This week I made a goal of completing at least 1 small task for the game every day, and I managed to pull it off! I settled on the names for the next two chapters and created title graphics for them, created new sprites for some characters, cleaned up some bugs I discovered while playing through the android port, sketched out 2 more characters, finalized the character portrait of another, and (nearly) finished mapping one of the bigger and more interesting areas of the next update!
Fallholt has gone through some extensive social changes over the last century. As Mila and the player will discover, Fallholt has become a thriving city which has integrated vampires into their society! Indeed, Fallholt has become a city where vampires and humans live alongside each other, ruled by the vampiric Queen Anja.
Though initially a controversial decision, the current generation of mortals within Fallholt have grown to see their vampiric neighbors as equals rather than as monsters. All turnings must be sanctioned by the Queen herself and the creation of ghouls is highly illegal. To enforce these policies, the Queen established the Knights of Friedrich and recruited vampire hunters to slay those that choose to live against her laws.
Indeed, Fallholt is a city where vampires can live and even shop freely! The newly established Fallholt Center of Commerce is open 24 hours a day, employing vampires at night and humans during the daylight hours. With a constant flow of income throughout the day, the economy of Fallholt is more prosperous than at any other point in it’s history!
The center acts as an upscale shopping mall, with multiple stores and activities to spend your hard earned gold. I’ve made the area feel bustling by adding in multiple NPCs that go in and out as you shop. This touch really makes the center come alive, even if the shop owners you’ll interact with are well, “dead”.
I hope this short teaser of the next chapter has intrigued you and left you with many questions. I can’t guarantee they’ll all be answered, but my goal is to make revisiting this familiar city an interesting trip!
Until next time, everyone!