Mind Blind 2.0: Romance Systems
Added 2022-02-07 03:45:25 +0000 UTCJust wanted to give everyone a behind-the-scenes glance of how the new romance and relationship system works! In addition to the "attraction" and "crush" stages, all ROs also have a "feelings" and "romance" stage, with romance requiring a positive relationship to progress from one stage to the next. Rosy also has their "intrigued" stat which will need to remain active to successfully woo them.
Several people can end up on the Nemesis Role Call (which tracks contentious relationships) including Vengeance members, family members, and all of the ROs except for Sally and Glitch.
So that you can track all of this, I've added a section to the stat screen describing your relationships. It's all variable descriptors rather than stat bars, although stat bars do still determine your overall affection level with characters.
(In order to read the code, all you really need to know is that the "if" part is saying whether or not certain conditions are met. So
*if Graycrush = true
Means that if you have a crush on Grayson, you'll see the text below the conditional.)
Here's the code:
[b]Romantic Entanglements[/b]
*if ((Graycrush) and (Graygrudge = false))
You have a crush on Grayson.
*if (Graymovedon)
You once had a crush on Grayson, but you've since moved on.
*if ((Graydenial) and (Graygrudge = false))
You most definitely do not still have a crush on Grayson Black. Nope. No crush here. Zippo. Nada. Ziltch.
*if ((Graydenial) and (Graygrudge = true))
You have absolutely no feelings whatsoever for a certain British Cookie Thief. No matter how sexy his scar.
*if ((Graycrush) and (Graygrudge = true))
Despite your crush on Grayson, you may never forgive him for the heinous crime of eating your cookie.
*if ((Kattraction) and (Kmeet = false))
You're intrigued by your clothing-avoidant neighbor.
[b]Nemesis Rolecall[/b]
*if ((Graycrush = false) and (Graygrudge = true))
Grayson Black, the British blackguard who ate your cookie.
*if ((Graycrush = true) and (Graygrudge = true))
Grayson Black, the very sexy British blackguard who ate your cookie.
Comments
sksksk, no matter his scar.
Mich
2022-02-09 03:50:19 +0000 UTCThe ace romance paths aren't implemented yet which is why you haven't been able to get them! There are separate activation points and flavor text :)
Jo O'Connor
2022-02-07 05:23:18 +0000 UTCLove how this is shaping up. The descriptions make me chuckle. I do have one concern, though, from the ace rep standpoint. You give players the option to be an alloromantic asexual, but it’s hard to actually play one within the game. I found myself not getting enough points towards a romance when deliberately not choosing options that indicate that Button finds the LI sexually attractive. One of the reasons I was looking forward to the new romance system is that I hoped it would become easier to progress a romance without making these choices. For the same reason, I hope you’ll have versions of the romance-tracking text which are consistent with Button being ace. Honestly, in many cases replacing the word “sexy” with the word “attractive” would probably do the trick, because there are plenty of non-sexual types of attraction that aces might feel.
2022-02-07 04:28:54 +0000 UTCOh, that is particularly interesting! Hopefully that will make it easy to tell if you are successfully pursuing a romance or not.
Jaron E Ehlers
2022-02-07 04:07:36 +0000 UTCOH NO HOW DARE GRAY EAT MY COOKIE :(
rasehum hiyuki
2022-02-07 03:50:31 +0000 UTC
