Development Update: December 4th, 2023

Coding and Stuff

There is some BIG STUFF coming up for WHI, but I’m keeping it close to the chest until it’s done. It will launch alongside the Hard Mode and Translation update, no ETA on it at the moment. My current focus is the chapter 1 update.

So what was I working on? AIs!

One of the really annoying things about making AIs in RoP/WHI is that you have to make a whole new AI script, layer it on top of the base AI, declare all these variables, and then figure out how to make a novel set of code to do what you want. So what I did instead was make a cute little AI scripting language with a bunch of built-in functions that can be stored inside a simple string. It is now easy to make and debug AI scripts! This took me like a week and none of you will notice, but from now on enemies are much more likely to use special attacks instead of just blindly attacking you.

Urimas made some sprites and is making at tileset, Koops is doing some designs for the trainer/fortune teller additions to chapter 1 (sketches right now but it’s the holidays so I don’t know when they’ll be seen in the bonus stuff), Giga has finished the Aquillia redesign and some talk sprites and is now moving on to the chapter 5 additions. Things are humming right along!
Patrons this week get to see a HYPER-SPECIAL piece, too, by HadezMuze!

Fan Art!

Woah, it’s some WHI fan art by Mr. Toui! Cyrano got turned into a werefox, and then a puppet, because I had originally commissioned just the puppet part but she’s so cute as a werefox. Thanks Toui!

Curious Cat