DD# 213 The Lucifer Within Us, Part II
Hi, everyone. Welcome to another week's developer's diary.
This week, the quest "The Lucifer Within Us" officially started. All the current story content is on the Floor of Religion in the Grand Library. Yes, everything about this quest so far is about a certain book. (A misplaced book that was not supposed to be on this floor. A book from real life talks about how good people can do bad things. A book whose author witnessed one of the most infamous experiments in human history. He also passed away just last year.) To avoid spoilers, I am not going to tell you the name of this book here directly. But if you know the name of this book. Ah, I see, you're a Man of Culture as well. :D
There is a lot of killing in this quest so far. Certainly, it can cause some discomfort.
Because we are human, we are programmed to have compassion for other human beings in our genes, except for those people who are categorized as psychopaths or sociopaths who lack the capability to feel sympathy for others. The difference is psychopaths are born while sociopaths are acquired. They are not very good people, right? No, the world we live in actually rewards them. They are usually more efficient in many cases. Although the book does not train you to become a sociopath, it does provide some insight into how people can get into a state that allows them to do cruel things to others.
During the quest, you can acquire those "skills" to benefit you.
They all sound quite evil, right?
But knowledge by itself has no right or wrong; it all depends on how you use it. For example, you can dehumanize a target people to start a genocide. Or, you can also dehumanize an enemy who is invading your country, torturing your neighbors, and kidnapping your kids to rally resistance against them. Sounds familiar? Such an enemy is called Orcs or Z-ombies in Ukraine right now. Even though you may not want to use those skills, having an awareness and knowing how others may use them is still beneficial.
Meanwhile, the art assets for another character that will appear on the Floor of Philosophy are ready.
"Everyone sees what you appear to be; few really know what you really are. This is as it should be."
Something quite fits this game, which has a lot of secret society and covert operations, doesn't it?
Well, he will appear after I'm done with the Floor of Religion. But I'm not going to talk about him right now. But another character whose art assets I introduced last week. Some of you may have data-mined and learned who he is. Previously, I planned to talk about him next week. However, given the current fast-changing global situation, all thanks to Donald Trump. I think I shall talk about him right now. I have foreseen the direction of this development. But I didn't expect it to be in such a dramatic manner. Well, played. Now, let's get to the point.
Never before in the past 50 years have European nations had such a need to examine this person's work so closely as they do now. People are getting too comfortable in high-welfare societies, encouraging contentment and dismissing ambitions and the "Will to Power." This time, you cannot expect some superheroes from another side of the ocean to save you. You must be the heroes yourselves to write your legends. It will be painful. But "what cannot kill you will make you stronger."
Some may say the US betrayed their allies. I don't think that's too bad. At least, it's not like in a scenario where when the US troops come, you suddenly learn they are on the other side of the war. It's not like a betrayal as great as it is in Isstvan V in Warhammer Universe. It's not fatal. And I don't believe the descendants of Sparta, the descendants of the knights who fought in Tours, and the descendants of the Winged Hussars who rescued Vienna cannot defend Europe again, even on their own.
Some may denounce his work as lacking pity for the weak and call him a tyrant, but I read him and can feel his love for human evolution. After all, being kind itself cannot save the world; you must be strong and powerful. This is one of the many motivations behind every update of this game in its more than twenty years of history.
More shall unfold when we get there.
To those who still think Europe is weak and cannot survive Trump, "Stop blaming your own incompetence on cosmic forces. The side of good isn't weak; it's you."
History will remember when the US betrays Ukraine; we are still here to support Ukraine. What story can be more epic than this?
That's for this week. Hopefully, both the in-game content and the real-life events have brought you something meaningful. (As I said last week, it may not be a happy story. But hopefully, it's something meaningful) I also see some interesting developments in our still-open political survey, as people can edit their answers anytime before it closes at the end of this month. Thank you for your participation.
The full update log of this week:
20250215
English
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[The Grand Library - Floor of Religion]The entire floor is now accessible. The "working in progress" mark has been removed.
[The Grand Library - Floor of Religion]Installed the Minesweeper mini-game on the librarian's computer.
[The Grand Library - Floor of Religion]Added a new NPC on this floor with some dialog options to provide information about what happened here.
[Quest]New Quest: The Lucifer Within Us. (It shall automatically start when you approach a new NPC on the Floor of Religion in the Grand Library. It's working in progress.)
[Wiki]Added a new page for this quest.
