Introducing Personality Points (Patreon)

Hey there! Midway through January and hard at work on this month's detective themed episode. More on that coming soon. But right now I wanted to show a little bit of a feature in development; personality points.

Despite the episodic feel of Make Your Parents Proud, I wanted it to still feel like a cohesive video game and not only an anthology of shorts. The story itself will help with that as it develops and intertwines episodes. But another feature I've been working on that should help is Personality Points, also known as PP.

At the start of each episode, you'll pick a personality stat to focus on. Right now I'm calling the three stats Logic, Empathy, and Prurience.

While you play the episode, certain choices align with certain stats. If you make a choice that corresponds with the one you're focusing on, you'll earn PP.

At the end of the episode, the PP applies to the stat, potentially levelling it up.

So...why level up your personality? Take another look at our new job board:

These are tentative, but you get the idea. Levelling up your personality helps you qualify for new jobs. Maybe they'll help you out in other ways. *Thinking emoji*

I'm hoping this makes choices more fun throughout the game. I'm trying to get a build out real soon that has these personality points applied to the first three episodes.

Stay excited!

- Hat Jump