OH NO
Savescumming is like 90% of my playthrough!
I guess I can leave the function for the "Hero" game difficulty and just remove it in the "Minion" version. The problem is, saving anywhere can actually break your save sometimes if you save just before getting attacked by a hostile mob. So I would be alright letting the "Hero" game mode choose to have the function ON, but it would be up to them not to save the game before battles initiate.
Also, I said it on your itch.io and I'll say it again: I can't believe you made me do this to Tengu waifu for the better thesis weapon
I persuaded her instead of finding the other ring alone, but she still sounded so sad
If you found the Ring alone she would be even more mad at you! You do actually get like a -4 to your rolls for Persuasion/Seduction/Haggle skills with her for stealing her research, finding the Ring solo would have added an additional -2 on top of that. For comparison, the "Gorgeous" trait gives a +5 and a "Beautiful Voice" gives a +4.
She is more likely to give you "Footjobs" though, if you stole her research.
Also also, it should IMO be buffed to +2 INT, as it's not that much of an improvement over the copper scepter which also gives +1 INT (even though it's not stated in its description). That or let us use the thesis as an off-hand item.
I forgot the Copper scepter does that. I will change it to +2 in the next version. Also, you can wield both the scepter and the book in any hand!
Well, yes? Not to nitpick, but I doubt Lapis summoned the game on your HD in August 2019: you've probably spent well over 2 years on it already.
That doesn't count, I could have taken months or even years in between making anything during that time (or even remaking the game from scratch at the time).
If you intend to make 3-4 villlages, it makes sense to estimate the game is less than 20% complete.
Going with my 2-years figure from before, you'll probably still be working on this in 8-10 years. If you're OK with this, my concerns are indeed pointless. A lot can happen in that much time.
I have no time line for this game as I am not sure how many villages there will be. Furthermore, I don't neccessarily plan to stop making it just because the main story line ends, since I can add maps and new enemies to it regardless. I will probably be working on it for as long as it is fun to work on!
Well, that's the point - Student is heavily RNG-dependent. And Azzy is a placeholder.
However, I do note that Aria's early questline also provides wise alternatives (like that one potion, and benches). That questline does require Agriculture for the Peppercorn, though
-> Agriculture is an essential skill, and common sense has it that's it's easier to learn how to pick berries, than how to build a house or craft a suit of armor. Really, consider a way to learn it early and easily, like with Mining.
There will be a location to learn it early game... at some point. I might look into it after I do the Caves update, or maybe in parallel if I can justify it.
You don't require Peppercorn, you can just give her a Black Dye instead, the rewards are even better then.
While we still can savescum easily, I'd tend to agree. But you mentioned the save system will be reworked.
Since the Gobs are doing the raids, it would make perfect sense to be able to bribe them to decide tomorrow's inventory. Perhaps depending on your local Reputation.
I will probably leave the saving system to be toggle-able on the "Hero" difficulty.
I'll consider the option to bribe the Merchant for the next day's stock!
Dead ends forcing you to go back the same way for miles (especially when you harvested everything on the way before) are a big no.
Examples:
-the Quartz, Amber wilds East. Obviously you should be able to jump back to the Western shore, or to fall a tree to make a permanent bridge.
I'm not really sold on this idea. I think dead-ends are a functional feature of the terrain and are justify-able so long as there is something at the end that's worthwhile getting.
-the Forest Chest location. It needs a shortcut to the Hives. Perhaps, after you fixed the bridge, lightning can strike down a tree across the Eastern cliff? or open a path around in the North?
I might just add another location for that Chest, in retrospect, it probably shouldn't have been that hard to get to, given that Keys already require a skill check.
-the Mines are lacking a passage between the 2 excavatable areas in the NE
Do they really though? The area between them is significantly "thicker" than the walls you had to mine out to open the rooms in the first place.
I do plan the Werewolf Caves to be connected to the Mines if you mine through them, so I'll see what changes I add there when I get to that point, but I don't want to change the Mines too much either way.
Pretty much every map has such examples; instances when MC must backtrack over an empty map (empty because harvested before) should be kept to a minimum for QoL.
There are a lot of ways to create shortcuts; these can be 1-way, of course, like jumping down a building down to a straw pile (Ezio? is that you?)
I have made some shortcuts, and I do plan to add more in the future maps. Though, the maps in general aren't that big to walk across (especially while sprinting), and I kind of doubt people strip mine them of resources to the point that all maps are empty and there is nothing to pick up (I doubt anyone has the VP for that). But yeah, I do add shortcuts but I don't want them to be so prevailant that their value as a shortcut deminishes. Mostly I plan to have them at points where they will save considerable amount of time.
I could also suggest an editable menu. Like, if I want Seeds 1st, I'd go over Seeds, press RShift (for example), move it on top of the list, paste it with RShift.
I know I've seen that somewhere before
I can't promise that, I don't know if it's even doable. But then again, I didn't think a search fucntion was doable until someone volunteered to make one.
Not mine, I left the source in the code:
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Thank you!
What's even more ridiculous, is Saffron's reward... +5 affection, no $$$, no item, not even an headpat T_T
It was an early attempt at making Quests. Though I am considering the possibility that as part of the reward the bed would appear in her home and you can use it. Some of her Quest rewards may change as the game develops (they have already at least once).
Not sure if every vegetable has seeds but there are a few.
Yes, all of them do, unless I messed up somewhere! Also, you can turn those Maple Seeds into flour if you don't plan to use them!
