Development News: Watcher of Things
Hi Everyone,
This week I worked on unique items and some improvements here and there.
I made lootbags for trees. Before this, they were dropping only wood. With a loot bag, they can now drop all sorts of items: apple, butterfly, moss, moth larva, to name a few. Since trees may also spawn wood golems when cut, farming loot from trees has its own risks.
Few weeks earlier, I made a magic ring that starts rain. When hero wears it, it had 5% chance to strike the hero with lightning. We tested it for some time and it felt too powerful. Since rain enhances the damage of lightning spells, %5 chance of something bad happening seemed low. Now instead, when hero wears the ring, there is a 15% chance of strike by lightning.
I made some new unique rings that enhance elemental damages and attributes at the same time. My thought is that if the hero finds a ring that gives +4 fire damage and +4 intelligence, even he doesn't have any fire talent, he may buy a sword of fire to utilize this ring. What I wanted to achieve with these items is that the game suggests new and meaningful ways of building the character.
One of the the new amulets is Watcher of Things. This item enhances search stat which effects the quality of the items hero finds. It gives defense too. Another special power of this amulet is that enemies with stealth ability can not use their ability when hero wears this amulet.
With this update, every chest at the boss rooms will have a unique item. Some of them will also have a talent stone. So the game became a lot more rewarding.
A new addition is a negative major effect: Scent of the Beast. If hero shapeshifts into bear or bat too frequently, he may acquire "Scent of the Beast". This is a longer type of ongoing effect, practically a curse. Hero's speechcraft drops significantly and town guards don't let the hero in. They sense something is wrong with the hero. For this to work properly, I need to make a remove curse potion before the update.
That’s all for now. Thanks for reading. May the tides bring you triumph!
This week I worked on unique items and some improvements here and there.
I made lootbags for trees. Before this, they were dropping only wood. With a loot bag, they can now drop all sorts of items: apple, butterfly, moss, moth larva, to name a few. Since trees may also spawn wood golems when cut, farming loot from trees has its own risks.
Few weeks earlier, I made a magic ring that starts rain. When hero wears it, it had 5% chance to strike the hero with lightning. We tested it for some time and it felt too powerful. Since rain enhances the damage of lightning spells, %5 chance of something bad happening seemed low. Now instead, when hero wears the ring, there is a 15% chance of strike by lightning.
I made some new unique rings that enhance elemental damages and attributes at the same time. My thought is that if the hero finds a ring that gives +4 fire damage and +4 intelligence, even he doesn't have any fire talent, he may buy a sword of fire to utilize this ring. What I wanted to achieve with these items is that the game suggests new and meaningful ways of building the character.
One of the the new amulets is Watcher of Things. This item enhances search stat which effects the quality of the items hero finds. It gives defense too. Another special power of this amulet is that enemies with stealth ability can not use their ability when hero wears this amulet.
With this update, every chest at the boss rooms will have a unique item. Some of them will also have a talent stone. So the game became a lot more rewarding.
A new addition is a negative major effect: Scent of the Beast. If hero shapeshifts into bear or bat too frequently, he may acquire "Scent of the Beast". This is a longer type of ongoing effect, practically a curse. Hero's speechcraft drops significantly and town guards don't let the hero in. They sense something is wrong with the hero. For this to work properly, I need to make a remove curse potion before the update.
That’s all for now. Thanks for reading. May the tides bring you triumph!