简体中文
##########Content################
【大图书馆 - 宗教层】整个楼层现在全部可以进入。移除了施工中的标志。
【大图书馆 - 宗教层】在图书管理员的电脑上安装了扫雷小游戏。
【大图书馆 - 宗教层】加入了一个新的NPC和一些可以提供更多信息的对话选项。
【任务】新任务：我们心中的路西法。 （在你接近大图书馆宗教层的某个NPC时自动开始。目前施工中。）
【维基】为这个任务加入了一个新的页面。
20250216
English
##########Content################
[Battle]Racial check is now more accurate to avoid certain elemental miscalculations from equipment and state effects. (Technically, we get a new "element_rate_raw" function to get the purest result.)
[Special Attribution]Added a new special attribution that can neutralize any elemental, including the racial, aspect of a character.
[State Effect]New State Effect: Dehumanized. (Characters under this effect will not be considered human in battle calculations.)
[Skill]New Skill: Dehumanize Speech.
[Wiki]Updated the skill page and the state effect page.
##########Debug#################
[Battle]Fixed a bug that sometimes causes the skill description window to stay on the screen even when the skill window is closed.
简体中文
##########Content################
【战斗】种族计算现在更加精确，避免了一些来自装备和状态的元素计算的影响。（技术上，我们有了一个新的名为 "element_rate_raw"的函数来获取最纯正的计算值。）
【特殊属性】加入了一个新的特殊属性可以消除一个角色身上的各种元素包括种族的特性。
【状态效果】新状态效果：非人化 （处于该状态的角色不会被认为是人类。）
【技能】新技能：非人化演说
【维基】更新了技能和状态页面。
##########Debug#################
【战斗】修复了一个会导致技能说明窗口有时会在技能窗口关闭后依然存在的Bug。
20250217
English
##########Content################
[The Lucifer Within Us]Story continues.
[Wiki]Updated the mission page of The Lucifer Within Us
##########System#################
[Search]The 2nd parameter of the sys_check_map_GetNumberOfCertainNamedNPCInArea function is no longer required. If it's left as null, the function will search the entire map.
##########Debug#################
[Map]Fixed a crash related to customized map widgets.
简体中文
##########Content################
【我们心中的路西法】剧情继续。
【维基】更新了【我们心中的路西法】页面
##########System#################
【查找】sys_check_map_GetNumberOfCertainNamedNPCInArea的第二个参数不再必要，如果留空，则该函数会查找整个地图。
##########Debug#################
【地图】修复了一个自定义地图窗口产生的崩溃。
20250218
English
##########Content################
[Console Command]The "We need cleaners." command now also purges all entities that dynamically turn into hostiles after maps have been generated.
[Entity]If you attack a Flying Spaghetti Monster, all Flying Spaghetti Monsters in this area will turn hostile.
[The Lucifer Within Us]Story continues.
[Wiki]Updated the mission page of The Lucifer Within Us
[The Grand Library - Floor of Philosophy]Added a secret room that will serve as the librarian's room.
简体中文
##########Content################
【控制台指令】"We need cleaners."指令现在也会干掉所有在地图生成后动态变成敌对的实体。
【实体】现在如果你攻击一个飞行面条怪，该区域的所有飞行面条怪会变成敌对实体。
【我们心中的路西法】剧情继续。
【维基】更新了【我们心中的路西法】页面
【大图书馆 - 哲学层】加入了一个新的隐藏房间用于之后作为图书管理员的房间。
20250219
English
##########Content################
[Character Customization]Added a new playable male character appearance.
##########Debug#################
[Animation]Fixed an attack animation length issue of a nun character.
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。
##########Debug#################
【动画】修复了某个修女的攻击动画长度问题。
20250220
English
##########Content################
[State Effect]New State Effect: One Among the Mob (Based on the number of teammates, you gain +5% attack and -10% hatred caused by damage for each other teammate in your group. Technically, that's three different effects.)
[Skill]New Skill: Hide in the Mob
[Wiki]Updated the State Effect page and the Skill page.
简体中文
##########Content################
【状态效果】新的状态效果：暴徒中的一员（基于你的队友数量，每个除你以外的队友提供给你+5%的攻击力和-10%的因为伤害对目标造成的仇恨。技术上，这是三个状态。）
【技能】新技能：藏在暴民之间
【维基】更新了技能和状态页面。
20250221
English
##########Content################
[The Lucifer Within Us]Expanded the dialog option "Is this really the right thing to do?" Added more dialogs and a way to access those new skills. (The more you have progressed in the story, the cheaper they will become.)
[Wiki]Updated the Skill page.
