Titles/Accessories, check -- anime movie stream??? (Patreon)

the past few days have had a lot of emotions. i probably don't need to explain why, beyond saying that the protests have been happening in our city too. we've followed what's been going on probably more than is healthy, and we are Tired.

it sounds like tonight has gone better than the past two nights, but there's still been fires, the central library's windows smashed, lots of tear gas, mace, protesters and cops have both been run over, a reported was pushed into a fire, white supremacist groups are tagging up the capital
i just
it is as surreal as the entire rest of this year has been.
i fully support the protests and forcing the system to change, but the rioting and many of the damages are unnecessary

and mostly just
fuck

the community and moderation has taken a lot of attention lately-- between planning the party and just making sure tensions don't run too high given current events... trying not to be exhausted on top of that has been a challenge.

but does that stop me?

occasionally.

but does that really stop me?

ha.

let's take a look at some Things.

the cursor in battles is no longer a placeholder! it is brighter, stylized, and there's a lightspot below to show which tile it's actually pointing to. 

we have an animated loading image now!

this was painful to make! but i think it's nice. 

we've stylized the cutscene skipping indicator!

the diamond up there appears when the skipper button is held down, and fills up from left to right. 

finally, we've customized the splash screen that displays before the beginning of the game. this part is mainly just for fun, but might as well make it count. 

this one is linked because it is very harsh to see against patreon's white background. pray your browser makes it dark.  

it's meant to be subtle anyway, but i think it's a huge step up in immersion from whatever, uh, this was...

let us generously hope that the rest of the game will be as much of an increase in quality. 

the scripture on the new splash is deliberately cut off. we might explore making it scroll after the demo, but probably not during in. so it isn't likely to be seen in completion in the demo, but since y'all are special, i post the lines here for you.

• All flesh is like snow, and all time like water. Water ebs, and so snow falls off. Thus do the angels return to Them each season.
• Therefore in all I eat and drink, whatsoever I do is for Their glory and the glory of Their kingdom. For Them, I find gaiety and gladness in the temple of my body, for tomorrow I may die. 
• The imperishable must put on the perishable, and Their chosen must put on mortality. But when the imperishable will have put on the perishable, and the immortal will have put on mortality, then will come about the era They sought, and They will come again.
• In penance as in prayer, I offer to Them the bone of my soul, so that like bone, I will not be transformed by stone nor sin, but by Their image which is remembered in our body. 
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• To embrace flesh is to embrace fire; for it is by flesh that the soul withers, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.  
• Do not fear those who kill the body, for the body is water in the hand of life. From oceans does it come, and to oceans it returns. Fear They who are able to destroy both body and ocean. 
• As life is in defeat, death is swallowed up in victory. So is the nature of the stone on which we are cast, that it should feel a thousand cuts in Their name. 
• For we know that I am of blood, sold into bondage at the hand of sin. So it is known that sin dwells within our body as it does the mind, and that we must wage war against the law of the mind in Their name, as prisoners of the land awaiting Their hand once more.

there's probably a comment to make about it being edgy, but then most of it is modified from actual bible quotes. so really, it's just christianity that's edgy. and we knew that already. 

....anyway! that's everything done in the title/accessories section of our giant to-do list road map! also! i never have to do any of that again for any future release of this game! unless i want to! or decide to make the splash screen animate or something! yay!

1/6 categories down. the others are also underway.

other scripting stuff that's been done recently: 

• elemental effectiveness now works in game
• terrains now actually provide evasion boosts instead of just limiting mobility
• fixed some bugs with critsa dn the combat forecast system since we changed the way some things worked
• set up a 'mortal combat' system that can create duels to the death under certain circumstances

yayy

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a completely unrelated note. the idea was floated on the discord to maybe occasionally do some anime hang out nights since the limit on chat participants was lifted from 10 to 50. so sure why not!

we'll be streaming the movie Promare on 6/5 at 9p MST! here's a link to check it in your timezone! dear link: please work. 

...the main server also recently showed promare. we're not trying to copy them, i swear. it's just kind of where the discussion of what to watch went.
so feel free to join us on the discord server for it!

that's all for now, bye and stay safe!
...no really, please stay safe ;;;;