Ren'Py Divine Dawn [v0.33] [Cryswar]
Chris20
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This game have the potential to be the VN counterpart of The Last Sovereign, it would be a shame.
crys hasn't abandoned the game. this is a passion project for him. he wants to do it. he'll get there. mind he is doing almost all of it alone. and the amount of writing he puts into it is insane. literally chatting with him rn, says he is hoping to finish another scene as i type this
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The plot:companion progression ratio is disproportionate, it feels like a slice of life anime, wich is not bad, but the progress of the plot is slow. I think this man favour character development and relationships, and a way to make things more organic or natural is making the progression of the plot part of the progression of the relationships that you have with them.
I rebember that right affter you go to the camp for the first time you can just grind and max the affection without even moving to the next main quest, idk, but that mechanic does not convince me.
I don't remember which scene that was, but I finished it, lmao.
Trying to move like 10 different storylines forward in one update was a deeply questionable idea on my part though, I'll cop to that.
And honestly, thank you for the kind words. This update HAS taken way too long, but I've been working on the game for years and god knows it's not for financial reasons lmao. It'll come out when it's done (not far off, I just have 1 more story scene to do and whatever else inspirations hits for) and then the next update will be vastly smaller, and faster, to get back into a more normal release cycle.
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hey cryswar combat question here any chance you'll make punching a action when fighting unarmed
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if you mean "being able to attack while unarmed", that's already a thing. if you mean a default attack action without having to use an ability, no weapons have that, so it's unlikely.
Can you clarify what you mean? Zilzmaer's overview is very accurate to the current state of things, just not sure if you were asking about the mechanics or making changes to them.
Continuance trait from earth magic tree reduce ALL upkeep by 0.1, not just earth channel upkeep. I don't know if this is a bug or a features but i was surprised when power stance, life stream and frozen armor got their upkeep reduced. I'm pretty sure mistral flow was also gonna be like continuance but no, it's only work on aeromancy and no other type of wind magic like gale from pneumamancy for example.
I think he is talking about normal attack that doesn't have cd, don't cost any mana. Just a basic attack you can use whenever like other rpg game.
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that is the way Continuance has always worked, though you're right that either the effect should be fixed or the description should be changed to reflect what it actually does. my guess is that changes to earth magic are waiting for the earth magic trainer to be added, since issues with earth magic aren't that big a deal when most players won't have access to it.
speaking of, though, Cryswar, how's Alicia coming along? i don't know if you've given updates about her on Patreon or Discord, but you said here that her art was done and she'd be added "maybe in the next update or two" three years ago now, and have occasionally mentioned her since as well. i'm not trying to criticize or cast blame, just wondering how she's coming and if she'll be added soon.
I thought Alicia would be in the game a while back lol, that's for sure. I also thought the minitaur would be and she's still sitting there too. I also thought that the whole game would take me 2-3 years, which probably says all that is needed about how optimistic I was about my first project.
On the bright side, Alicia will hopefully be next week, her joining is the last scene I wanted to do for this update and I feel like I committed too hard to adding her to just go like "yeah nevermind, here, have the update without the 1 thing I wanted to do in it." I can't promise earth magic training in this update, kinda depends on how her joining scene goes, if it's not too bad I might have time to add it before Christmas.
The one bright side of her taking a while is that Alicia has ballin' custom normal and battle themes so at least she'll come with new music, and me having a lot more experience writing characters outside of my usual vibes.
And no harm done or offense taken on asking - it's a totally fair question! I'm just happy I can finally answer it with "yeah, actually, soon" this time.
Sometime soon I'll also do a post covering some of the stuff I'm doing this update and talk about it a little. Not quite as good as a full release, but something, and I'm pretty proud of most of these scenes. There are a lot of story and character arcs that I brought up long ago and haven't gotten to yet that I'm trying to finally go somewhere with.
Jisama I'll look at it. My best guess is that it's a victim of the game's tag system evolving several times over its lifespan, the condition it's checking is probably just outdated.
Earth magic is truly the best magic among the 4 starting magic tree you get to choose, It has everything, dmg skill, status skill, channel skill for dmg buff, defense buff, heal. And a trait reduce upkeep for all type of channel skill from it own magic tree rather than mistral flow from wind magic tree only reduce upkeep for channel skill from aeromancy. Give it a heal move and it will become the best magic tree beside aether and nether. I'm also really excited for all other type of magic that being hinted at in Celica's training event like combination magic: fire + wind = lightning, earth + fire = magma,... And then there's the spirit magic, there's so many possibility for the rpg aspect of this game.
The writing is also phenomenal, the deepwood's storyline, companions's affection event, trust event, training event, the world building is consistent and amazingly delivered through small hint in every event. I simply can't wait the future updates. Hope you all the best in your life and in the development for this game.
P.S: Please buff mistral flow to be a wind version of continuance.
The writing is also phenomenal, the deepwood's storyline, companions's affection event, trust event, training event, the world building is consistent and amazingly delivered through small hint in every event. I simply can't wait the future updates. Hope you all the best in your life and in the development for this game.
P.S: Please buff mistral flow to be a wind version of continuance.
The main downsides of Earth magic are that it doesn't have burst healing, its buffs tend to be a bit weaker (but cheaper), and its damage is generally just "good" rather than great like Fire. It's a great generalist element though, that does everything pretty well. It's also one of the best magic elements for battlemage types!
I have a shitty infographic... somewhere... of the advanced magic tree I was planning. I still hope to get to all of them sooner or later, and others may arrive, but this was what I was contemplating earlier on. Pls no bulli my artistic ability, lol. Some of the advanced magic types are less about combining elements and more about advanced forms of it, and may or may not end up playable - Weather in particular feels like it'd be hard to do mana-efficient combat magic with, while on the opposite end of the spectrum Crystal is both cool as shit and not really any different from Earth or Metal on a fundamental level (make hard thing) so it's got a better shot at becoming a full combat magic type.
I don't know exactly when advanced magic will become available, possibly around astrologia which will likely be around the halfway to 2/3 point of the game? Some of them might become available earlier than others though, like Solar could only happen if Amaterasu blesses you, while Lightning or Crystal are something you might be able to develop yourself or find a 'lesser' trainer for without as much trouble.
And I am genuinely glad you are enjoying the writing! It can be hard to tell sometimes since I don't always get a lot of feedback on scenes after an update, but knowing people actually do enjoy it and follow up on all the hints/buildup I use makes it feel worthwhile. I have a ways to go as a dev and as a writer, but I've been trying to improve over the last few years of the game, and hopefully I can continue to deliver better writing as I learn from mistakes along the way. A story of this size has to have both buildup and payoff after all.
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Oh gosh metal bending 
I'm sorta curious after playing a buncha video games with elements if your planned advanced magics/elements are just stronger versions of minor ones (so for example Solar is just Fire but stronger) or they'll have some unique property to it. Most games with element just usually have the player exploit weaknesses.
I'm sorta curious after playing a buncha video games with elements if your planned advanced magics/elements are just stronger versions of minor ones (so for example Solar is just Fire but stronger) or they'll have some unique property to it. Most games with element just usually have the player exploit weaknesses.