DD# 143 The Holy Reverberation of an Ancient Hero King
Hi, everyone. Welcome to another week's heroic developer's diary.
As the main story goes on, you will now be able to meet with your contact in the house near the paddy field with those scarecrows wandering outside. There, she will provide you with a clue about where Zhang Yin goes and some geographic information about this anomalous nation you are currently exploring.
Here comes the crude map of the Nise Federation. Well, as our game is released globally, I've made the map quite easy to localize. (Technically, the map contains two layers. A layer with static images and another with dynamic text from localization files.) Unfortunately, there are currently no better maps available because of another bizarre attribution of this nation. The same anomaly also causes the entire archipelago not to show on any satellite images. Thus, it's somewhat self-contained, isolated from outside normal world.
Although even in this anomalous nation, most people are still living a somewhat normal life. Not much has changed beyond modernization since it came into this reality. The leaders of this federation are certainly aware the dark days are coming, maybe even more so than some native secret societies in this world, as they witness the increasing anomalous activities and global conflicts, and Steam suddenly decides it's a good idea to ask every game developer to have a phone that can receive their SMS. Anyway, they are well prepared. The long history since that Stone Age is their heritage. No matter what may come, there is no lack of resilience for them to survive even in the darkest hours in human history.
However, to rally people against a grim dark future, a common faith is needed. A faith that everyone in this anomalous nation can feel a connection with. A faith that can inspire. A faith that will never fade away. From the ancient tales, comes the worship of a great hero king.
"Samujier, deliver us!" Chanted by the priests of a new cult, in an effort to unite all mankind. The ancient hero who once walked among people. The ancient king established the first human kingdom on those islands. A new religion was born.
Giant statues have been constructed to allow people to worship. The most devoted followers even claim all their pains are gone once they humbly kneel before those statues. (Well, to avoid abusing this system, there is actually a 2-minute cooldown.) The faithful locals will even sell them to any travelers that come to those islands. (Warning: That is the biggest furniture in the game so far.)
Under the blessing of the ancient hero king, the game's map expanded further to the north, to the capital of the federation. It's unsurprisingly also named after him.
With such development, the maps of the Nise Federation already surpass any other regions in the game. Thus, the butterfly system turned into a butterfly network. Any outdoor areas in Sayinas Island, Marinas, and Samujier now share their teleport locations. You can directly jump in front of the lighthouse of Marinas to the deepest cave of Mountain Keao where Dr. Kyoryu's lab is located. The vast size of this anomalous nation that holds its glorious past shall not be an obstacle to you.
Yet, that's still not everything you can get from this week's updates. Here are some more: Dr. Kyoryu's Assistant now sells Petrification Grenades that allow you to bomb your enemies into a Stone Age. Your inspection skills can now display an enemy's hatred value towards all of your team members. Certain necromancy spells will now add a "decay" effect to hinder the healing of the living while enhancing the recovery of the undead. Four new elemental-defense prefixes have been added to the game. They may randomly appear on various equipment.
That's for this week. The ancient hero king protects!
Today's changelog: ############Content################ [Faith]Samujier religions can now worship his statues. (Both the "Statue of Samujier" and the "Statue of Samujier and Marinas" can work) [Faith]Worshipping Samujier's statues can fully heal your entire group. [Faith]To avoid abusing this feature as you can carry his statue as furniture with you, it has a 2-minute cooldown. The system will clearly tell you how long the cooldown remains. [Samujier]Added some trash cans. [Trash Can]All trash cans globally now tell you when will the trash spawn if they are currently empty. [Skill]Inspect skills now display an enemy's hatred value towards your team members.
