Another Chain Game?

[Fisherson]

You noticed my improved animations! =3 Some of them were very fun to do and some I did while waiting for a good time to get the the library. I worried I might have added too many skills but I assume for once they were the right number and balanced? I tried to make them simpler but funnier animated. Oh and did you like the new animations for Olokun anybody?

[Momeka]

Okay, I got the game. There is some minor stuff I want to fix and going to do a last playthrough and balance check. But right now I'm in the process of releasing a game at work, it will be released on Thursday next week. And ****ing hell it's the most stressful thing I ever done, do not recommend.

Best case I will be able to do the fixes next weekend.

[Prpl_Mage]

Good luck with that!
But knowing the work you do I bet its awesome.

[Donut]

Good luck Momeka!

[Momeka]

So the game I've been working on the past year is out.  So gonna start looking at finishing the last things in the chain game. Probably won't be able to finish it this weekend. Feeling kinda burned out on the whole making games thing atm. But I'll get started. Hopefully I'll have something ready next week.

[Donut]

Congratulations!

I was going to get it as it looks super cute, but it is a VR game and I have no headset for it 
Don't stress too much, take the time you need

[Fisherson]

Branching out from reprogramming old game boy cartridges to learning to make VR games? Awesome! ^o^

[Momeka]

Small update: I just haven't had any energy to do anything yet. But I'm gonna try my utmost to get it done this weekend.

[Moosetroop11]

That's fine Momeka : ) A little wait doesn't hurt as this has been a while in the doing.

The puppet thing looks cool :p What's your role in that company? And what do you do in that game I guess it's kinda 'make your own fun' type deal?

[Momeka]

So I'm about half way done with the fixes I was going to do. But going away for a couple of days now and next weekend I'm going to have to work. Sorry, I really want to get this out but it seems to be taking a while.

The puppet thing looks cool :p What's your role in that company? And what do you do in that game I guess it's kinda 'make your own fun' type deal?

Thanks. And yeah, kinda, it's a bit like pictionary but with puppets, animation and crazy things that can happen. 
I mainly do programming, but we're such a small team that everyone kinda ends up doing a bit of everything.

[zuhane]

Massive respect for you, Momeka! You're making some fantastic looking stuff recently

[Momeka]

Thanks Z.


So quick update:
I'm done with the changes in chapter 1. Currently I'm going through all the item description and fixing spelling mistakes, after that I'm going to take a quick check on the skills as well. Then finally I'll play through the game.

As for the changes in chapter 1 it's mostly from Fish fridge and trash bin "chest". It was way too overpowered stuff and just a lot of items. You were giving out stat boosting items and a skillbook worth 4000 gold in Chapter 1. Those items are way better than the things you get from the actual chests. So checked those, you're not receiving as good items from them anymore also lowered the amount of items you get. It's mostly health and cure items now and some of the "chests" just gives dialogues.
Haven't done anything with the "chests" in other chapters.

Also fish, changed the art of the grave stones to better match the area.

Might have added some minor side stuff to do in the city area as well. Really minor though.

Edit:
Holy ****, guys! I just had a great idea. I'm going to add it, might take a little bit longer to finish though.


Every great mage needs a familiar.

[Moosetroop11]

Yes a thousand times yes Momeka!!!!!

[Momeka]

Well, small update again. Finished adding stuff and started playing. Got to chapter 2 and took a pause cause a bunch of stuff is broken. Going to see if I can fix it before moving on.

Also fish if you are around: Is it intentionally that the monster fishes only have graphics for one direction and turn invisible while moving in the others? Just want to know if I should leave it like that or do something about it.


Edit: On chapter 5 now. So probably be done early next week sometime.

[Momeka]

Finally, played through it all. Sorry it took so long, might have added some small graphics stuff. Also moose, I love the title screen music!

I'll upload the game to itchio and make a thread for it tomorrow. Right now I need to sleep.

Here's a list of the stuff I added and the bugs I fixed:

Chapter 1:
Fixed:
- Balanced the trashcan/fridge chests
- Changed some art to better match the rest
Added:
- Can turn Joel into a mutant
- Familiar side quest (spans the whole game, added a small cutscene in every chapter except 3)

 Chapter 2:
- Collision, could walk on the house, some trees, and rocks in the water
- Made sure that some of the fishes doesn't swim on land
- Decoder ring never removed the bonus MP when unequipped
- The show portrait scripts set "allow events to move" so monsters still moved during cutscenes

Chapter 3:
- You could walk on the sleeping guards
- The item glitter effect froze when you picked up the item

Chapter 4:
- Fixed some trashcan/fridge chests that was set to same layer as player instead of beneath

Chapter 5:
- Fixed some trashcan/fridge chests that was set to same layer as player instead of beneath
- Made the potholes in Spring Valley walkable.
- The Douche used a skill that had Sam in the animation
- Fixed a death effect on a boss that spawned in the wrong position
- Babbelsuppi:
   - Changed the map graphics to look more like a board game
   - Changed the marker to more easily see what tile you have selected
   - Changed the hud to track moves made instead of reusing the hud from the arcade game
   - Added marker for each tile you have clicked on
   - Fixed a bug where several goblims could be put on the same tile making the game unbeatable
   - Fixed a bug where uncovering a goblim cost two moves instead of one.

Party Change Screen:
- Talking to Diana activated the menu access again. Meaning you could use the Unity Charm while in the party change screen
  and get stuck there forever.

 General:
  - Fixed spelling on item description
  - Fixed spelling on skill description
  - Lowered Sam HP growth a bit, it was way high
  - Changed the "Dragon Message" common event to not be a constantly running parallel process
  - Added animations for the Possess status
  - Fixed the broken pixels on the pork status
  - Made the Possess status a bit weaker (instead of being healed each turn you are damaged)

Edit: worth mentioning that there is still some spelling mistakes and some minor bugs in it. I would still be hammering away on it if I tried to fix every minor thing.

Edit: Game is out: https://charas-project.itch.io/mystery-of-spring-valley