Gameplay Brainstorm (Night Events) (Patreon)

As I mentioned Sunday, each week I am going to try and post a game-related post. My thoughts are it will be a lore post, a teaser, a gameplay idea/brainstorm, or something else similar. This week, I thought I would unveil one of the core features of Aylia's Story, night events.

There is a day/night cycle in Aylia's Story, but it is not timer based. Essentially, it revolves around major quests, when you finish a chunk and head back to Zalran, it shifts to night. Then, the following day, things will have changed to reflect how you completed the quest the day prior. Ultimately, things will change significantly based on the sum of your choices.

Anyways, before I start rambling too much, the purpose of this particular post is the night period. I don't simply have Aylia and Bogwort return to Zalran each night and sleep... how boring. Instead, you can experience a variety of events. Most nights, you will have two primary options: 1) Stay at Bogwort's shack and talk with him (you got a glimpse of those types of events in the prologue), or 2) Go to Voran's bar. Depending on the night, the quests you completed, your choices, the event you experience at Voran's bar will vary (meaning, different people will be there talking about different things).

I think that should be enough to have a basic idea of how this works. Basically, you'll enter Zalran after finishing a quest and the game will shift to night. Then, you'll be presented with an option menu to pick what you'd like to do that night. Now, the purpose of THIS post is to brainstorm. I love to hear what you guys think, and there are going to be a lot of night opportunities throughout the game. Aylia and Bogwort will spend nights in Zalran, Escala, Trellion, and many more places. So, let your creative side free and feel free to offer ideas of different events that might take place. It can be something that might happen while they are at the bar, something that occurs outside of Bogwort's shack and Voran's bar... maybe, one night Aylia asks about the stocks and Bogwort offers to show them to her (actually, I'm going to use that one).  I look forward to seeing what you come up with, and I've not doubt that at least a few of these ideas will make it into the game at some point.

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