Feb2025 DevBuild #1

Version: dev_25_02_10a

First off. All save files from previous versions will not be compatible with this version or any newer version going forward.

I'm sorry if that bums some people out but there have been just too many foundational changes made. It would take me a long time to figure out how to convert old saves and considering the game doesn't have much of a plot anyway at the moment, not much reward for all that effort.

This is gonna be a bumpy update. So, sorry in advance. A lot has been changed. The entire game on almost every level has seen major alterations. Every single interaction needed to be sifted through and tested as the changes broke every single one of them.

I have not tested Gwen and Roxanne's dining event, yet. They are likely broken to some degree. I expect to post another update that fixes more bugs sometime this week.

There are also many other changes not fully explained or listed here as there are just too many of them to list them all. There are some scenes that have experienced major changes to them, but, I am sorry to say, there are no truly new events to explore.

These changes needed to happen. I feel the game is in a much more balanced and focused state. Everything has been made simpler, both mechanically for the player and on my side in the actual godot engine. That being said, I understand that this really has to be the last major tweak to mechanics. I don't know if I could muster another push to overhaul the game's code, to be quite honest. Feels like burning rubber and going nowhere.

Going forward will be the real test of whether this game is ready to expand into more content, gameplay, and plot or if I've just wasted my time and made a mess of code that will ceaselessly be broken. So, here's to hoping for the former!

Summary Changelog:

Upgraded to Godot 4.3

• Weight limit has been removed

• Levels and Experience have been removed

• Stats have been heavily simplified

  • Health has been replaced with a Heart system where each Heart is worth 4 HP. 

  • Attack is just straight damage possible

  • Dexterity lowers stamina costs and increases evasion chance

  • Agility determines turn order and aids in disengaging foes

  • Armor is the same, a strict percentage reduction in physical damage taken

  • Sorcery reduces non-physical damage taken and is useful with some types of weapons (this is late game stuff, though)

• Dice rolls have been heavily altered

  • Successful dice rolls will still cost stamina

  • If you're low on stamina, minimum dice roll will increase

  • Nat 20s restore your stamina to full

  • Nat 1s can increase damage or, in some cases, lead to worst case outcomes, usually death if applicable

  • You can choose to submit instead of rolling dice, leaving your fate up to the giantess. In most situations, this usually means death or whatever the worst case scenario is

  • There are other options that will be unlockable in the future but are mostly coded already

• The climbing system has been simplified

• Giant encounters have been replaced with scripted events that function much the same without the turn-based restriction. This allows more freedom and diversity of interactions.

• Emphasis on party building has been completely removed

• Completely gutted and rewrote how ailments/buffs/debuffs are handled

• Player character's first and last names are now limited to 8 characters each

• Upgraded Drawing Room background images along with several others

• Fixed bug with "give_all_items" command

• Upped maximum limit of items in a single slot from 99 to 999

• Necklaces, Gloves, and Belts can now only be equipped one at a time

• Stances are now party-wide effects and have been simplified

• Any character can order a stance change in battle

• Stance changes take effect before combat order and after tactics selection

• Some enemies will now chase you when aggro'd

• Aggro'd enemies tend to be those you engage and then run away from

• Aggressive enemies no longer naturally despawn until you leave a zone

• Varying troops now have a chance of becoming aggro for each turn a player is in the same area as it. Troops can still spawn in as immediately aggressive, but this is a rare behavior reserved for especially dangerous enemies or events

• KO'd party members will revive after battle with 1 HP and the malaise status effect

• Ailments are now referred to as status effects

• Stamina is recovered after winning a battle

• Stamina is not recovered when fleeing a battle

• Stamina recovering items now only recover up to a certain amount

• Inversely, stamina damaging items reduce stamina to a certain amount
  
  
  Download links can be found on the Discord Channel and, as always...
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