Technical Update Released! (And Dev Notes) (Patreon)

So!

I was able to add in the Relationships tab!!! WOOHOOOOO

I was also able to apply "locks" to have the player unlock the entries as time goes on (such as when they meet a character).

The idea is to not overwhelm the player by having all the entries open. If instead they unlock separately, and with helpful prompting from the game that tells you WHEN you unlocked them, this will help contain the "oh shit that's alot of mfers" reaction one could have. This also applies to the noble houses and territories.

Do you guys think this is a good idea?

Also, like I said before, the tech update was mostly focused on getting the actual code to work and laying the ground work for future entry additions. The most important thing however, was applying the increases and decrease modifiers throughout the game. THAT WAS COMPLETED!

Also, I mightve lied about not breaking saves. There shouldnt be errors that stop you from continuing where you left off, but you may encounter errors down the line. Safest bet is to start fresh, but if you dont wanna until the the Feren visit is done, that's cool too. Cause after THAT update is released, the Patreon demo link will change, forcing everyone to start afresh.

The WIP status means that informational blurbs about the characters are not added yet, only their opinion stat bars (for now). In the future, mini tech updates will be done every week to add in blurbs, or search results.

There will also be some missing entries that are WIP, that will be filled in as time goes on, so no need to report this.

Also, some transparency about the way it was set up.

The characters that will have lots of blurb will also be the ones with their own individual entry pages, such as our family, our close friends, and retainers. Most of the NPCs however, will have a single paragraph blurb in the family tree page with the rest of their family so that you dont have to keep clicking through the tab lmao

Also, I tried to get the mistakes some people may do with some names, like our lil bro Percy

 I also had to fill in the entries with something so that the code would run and not return any errors... so uh, if youre code diving, dont ask about these

Also, look at how many words this mostly empty thing is lmao

HOW?!

Whatever, anyways, going on...

I also changed the stats menu. You will now have your Attribute, Personality, and Education stats all in one tab. My aim was to improve user interaction with the stats menu. Please tell me if the page is too cluttered as a result, or that you like it.

 In my opinion, it feels...packed. But I'm still unsure on whether or not it works or nah. I had requests to do this, but if the majority reject the change, ill change it back.

Back to the tech update, I need to figure out a way to mass increase/decrease opinions; and I think I found it. I didn't have enough time to work on it however, so it'll have to be in the Development Checklist.

The problem is that since I have so many characters, I also need a way to make it easier for me when our Champion makes a decision that increases the opinions of say, all the Argentian/Imperial NPCs.

The solution I've arrived at? Tying that to the ProArgent and ProImperial tier system i created earlier. If the MC manages to jump a tier, all Argent/Imperial NPCs receive a flat increase of +10. This sounds like a great solution for increasing opinions, but it doesn't allow for decreasing it on mass. My brain may be fried though atm however, so we'll see what I come up with in the future. For now though, the increasing and decreasing of opinions will begin at the next update.

The character unlocks that will be opened before Aurelian's birth will

• Uriel

• Adelina

• Mother Janiel (incomplete blurb)

• Royal Physician Sarilia (incomplete blurb)

• Lady Valerie (incomplete blurb)

• Aurelian

I'm holding off on adding more unlocks until the Feren visit is over. In the next update, there'll be more unlocks, but they'll mostly be of Master Feren, his daughter Leksha, and his son-in-law Baraka.

Most of the unlocks will occur when the Champion begins their education as a Prince/Princess/Squire.

Again, my apologies for the all over the place tech update lmao

Ill be posting the Development Checklist soon, and adding in all the features I need to work on. Thanks for your patience guys!

https://cogdemos.ink/play/fatedflame/kaepatreon