Developer Note:
Yay, DEMO of FWC releasing on September 8th!
When I thought about what the Demo version of the game should include, it was a good exercise as I had to think what the "core" of the game should be. I had asked a few others for ideas and input, and it seemed like the game should be centered around the minigames. Working for the demo changed a few aspects of the main game as well. I won't list all of the changes here, but the main key points would have the demo similar to "Free to Play" Gacha games, with the paid version granting access to the Online service (which opens up Co-op, PVP, and PVE online minigames and functionality). The biggest change happened with the Stadium; once the Stadium is bought, instead of unlocking minigames one at a time via upgrading the building, they will be all unlocked (once the Stadium is bought and built of course), with rewards from the minigames increasing based on the upgrade level of the Stadium building itself. For example (this isn't in the game yet): Waifu Tuber currency rewards would increase per Tier upgrade.
In the Waifu Survivor minigame, I initially set all the weapons to just have random behaviors (seeded from the weapon name). While this "worked" it lead to all the weapons ending up kind of same-y. Pierce and Bounce on everything with the only movement being determined by the caster's weapon-behavior meant that during the early rounds the weapons felt a little different, but all later rounds had the same "large bouncing projectile" with the only difference being the sprite of the weapon itself. All that said, I overhauled the weapon and behavior system. The Waifus will always target the nearest monster, with the behaviors being tied to the weapon itself. This meant that I had to replace the random-generating weapon values and hardcode everything, but each weapon feels different now. This system still needs some tweaking, but it's already shaping up to be a better system. Depending on the weapon behavior, players should choose beneficial upgrades. For instance, projectile speed works better on "pierce" than it does "straight", as the piercing weapon performs better the more monsters it hits.
Bugs:
Stadium: Fix event scrolling when using controller
Stadium: Fixed all offline scores from being wiped every time a new score was saved
Waifu Survivor: Fixed some squad member personality behaviors (programmer misspelled variable value whoops)
Waifu Survivor: Fixed missing personality: flighty
New:
Launching DEMO version on September 8th
Added to Ninja Clothing Package: Katana, Ninja Gi, Ninja Pants, Scroll of Power
Added Eclipse Clothing Package: Hood, Dress, Pants, Crescent Moon, Darkened Moon, Light Jewel
New character banner: "Rune", normally appears in August, but setting active for September
Waifu Survivor: Changed Weapon behavior types
Straight: Just moves straight line
Pierce: Travels through monsters
Bounce: Bounces off of monsters that are hit
Circle: Circles the caster
Spiral: Spirals outward from the caster
Random: Rotation and movement randomly changes
Homing: Bounces when hitting target monster, then curves back into the monster
Chain: Changes target when it hits a monster
Waifu Survivor: Added weapons to the Crystal shop. These will change behavior while retaining current stats.
Waifu Survivor: Merged upgrade of "Attack" and "Damage" to just weapon
DEMO Version:
Offline Only (no inc_Auth calls at all)
Townbuilder: Level 2 maximum building upgrade (out of 7)
Barracks: Maximum 71 Waifus
Warehouse: Maximum 299999 item quantities
Story Progrees: up to Slime Boss ("Rank 2 License")
Cliffhanger: When trying to start this quest, do "buy full game" pitch (storybook)
Shop:
Clothing Packages: Enlistment, School
Ore: Copper, Bronze
-= Features =-
Offline Mode Only, doesn't use Live-Service features: Chat, Guilds, Coop, PVP
Save data works in full game
Daily "Idle" Rewards
Uncapped Player Level
Available Gacha banners:
Trash-Chan
Standard Banner
Free Reroll Banner
Free Ticket Banner
Event Banners
Quests: Up to 2-star
Adoption, Capture, Gathering, Harvest, Hunting, Mining, Urgent (story)
Stadium: (minigames)
World Boss, Nature Towers, Waifu-Tuber, Waifu Survivor, Waifu Fish
Waifus can star-up to max 6, as well as reach level max 200
Equipment can upgrade to Tier 2
Magic Cats can train to Tier 2
Create up to 5 squads
School: Re-train Waifu skills (Grey book only = random skill)
Marketplace: Up to tier 2 equipment & items
Microtransactions aren't available in Offline mode
Salon: (CustomizeWaifus)
Only Hair Styles & Color
Townbuilder: Can build all buildings available in Offline mode, Level 2 maxiumum upgrade