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Update, Version 20231019
English ############Content################ [Sayinas Island]New location: Samujier (Almost empty at this moment.) [Samujier]Added a new BGM for Samujier. (It's the same one used in SAPC++) [Samujier]Added a Statue of Samujier. [Samujier]Added a Cleric of the Samujier Cult. [Butterfly]After you visit Samujier once, you can now teleport there from any outdoor area of Sayinas Island. [Fishing]Added fishing data in Samujier. [Dr. Kyoryu's Research Station]Dr. Kyoryu's Assistant's dialog option window is widened. [Butterfly]From Marina's outdoor areas, you can now teleport to anywhere that you can teleport to from Sayinas outdoor areas. [Butterfly]From Samujier's outdoor areas, you can now teleport to anywhere that you can teleport to from Sayinas outdoor areas. [Butterfly]From Sayinas outdoor areas, you can now teleport to anywhere that you can teleport to from Marina's outdoor areas. [Butterfly]From Sayinas outdoor areas, you can now teleport to anywhere that you can teleport to from Samujier's outdoor areas. [Butterfly]The Marinas Dock and The Marinas Tourist Beach are now available teleport locations from any Marinas outdoor areas if you've visited there once. [Wiki]Updated new location information to the game's wiki. ############System################# [Butterfly]getCurrentSafeZones function can now have a parameter to overwrite the default location. However, that only affects the first check. (Further checks may still check against $game_map.map_id) [Butterfly]It's now possible to link teleport locations together. 简体中文 ############Content################ 【萨伊纳斯】新地点：萨姆吉尔 （基本上是空的） 【萨姆吉尔】加入了新的背景音乐。（是和SAPC++中的同一首） 【萨姆吉尔】加入了一座萨姆吉尔的雕像。 【萨姆吉尔】加入了一名萨姆吉尔教团牧师在当地传播信仰。 【蝴蝶】在你访问过萨姆吉尔一次之后，你可以从萨伊纳斯室外区域用蝴蝶传送过去。 【钓鱼】在萨姆吉尔加入了钓鱼数据。 【恐龙博士的研究站】恐龙博士的助手的对话选项窗口变宽了。 【蝴蝶】你现在可以从玛丽娜斯的室外区域传送到任何你从萨伊纳斯岛室外区域可以传送到的地方。 【蝴蝶】你现在可以从萨姆吉尔的室外区域传送到任何你从萨伊纳斯岛室外区域可以传送到的地方。 【蝴蝶】你现在可以从萨伊纳斯的室外区域传送到任何你从萨姆吉尔室外区域可以传送到的地方。 【蝴蝶】你现在可以从萨伊纳斯的室外区域传送到任何你从玛丽娜斯室外区域可以传送到的地方。 【维基】在维基上加入了新的地点信息。 ############System################# 【蝴蝶】getCurrentSafeZones现在可以带一个参数来覆盖默认位置的判定。只影响第一个参数。后续的参数依然会和$game_map.map_id进行比较。 【蝴蝶】现在可以把已有的传送地点列表链接在一起了。
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Update, Version 20231018
English ############Content################ [Prefix]New prefix: Dielectric [Prefix]New prefix: Lightless [Prefix]New prefix: Illuminating [Prefix]New prefix: Windproof [Faith]New Belief: Samujier [Marinas]Added a Cleric of the Samujier Cult that spreads their faith. 简体中文 ############Content################ 【词缀】新词缀：绝缘的 【词缀】新词缀：无光的 【词缀】新词缀：光照的 【词缀】新词缀：防风的 【信仰】新信仰核心：萨姆吉尔 【玛丽娜斯】加入了一名萨姆吉尔教团牧师在当地传播信仰。
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Update, Version 20231017
English ############Content################ [Steam]Steam updated its policy to force developers to use SMS. Unfortunately, Steam's SMS does not work in China where I am right now. Thus, it can cause some dramatic problems. To reduce its impact. A contingency plan has been developed based on Steam's Web API. Hopefully, Valve can fix their SMS problem when people start to realize they cannot update their games. For NEOLITHIA! [Speicial Attribution]Healing Receive Rate. [Effect]New Effect: Decay (+25% Healing Receive Rate if undead. -25% Healing Receive Rate if not undead.) [Skill]Cleansing now removes decay. [Skill]Unliving Brust now adds decay. #######Debug################## [Speicial Attribution]Fixed some bugs that cause the special attribution report information to sometimes be incorrect. 简体中文 ############Content################ [Steam]Steam更新了他们的政策。要求开发者必须使用SMS进行验证。但是，不幸的是SMS在中国大陆无法可靠地使用。因此，可能会产生较大的影响。为了避免这个事件对游戏更新的影响。一个紧急预案已经部署完毕。希望Valve在那一天到来的时候会因为很多人发现收不到SMS无法更新游戏而对其SMS系统或政策进行改善。为了NEOLITHIA！ 【特殊属性】新的特殊属性：治疗接受量 【状态效果】新状态效果：破败 （如果是不死生物，+25%治疗接受量。如果不是不死生物，-25%治疗接受量。） 【技能】净化现在会消除破败 【技能】逆生命爆发现在会施加破败。 #######Debug################## 【特殊属性】修复了会造成特殊属性的细节显示不正确的几个Bug。
