Deathable 0.3.2 | Dev Report #1 (Inventory, Freeroam)

You always can find a short version of the Dev Log here: Development log (Eternal Link) 

Keep working on the freeroam mechanics.

With the next update, I intended to add MC's home freeroam.

MC's home freeroam is supposed to show complex inventory systems and other interaction mechanics.

• Added: "Objectives menu" describes what you need to do.
• Click on the minimap to move between locations (Previously added).
• Each character has different statis such as: Hp, Stamina, Lust, Food, Intelligence, Charisma, Agility, Luck, Strength, defense, melee attack, Range attack, Armor ignore, Range Weapon skill, Melee Weapon skill, Sneak skill, Lockpick skill, Pickpocket skill.
• Characters can have individual slots for equippable items.
• Equippable items have variations of slots (one item can fill up more slots then others).
• Items have different variations of effects for all character's stat, colors, amount, durability, worth, type and so on...
• When an item's durability turns into zero it'll disappear from inventory (later it will leave crafting materials)
• If you drop an item, it will appear in the trash bag on the location.
• "Actions in this place" button allows you to hide the trash bag of items that you drop and still loot it. (Later, this button will allow you to: Control the "bounded" characters that you have left in this location; Play solo H-Scene and more)
• If you hover MC's eyes, you can light up objects that you can interact with, click to activate "interact sensation".

The inventory has a purpose to be very simple to understand.

• Items can be usable, equippable, trash, quest needed, lewd (can be used during H-Scene), and more. You can sort it by many filters: cost, weights, amount, type. Almost all inventory buttons already have sound effects.
• Effects have 2 types - instant and consistent. Instant is when you, for example, equip an item and get +1 defense. But consistent is when you need to walk between locations to get the effect.

There can be more details that I might have forgotten to mention. I'm sure when you get to play you'll figure it out :)

Now, why am I so strongly focused on making mc's freeroam now?

The thing is, many events was supposed to be played during freeroams and scenes with Maria that left in Episode 2 as well are freeroms required.

It is: shower peep at evening, help her with manicure (tease), alternative night scene (sleep).

Plus, I really want to show the results of my developing the sandbox mechanics and gather your feedback to quickly optimize it.

So what I'm going to do in the next couple of weeks (until August 12th) is continue to bring the sandbox mechanic to representative status.

What's left to do is to apply relative items and objects on locations, add color filters depending on the time of day, add the story events that require freeroam, and design it for mobile devices.

It may seem like too much to do, but not really. The foundation for it has already been made.

However, if I'll not finish it in two weeks I'll start working on story events that don't require freeroam and then return to it.

Technical info:

Thanks to the latest Renpy builds I don't have to draw a new image every time I need to change its color, that means I can draw one image per item and then change its color with code.

That applies not only with items, but with body skin color as well. Every item can be a layered image with an independent color.