Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 04 / 2026

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I believe all the maps for Castle Victorum is now finished.
They might still need a little bit of extra details and polish, but the whole location is explorable with only interractables missing, such as looting spots etc.
You should be able to visit it in the next beta, although I highly doubt you'll be able to finish the arc already since the confrontation there and where that leads will probably take some time to arrange/set-up.
That's pretty much all I have to report for today, I'm afraid!

But there is always next Tuesday, so I'll see you then!

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 03 / 2026

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Aaaand this should hopefully mark an end to the computer woes!

Everything I ordered arrived just the day after the last Tuesday update, while hooking everything up went smoothly with my old, faithful monitor now proudly on my desk once more and an appropriate keyboard connected.
So with my depth perception back to normal and a tiny screen no longer being an issue, work has resumed and I've been making good progress on creating several maps for Castle Victorum, along with new assets for the location. 

As always, I'll see you again next week!

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 02 / 2026

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A moment of silence for acer, my old companion...may you rest in pieces.

Yeah, it's dead for sure now, the computer came back to life just long enough for me to get that last beta out before its occasional start-up issues became permanent.
Work on the new laptop I got last month has been going very slow since there is so much to get used to, but some parts are just straight-out flawed I need to immediately fix, such as the tiny screen and absurd keyboard having to be replaced.
Having only one CTRL on the left side while the + and - remain on the right, which in turn requires two hands to input, is a huge issue I'm sure everyone in the know understand.
But I've ordered all the tools I need to fix the issues and they should arrive this week, which is a normal keyboard, an adapter so I can use the same monitor I had before, and some USB slot expansion since the laptop only has two slots by default.

The main issue working with a tiny screen is that the depth perception, or whatever you should call it, is completely effed up, the pixels I work with are just too small and the sense I get for each map just feel off, naturally all of that will be fixed once the package arrive and I can get my old monitor hooked back up again and stop straining my eyes.
In the meantime, all I've really managed to do is getting the Art Gallery updated to include all the new scenes that has been missing from it awhile.

I'll hopefully have better news next week, I'll see you then! 

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 01 / 2026

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Welcome to 2026, the year of the horse! Ho ho hoo!

And we're off to a good start, some minor bugs reported over the latest beta has been fixed while the cutscene taking place between Hangman's Cove and the Magna Gerulus has been extended.
(Which I'll make available for replay since most are probably already past that point)
I've also worked more on the story with the next cutscene taking place at Castle Victorum written, along with the ocean having new assets to make it appear more varied and easier to spot islands from a distant thanks to the sea now having different layers of depth.

That marks the first update for the year, and I'll be back next Tuesday as always!