English ############Content################ [Enemy]New Enemy: Scarecrow [The Paddy Field]Added some scarecrows. [The Paddy Field]Some normal scarecrow decorations may suddenly turn into scarecrow enemies if you get close. [The Paddy Field]Added a warning sign outside the entrance. 简体中文 ############Content################ 【敌人】新敌人：稻草人 【水田】加入了一些稻草人。 【水田】一些人畜无害的稻草人装饰物可能会在你靠近的时候突然变成稻草人敌人。 【水田】在入口外加入了一个警示板。
DD#140 Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
Hi, everyone. Welcome to another week's developer's diary.
Today is the Mooncake Festival, feel free to grab some mooncakes in the Dragon's Treasure while you read this week's developer's diary. :)
During this week's update, the "Sweet Dream" side quest is now completed. All the information can be found on the game's wiki. (Be careful, there are a lot of spoilers there.) But, here I'm going to talk about something behind the scenes: The mission itself was inspired by a case in the World of Horror that happens in a hospital. But, I decided to do something a bit different. After all, each hospital may have its own secret even if the patients have similar symptoms. The next inspiration comes from the song as you may recognize from the title. Everyone wants something in their life. Yet, not everything can be achieved even after people have tried so hard. Such is the tragedy of life. Is this the end of the world? Probably not. Just like that song was written in a quite miserable time of its author. Now, what if someone tells you, you no longer need to fight so hard at all? Actually, it's highly likely all your efforts are useless. There is an alternative solution for all your problems in your life? How will you react? Meanwhile, I know a certain character in the 3rd semester of Persona 5. With everything mentioned above combined, comes this new side quest in Marinas. Unlike so many times in this game when you face a hostile supernatural entity. This time, you may even face a benevolent one. Even in case, you lose your patient while trying to save the patients anyway and decide to fight such an entity. You will find the Boss fight quite unique because such an entity is true to what it claims to be. The quest can also be solved peacefully without any combat taking place. But is that what you really want? Another aspect of this quest that is quite different is, leaving everything as it is, leaving the quest unfinished may also be a choice. Who am I to disagree? :)
Another quest added this week in the Marinas area is a generic procedurally generated one, known as "Eliminate Bandits." You can find it in the Town Hall of Marinas. The townfolks no longer just ask for random things, they now hire adventurers to eliminate some dangerous bandits hiding in the mountains. As long as you can take care of them, you may find it to be a quite stable income source in this town. Plus, it also provides a +2 quality equipment each time you finish a quest of this type.
In addition to all the stories and quests, another major update is about the prefixes. One thing I want to address in this week's update to to make a wide range of prefixes to cover things previously missing. We now have 4 new prefixes that improve 4 more types of life skill levels and 8 new effect resistance prefixes to protect your group from certain enemies that prefer to disable you with those effects. It's a quite pragmatic decision as we are now facing things like turtles that can shoot fireballs at you or turn you into stones. There shall be ways to counter them.
That's for this week. Yet, here is a bit teaser on what is going to happen next. It has been more than 19 years. You have returned to Neolithic. Maybe you want to see an old friend in his new appearance. He comes with full new animations. You can even use his appearance on your main character or your customized teammates now. Will he be a friend or foe this time? The story is yet to be revealed.
Today's changelog: ############Content################ [Sayinas Island]New location: The Paddy Field [Butterfly]Butterfly Wings now cover The Paddy Field. [Fishing]Added the fishing data for The Paddy Field. [The Paddy Field]Added trees. [Butterfly]After visiting Dr. Kyoryu's Station once, you can now teleport to it from some outdoor areas on Sayinas Island. [Furniture]New furniture: Scarecrow [Trade]Random furniture merchants and the manager of No. 181 River Road now sell Scarecrow.