简体中文
##########Content################
【我们心中的路西法】扩展了【这真的是正确的事情吗？】对话选项。加入了更多对话内容，以及允许你获取所有那些新的技能。（随着你的故事进展，这些技能的学习价格会降低。）
【维基】更新了技能页面。
Latest news from Ukraine/乌克兰小剧场
https://controlc.com/e262c204
https://pastelink.net/33v4xg48
This week, the quest "The Lucifer Within Us" officially started. All the current story content is on the Floor of Religion in the Grand Library. Yes, everything about this quest so far is about a certain book. (A misplaced book that was not supposed to be on this floor. A book from real life talks about how good people can do bad things. A book whose author witnessed one of the most infamous experiments in human history. He also passed away just last year.) To avoid spoilers, I am not going to tell you the name of this book here directly. But if you know the name of this book. Ah, I see, you're a Man of Culture as well. :D
There is a lot of killing in this quest so far. Certainly, it can cause some discomfort.
Because we are human, we are programmed to have compassion for other human beings in our genes, except for those people who are categorized as psychopaths or sociopaths who lack the capability to feel sympathy for others. The difference is psychopaths are born while sociopaths are acquired. They are not very good people, right? No, the world we live in actually rewards them. They are usually more efficient in many cases. Although the book does not train you to become a sociopath, it does provide some insight into how people can get into a state that allows them to do cruel things to others.
During the quest, you can acquire those "skills" to benefit you.
They all sound quite evil, right?
But knowledge by itself has no right or wrong; it all depends on how you use it. For example, you can dehumanize a target people to start a genocide. Or, you can also dehumanize an enemy who is invading your country, torturing your neighbors, and kidnapping your kids to rally resistance against them. Sounds familiar? Such an enemy is called Orcs or Z-ombies in Ukraine right now. Even though you may not want to use those skills, having an awareness and knowing how others may use them is still beneficial.
Meanwhile, the art assets for another character that will appear on the Floor of Philosophy are ready.
"Everyone sees what you appear to be; few really know what you really are. This is as it should be."
Something quite fits this game, which has a lot of secret society and covert operations, doesn't it?
Well, he will appear after I'm done with the Floor of Religion. But I'm not going to talk about him right now. But another character whose art assets I introduced last week. Some of you may have data-mined and learned who he is. Previously, I planned to talk about him next week. However, given the current fast-changing global situation, all thanks to Donald Trump. I think I shall talk about him right now. I have foreseen the direction of this development. But I didn't expect it to be in such a dramatic manner. Well, played. Now, let's get to the point.
Never before in the past 50 years have European nations had such a need to examine this person's work so closely as they do now. People are getting too comfortable in high-welfare societies, encouraging contentment and dismissing ambitions and the "Will to Power." This time, you cannot expect some superheroes from another side of the ocean to save you. You must be the heroes yourselves to write your legends. It will be painful. But "what cannot kill you will make you stronger."
Some may say the US betrayed their allies. I don't think that's too bad. At least, it's not like in a scenario where when the US troops come, you suddenly learn they are on the other side of the war. It's not like a betrayal as great as it is in Isstvan V in Warhammer Universe. It's not fatal. And I don't believe the descendants of Sparta, the descendants of the knights who fought in Tours, and the descendants of the Winged Hussars who rescued Vienna cannot defend Europe again, even on their own.
Some may denounce his work as lacking pity for the weak and call him a tyrant, but I read him and can feel his love for human evolution. After all, being kind itself cannot save the world; you must be strong and powerful. This is one of the many motivations behind every update of this game in its more than twenty years of history.
More shall unfold when we get there.
To those who still think Europe is weak and cannot survive Trump, "Stop blaming your own incompetence on cosmic forces. The side of good isn't weak; it's you."
History will remember when the US betrays Ukraine; we are still here to support Ukraine. What story can be more epic than this?
That's for this week. Hopefully, both the in-game content and the real-life events have brought you something meaningful. (As I said last week, it may not be a happy story. But hopefully, it's something meaningful) I also see some interesting developments in our still-open political survey, as people can edit their answers anytime before it closes at the end of this month. Thank you for your participation.
The full update log of this week:
20250215
English
##########Content################
[The Grand Library - Floor of Religion]The entire floor is now accessible. The "working in progress" mark has been removed.
[The Grand Library - Floor of Religion]Installed the Minesweeper mini-game on the librarian's computer.
[The Grand Library - Floor of Religion]Added a new NPC on this floor with some dialog options to provide information about what happened here.
[Quest]New Quest: The Lucifer Within Us. (It shall automatically start when you approach a new NPC on the Floor of Religion in the Grand Library. It's working in progress.)
[Wiki]Added a new page for this quest.
