So just got back from a trip away, this is me finishing up a small update from before I left, mostly bugfixes and some throne room tweaks, there is a plan for a bigger update going forward but I'm going to keep it a secret for now!
**CHAMPION GUARDS**
An issue with assassinations was raised by ecclark, and in my opinion you should be able to essentially solve any problem in your kingdom with enough gold, so now there are better upgrades to pretty much remove assassinations of your grand champion from the game.
* Added grand champion militia guard (500gold) (2x less assassinations on champions) (credit u/ecclark_7)
* Added grand champion city guard (1000gold) (10x less assassinations on champions) (credit u/ecclark_7)
* Added grand champion elite guard (3000gold) (100x less assassinations on champions) (credit u/ecclark_7)
**NEW SOUNDS**
Some new sound effects some custom made, in an attempt to make the game feel more alive! the axe throwing entertainment/minigame is now fully filled with sound.
* Added new sound effect 'goblin cackle'
* Added new sound 'small crowd clap' used in axe throwing
* Added 3 new sound effects to axe throwing 'miss, hit and kill'
* Added 3 possible sounds for axe throw hit
* Added new sound effect 'laugh and run'
* Added page turn sound effect to guildrow library books
**NEW REACTIONS**
Another big load of reactions to ensure the throne room contains enough content to avoid it going too stale, I am not done with this yet but it's definitely heading in the right direction!
* Added 'Accept and bow' child reaction to big gold donation
* Added 'Run for the door' child reaction to big gold donation
* Added 'Yay' child reaction to big gold donation
* Added 'Charity work' child reaction to big gold donation
* Added 'Dropped coin' child reaction to lots of gold donation
* Added 'yay food' child reaction to lots of gold donation
* Added 'Thank you x3' child reaction to lots of gold donation
* Added 'waiting for a worthy quest' knight quest reaction
* Added 'honour and for you' knight quest reaction
* Added 'glory like no other' knight quest reaction
* Added 'trust' knight quest reaction
* Added 'thousand quests' knight quest reaction
* Added 'no comment' criminal statement reaction
* Added 'no, please' criminal statement reaction
* Added 'staring' criminal statement reaction
* Added 'Lies' criminal statement reaction
* Added 'maybe I did, maybe I didn't' criminal statement reaction
* Added 'Long my you reign' thank you reaction
**THRONE ROOM TWEAKS**
A couple of changes and tweaks all aimed at improving the throne room, now criminals brought before you are more likely to be guilty instead of it being 50/50 all the time, goblin mining encounter has new screens and several other things have been tweaked/improved.
* Added chance of public opinion drop when hiring ex-rebel (if rebels are still a threat greater than 1 land)
* Added gain item sound effect used when buying telescope in throne room
* Made criminals brought before you more liklely to be guilty, it shouldn't be so 50/50
* Added new screens for goblin mining venture encounter
* Added new screen to acrobat throne room with applause sound effect
* Reworked laughing and running robbery reaction text
* Made tale of demons bard a little bit rarer
* Added text to no gold reactions to avoid confusion
* Added new bard origin story for whistler 'Annoying' (Credit Dam Son)
**NEW BOOKS**
Added 2 new books to the guildrow library in blackmarket!
* Wrote new book 'the heart of the world' added to guildrow library in blackmarket
* Wrote new book 'the market's boom' added to guildrow library in blackmarket
**NEW QUEST ITEMS AND LOCATIONS**
I was scrolling past the quest item and location systems and decided to add a few more things to them!
* Added new quest item 'Emerald encrusted goblet' 125 gold
* Added new quest item 'Ancient tome on optimal swimming techniques' 50 gold
* Added new quest item 'Iron bowl trophy' 15 gold
* Added new quest item 'Diamond encrusted coin' 290 gold
* Added new quest item 'Gold plated rotten finger' 90 gold
* Added new quest item 'Golden ship in a bottle' 220 gold
* Added new quest location 'small alleyway'
* Added new quest location 'a little islet off the coast'
**BUGFIXES**
24 bugs removed, it's always a constant cat and mouse with new features adding new problems but most of these are things that have been here for a long time so it's good progress!
* Fixed champion in staff screen text colour
* Fixed grammar bugs in guard crime statements
* Fixed witty farmer text bug in throne room
* Fixed public opinion negation happening when trap dooring criminal
* Fixed double line issue with trap door
* Fixed incorrect label of gold loss in donation encounter rare variant
* Fixed agreeing to help complainer accidentally arrests him
* Fixed hungry old man encounter larger donation being misreported as the smaller donation
* Fixed grammar issues in bard origin stories
* Fixed spacing bug for dynamic intro text
* Fixed grammatical error with knight quest text
* Fixed given -1 public op for lenience mistakenly when helping the poor
* Fixed text bug in coin flip encounter
* Fixed grammar issues with crime and punishment encounter
* Fixed missing line and wordwrap with soldier payrise encounter
* Fixed axe throwing text wrap issue
* Fixed farmer and sons textwrap issue and grammar problem
* Fixed text bug in goblin joiner encounter
* Fixed death sound system being triggered by mistake
* Fixed missing screen for throne room acrobat
* Fixed hlok/monfort and shallowrock mines not getting boosts from roads
* Fixed kingdom names from being 'name of name' in text
* Fixed grammar issues with crime and punishment text
* Fixed screen clear bug with celebration ceremony
**EVERYTHING ELSE**
Now the blackmarket and arena are bearable, and the arena spike pit has been renamed to avoid confusion.
* Renamed arena pit to arena spike pit to avoid confusion (credit 71)
* Merged all code for axe throwing entertainment and made it more efficient
* Added new line spacing in guildrow library
* Reduced volume of blackmarket background sounds
* Reduced volume of arena