Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 45 / 2025

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Alright, so what's been on the table for this week?

Currently hard at work getting the next storymode locations done since I need a couple of more finished before I even have the content available to place the next cutscene, which required me to create additional assets to get the tone and setting I want to present.
But I also feel like I'll need to be more vague from now on when presenting main plot related stuff, as just walking you through the story beats and letting you know what's coming next are spoilers.
This will likely mean some updates are going to be shorter, such as this one!

And with that, I'll see you as always next Tuesday!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 44 / 2025

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I got nothing...nothing but good news, that is!

The workload for this week has been exclusively storymode content.
I've written enough dialogues and cutscenes that you are now aboard the Magna Gerulus with access to the massive, wide open ocean.
Although, it's important to mention those cutscenes are still very much in draft form and need a lot of additional work before they're considered done, such as NPC movements, emoticons, etc.
I'll probably edit a lot of the dialogue and change some things as I always do until I feel satisfied, but the base is there and completed, just waiting for the polish!

That's about it for today, see you next week!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 43 / 2025

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One beta release later...DUM DUM DUUUUUUM.
Which mean, by tradition, I shouldn't really have much to say this time.
And that is somewhat true as I spent most of the time leading up to that release on finishing content, tweaking and playtesting to cover as much ground as I could manage.
Other than that, I've also been working on progressing the main story!

Short and sweet, just like Halloween treats! See you next week!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 42 / 2025

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The Night of 99 Knights...Sorry, was just reading last week's post and thinking out loud!
Most of my workload since the previous Tuesday was polishing up the latest sidequest, tweak some dialogues in it and adding the helpful "thing" I was talking about before when it came to making the sidequest at Crash Site easier to finish/navigate.

And with the new beta probably coming out this weekend, let's list what's new!

- The sidequest "Make Us Whole", started by interracting with a new object at the Crash Site.
- Darkthorn Keep as an area where a time travel crystal will appear to allow exploration in the past.
- Azastral's Forge, an additional location found on the Frozen Continent.

There are some minor things apart from that, but I'd say those are the three main bulletpoints.
So by the time you check back for the next weekly update, the latest beta should be out!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 41 / 2025

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This week, I know exactly what I've been doing...working as usual!
The last thing holding me back from announcing a new beta has been done, now you can indeed expect one to arrive later this month! And that was the battlepose/sprite for a new enemy I wanted to include at Azastral's Forge, it's all been set up so only the loot part is missing at this point.

The Encyclopedia has been updated as well to include the new location and enemies, while the Art Gallery has been given its last two pages to cover all 297 possible illustrations you can unlock.
That might seem like an odd number, but it makes more sense when you consider the maximum inventory storage for an item is 99, which mean when you get 99 illustrations, I made sure it makes another slot for 99 more...and then a third for the final 99, resulting in the total of 297.
For next week, I'll be listing what'll be new in the upcoming beta!

Until then, stay safe and healthy!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 40 / 2025

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Honestly...I'm not even sure what the heck I did this week!
That usually comes from me working on trying new things out and/or fixing graphical stuff which is then later imported to the game, but I do know the Encyclopedia and the Art Gallery is involved.
The sidequest at "Crash Site" has also been finished, although I am considering tinkering with it some more to make it less time-consuming and requiring less exploration to complete.

That's about it really, no grand update for this week so I'll see you during the next one instead!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 39 / 2025

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More tweaking and asset creating has been done for Azastral's Forge.
It took a little longer than expected to get all the effects done for the maps and I did run into a graphical issue, but that was resolved without having to make any compromises.
The sidequest related to the location "Crash Site" is also 50% done, I just need to add the second half to it and what happens after it's all wrapped up.

That content was planned all the way back when the location was first introduced, hinted at during some cutscenes in the story that changed depending on if you had seen the meteor or not.
Nevertheless, it would've been very easy to overlook it at the time since it was missing context.
I gotta keep it all very hush-hush though, since it might be a bit spoilery!

That'll be it for now, see you next week!