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Update, Version 20231016
English ############Content################ [Furniture]New furniture: Statue of Samujier (Warning: it's huge!) [Furniture]New furniture: Statue of Samujier and Marinas (The same one you can see in Marinas) [Item]Crude Map of the Nise Federation now has a trade value. [Marinas Station]Added a Souvenir Vendor. She will sell you everything mentioned above. [Marinas]The statue now has a description. [Crude Map of the Nise Federation]It now displays the names of those islands [Queensmouth Church]Changed an epitaph because of the development of some real-life events. (It's a pity. Someone once I called a friend is now a terrorism supporter. Thus, contents related to him require some adjustment.) 简体中文 ############Content################ 【家具】新家具：萨姆吉尔雕像（警告：非常大！） 【家具】新家具：萨姆吉尔和玛丽娜斯的雕像 （就是在玛丽娜斯你能看到的那个。） 【物品】尼斯联盟的粗糙地图现在有了一个交易价值数值。 【玛丽娜斯车站】加入了一个特产品贩卖员。她会向你出售上面提到的所有东西。 【玛丽娜斯】这里的雕像现在有了一段说明文字。 【尼斯联盟的粗糙地图】现在会显示各个岛屿的名称。 【王后镇教堂】由于现实中发生的事情，一座坟墓的墓志铭发生了改变。（非常遗憾。某个曾经的朋友现在变成了恐怖主义支持者。于是，关于他的游戏内容发生了相应的调整。）
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Update, Version 20231015
English ############Content################ [The Anomalous Nation]The story continues as you can now meet your contact in the house near the paddy field. [The Anomalous Nation]You can ask her for some geographical information about the Nise Federation. [The Anomalous Nation]You can ask her about the scarecrows outside. [The Anomalous Nation]You can ask her about The House near the Paddy Field. [Item]New item: Crude Map of the Nise Federation. (The description of this item reveals another anomalous attribution of this nation.) [Item]You can get the Crude Map of the Nise Federation when you talk to your contact in the main story mission "The Anomalous Nation." [Item]You can get the Crude Map of the Nise Federation as loot in The House near the Paddy Field. 简体中文 ############Content################ 【异常国度】你现在可以在水田近家找到你的联络人，从而可以继续主线剧情。 【异常国度】你可以询问你的联络人关于尼斯联盟的一些地理信息。 【异常国度】你可以询问你的联络人关于外面那些稻草人的事情。 【异常国度】你可以询问你的联络人关于水田近家这栋小屋的事情。 【物品】新物品：尼斯联盟的粗糙地图（物品的描述揭露了这个国度的另一个异常性质。） 【物品】你可以在主线任务【异常国度】中和你的联络人接触时获得一张尼斯联盟的粗糙地图 【物品】你也可以在调查水田近家时发现一张尼斯联盟的粗糙地图
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Update, Version 20231014
English ############Content################ [Dr. Kyofu's Lab]Added a secret room with slime enemies inside. You can pick a lock to enter. [Item]New Item: Petrification Grenade [Dr. Kyoryu's Research Station]Dr. Kyoryu's Assistant now sells Petrification Grenade [Skill]"Quiet!" now has a new icon. 简体中文 ############Content################ 【恐怖博士的实验室】加入了一个秘密房间，里面有史莱姆类型的敌人。可以开锁进入。 【物品】新物品：石化手榴弹 【恐龙博士的研究站】恐龙博士的助手现在贩卖石化手榴弹 【技能】【安静！】现在有了一个新的图标。
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DD# 142 Deuteronomy 32:43
Hi, everyone. Welcome to another week's developer's diary.
This week's diary will contain three parts of information. The last part is about what is happening in Israel. It may contain sensitive content causing a lot of negative emotion to people. Feel free to close this diary if you do not want your mood to get ruined just as I am right now.
The first part is short, Today is October 13th. Happy Birthday to Wulan! :) For people who don't know about her. She is our favorite 4-year-old little girl(Self-claimed. but if anyone questions her age, we will shoot them. :P) She has published many beautiful art assets. Her horror game will be released on Steam next year: Here is a link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2453830/DollHouse_survive__or_death/ This is a very dark diary with more horrible contents to come. But, I don't think I shall allow those terrorists to ruin all the fun we have in our life.