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Update, Version 20230928
English ############Content################ [Marinas Town Hall]New Procedurally Generated Quests: Eliminate Bandits [Prefix]New generic prefix: Alchemist's +Alchemy Skills [Prefix]New generic prefix: Miner's +Mining Skills [Prefix]New generic prefix: Fisherman's +Fishing Skills [Prefix]New generic prefix: Modeler's +3D Modeling Skills [Sweet Dreams]If you choose to finish the quest by force, the Boss will now have the correct faith. 简体中文 ############Content################ 【玛丽娜斯政厅】新随机生成任务类型：讨伐山贼 【前缀】新通用前缀：炼金术师的 +炼金技能 【前缀】新通用前缀：矿工的 +采矿技能 【前缀】新通用前缀：渔夫的 +钓鱼技能 【前缀】新通用前缀：建模师的 +3D 建模技能 【甜蜜的梦】在暴力路线上解决这个问题时，Boss战中的Boss现在会有正确的信仰。
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Update, Version 20230927
English ############Content################ [GameOver]You can now directly load the latest save file from the game-over screen. [Sweet Dreams]Finished off the remaining planned details. The development of this side quest is now completed unless it gets a sequel later. [Prefix]New generic prefix: Noisy +Resistance against silence [Prefix]New generic prefix: Clear-Mind +Resistance against confusion [Prefix]New generic prefix: Poker-Face +Resistance against analysis [Prefix]New generic prefix: Bright-Eye +Resistance against blind [Prefix]New generic prefix: Delithic +Resistance against Petrifaction ###########System################## [Save/Load]Moved the following functions to an independent module so that other classes can also use them: loadSave, getLatestSave, make_filename 简体中文 ############Content################ 【游戏结束】你现在可以在游戏结束画面上直接读取最近的存档。 【甜蜜的梦】完善了剩下的一些细节。这个支线任务的开发完毕，除非以后再出续集。 【前缀】新通用前缀：喧哗的 +沉默抗性 【前缀】新通用前缀：头脑清醒的 +混乱抗性 【前缀】新通用前缀：不露声色的 +分析抗性 【前缀】新通用前缀：明目的 +失明抗性 【前缀】新通用前缀：消石的 +石化抗性 ###########System################## 【存档/读档】将以下程序方法移动到了一个独立的模组，从而可以让其它的类也可以调用：loadSave, getLatestSave, make_filename
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Update, Version 20230926
English ############Content################ [Sweet Dreams]Added a very unique boss fight. You can now finish the mission by force. It's one of the few boss fights you are free to escape or lose. Although, I have no idea how you can lose. [Sweet Dreams]Added more dialogs on the violent path if you chose to do so. [Wiki]Added a section about this unique boss fight on the quest's wiki page. [Prefix]New generic prefix: Detox (+Resistance against poison) [Prefix]New generic prefix: Sleepless (+Resistance against sleep) [Prefix]New generic prefix: Sober (+Resistance against drunk) ###########System################## Added a tag that disables a character's counterattack. 简体中文 ############Content################ 【甜蜜的梦】加入了一场独特的Boss战。你可以用武力来通关这个任务。这是少数的那种你可以随意逃跑或失败的Boss战。我甚至不知道你怎么可能在这场战斗中失败。 【甜蜜的梦】在暴力路线上加入了更多的台词。 【维基】在这个任务的维基页面上加上了这场特殊的Boss战的细节。 【前缀】新通用前缀：防毒的 +毒抗性 【前缀】新通用前缀：不眠的 +睡眠抗性 【前缀】新通用前缀：醒酒的 +酒醉抗性 ###########System################## 加入了一个让角色不会反击的标签。
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Update, Version 20230925
English ############Content################ [Character Customization]Added a new playable male character variation for your main character and customized teammates. (He will soon appear in the story.) 简体中文 ############Content################ 【角色自定义】加入了一个新的可用男性角色造型，可以用于你的主角或自定义队友。（他很快就会在故事中出现。）
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Update, Version 20230924
