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Redscale's Adventure - 0.29 is live

by Istaran

I managed to update 15 days in January, out of an ideal 18. (M-F x 4, - 2 holidays.) At this moment I'm calling it for January and making my work public.

The 'thing-a-day' experiment worked well, IMO, but for Feb I want to concentrate on fewer, larger goals. Perhaps alternating month-to-month?

Primary goals for Feb (0.30) version:
Mission system - be able to create a party to send off on a mission, including basic missions (carry stuff from point A to point B, etc.) and specific quests (invade Nezumi territory, where Redscale is too large to venture, infiltrate and eventually conquer Howling Tree, and more).

Class and equipment based customization for Followers - It's silly that you can customize pawns more than you can your followers.

Equipment based customization for Redscale - Redscale needs some STUFF

UPDATE:
I am going to hold off on the class/equipment stuff above until March. Mission system is coming along but needs a lot of work/debugging and then I am going to focus on putting in content using that system, and as time allows more general content.

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Added:	7 years, 2 months ago 27 Jan 2017 01:50 CET

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simpl1

7 years, 2 months ago

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Hey wanted to say, really like what you've been doing with this game and sticking with it, I've been having a lot of fun going back and playing some more whenever I see a new update and I love the direction it's taking!

Istaran

7 years, 2 months ago

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@ simpl1

Thanks, great to hear it.

tarrenvale651

7 years, 2 months ago

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Awesome!

I only just discovered your work a few days ago and I have been playing nonstop since.

Istaran

7 years, 2 months ago

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@ tarrenvale651

Awesome! Glad you like it.

Nyanyan

7 years, 2 months ago

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Sounds good to me. And congrats on getting so close to a perfect January there xP

Missions: Yes. Yes. Yes. And more yes. Please.

Followers: Makes sense, really. If anything, it's odd they weren't the first to get the options.

Redscale: What were you thinking on Red's equipment? It obviously wouldn't make sense to give him the normal stuff.

Should probably be decently expensive to get, since they're the most important (and biggest) things you'll be making. Obviously armor. But what else? We can't really wield spears/axes/swords, so I would be thinking along the lines of enhancing our natural abilities.

A tail blade, claw extensions, maybe a horned helmet/horn blades (can't remember if Redscale has horns or not), etc.

These would obviously give boosts to certain things, or, like with bows/spears, add a new ability. A tail swipe, headbutt, etc.

Of course, the equipment doesn't have to be purely offensive. Wing/leg supports to increase the effectiveness of maneuver, wing shields for buffing defend (maybe even allowing a, small, chance to ignore feint/OP?), and the list goes on.

This would not only allow for cool customization, but would also allow a no follower play-style to be more viable. In the case you have followers, their boost should supersede (read: replace) the equipment, to keep players from becoming overpowered by using both, but could still pretend it helps, and make the mental image of Red look cool.

Istaran

7 years, 2 months ago

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@ Nyanyan

Honestly, the highest priority piece of equipment for Red is bags. :P No followers/pawns means you have almost no carrying capacity because of the 'hands' limit. Everyone needs backpacks/saddlebags/whatever to be able to up that, with Red being the biggest shift if you do try to go solo.

Red gets a fair bit of customization from his Focus Perks now.

Pawns beat followers in customization because of how the Template system works. It lets me save a package deal of upgrades for a pawn as 3 characters in the save file, and just chain them up. And each of those package deals can do a lot. But they're tied into how Pawns work under the covers pretty tightly, and can't simply be slapped onto Redscale and Followers the same way. I'll have to build similar but different subsystems for the other types.

tarrenvale651

7 years, 2 months ago

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@ Istaran

Perhaps it would be a good idea to include methods of transportation, like making it so you could 'recruit' some poor trader or something as a pawn. Having them do low damage, but making them raise your hands by quite a bit? I mean, sure, Red could carry some bags, but he's royalty! What ruler carries around sacks of loot when he could make someone else do it for him?

farlun

7 years, 2 months ago

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Is Rescale customization in plans? Even the most basic stuff, like sex... ?

Istaran

7 years, 2 months ago

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@ farlun

Customization, yes. Sex... no.
For one, it nearly doubles the work load of writing sex scenes. (That's overstating it a bit, as some scenes don't really involve your genitals, but you get the point.) But also my own sense of the world would demand additional changes, like the fact Glitterscale would never agree to work with you. (Sadly, neither would Prince Azure.) A lot of other dialog and interactions would change beyond just pronouns.

So while I can totally get the desire, I'm not doing it.
(Or if I do, it will be after v1.0, where the last boss is in and beatable.)

Zagura

7 years, 2 months ago

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Great work so far! :v Dying for more story and lore tho. Hope we get to see more of Redscale's world.

LordSolus

7 years, 2 months ago

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So, I must be the only one who can't get to the updated versions because it still isn't showing up in the search or in your gallery.

Istaran

7 years, 2 months ago

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@ LordSolus

I update in place, so it should be in the same spot as before. You should see the version number on the top of the Flash when you first load it up. If it says 0.29, you are good! If it has an older version, then you'll need to get it out of your cache or something.

LordSolus

7 years, 2 months ago

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@ Istaran

Let me reiterate. I can't find the game at all. I can only find your written stories, but not the actual game.

Istaran

7 years, 2 months ago

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@ LordSolus

https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=622445

Only thing I can think of is if your allowed ratings are too strict? It is flagged at the highest rating for both sex and violence, given the content (even though you can, to a substantial degree, limit both through your choices).

LordSolus

7 years, 2 months ago

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@ Istaran

Oh, yep, the rating is what was doing it apparently. It just occurred to me though, you probably don't realize this, but i'm Kingness, I just changed my name awhile back.

TheBigBrother

7 years, 2 months ago

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Error #1009
Null
Killed a spider in the Warrens
Game wanted to let you know.

Also, can't wait for more updates.

Dreikaiserbund

7 years, 2 months ago

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A potentially foolish question, but where does one find the Nezumi? I feel like I've wandered all over but haven't spotted any.

Istaran

7 years, 2 months ago

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@ Dreikaiserbund

They can be found in Dragonbone Cave at higher levels. They used to exclusively attack the base, avoiding Redscale and forcing you to imprison if you wanted to get them as pawns. But now you can sometimes catch unwary Bonecollectors.
Angering their faction enough can also get Assassins trying to kill you.

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