Prayers of Distorted Minds - Family System - devlog (Patreon)

Hey, brothers!Your Dungeon Master here!

I want to show you the marriage and family systems!

But first, let me be real with you, it was way harder than I thought to make the family system. I had a working code since the beginning of the month, and it ran fine with one child. But as soon as I added a second, third, or fourth… everything broke. Conflicts everywhere, bugs popping up non-stop. I spent days reworking that mess, and each time I fixed something, a new bug would show up. So earlier this week, I just said “Fuck it,” deleted everything, and rewrote the whole system from scratch. So far it’s working well, but I’ll keep testing to make sure.

The marriage system was much smoother. You can buy a wedding ring from the nun at the Church of Wisdom, in Downtown. If you’ve built enough affection points with a girl, you can propose to her. After the ceremony, she’ll move into your house. You can have up to 3 wives.

When interacting with your wife at home, you can choose to make love to her, and each time you do, there’s a chance she’ll get pregnant. I decided to skip the pregnancy time mechanic and instead added a cutscene, just like the ones many of you loved in my other games, which were sorely missed in Prayers of Distorted Minds. So here's a little treat for you!

After the cutscene, you'll find out whether it's a boy or a girl, and you’ll get to name your child. Then, just wait 20 in-game days (as chosen by you in the poll) for the child to grow up. These 20 days are split into two stages: 10 days from baby to child, then 10 days from child to adult.

The number of children you can have depends on the size of your house:

House 1: 1 child

House 2: 2 children

House 3 (final): 4 children

The child's gender is random, and once they grow up, they’ll also have a random personality and class, making every family unique.

I do have ideas for family activities, but I won’t reveal them yet so it doesn’t feel like a promise. For now, I’m just happy that, apparently, I got everything working properly.

Honestly, this ate up way more development time than I expected. I’ll have to push the final 3 romance options to a future update, I don’t want to rush them. But I’m sure you’re not lacking in romance choices; we already have 11 total!

Anyway, I’ll get back to polishing the system now. It needs to be smooth and stable by the end of the month so I can launch the update focused on these new systems, along with the new desert map.

Big thanks to everyone supporting me! With a bit of luck, we’ll hit 100 patrons, members of our Brotherhood, by the end of the year.You guys are my strength. We’re in this together, let’s go!

Have a nice day~~