English ############Content################ [Sweet Dreams] A non-violent ending can now be reached. (Very hard persuasion skill check. Each piece of evidence you found previously reduces the difficulty.) [Item]New Item: Very Sleepy Clock. [Sweet Dreams]Ending Rewards: The doctor will thank you for saving his reputation. (Reward: Very Sleepy Clock) If you previously didn't tell the woman in the town hall about the secret room of the hospital, she will reward you, too. (Scroll of Immutable) [Sweet Dreams]If you previously told the woman in the town hall about the secret room of the hospital. Well, I am sorry. 简体中文 ############Content################ 【甜蜜的梦】非暴力结局现在可以达成。（非常困难的说服技能检定。此前发现的每个证据都会降低难度。） 【物品】新物品：昏昏欲睡的时钟。 【甜蜜的梦】结局奖励：医生会因为你保护了他的名声而感谢你。（报酬：昏昏欲睡的时钟） 如果此前你没有告诉政厅的女子关于医院的秘密房间的事情，那么此时她也会给你报酬。（不灭之卷轴） 【甜蜜的梦】如果此前你告诉过政厅里的女子关于医院的秘密房间的事情的话……嗯，非常抱歉。
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Update, Version 20230923
English ############Content################ [Item]New item: Swim Pants (For some strange reasons, you can equip them on a character's head just like underpants.) [Marinas Tourist Beach]The vendor now sells Swim Pants with a fixed "sexy" prefix. [Skill]New Spell: Sleep (Kalina and Caretakers now teach this spell.) [Combat]Randomly generated enemy groups now will calculate each enemy's position much better. (The width of an Enemy graphics asset will be taken into account. It will also automatically deploy enemies into different lines based on that width. The width is a cached value. Thus, there shall be very little performance issues.) ###########System################## The system will now automatically generate three lists of different control effects and cache them for easy calculation. 简体中文 ############Content################ 【物品】新物品：泳裤 【玛丽娜斯游客码头】商人会贩卖有固定的【性感】词缀的泳裤。 【技能】新技能：安眠术 （卡莉娜和看护者们现在会教这个技能） 【战斗】随机生成的敌人队伍现在会更好地布置每个敌人的位置。（敌人图像的宽度会作为考量的一个因素。同时也会基于这个宽度数值自动将敌人分配到不同的行上。这个宽度是一个缓存的数值。因此应该不会对执行效率有太大影响。） ###########System################## 系统现在会自动生成三张不同的控制状态效果清单，并对其进行缓存，便于之后的计算。
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DD#139 A Madness Known as Science.
Hi, everyone! Welcome to another week's developer's diary.
Before we start, I have something for all my fellow indie game developers. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1519140/view/5848542859095613768 This is the Text-to-Speech dynamic library I made to allow your operation system to read dialogs, books, documents, and some other texts of the game to the player. No need to read walls of text in an RPG like this game, you can let your computer read everything to you. It can be used in any game developed with RPG Maker XP, RPG Maker VX, RPG Maker VXA, and Unreal Engine! Yes, Unreal is included, as long as you know how to use dynamic libraries. It's written in native C++. Thus, all shall be compatible. :) In theory, it can also be used by RPG Maker MV and RPG Maker MZ if you know how to use a C++ DLL in Javascript. (Something that you may be interested to read: https://nodeaddons.com/calling-native-c-dlls-from-a-node-js-web-app/ )
Now, let's start with the content updates for this week. First of all, here comes Dr. Kyoryu So far, everything about his research deep in the mount is top secret. However, you may find some clues from his assistant, a pink-haired girl standing behind the doctor. She can provide you with pet services like a caretaker. She can sell you some Pistol Petrification Mags. She can also modify your firearms for you. She is quite useful with so many different functionalities you may even wonder who exactly she is. So far, there is no answer.
