Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 22 / 2023

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Doors, a closed one is meant to be opened...or...something, whatever.

With the cutscene in Port Ronod introducing Admiral Gallus and Instructor Stella now becoming a manditory story sequence, the overall structure and nearly every cutscene in the game between waking up in your chamber to encountering Masquerade for the first time in the Imperial Castle, has been updated or even remade entirely.
Meeting up with Beatrix by the docks to saying farewell to your teacher before she is heading out for the Kingdom of Namaria in her next contract will be the other requirement to visting Cecily at the Homestead before reporting back to Crayden, which you can do in either order.
I've also changed so the Traveling Scholar will always be available in Port Ronod, no matter time of day, as it was too easy to overlook him and miss out on the useful teleportation unlock he offers.
Finally, there was an issue with the Sewing Kit item not working properly with Farah that was brought to my attention and has now been corrected.

With one minute left of this Tuesday, that'll be all!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 21 / 2023

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Alright, you don't want to hear me go on about having created 50+ more doors. (But I did do that!)
You're here for the meat on the steak, the gravy in the navy, the stuff that makes you feel ruff!

The Beldorian Armada's flagship has been renamed from "The Majestic Prime" to "The Judicator", making it sound a little more era appropriate and less alike The Magna Gerulus, with the flagship now essentially finished and fully explorable with the only thing missing being NPC's and lights.
I'm considering making the cutscene in Port Ronod mandatory for new playthroughs as missing out on Stella and Gallus introductions might make later encounters a bit weird, and it would likely take place before heading to Caimridge on the investigation, although accepting the offer to visit aboard The Judicator will remain optional.

I feel like there was something else...but since I can't recall what, that'll round up today's post!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 20 / 2023

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Let me just quickly get it out of the way so you don't have to hear it again.
I've made even more. God. DAMN. ASSETS!!!

But hear me out, these ones have been really worth it to make the worldmap better represent up-close locations, such as the ports now looking more like ports, Arlon appearing like a farmland and the Grand Cathedral being visible in Colussia from the overworld.
I'm also in the process of creating the Beldorian Armada's flagship, The Majestic Prime, easily the biggest vessel I've created so far that'll come with a new Naval Officer class and a character named Admiral Gallus, who'll play a larger role once you unlock your own ship.
She and Stella are both introduced together in a new cutscene taking place in Port Ronod I've been meaning to add for quite a while, near the beginning when you are still a Crusader.
Once you've seen that cutscene, you are invited to explore the Majestic Prime, although it's time sensitive and becomes unaccessable once you've progressed far enough in the story.
(Since the ship leaves for the Kingdom of Namaria)

Even though it won't make any sense, I'll still allow players who've already reached the end of the latest beta to trigger this cutscene and be able to explore the flagship without any negative effects, since otherwise you'd have to restart the story to experience it.
Just remember it'll be something that is supposed to take place before you even meet Gabrielle.

And that about does it, see you next week!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 19 / 2023

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All dicks on deck! Heck yeah, seaman pun this week!
If you're one of those players who had a hard time finding Farsyne in Port Ronod early in the game, know that you're not alone and I've decided to fix that piece of questionable game design.
While still found in the same spot, the ship he's aboard has been changed drastically to make it stand out a lot more as I've turned it into a light Beldorian Armada battleship.
The only time you've seen one of those before, if you are up-to-date, is when Van is formally introduced, although I've completely overhauled the look of them since I've been on the asset creating spree, with them now sporting a more shiny metal/dark wood hybrid.

The introduction to Farsyne has also been slightly altered to make him seem more important and no longer leaving directly after you've spoken with him, so you can hear him do some Laquadia simping to foreshadow his fixation on the fair and absolutely innocent High Priestess.
Other than that, creating new assets for exterior/interior battleships, I've also begun preparations for Osira's upcoming CG Scene and will hopefully get around to doing that soon!

Thus, that'll be all for today folks'!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 18 / 2023

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Was so distracted earlier today I almost forgot it was Tuesday!
But here we are, with the latest beta having been released over the weekend and most of my time prior to that being to prep for the launch.
If you find a floating top part of a candlestick in your private quarters, that is totally normal and is the results of the main character's mental state starting to deteriorate from having to deal with Laquadia for about eight years by now...or, it's just a minor graphical bug cause from the overhaul.
Also worth pointing out is the discussion you can have with "Viperess" wasn't intentionally included, it's part of an optional dialogue I forgot to cut out, although it doesn't affect anything.

So with that, I have another week of work ahead of me!