The second part is about Dr. Kyoryu There are two new quests that involve him. One of them is procedurally generated, his assistant will ask you to help her do some house clearing. Oh, by clearing, I think she means, eliminate some bandits and terrorists near their research facility. The other quest may be a bit more interesting. You will have a chance to learn what Dr. Kyoryu is working on. The idea comes from a real-life treatment method to cure kidney stones. It got weaponized and can now cause massive damage to stone structures or anyone who unfortunately got turned into stones. As such, it may provide a bit more strategic choices for your Petrification spells.
Last warning. I am about to move on to talk about Israel ... ... ... ... ... OK, it seems you are still reading. Good. Let's begin.
What happened: Early this week, a group of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel. They targeted a peaceful music festival with a lot of civilians and no military presence at all. They fired at everyone they saw no matter gender, age, race, or nationality. Among the victims are people from all over the world. They then moved on to kidnap survivors and retreated by to Goza. Along the way, they also raided villages and committed great atrocities such as beheading babies and burning people alive. I am trying to write this as calmly as possible so that you will not see me get stopped by my tears. What really happened there, the horror scenes may surpass many horror games you may have played by just looking at the photos and videos released on media. Yet, those terrorists and their supporters know no boundaries of their crimes. They even proudly publish what they did with no remorse. They consider our compassion for their victims as a weakness. You can see their supporters mocking the Israeli people who are in great pain. That cannot stand! Thus, Israel launched an assault on Goza in order to stop such a tragedy from happening again with the goal of eliminating Hamas once and for all.
Now, I will tell you where is my position on this: First, my deepest condolences to everyone who got harmed in this terrorist attack. Especially to our Israeli players, followers, and those who added our game to their wishlist in Israel. Even though, the number is not that great. But, thank you for having an interest in my old game. I will voice for you just as I did for my Ukrainian players a year ago. That is something at least I can do for you. Please stay safe. Please don't allow such horror to stop you from enjoying all the happiness you deserve in your life. You have my support! A new post furniture to support Israeli people has been added to the game.
Next, I'm going to share some of my personal experiences with Jewish people with you. I am not going to tell you any faded stories about the friendships between my forefathers and Jewish refugees in Shanghai during World War 2. I am going to tell you the experience of mine that I personally have. I lived in New York 10 years ago. My neighbor is an old Jewish gentleman. He is kind and pious. Sometimes, he invites me to his home, sharing some stories with me. He is also very serious about his ritual to praise God every day even in a way that I am not very familiar with. But, I can see he always does that at specific times and on specific days no matter the difficulties. There is also an IT store run by Jewish staff in Manhattan that I always visited. Because we have different holidays. So, sometimes when other stores are closed, they are still open. My English was not quite good at that time. Yet, they always patiently guide me to satisfy all my needs. They are all very good people. I would not want to see any harm happen to them. Yet, I can only imagine many many good Jewish people lost their lives in this terrorist attack. I feel very sorry. Especially, the shameless Hamas also called for a global slaughter of Jewish people today. There are already people who get hurt in the US, in France, and in Beijing. I can only hope my old Jewish friends are safe.
Another thing I'm going to point out here is I feel quite angry about people's indifference to the hostages. To be specific, I am talking about the indifference of a large amount of Chinese people who do not even show a tiny bit of compassion for an Israeli girl with a Chinese mother. They do not care about her as they say she is not Chinese. They even insult her for once being an Israeli soldier. Well, I can only say we are better than this. Once again, I shall mention that 10 years ago when I was in New York, I was a stranger in a strange land. It's one of my very distant cousins provided me with a place to stay until I find an apartment to rent. He is an American citizen and now a police officer of NYPD. He provided me with help no matter how distant our family bond we are sharing. He provided me with help without questioning our differences. And I believe, a kind person like him also helps many strangers when he is on his duty. That is the basic humane, the good side of us as humans. What's more interesting? His sister also married a Jewish gentleman. That is also my family. That matters to me. Yet, that's not the only reason that I support the Jewish people here. The more important reason is that we are all human.
