Future Plans #35

Hey everyone! Happy New Year! 🎆🧨

The last couple of weeks have been pretty busy for me due to all the preparations and celebrations for spring festival, but I have not forgotten about the monthly rewards for Patreon 🥹

Let's start with another early preview post for my next game that'll come after Reanimation Scheme — Fate of the Celestial Mirror, a xianxia otome/BL game!

Today, I want to show off another small gameplay feature, officially known in game as the News system, but affectionately dubbed by me as the Hearsay system.

News System

Every now and then you may notice a little ! on top of the News button at the bottom corner while you're navigating the map. If you open the News panel, you'll see your very own newspaper (not really) — a list of recent events grouped by time and location.

These tidbits can be informational messages, such as telling you when a shop has refreshed its stock so you can go and check out new items available for sale, or when new sect missions are available for picking up at the Sect Affairs Hall.  

But they can also be random gossip or rumors flying around! 👀 Some may be pure flavor just for fun and for worldbuilding, but some might, if you pay attention, have hidden clues leading to hidden side quests or discoveries.

Or they may even be useful to you for making market decisions, such as if you hear a rumor that NPC A has suddenly developed a fondness for a particular item and has been buying a large amount of it from shops in a city, then you know you can go sell the item to that city's shops for a higher price this season!

The more locations you unlock and the more NPCs you befriend, the more pieces of news and rumors will reach your ears!

A handy log of all pieces of news in the past 2 years is also available in the History screen under the News tab, so if you forget something, you can always just check back in the History screen.

Though, of course, if you're not interested in this mechanic, it's always possible to just ignore it. It's an optional feature that I added with the main purpose of making the game feel more alive, but by no means necessary for progression in the game.

Anyway, that's all I have to share for now. Let me know what you think in comments!

As always, thank you so much for the support 💖