Hey Guildmasters!
January focused on making the Evening phase more readable and controllable and tightening how parties behave on quests as well as some additonal design work on two major systems. Here’s what changed:
💻 Development update
Evening Forecast (finalized): The forecast panel is now hooked to the live sim. It updates dynamically before effects apply so you can tweak your evening setup to your heart's content before clicking that "next phase" button! I also focused on increasing the immersion for this sequence by adding several decorative details, animations and the guild floor plan as a central anchor.
Evening facility options: New priority/queue options per facility (some unlock via research) and a by-rank breakdown as well as a stock warnings in tooltips. That way it’s clear who isn’t treated/served and why.
Synergy during quests: the Sociability stat of adventurers now influences on-quest synergy and the groundwork is done for even more things (like faction rivalries, events, etc.) to influence it in the future. The immediate effect is that the bigger the group the more social adventurers should be to perform well on quests while a solo adv can keep being a lone wolf.
Reputation/Factions: They have been in the game since the very early prototypes but it was time to work on them some more and decide how exactly and when their details would be displayed to the player and what decisions/actions would influence reputation (by how much).Aiming to implement this next month.
World Parameters: I want as many systems as possible to seem grounded in the world's logic and it has always been the case for quests and adventurers generation as well as many of the guild's policies. With reputation locked in I found that this was the last piece of the simulation still not surfaced (and a simulation is only as good as what players can see of it) so i decided on a new Ui where some of the world parameters would be displayed so you can track them (prosperity is high ? a town fair might soon pop up in town, sold many mana crystals to the industrialist watch for teh rising magic pollution parameter before it's too late!)
Work also continues on the visuals and soundtracks of the game and I will try to grab some screenshots and GIFs for next months update
Thanks for following and supporting the project!
Vincent L.
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