Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 25 / 2026

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Y'all with beta access are now one release richer!

Didn't even announce it, but the latest beta got a sneak release this weekend.
And with that done, I can finally move on to the juggernaut of an undertaking with updating one of the most basic, core features of the game, textboxes.
This update is going to take a long time to process and I will surely slip up in some places as it requires a lot of effort and concentration, but it'll be very much worth the pain in the end, considering how much better it looks already.
I'm also not saying this will be all I'm doing for the upcoming weeks, if my brain is struck with a big spark of imagination, I'll definitely switch focus to storytelling while it lasts.

Below is a work-in-progress of how the new textbox/layout will appear in the game.
I'll see you next week!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 24 / 2026

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The cinema at the Gentlemen's Club basement is fully finished!
Filling out the "Connoisseur's Catalog" and finding the various treasures for the hermit on Gooner Island now also hands out rewards properly, with six more films available.
If you've already reached the required milestones, all you have to do is interact with the drop-off points to automatically unlock your rewards and be notified about it.

But that is all I have to report for now, I'll be back again next week! 

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 23 / 2025

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Wouldn't you know, it's already Tuesday again!

I was exploring some additional ways of unlocking animations, and while some methods were better than others, the results of the scrapped ideas can still be seen as a few locations went through a transformation and were kept that way.
Such as the home of the hardcore Laquadia stalke...err, "fan", in Colussia.
But something that I am working on that'll be kept is a new cinema found in the basement of Gentlemen's Club, and I've also added three more treasure maps.

Aaaand that's it for today, see ya next week! 

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 22 / 2026

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There are still moments each day I want to claw my face off from the withdrawals.
While the brainfog is still an issue and pretty bad, there are hours I can break through it.

But that's not why you're here, and I can happily inform you I've successfully been steadily working more and more on the game every day this week! 
And that in itself is clearly evidence I'm getting better, even if I don't feel it directly!
Most attention was given to the cinema, as I introduced a way to let players manually trigger the "climax" for the handful of animations that do offer such an ending, along with letting you stay within the cinema menu after finishing a movie, rather than exiting.

I also fixed a number of bugs and missing features, like the latest party member not showing up in the training ground or certain unlockable characters in the photoshoot atelier becoming available again too soon in NG+.

That's about it for this week though, so I'll see you again next Tuesday!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 21 / 2026

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Slowly but surely, I'm crawling back to it...!

I would start by asking myself what I were thinking while working last week as I find myself now correcting a few minor issues with graphical updates I did...but that's just it, I wasn't thinking! At least not straight, and that isn't even a gay joke!

A few more animations got some attention to them with new sound effects added, in-game maps showing the world has been updated to reflect how everything looks now compared to when they were originally created, not much in all, but certainly more than what I had to say last Tuesday.

Should only get better from now on, I hope! See you next week!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 20 / 2026

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The withdrawal brain-fog is still doing its dark magic, cleared up enough to let me focus, yet not enough to let me concentrate at the same time...if that makes any sense? 
But according to medical results on other people who went through the same thing, it's perfectly normal as it takes at least two weeks of withdrawals before your body and mind finally starts to heal, and tomorrow marks having gone through two weeks for me.

I have been dabbling a little bit in the game production, although nothing worth mentioning so it's probably just better to say I took this week off as well, even if it isn't entirely true.

Please bear with me riding out this storm, and I'll see you again next week!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 19 / 2026

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This is going to be one of those word salad posts.
Because in all honesty, I was forced to take this week off to deal with some real life stuff.
I'm not quite over it yet, but I do believe it should be sorted out sometime this week.
And due to how important the next step in development is with updating all the textboxes, changing the emoticons and keeping track of all that, probably not wise doing that when you're distracted. 

So here is the battle-plan, men!
When I get my head out of the clouds, I'll first focus on polishing up some stuff with the animations etc. and release a new beta with that included, before I deep dive into the layout reconstruction.

And to not keep anyone worried, no one has died or is dying, so it's not that!
Let's, uhh...say I have quit horsedicks and the withdrawal is intense!
Oh, but I did manage to get this view of the worldmap done!

See you next week, hopefully with better results!