Weekly Report (Sept. 1st)

Hey.

Not beating about the bush, this build doesn't have new content. However, it does have some fixes. Thus, it makes little sense to postpone the update.

The list of changes is as follows:

- Fixed the combat mode bug - as it turned out, it had nothing to do with stun or perks in general. I simply forgot to add a failsafe for cases when characters don't have defence actions. And since the bear (along with the wolves), didn't have a defence action of any kind, when the code tried to assign a defence action, the system got a null, thus breaking the sequence. I'm now forcing the game to re-assign an action if the character doesn't have a defence action while having other types of actions in the action pool;

- Fixed movement using the move buttons - or rather, tried to fix it. The movement still feels jumpy, which can potentially be improved by increasing the move duration, but it would make the traversal take longer. Other than that, moving shouldn't result in the player party icon getting stuck in-between tiles. I put some restrictive checks to make sure of it;

- Translated new dialogues into Russian;

- Started revising encyclopedia entries I intend to add at the end of the demo - I probably won't translate them into Russian. It'd be too much work for too little gain. I doubt many Russian-only speaking players would be interested in this project anyway, and there are quite a few entries that are bound to get added;

- Prepared the final character sprite - like I thought I would, I had to compromise. The sprite doesn't really look like what I intended, but it's good enough. Besides, I will likely turn the sprite into a black silhouette.

Next week, I'll start adding the new dialogues into the game (as of right now, they are still in the .doc form) and scripting the final stage of the quest. In theory, it shouldn't be difficult or take too long. Unless I find myself extra busy next week, everything should be done by the end of it.

See you next week.