Development Update - 12th January 2021

Hey guys! I've promised a development update within 2 days from the last Patron Poll so here it is.

In the past few days, I've focused on making the concept art for all the menus based on the sketch of the winner of the inventory menu poll. Feel free to check it out above! 

Other than that, I've been working on finishing the Exotic Beast Hunting Quest and as of right now, it sits at around ~90% completion, with ~22k words. Since it has the first possible bad ending of the game so far, that completion percentage might be a little off.

I've also been working on the inventory menu of the smartwatch. Based on the reference from the image above, with a lot of help I've gotten a relatively functional result that will only need a few revisions.

As you can see, it's possible to use items from your inventory and restore your health and energy bars. For this example, I've used a cup of coffee. When the new version actually releases, a health/energy snack bar might also be available for the purpose of regenerating your stats outside of battle. This means that a common complaint with the game regarding the lack of intuitive options to freshen up your character's stats might be solved.

About that. Dreams will play an important role in the plot and the energy levels will have a consequence. If your character's energy bar (or/and health bar) reaches a low level such as 5 or 10 and she is in a map such as the village, the ship, or the city, she will head over to her room and sleep it off, leading to dreams that are influenced by choices you will make in the recent days. This will also fully restore health and energy.

My next item on the menu after the inventory is finished will be the character screen. Here I'll lay out an UI that shows your character's personality in greater detail, personality which is a result of her choices within the game so far. With this occasion, the RPG mechanics tied to those stats might be more obvious.

Lastly, here are the winners of the alien gorilla and alien horse poll. They will play an important role in this version and one of them will be a recurring character from time to time in your travels.

There is also some progress on the front of backgrounds, but I think there's enough here for now. Thank you for your attention and I wish you a great day!