So people know where I'm at



27-28 September 2014

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Finished chapter15 map. Today or tomorrow I hope to finish this chapter. Tomorrow I should also finish chapter16 since I had already done the map and the quest, will just need to test it again a bit

Good. I can't wait to recreate my poor misguided rogue that think she is a warrior)

Testing with Hunter/Rager combo, I have to say that Act3 plays quite differently. Might be the new AI, but Thieves in frontline would be dead rather quickly I think Playing in Nightmare of course.

Are you going to add a couple of sidequests now?

I don't think since this act is already quite big. I might do some optional grinding stuff though. For example early in the story players complains that they eat only fish, so there could be some small hunting grinding sidequests. Anyway will first finish all the main plot coding, since the game as gameplay is already twice big as Loren as it is

Road to Act 3? In a nod to ACDC you should titled it Highway to Act 3 - missed opportunity

Yeah

Anyway, just added one fun thing already a vendor that let's you gamble for items for money. You choose the amount to pay, and you get 1-3-5 totally random items. All decent (no garbage) but varying from Fine to Rare. A minor addition but after playing it a bit, is fun.

Also, a way to use all the crazy money you're going to make in act 3 if you complete some quests related to treasures!

Cool .

Today managed to work almost 6h straight in the morning (couldn't sleep because of a cat's health). Anyway, fixed several issues in the quests: there are 3 main quest lines you can do in act3, from tavern, forge and Merrow (the governor). And of course you can do them in any order, but I had to check various possibilities since you also can go there to buy stuff.

Also implemented the romance progression. Differently from Loren you can't romance ALL the characters in a single playthrough - you'll have limited amount of romance points in which you can talk (otherwise would be a bit silly that the player spends 1 week straight in the bathhouse together with all the other characters ).

For the maniacs who want to unlock all romances the best will be to save at beginning of act3.

Rowinda/Vaelis give a skill reward, while the other romances unlocks the CG and different endings in act4.

There's also the "secret sidequest" to save Chalassa which triggers only at a certain point and if you're in love with her, though offers a nice side battle

Plus another secret area that you must unlock in a specific way. I might add a few more

Oooh, secrets! As if I wasn't hyped up about Act3 enough already!



(So sorry to hear about your cat. )

Thanks. Well for the cat will be over soon, probably this Friday we'll euthanize him

Still happy that I managed to get a lot of work done today, since probably tomorrow and the weekend won't be able to do much. Then next monday will resume working normally.

I'm sorry about your cat .

I'm so sorry.

Thanks, I should be used to it by now (I have many cats, so as inevitable consequence they also die) but every time is bad.

Luckily I always try to focus on the work to distract myself from it and works.



Anyway, today got several missing backgrounds. I am still missing some tiles, but I think by next week I should have all the art. As for coding I'm making good progresses. I think really next week could finally do the beta of Act3. Probably, it will be a mess with many plot holes and bugs, but that's normal

Alright looking forward to the act 3 beta. Let me also say I am so sorry to hear about your cat. It's always hard to lose a pet. On a more gamer geek note, telling us about your cat while hinting at a "save Chalassa" side quest makes me feel the need for there to be a hidden easter egg that if you meet some requirement during the battle you can save a cat that becomes attached to Chalassa as well causing her to show a softer, more feminine side in the post battle dialog. Unreasonable addition at this point i'm sure but just wanted to throw that out there.

In the "happy ending" she show a different side of herself

On a somewhat related note, I'm doing a series of merfolk characters for future RPGs, but I also want to do some furry characters, I don't know the various japanese terms but like half human half cats/feline. Should be an interesting mix

Nekomimi or Bakeneko may be some of the terms you're looking for.

I don't know what happen to your cat but I hope that he has lived a long live.



A furry is this



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a human-animal "hybrid"

If you were going for foxes, they would be kitsune.



If you are talking of cats, I think the term is bakeneko (neko is Japanese for cat, I believe), though this works best for housecats. Other terms might be more appropriate if one is thinking lions, tiger, etc.

kitsune is a the japenese word for fox, normal one and also the kistune from japenese mythologie where they are yokai(japenese demon).They can take human form and gain more tails has they get older.



bakeneko also know as nekomata(when they have 2 tails I think) are the cat version of the kitsune(can take human form,throw fire ball, like miki in the first muramasa rebirth DLC who became a nekomata when her owner(okoi) die , she takes her form to make the people who send the assassins think she alives and kill them)



so I don't think you can call a fox-boy/girl kitsune and a cat-boy/girl nekomata or bakeneko. I don't remember a specific term for those types of characters,I usually see catboy/girl, cat-boy/girl