Weekly Blog 106-107
Sep 25 at 1:38am
Hello all and welcome to another weekly blogpost!
I have excellent news on the CG front - all previously planned CGs for Valos are now fully completed thanks to pigu! Portraits finished up thanks to Nikki! Maps have been tested, and I found a couple of pathing errors, and should have removed all the gamebreaking ones.
Only thing that's taking up more time is sprites, on which Ars is doing an excellent job, but quality does take time and effort and I have been guilty of having him refine the sprites until they're polished rather than move on with rough work in our wake.
In terms of gameplay, excepting sprites, Valos is now more or less ready. Given the circumstances, I am considering having Ars give me a "blank slate" sprite to work with, that I can put in places where we need new sprites. This will let you know that sprite is still in progress, while letting you play through the content. Obviously not ideal but seeing as sprites are the only thing missing, somewhat reasonable. If players don't like it we can always stop doing it later on.
Since sprites are taking awhile though, I took the liberty of getting a few more CG commissions done for Valos scenes. In particular, I thought I'd add a few more sidequests to Valos outside of the big questlines like the Five Families.
Regarding the Five Families, while it may not seem like it yet, it is in fact a major questline. However, it's arranged like a collection of interrelated sidequests to start with. Each of the five major families will give you a specific quest, and completing all five wins you enough renown to enter Gaelan's Landing, where you can participate in a deadly game of politics and intrigue.
Valos as it is looks quite good. Sisters and Rangers are quite fleshed out, and Five Families has a good bit of content for 3 out of 5 already. The remaining two are coming along nicely. Refugees in Valos play a big part in the Five Families, but more to come later rather than spoiling you now.
For patrons - I'll be sending out the art packs in the new "10 most recent" format shortly. Also, September polls coming soon + more sneak peeks of the Valos sets!
Stay tuned for more stuff!
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