Trinket Details | Patreon Weekly #247

Hey Patrons! My dad is now pretty much totally able to move on his own and so I am back from my parents! I’m starting to ramp development up again, although unfortunately I expect the month of march will also have some distractions, though not nearly as large. In this weekly I’m going to be giving an overview of trinkets that digs a little deeper than the small paragraphs I’ve shared before.

This weekly also includes an audio Q&A! You can find audio timestamps at the end of this weekly.

Trinket Details

My current plan is for trinkets to be found relatively early in the game, during the sewers. This gives the most time for their effects to be felt, adds a bit more variety to the earlygame, and avoids adding even more gear congestion to the prison. Somewhere on floors 1-3 the player will find a ‘blank trinket’ item as loot from a special room.

This blank can then be used at an alchemy pot along with 6 energy to produce a trinket. Once the process has started the player will get to choose between 3 or 4 different trinket options. The choice the player makes will stick with them through the rest of the run, though transmutation might be usable to get a random different trinket.

In terms of theme, I think I’m going to make the ‘blank’ item a form of trinket-making catalyst, and the choices the player gets will be determined based on which items happen to be on the shelves in the laboratory room they’re in (or generally nearby if they’re using the toolkit). The trinkets themselves will all be various occult nick-nacks, the sort of items that might get thrown into a witch’s potion or used as part of a ritual.

Some examples of this might include: a rat skull, a mossy clump, a shard of glass, a piece of crystal, an eye of newt, a sundial, etc. I don’t know exactly how many trinkets there will be in total, but giving the player a few up-front options means there can fairly easily be more than the usual 12 that other equipment types have.

While all trinkets will cost 6 energy to make, they will also be upgradeable with more energy to enhance their effect, up to +3. The price of upgrading and the specific effects aren’t yet determined but will likely vary for each trinket.

Audio timestamps

This month there were 22 questions from 7 different patrons.

• 0:09 "How are things going?" - Veek
• 1:27 "what does a scroll of upgrade actually do to an item? does the item change in appearance/size?" - radiantchaos
• 2:20 "Theoretically, what's the biggest room that can be generated? In my playthroughs usually the biggest rooms are in the sewers, but what is possible?" - Chewyou
• 4:02 "Will it ever be possible to completely ruin my day and have a small chance for champions to have more then one trait? I'd be real sad about a purple giant." - Chewyou
• 4:55 "why are the heroes so underprepared? bringing only a weapon a set of pyjamas and a ration (plus whatever special thing) doesn't seem like enough" - radiantchaos
• 5:59 "i know a lot of canadians that have watched "telefrancais" growing up in school, are you also one of them?" - radiantchaos
• 8:12 "if game theory did a video on shattered pixel dungeon, what do you think they might talk about?" - radiantchaos
• 9:14 "Can you clarify how the elemental strike or blast skills affect enchantments and how they stack with a ring of Arcana? I haven't found a good source that breaks down how ele. strike or ele. blast affect enchantment or curse effects" - CQ
• 10:51 "thoughts on the mcrib being back in canada?" - radiantchaos
• 13:09 "Did you ever find your house hippo?" - Chewyou
• 15:16 "Is there a quick and dirty way to calculate the "average outcome" when looking at number ranges on weapons armors and wands? I think you have a special formula in place, and would love a deeper dive into that." - Veek
• 17:04 "whats your favorite episode of spongebob?" - radiantchaos
• 18:00 "Apple or obviously the superior Android?" - Chewyou
• 19:36 "Favorite Linux distribution?" - Zrp200
• 20:32 "Any chance you will implement modding API or accept community contributions after you stop adding new content?" - blockvader
• 22:06 "Do you support reddit being publicly traded?" - Zrp200
• 26:56 "As an enjoyer of Deep Rock Galactic, are you interested in trying Helldivers 2? Or have you already?" - Veek
• 27:52 "best named animal you've ever heard of? my mom's coworker's family has an emu named Kegstand." - depresbian
• 28:59 "what would be the worst cursed wand effect to get hit by (not in game balance, but in universe)?" - depresbian
• 29:48 "what's your favorite season?" - depresbian
• 30:51 "what's your move?" - radiantchaos
• 32:02 "Have you ever solved a rubiks cube?" - Joshuackiwi