Meanwhile, the cave may burn as a new type of turtle just arrived. Known as Kameren, in ancient tales of the Stone Age, they evolved to have the power to shoot fireballs without much effort. They appear alongside the Stone Turtles and will not hesitate to protect their siblings against any hostile activities. Their power can be yours if you capture them in battles or peacefully convince them to join you.
To empower you even more, you can now enhance your equipment with the magic anvils just like the weapon enhancement updates last week. Find your favorite armor, clothes, hats, pants, shoes, underwear, and other strange equipment you can acquire in this supernatural world, you may now empower them further to make them more useful to you. Just like weapons, each enhancement level brings a bonus to their attributions. More details can be found on the wiki of the game.
Now, you've met a strange doctor and his mystery assistant, some turtles that can shoot fireballs, and an enhancement system for almost all equipment. Yet, you can't say you've witnessed all the madness of this week until you see the... Gatling Bodhisattva!!! In ancient times, in a Polytheism like Buddhism, people believed there must be a Bodhisattva for every aspect of life. In modern times, people invented Gatling guns. Thus, there has to be a Bodhisattva for that, too. :P When bullets maw down soldiers on a battlefield, it brings equality and a feeling of liberation. If they were sinners, they would no longer be able to commit more sinners. If they were good, they would be awarded in their afterlife beyond the hell they were facing in their life. Such is the mercy of the Gatling Bodhisattva. (I'm sure a certain killer monk will click the "like" button if he gets a chance.)
Talking about mercy, we also got some development in the "Sweet Dreams" side quest. Actually, it's almost complete. The truth can be revealed. It may also lead to an ending if you choose to do so. With quite a few optional paths non-linearly deployed along the way, the story can be told in many different orders.
That's for this week. Have fun with all the madness. We will likely see the "Sweet Dreams" completed next week.
Today's changelog: ############Content################ [Sweet Dreams]The nurse in the secret room now always appears. (Previously she only appears when you start the investigation.) [Sweet Dreams]Made the quest even more non-linear. It's now possible to investigate what happened to the woman from the town hall before you start the quest. [Game Over]Special game-over texts now no longer inside a window. [Game Over]Moved special game over texts down so that they no longer overlap with the game over text. [Special Attribution]Added a new special attribution that increases a character's firearm damage by a percentage. [Faith]New Tenet: Gatling Bodhisattva (Let's blame Nihilmace for this. (✺ω✺)) [Item]New Religious Book: Gatling Bodhisattva Sutra [Museum of Strange History]Added a copy of Gatling Bodhisattva Sutra ###########System################## [Combat]Added a modifier on enemies that can affect the player's escape chance.
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Update, Version 20230921
English ############Content################ [Sweet Dreams]You can now convince the person behind the event to tell you the truth. (Persuasion skill check, every evidence you found previously reduces the difficulty.) [Sweet Dreams]After that, you will need to make your decision on how to proceed. (To be continued.) [Sweet Dreams]You can reach an ending. (The "Painless Ending" achievement can also be unlocked here if you didn't unlock it in another location.) [Item]New item: Loaded Dice. (You can use it in a skill check. Your victim will always roll the lowest number.) [Trade]Various magic item vendors now sell Loaded Dices. ############Debug################# [Dialog Log]Fixed a crash when $game_temp.message_text is nil 简体中文 ############Content################ 【甜蜜的梦】你现在可以试图说服幕后黑手告诉你事情的真相。（说服技能检定。每个此前发现的证据会降低说服的难度。） 【甜蜜的梦】在你发现真相后将会决定采取何种行动。（剧情待续。） 【甜蜜的梦】在这里你可以触发一个游戏解决。（Steam成就【无痛的结局】也可以在这里解锁，如果你此前没有在别的地方解锁的话。） 【物品】新物品：注铅骰子。（你可以在技能检定的时候使用。你的对手总是会丢出最低的数值。） 【交易】各种贩卖魔法商品的商人现在会贩卖注铅骰子。 ############Debug################# 【对话日志】修复了一个 $game_temp.message_text 是nil时引发的崩溃。
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