Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Behelda

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And here she is, Behelda (the behemoth) who'll be setting up a forge in Castle Warrengard after the Blackgard Stronghold arc! She is Dream Weaver Helmir's granddaughter, a highly skilled and confident blacksmith who can take care of herself, running her own business with a Peepo helper she won during a visit to Festival Island. A running gag with her character will probably be a button of Behelda's shirt always blasting off like a bullet everytime she flexes her muscles.

In other news, the newest beta went up during last Sunday and the work I did before then was spent on further polishing the new content and make sure there wasn't any huge issues. I'm also completely redesigning safe cracking into a more engaging and fun mechanic than just looking for random spots in the area for the code, but rather have you turn the combination dial and listen for audio clues to get it unlocked. (With a visual aid upgrade becoming available later as well)

A preview for that will be available next week, while I for today bid you sayonara until Tuesday!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 39 / 2019

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Getting used to these early updates, yet!?

Alright, I'll have the female blacksmith design ready for preview next week!
In the meantime, the work to finish episode 3 has continued with me going over several locations to add more treasure maps, optional illustrations, treasure chests and Dimensional Shards to turn them into areas you can finish and obtain the "Cleared Location" titles for, as some might've noticed certain areas like Tijia Woodlands was a rather empty before and/or unable to be cleared, despite feeling like you had done everything.

And while I said before that the previous beta was meant to be the last one until the release of episode 3, I think it'd be a bit awkward and dumb to withhold any additional beta on purpose just to keep the principle going...so, I'll release another beta this weekend instead!
It should be nearly the finished episode, with only some camp related dialogues missing and some alternative CG styles for the strip dice mini-game.

That'll do for this update, so see you again next week!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 38 / 2019

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Even earlier Tuesday update, rub-a-dub-nub!

Expanding upon the Dream Weaver thing I mentioned last week, I decided to bring a bunch of threads together and make him a character you'll encounter in a new desert location called "Hermit's Retreat". It's not a secret location, so it'll automatically show up on your map and he'll give you a sidequest that properly rewards you with the Mirror of Memories (the one you use to access the Hall of Memories), along with his services as a Dream Weaver.
He's also going to be the grandfather of the female blacksmith you obtain for Castle Warrengard through the story after the Blackgard Stronghold arc, a character currently just being a generic, male NPC but should hopefully have the default battlepose ready and be more fleshed out by next week.

On the subject of the blacksmith, this will be a kind of a Suikoden and/or Skies of Arcadia deal for those of you who have played it, where you will be able to recruit certain unique store NPC's to have them move into your citadel and open up shop instead.
That mechanic will likely not make it into episode 3 I'm afraid, although its a feature on the way!

Update: I finally added a few more figurines in the webstore!

And with that, I'm out for today!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 37 / 2019

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Early Tuesday update, nub-nub!

While all the remaining CG Scenes got their art style variations done for last Tuesday, this week I also made sure to finish the replayable memories and Art Gallery while updating everything to include the latest illustrations that are done for the International Edition.
Other fixes involves minor bugs corrected, worldmap overview finalized, making sure the proper outfit is always displayed for the protagonist during cutscenes and adding a few more details to the Imperial Castle after the siege.

The (in)famous Kythe CG Scene will also be removed and no longer serve as a roadblock to get her scene with the protagonist, instead, the change will mark the beginning of a solution to make even exploring mundane loot spots a part of unlocking new CG Scenes.
The "Dream Weaver", a form of blacksmith who can craft mystical keys that unlock new "memories" with different magical essences you can find in the world, letting you get additional CG Scenes that you decide yourself if they should be canon you didn't see with your own eyes, a vision of something that never came to pass, or something in-between.
Kythie's scene will be the first, but more are certainly planned with various characters.
(Although, no new scenes will be done in time before the release of episode 3)

And with that, we're done for week!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 36 / 2019

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It was close, but the last beta for episode 3 did indeed got released on Saturday!

Everything done up to that point was prepping the game for the distribution, and after that I've continued my work to finalize the episode for public release, fixing and tweaking stuff as I go along.
Latest fixes being a blacksmith added to Castle Warrengard after the Black Stronghold arc, Bal'Rana's presence at The Ravage Booty changing the dialogue related to her "shop" since it no longer has any purpose after being replaced with the Hall of Memories.
And lastly, the remaining CG Scenes now have all art style variations done and displayed properly.
(Not including International Edition as it'll likely miss out on being included for episode 3)

So, stay tuned for the next Tuesday update, y'all!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 35 / 2019

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Oookay, that week just vaporized into oblivion!

Well, thankfully I got stuff done, despite the time flying by! I believe all the cutscenes are wrapped up in Darkthorn Keep and the final one to conclude episode 3 and later bridge into episode 4 is done as well, although certainly done last minute today as I had another, longer cutscene in mind that I spent several days working on, yet ended up on the cutting floor and got replaced as it felt like it'd be too much information all at once...and a bit meaningless, since the main points it'd bring up will be the focus of where the story is heading next anyway.

Soooo! Guess the next beta will be out on Saturday, aye!? :D
And with that, I'll get back to work and see how much more I can patch together before then!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 34 / 2019

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It was getting pretty ding darn close, but I did a goodie!

Aaaaand to expand upon that nonsensical sentance, I meant I finally finished that climactic ending to episode 3 the other day with all dialogue, movement patterns and emoticons done! Although I'll likely double-check it once or twice before I roll out the final version.
With that out of the way, I'm currently extending another cutscene in Darkthorn Keep while adding a mini-boss to it, and also planning two more, small cutscenes taking place right after the last arc of episode 3 to wrap things up nicely.

I'm confident I'll be releasing the last beta this month, but the official release of episode 3 have to wait just a liiiiittle bit longer to ensure everything is done and polished.

So, that means I'll see you again next week as always!