Memora Wanderer

Lots of bits, Camera sequences, and preparing for an update!

Behind the scenes, a lot of refactoring and fixing has been done as I introduce new features or improve old ones. I also want to bring it up to a demoable state to update the playtest with!

Here are some recent changes:

• The localization has transferred to JSON files from CS files and text can now be 'rendered' easier. E.g. {{NPCs.Ellie}} at the {{Locations.TallenportDocks}} needs {{Loot.Item}} can now be rendered into the actual text with the blanks filled in. This will be...

  2025-06-08 13:12:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Quest Objectives + Sprites Progress!

Hello Patrons! It's been a while since I gave you an update on this platform, but as usual I'm always around somewhere giving small updates on the Discord server, Twitter, or Bluesky if you're on those.

Questing

First things first: though the visual aspect of the game is definitely inspired by Ragnarok Online but the questing in that game leaves a lot to be desired. In a previous update I showed an improved quest and dialogue system, but the actual quests present in the playtest...

December Progress - Card Game!

After a small winter break, I decided to tackle something small(ish) as a target, and something I've longed to add to the RPG for a while now - a card minigame!

Tackling a whole RPG is pretty daunting at times so it's nice to set myself something that I can get to the end of, even if it's not always the highest priority at the time. I personally find that minigames and breaks from the standard gameloop add a lot to an RPG like this though, they're sometimes my favourite bit!

2025-01-05 23:27:31 +0000 UTC View Post

NPCs, Lore, and new Dialogue UI

November progress has been a slightly slower with the day job interfering a little, but work still continues!

In the first half I was fleshing out more of the lore, scrapping other bits. We added some characters to the NPC pool. Mostly characters of patrons on discord too, so keep an eye out for future opportunities!

And finally, as I still gather a lot of feedback on the game, I start to reconsider certain UI choices I made in the past. One reoccurring piece of feedback has been ...

Lore: Felori - The God of Luck

Memora Wanderer takes a lot of inspiration from many other RPGs.

Obviously Ragnarök Online is a big influence, but when it comes to it's lore, it never really touches on Nordic Mythology past some terms and names. It's also quite different to a lot of JRPGs that covers a general story set up just for you to follow.

For this game I want stories, quests, and lore that the players will discover and piece together. Bigger lore influences include World of Warcraft and Elder Scrolls....

Floofs, QoL, Rain, Settings!

I've focused on some quality of life changes recently, and with the v0.0.3 update, playtesters can now set and save their controls, as well as audio and basic video settings.

Auto-run was another feature, common in MMOs like WoW where you run forwards by pressing numlock/insert until you take over the control yourself. You can use the camera rotation to control the direction whilst auto-running. Another MMO-like feature is holding left + right mouse buttons to run forwards. I found this...

Adventurer

This is the starter class of Memora Wanderer! You'll get the basics of the game with this class, before being able to branch off to become one of the other classes.

The skill tree available for the adventurer will give you minor skills and buffs to get you familiar with the system. You'll usually see it as more of a swordsman in the footage I share (especially because of the helmet I sometimes feature), but actually I want players to be able to choose between physical or magical damage...

Brewmaster

This is the Brewmaster (sometimes I call it the Brewmancer by mistake), one of the classes you'll be able to become in Memora Wanderer. With a focus on self-improving potions, chemistry and biological attacks!

The Camera Collider

Last night I remade the camera collider. Before it used to smoothly move through collisions, now it's much snappier. It can now also go into 'first person mode'.

For those interested in the more technical side of things, read on!

Before it used to cast a 'ray' from the player to the camera (a single point in 3D space moved in a line, like a ray of light). If there was something in the way, it'd reduce it's target distance until it wasn't colliding anymore, and smo...

Fishing and Other Minigames

Did I mention Memora Wanderer will have a fishing minigame?

With the fishing, we can have bodies of water throughout the land. There could be fishing quests, rare fish, perhaps items that could be fished up?

There are a couple of other minigames I'd like to have, to fill up the world. It also helps give the player options to break the main 'game loop' of questing, if they want to pursue other things. Certain minigames could be a challenge that grants the player with bonuses, such ...

New Patreon Page!

Hello to everyone out there! Just setting everything up now (I bet I've missed a few things but..)

I'll be posting about the goings on of Memora Wanderer here, but for more discussion and news, head to the Discord at discord.gg/j7WPGZgjFY. Patreon supporters will have access to a new area on the Discord, and higher tiers get extra channels for voting and playtesting!

For now, here's a little clip compilation of Memora...