Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 44 / 2023

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Happy Halloween!

The menu overhaul is thankfully done at last.
Getting through the camp ones slowed it down severely since I couldn't risk copy/pasting stuff around in fear of overwriting unique parts to each different camp setting, like the side-quest finding a Jumbo Lewd Latcher which can only be concluded at camp in Northern Fields.

And to everyone's delight, drum rolls please...
I can also share I've updated the International Edition with two more CG Scenes covered!
But that's pretty much all I have to share for this Tuesday.

I'll see you again next week, though!

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Emoticon 33

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Here is the scariest part of this month...
The last emoticon was in October too!

Although, this time I'm presenting you with the finalized look of Admiral Gallus.
The dominatrix who abuse her power to have men submit under her boot if they wish to serve on The Judicator, flagship of the Beldorian Armada!

In other news, I'm still in the process of updating menus as I had to re-shuffle some things to accomidate to the support role option for party members who won't be actively fighting.
But I'm also taking the opportunity to make browsing the menus smoother by allowing you to back out of each window with the press of a button, and not having any other commands force the menu to close to avoid having to interract again in case you want to do more than one thing at the time.

And that's it for today, see you again around Halloween!

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 42 / 2023

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Let's begin with the least interesting part first, shall we?

I've been on a crusade to frame menu options in a way where they have more consistency.
As I did, I noticed it's been a bit all over the place and probably arranged according to how I felt that day, referring to the choices you do with the in-game menu, not the more visually ones.
It's a small thing, but that's no excuse to leave it unattended.

On the flip side, remember the power fantasy thing I mentioned last week?
Yeah, that blossomed into something far larger than originally intended in every possible way!
Initially I were merely going to let players obtain an item that lets you take Laquadia into battle with you, with her taking up a party slot as a useless combatant who's just there as eye candy.
Then I thought, is there no other way to do it without using up party space?
And that lead me to introducing support roles that share space with the protagonist and expands the position to additional characters than just Laquadia alone.
No unlocks required, support roles is available the moment you have the first character who can fill out that role, which is Lady Farah, but you can also assign it to Queen Opala, Stella etc.
When they are active, they'll also show up in camp but won't participate in story events.
While only one can be activate at the time, they each bring their own support skill to the table when accompanying you and allows for the "Submit" skill to be performed on yourself to affect whoever is currently in the supportive role.

And with that, next week will have a Tuesday as well!

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 41 / 2023

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And we're well into Spooctober!

There are a few things I've been doing this week, for sure.
One was working on a mechanic for the "Touch of Dominance" skill to be used outside of battle, and while I originally wanted it to be a bit more involved like safe cracking with some player input, the system I had in mind just didn't work out and I pulled the plug on the attempt before I had wasted too much time...but that's just game development for you, not every idea pays off!
The feature itself will still be in the game, just not with a mini-game associated to it.

It only took 8 years or something, but blacksmiths now finally has an accessory tab so you can make use of all those crystals, etc. to craft gear protecting against negative states and such too.
And finally, I may be working on a little treat related to bringing a certain character with you into battle, although she is useless in a fight, the option will simply there for the power fantasy faction and having some additional eye candy to keep you company.

Tuesday round-up donzo, so I'll be back again next week as always!

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 40 / 2023

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With the latest beta having dropped, you might know what that means...

Not much to report on the front line this very early morning! (Unless you live in the far east)
The time leading up to the Friday release was spent on finishing adding what was left and playtesting the new portions so the cutscenes could be stringed together properly, along with correcting any quirks that showed up in-between.

Since then, I've been listening to fans and corrected any mistakes they might've found.
It always surprises me how few issues there usually are with each release, as I expect the worst and feel certain there is something I forgot, missed or simply overlooked.

And that's it for today, I'll be seeing you again next week!