Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 43 / 2022

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Knock, knock, knockers!

Alright, so this week I think I've been working exclusively on a new area currently called the "Twisting Chasm" that'll chain a previous location to a small, isolated part of the worldmap.
This is where you'll be passing through when you pick up on the Osira's side-content after certain events leave her unavailable, which is probably what I'll be focusing on next after I've created the required maps to progress that storyline.
Not everything is done yet in Twisting Chasm, and it'll likely lead to two smaller areas accessable through the worldmap after that, one optional and one needed to proceed with the side-content.
It'll all end up with an upcoming Osira mini-scene, but it's too early to go into those details.

So with that little update, tune in again next Tuesday if you feel like it!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Gin Battlepose

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Halloween is getting closer, get ready in case Mummy Farah comes knocking on your door and begs for a treat!

And here we have the battlepose for Gin, Cheiftain of the Howling Moon Clan.
No matter how you resolved the situation at the temple with the Tiki Tribe, you can look forward to having Gin as an partymember at a later date, making her the second optional recruit!

As for game development,
I've finished updating all the illustrations and even found out one was currently missing before correcting that.
It was obtainable earlier, but I think I accidently removed it when I changed the interior at the Queen's Landing inn.
If you've missed it before, it'll just magically show back up again in the next release and with no additional input required by the player.
I've also created more assets to improve how cliffsides blend together with water.

That should cover everything for today, I'll see you again next week!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 41 / 2022

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Sorry in advance, this week's update is probably gonna bore you!

While being back to work, I don't have much to report yet as I'm currently in the process of going over every individual illustration you can find to correct an issue I discovered on my own.
If you wonder what that might be, it's possible you haven't even noticed your first stack of illustrations in your inventory isn't capping at 99 before giving you the second stack like it should, if you picked up a painting before hitting that total tally.
This is because paintings are counted towards the total number of illustrations, but are their seperate thing (paintings, duh) and not given to you as an illustration item.
It will be easily corrected for players, though!

I've also created some additional assets to improve dungeon/sewer based maps, but it might be hard to spot unless you know what to look for, you'll just get a sense Castle Warrengard's aqueduct suddenly feels a little bit better.

And thus, I'll be back next week with Gin's battlepose!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Emoticon 32

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We've entered the time of Spoopy October and No Nut November...

As promised earlier, here comes the next emoticon and the reveal of Gin, Cheiftain of the Howling Moon Clan.
Despite giving a pretty laid-back and mellow impression, it's a position she earned through combat prowess rather than sleeping her way to the top.
That's not to say she isn't a demon in the sack too, naturally!

When it comes to game development, I've fixed a few small issues that was brought up after the latest beta.
Other than that I've mostly been taking some time off for some needed rest.
I'll likely already be back into the game shortly, though.

So with that, Tuesday will come next week as usual!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 39 / 2022

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And we're back to the regular format of silliness!

With the latest beta out as of yesterday, or Sunday depending on where you live, the week leading up to that point has mostly just been tweaking things for the release and doing playtesting.
Since that would normally make for a very short update, I did mentioned last Tuesday I would be filling you in on an alternative take of the Howling Moon Clan Arc I decided to scrap.
So if you haven't experienced that part yet, you may want to bail out at this point.

The alternative sequence played out much the same until you defeated Cheiftain Gin.
But the protagonist felt she was holding back, being confronted with that, Gin explains she lost on purpose in hope it would set up for a peaceful pact between the Vargonians and Neifus.
At that point you would've had three choices, the two available in the current version and one more where you let Gin challenge you for letting the Howling Moon Clan stay with the Tiki Tribe.
Here is where you could pull an evil card and only accept the challenge if Gin stripped down in front of her pack and fought you naked for the rematch.
If you won again, the Vargonians would be kicked out, and if you lost they'd stay with the Neifu.

That's about it, some new emoticon/battleposes will be showing up as of next Tuesday too!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 38 / 2022

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Quick note regarding the LoQO figurines from the WebShop, I'll just quote a mail I got.
"Due to the rise of market cost on Sandstone 3D printing material, Shapeways will need to adapt and increase prices by 25%, effective September 28, 2022."

I feel like I've been all over the place this week when it comes to work, doing a little bit of everything from finalizing equipment/skillsets for the two new party members arriving later at some point, to adding some optional dialogues with Lady Farah that'll unlock a little something.
Unfortunately I also wasted a lot of time on an alternative take on how the Howling Moon scenario plays out, but I stopped halfway through, realizing the original idea probably was better all along.
I'll reveal what was scrapped after the new beta is out early next week so I don't spoil anything.

That's it for today, see you next Tuesday!

Legend of Queen Opala: Origin - Week 37 / 2022

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Quick note regarding the LoQO figurines from the WebShop, I'll just quote a mail I got.
"Due to the rise of market cost on Sandstone 3D printing material, Shapeways will need to adapt and increase prices by 25%, effective September 28, 2022."

With that out of the way, I believe everything around the Howling Moon arc has been finished.
It took way longer than expected, but it has two branching choices to take into account with each one of those also having two additional tiny variations to them.
I still have to playtest the content myself and make adjustments to the cutscenes if needed.
On the bright side, the emoticon set for the new character is already done and added!

Besides mostly focusing on that, I've also been making more maptile and graphical assets on top of implementing additional details to the second area of Tseneria Isle.

That's all there is to it, folks! See you next week!