nearnfar

6/26 Tease

Added 2024-06-26 19:00:04 +0000 UTC

I mentioned on Monday that today's tease would involve a bit of nitty gritty on how the Days system will work.

I've already integrated said system into the save system. When you save a file, the Day of your playthrough will be part of the save file name, along with your character name and background.

As for how the Days will impact gameplay, you will begin each day at the place where you went to sleep. Stayed the night at the boarding house? You wake up there. Slept elsewhere? You'll be there tomorrow.

Each day will begin with a few options, like selecting your outfit for the day and choosing where you want to spend the day. Some of the locations around Bountiful Hills are a bit of a hike, so you'll need to leave town first thing if you want to get anything done.

The game will also keep track of the time you spend doing various tasks. Most subplots will have a associated number of hours on the backend. If you finish a task and enough time has passed, you'll be in need of some sleep as the sun has already set.

Additionally, some events will only occur if you've been in town long enough. Or maybe some things will rely on enough days passing since you did something else. The day system will heavily tie into how the game plays out. It'll lead to the single biggest decisions you'll need to make which will often be "what do I do today?"

There's only so many hours in the day. Do you spend them heading out to the mines? Do you stay in town and do some shopping and mingling? Do you want to spend all day at the brothel? You get the idea.

Anyway... back to work!