
I  basically went into this in the above intro paragraph but to add to it,  each weapon script is about 30k per enemy in length, and the following  unarmed combat is a little less than that, so together it's basically  editing and rewriting a small novel, which is why it's taken me almost a  week to write them. On the plus side, the should be able to finish up  the last of the weapons today and the unarmed in the following days.

Equipment Viewer Grid:
Here is the latest file for the Equipment Viewer Grid (shown above).

As  you can see, I tried to set it up so that main equipment will be on one  side and logically follow a typically physical body and then the other  side will be accessory equipment or extra equipment. There's even a slot  for weapons too. The default male and female models will appear in the  center of this and will change depending on your gender, naturally. The  names of your equipment will be placed horizontally in the boxes for  easy reading as well. 

Character Creator Progression:
Here  is the final story-line aspect of the new Character Creator coming up  soon. Let me know what you guys think. This will obviously change (if I  can do that) based on your dominant mood as the creation process begins,  but typically this will be what "Serious" and "Sympathy" moods will  see. But hopefully it gives a little more insight to the state of the  world around the player.

"But  perhaps it’s the tallest walls that are the most important because they  help define who we are deep down inside, they are struggles and goals  that teach us the absolute hardest lesson and require the sum of all our  wisdom to overcome. All for the sake of finding a missing piece of  ourselves. If fire represents a gateway and the distant echoes fragments  of time long spent, then the walls of the future are our struggles;  barriers that must be painfully shattered so that we may reach the  greatest truth. 

There  is more to it than that however, the future is also about survival,  fortitude and perseverance. And they are needed more than ever. The  Planet is dying and our continent, Auvora, is all that remains. At least  that’s what some believe. The Void, the manifestation of corruption,  lust and darkness has corroded the sea, perverted the land and it’s  inhabitants, and now it has brought death to our doorstep. We all stand  deep in the hurricane’s eye; one breath in wait as our warriors,  knights, wizards and ancient protectors give their lives to hold this  terrible evil at bay. 

But  now the tide has begun to recede and the hour of hopeful wishing has  turned dim and despairing. The death stroke to finish us all might have  finally been dealt---The Savior, the Muse’s special chosen, the only one  who can truly fight back the Void has disappeared from the front.  Taking with her our freedom and our futures. At first, this mere whisper  only affected the paranoid and the doomsayers but when the whispers of a  terrible omen circulated into the mix, even long established  businessmen, religious leaders and traders began to flee their homes;  each wanting to get as far from the Void and the fighting as possible.  As a result, once thriving villages of commerce and trade became  abandoned remnants of family dynasties, and ancient traditions. 

That’s  what happened here. Everyone from this village, save for the elderly  who refuse to leave their homes no matter how bad things got, are gone.  So I sit here trying to remember how things were when I was a kid. If I  can do that and find myself, perhaps these ancient whispers and  impassible walls can no longer trap my will and I can journey to the  southwest with the others and seek protection in these last days. But  who have I become after all this time?" Choices Will Follow Here.  

What do you guys think?

Oh!  I should have another poll coming up soon about the Equipment Grid and  if you guys like it or not. The Zombie Poll also has a few days left on  it as well so if you haven't voted, you should! Also, give feedback if  you're compelled as well! I'd love to hear opinions. 

COMING UP:
Pending Update Release: Bug Fixes, Finished Weapon Scripts, Zombie Adjustments.
After  the Release: Entice and Hannah focus, New items from Patreon's,  Finished Cow-taur, old item remaster, new rooms, more pregnancy. 

FUTURE: 
New  section. These are things that are planned further down the road or  coming up after the "Coming Up" things are done: Rold and Laboratory  Remaster, More Item Remaster, Pregnancy Finish, Secondary Pregnancy  Begin, Lactation Scripts, Tailoring, Forging, Stealing from Monsters,  Alchemy, Clothing Durability, Relationship Adjustments, More Enemies,  More TF's, etc.  

See you guys in a few days!

Anonynn.