Research Blog

Added a little links drop-down menu to the UI today:

This ended up taking longer than expected as I first implemented this using DropDown’s, only to find out that doing so crashes the mobile build.  Ended up reimplementing it using simple buttons.  I find that any time I have to do UI work, I end up tripping over weird MXML problems… AS3 is usually an okay environment to code in, but its UI support leaves lots to be desired.

In other news, Frog TF won the feature poll!

I’ve set up a quick test discord chat here.  I’ve opted to leave the invite link public for now, but I may limit new membership in future or leave it open and set up an additional room for the Patreon <-> Discord integration.  Or get rid of the whole thing if it’s not useful — this is just a test for now.

I’m AFK most of the time so you may need to hang out for a bit to catch me!  The standalone app is nice for this because you can just leave it running in the background.

In Patreon news, it’s now the first of the month.  A quick reminder for new backers that it takes Patreon several days to process all the payments so please be patient during this process.  Also, there’s sixteen hours left on the August feature vote, and I’ll make a post once the poll has officially closed.

Slowly getting more systems in place for chapter 6.  This build contains:

• Roughing out several NPCs for chapter 6, namely Swick & Hanako.  No dialogue for them yet though (expect lots of “COULD NOT LOAD TEXT” messages!).
• Added a warning not to overwrite save games from stable builds with save games from WIP builds.
• The beginnings of the ‘Ride an NPC’ system:
  • You can now mount & dismount our main Dinoian NPC, Hanako.  Head to the north of Haven and talk with Swick, then you’ll be able to mount Hanako in the room next door.
  • You can ride her in any of the Underworld areas, but not in overworld areas like Mulberry.
  • Still needs flavor text, as well as all the planned actions / scenes Hanako will do as you travel together.
  • It does not work with the save system yet.
• Standing on the hot sand of the desert areas will now damage you unless you’re either riding Hanako or are a Dinoian yourself.
• 64 character password support.
• Fix for room tags not being loaded during load from save file — this manifested as sometimes respawning in the wrong place after loading from a save file (a fresh start worked okay).

If you backed at the WIP backer level for the July 1 Patreon cycle, head to the employee intranet to download your copy.

I just posted a community vote over on Patreon.  The primary focus of current development is on chapter six content, but I’ll try to get one extra feature done.  What should it be?

• Rework intro so you can choose your reaction (affects initial acceptance rate).
• Shop where you can sell loot.
• Succubus class or status or item: Gain HP via sex, but not via health items or rest.
• Click on minimap for larger map.
• Catgirl voice for chapter 5.
• Frog TF.

If you’re a patron, vote here before August 1.  There’s only six patrons currently, so you have good odds on getting to choose the next feature!