简体中文
##########Content################
【大图书馆 - 宗教层】整个楼层现在全部可以进入。移除了施工中的标志。
【大图书馆 - 宗教层】在图书管理员的电脑上安装了扫雷小游戏。
【大图书馆 - 宗教层】加入了一个新的NPC和一些可以提供更多信息的对话选项。
【任务】新任务：我们心中的路西法。 （在你接近大图书馆宗教层的某个NPC时自动开始。目前施工中。）
【维基】为这个任务加入了一个新的页面。
20250216
English
##########Content################
[Battle]Racial check is now more accurate to avoid certain elemental miscalculations from equipment and state effects. (Technically, we get a new "element_rate_raw" function to get the purest result.)
[Special Attribution]Added a new special attribution that can neutralize any elemental, including the racial, aspect of a character.
[State Effect]New State Effect: Dehumanized. (Characters under this effect will not be considered human in battle calculations.)
[Skill]New Skill: Dehumanize Speech.
[Wiki]Updated the skill page and the state effect page.
##########Debug#################
[Battle]Fixed a bug that sometimes causes the skill description window to stay on the screen even when the skill window is closed.
简体中文
##########Content################
【战斗】种族计算现在更加精确，避免了一些来自装备和状态的元素计算的影响。（技术上，我们有了一个新的名为 "element_rate_raw"的函数来获取最纯正的计算值。）
【特殊属性】加入了一个新的特殊属性可以消除一个角色身上的各种元素包括种族的特性。
【状态效果】新状态效果：非人化 （处于该状态的角色不会被认为是人类。）
【技能】新技能：非人化演说
【维基】更新了技能和状态页面。
##########Debug#################
【战斗】修复了一个会导致技能说明窗口有时会在技能窗口关闭后依然存在的Bug。
20250217
English
##########Content################
[The Lucifer Within Us]Story continues.
[Wiki]Updated the mission page of The Lucifer Within Us
##########System#################
[Search]The 2nd parameter of the sys_check_map_GetNumberOfCertainNamedNPCInArea function is no longer required. If it's left as null, the function will search the entire map.
##########Debug#################
[Map]Fixed a crash related to customized map widgets.
简体中文
##########Content################
【我们心中的路西法】剧情继续。
【维基】更新了【我们心中的路西法】页面
##########System#################
【查找】sys_check_map_GetNumberOfCertainNamedNPCInArea的第二个参数不再必要，如果留空，则该函数会查找整个地图。
##########Debug#################
【地图】修复了一个自定义地图窗口产生的崩溃。
20250218
English
##########Content################
[Console Command]The "We need cleaners." command now also purges all entities that dynamically turn into hostiles after maps have been generated.
[Entity]If you attack a Flying Spaghetti Monster, all Flying Spaghetti Monsters in this area will turn hostile.
[The Lucifer Within Us]Story continues.
[Wiki]Updated the mission page of The Lucifer Within Us
[The Grand Library - Floor of Philosophy]Added a secret room that will serve as the librarian's room.
简体中文
##########Content################
【控制台指令】"We need cleaners."指令现在也会干掉所有在地图生成后动态变成敌对的实体。
【实体】现在如果你攻击一个飞行面条怪，该区域的所有飞行面条怪会变成敌对实体。
【我们心中的路西法】剧情继续。
【维基】更新了【我们心中的路西法】页面
【大图书馆 - 哲学层】加入了一个新的隐藏房间用于之后作为图书管理员的房间。
20250219
English
##########Content################
[Character Customization]Added a new playable male character appearance.
##########Debug#################
[Animation]Fixed an attack animation length issue of a nun character.
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。
##########Debug#################
【动画】修复了某个修女的攻击动画长度问题。
20250220
English
##########Content################
[State Effect]New State Effect: One Among the Mob (Based on the number of teammates, you gain +5% attack and -10% hatred caused by damage for each other teammate in your group. Technically, that's three different effects.)
[Skill]New Skill: Hide in the Mob
[Wiki]Updated the State Effect page and the Skill page.
简体中文
##########Content################
【状态效果】新的状态效果：暴徒中的一员（基于你的队友数量，每个除你以外的队友提供给你+5%的攻击力和-10%的因为伤害对目标造成的仇恨。技术上，这是三个状态。）
【技能】新技能：藏在暴民之间
【维基】更新了技能和状态页面。
20250221
English
##########Content################
[The Lucifer Within Us]Expanded the dialog option "Is this really the right thing to do?" Added more dialogs and a way to access those new skills. (The more you have progressed in the story, the cheaper they will become.)
[Wiki]Updated the Skill page.
简体中文
##########Content################
【我们心中的路西法】扩展了【这真的是正确的事情吗？】对话选项。加入了更多对话内容，以及允许你获取所有那些新的技能。（随着你的故事进展，这些技能的学习价格会降低。）
【维基】更新了技能页面。
Latest news from Ukraine/乌克兰小剧场
https://controlc.com/e262c204
https://pastelink.net/33v4xg48