Turkey Update: October 9th, 2023

That’s right, it’s Thanksgiving. “Wait, isn’t that in November”, you ask? No, that’s Yanksgiving, celebrated by Yankees. As such I’m out of town, so production is a bit slower than usual.

Big improvements this week were for mods, allowing independent save tracking and making mods able to load their own title screen images without duplication in the engine directory. I also fixed some of the bugs in the modkit and will be finishing that up soon.

At the request of a Japanese user, I am investigating building in localization helpers to the engine. This may take a while to do, as even a small game like Witch Hunter Izana has over 300 files that need localization, but I think with a bit of automation it can be done.

I wasn’t kidding about that turkey update. Look at him, in jail where he belongs.

Concept Art

I mentioned that the city of Jeffespeir had been conquered, and House Ordinaci was wiped out. This is who did it, the armies of Queen Viras the Storm-Eyed, with her personally leading the cavalry divisions. Viras sees herself as the heir to the long-dead Arulente empire, and is searching for a dragon to transform her and make good her birthright.

These guys are the only military force in the city, posted up on the streetcorners to maintain order. Despite their major presence they don’t factor too much into the plot of chapter 3, they’re just here to make sure the city pays its tribute. As long as that happens, they don’t care what Jeanne and her friends do.

Next week we get to see the Yeto mercenaries fighting alongside this army. Their designs are so cool.

Fan Art

DB Palette made another set for Witch Hunter Izana, this time it’s kitsunes and I’m losing my mind at those fits. Cyrano looks like she was born to be a fox but Izana having extra bells on her hair is the real cute strength, to say nothing of the innovative mask idea.

Curious Cat

I’m starting to think that real cats aren’t even this curious.