Yet, the terrorists cannot be reasoned with. They lack the basic concept of humane. They see it as a weakness. I am going to stand with the Israel people. I am going to stand with the Jewish people all over the world to prove them wrong. We now have Israeli TAR-21 rifles in our game.
Let's see who those terrorists and their supporters really are. I'd say they are a group of cowards. They targeted innocent civilians instead of the Israeli military. They may even try to justify their attack because Israel did bad things to them before. But, I'd ask does any one of those civilians did anything wrong to them before? Remember, not only Israeli people were murdered in cold blood here. There are also American, British, France, Ukrainian, Chinese, and many many other nation's citizens who got murdered here. Their justification is pathetic. They didn't even become the martyrs they claimed they wanted to be there. They cowardly take hostages back to Goze, hiding behind the Palestinian people. An act inevitably will cause more civilian casualties. An act that not only their victims on the music festive as hostages but also took all the Palestinian people they claimed they were fighting for as hostages. That's what those terrorists are. Disgusting.
Thus, I consider Israel's attack on Hamas to be justice. Even though I cannot agree on many things Nētanyāhū did. For example, his legal system reform attempts to allow the government to interfere with the judicial system. However, this is the moment that we put aside those differences for a minute and focus on a big threat to all humanity. This threat is known as terrorism. I don't think any one of us here has a better solution to stop this from happening again other than a total annihilation of Hamas. I can only hope the action will be swift, precious, and lethal so that there will be fewer civilian casualties. But, the terrorists are not making this easy.
In other circumstances, I may consider those verbs a bit extreme. Yet, I think they are perfect to be quoted in the situation we are facing right now. They are added to the game as tenets that can be added to your customized faiths. Even though I am not a religious person, I shall pray for the victory of the Israeli army in this war against terrorism.
You may all have your free will to decide which side you are on. But, I decided to dedicate a large amount of the game content to support Israel this week. And I think that's it.
Today's update: ############Content################ [Dr. Kyoryu's Research Station]Dr. Kyoryu's Assistant now gives out procedurally generated quests. [Dr. Kyoryu's Research Station]She also has an interesting definition of cleaning and chores. [Quest]New procedurally generated quest type: Eliminate Bandits (Dr. Kyoryu Version.) You can "farm" your relationship with Dr. Kyoryu with this quest. It gives more money than the Marinas version. However, it does not give additional item rewards.
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Update, Version 20231012
English ############Content################ [Prologue]The civilian collateral damage in the airport now has a little better explanation. [Character Customization]Added 1 playable female and 1 playable male character appearance that can be used on your main character and customized teammates. (Those are just some very old models.) 简体中文 ############Content################ 【序章】机场的平民伤害现在有了一个较好的说明。 【角色自定义】加入了1个新的女性外观和1个新的男性外观可在创建主角和自定义队友时使用。（这些都是相对古老的模型。）
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Update, Version 20231011
English ############Content################ [Skill]New Skill: Righteous Vengence [Effect]New Effects: Wrath of Vengeance (Technically, that's three different effects. Each provides 25% more attack, speed, and magic defense) [Righteous Vengence]Based on the number of fallen teammates, you gain different levels of "Wrath of Vengeance." If you already have a higher level of this effect, it will not overwrite it. It will last until the end of the current battle. [Faith] "Psalms 58:10" now grants the skill "Righteous Vengence" [Faith] "Deuteronomy 32:43" now grants the skill "Righteous Vengence" [Faith] You can pick either one of those two to get the skill. But, you can also add both of them to your customized faith. [Wiki]Updated all the above to the game's wiki. 简体中文 ############Content################ 【技能】新技能：神圣复仇 【状态效果】新效果：复仇之怒 （技术上，这是三个不同的状态效果。每一个比前一个多提供25%的攻击力、速度和魔法防御） 【神圣复仇】基于队伍中倒下的队友数量，你会获得不同等级的【复仇之怒】 如果你已经有较高等级的这个效果，那么不会去覆盖掉这个效果。效果持续到本次战斗结束。 【信仰】申命记 32:43现在提供技能【神圣复仇】 【信仰】圣经诗篇 58:10现在提供技能【神圣复仇】 【信仰】你可以通过选择上面两个信条中的任何一个来获取这个技能。但是，你也可以把这两个信条同时加到你的自定义信仰上。 【维基】更新了上述内容到游戏的维基百科。
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