Hi, everyone. Welcome to the first developer's diary after the United States presidential election.
First, I congratulate the majority of American people on successfully electing their preferred candidate for president. Everyone has their own reasons for voting for Donald Trump. Some endured terrible inflation and wanted a better life. Some had enough of the politically correct nonsense. Some want to protect their way of life. Some witnessed the horror of the democratic party dictatorship under the cancel culture they promote. Some are angry that the Biden government allowed those Hamas supporters to burn the US flags in New York without consequences, even though Harris claims to support Israel's right to self-defense. And there are certainly a lot more reasons for everyone to come together on that day to vote for Donald Trump. Otherwise, we would not have witnessed this landslide result of the Republican victory not just in the presidential election but also in the Senate and the House. The map has been painted red.
Even though I do not live in the US, I can understand those feelings.
I, too, want games to have beautiful characters instead of ugly, politically correct characters.Oh, well. Some may say [Neolithic]To the End, which had an engine from 20 years ago, does not have a beautiful character. How about this:
This upcoming DLC is still very much a work in progress. There is still a lot of work to be done.
I, too, recently encountered democratic supporters with such cancel culture in their belief.:
They call others fascists and nazis just because they want to censor everyone who disagrees with them. Do you know who else calls everybody they don't like Nazis and Fascists?
Putin!
They say others are fascists. Yet, their actions speak louder than their words. They must love dictatorship very, very much as long as they are the dictators. Some of them never learn their lessons; even right now, they, as a small part of the minority of the American people, still refuse to accept their defeat in this election of democracy. They still call the majority of American people morons. Very disrespectful!
I, too, denounce those violent terrorism supporters, for my cousin is a police officer in New York, and his brother-in-law is a Jew. I am worried about their safety. As such, I sent out a call to some of my friends in the US before the election: HE MUST WIN!
A last-minute mobilization you can rarely see in this game's more than 20 years of history.
Anyway, Trump wins! So, I also added a little something in the game to celebrate this day.
Your teammate "Trump"'s relationship interface has been long overdue. But I think this is a good time to add it to the game, finally.
Of course, there are some concerns about Ukraine. It's understandable. But don't forget, we were already here before the US sent her first military aid. In February 2022, when the whole world did not believe in Ukraine, we did, and we still do. I hope Donald Trump will make the right decision to help Ukraine to win this war. I mean, this is not something that hard. Look at Biden; he still has 90% of aid not sent to Ukraine 2 months before the end of his term. All talks and no actions are not very helpful. But even if Trump does not, even if in the worst-case scenario, it will just make our support and Ukraine's inevitable victory more epic. In this war, we are here to support Ukraine and Ukraine alone. We have faith in Ukraine and Ukraine alone. If the US helps, then good. If not, then history will just remember us, not the US.
OK, let's end all those election-related dramas here.
Let's see what other game content we have. My main focus of this week is still at the Black Frog Cave and the Dark Alley of Liu. Let's go down to them in this order.
The Black Frog Cave:
The throne room of the Black Frong King is now fully accessible. You can find the Black Frog King, talk to him, and learn more information. The Dark Elf King's story also has some slight progress here, but just some dialog. I think I still need to refine how the story will unfold as it carries the weight of our long history of this game.
Of course, in the king's court, there is more than just the Black Frog King. You can meet his chef. After all, all royal monarchs shall have a royal chef to cook them nice meals.
However, you will also find that because humans keep coming here and stealing their treasures, they have grown a passion of hatred even in their recipe.
You don't want to waste any remains of a dead body after you put its head on a stick.
That's also one of the reasons why the Black Frogs earned a terrible reputation among nearby townfolks.
The Black Alley:
The map keeps expanding towards the north as we go deeper down into this dangerous location. Shade creatures may now even appear if the local population's awareness of the supernatural world grows too high.
But, here is a problem. I am planning to put some gangsters here. However, I don't think any existing art assets fit to illustrate some Chinese gangsters. As this game is now global and has a lot of players from outside China, please let me explain this, China has a long history of gangs. But they are not all like bandits or criminals. Many of them are not lawless people; on the contrary, many of them obey their own set of the Laws of River and Lake. River and Lake is a term you may find in Kung Fu movies. Simplified speaking, it's basically a very glorified version of an underworld ruled by various gangs in China. People here learn material arts and try to do good things for people when the government fails to bring justice or prosperity. As such, you may think some of those gangs are like Robin Hood with Kung Fu, a group of Kung Fu Batman, a Justice League with no superpowers but know Kung Fu, or a group of Paladins following their own disciplines to do what they think is right when traveling around the country. (Seriously, one of the most famous Chinese games, literally known as "Chinese Paladin," translated them as Paladins, which sounds very weird to both Western and Chinese audiences.) But, although I cannot tell you everything in this short paragraph, you may already get some ideas. So, to illustrate those gangsters in the Dark Alley, I need to create new characters.
Now, go down to the character design.
Those gangsters you will encounter here are not very rich people. (They are rogers, not roger traders.)
But they need to be very healthy as they practice material arts and exercise quite often.
Fun fact: Shanghai police once warned people that someone who often exercises is more likely to be a terrorist, Spy on your neighbor if they exercise a lot!
It soon became a meme.
They may have some tattoos. In this case, a common choice is the word "義" on their arm.
"義" has many meanings in Chinese. It can represent brothership, loyalty, justice, and repaying others' kindness, among many other good virtual things. Many gangsters in China value these virtual. (Surprise? I told you many of them are very different from criminal organizations.)
Guan Yu, a Hero from the Three Kingdoms era, is well-known as the God of "義" (and also a God of War.) and is worshipped by many gangsters. As such, that shall conclude the character design.
Now, let's add some animations:
And it took a bit longer than I expected. I found myself running out of time to add them into the game as NPCs. But you can already use this character appearance on your main character or customized teammates. The work will continue next week.
That's for this week. I probably forgot to mention something, but all the details of the updates can be found in the completed update log below. The world moves on. But no matter what changes, NEOLITHIA is eternal. The updates continue.
The full update log of this week:
20241102
English
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[Furniture]New Furniture: A Skull on a Stick
[Shopping]The Halloween Merchant now sells "A Skull on a Stick."
[The Black Frog Cave]Most parts of the center part of the 3rd floor are now accessible.
[The Black Frog Cave]The exits of the 2nd and the 3rd floor now allow you to exit the cave directly. (You can also choose to go to the previous floor as before.)
[The Black Frog Cave]You can now directly go to the 2nd or the 3rd floor from the dungeon entrance if you have previously visited those floors.
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【家具】新家具：插在棍子上的头骨
【购物】某个万圣节商人现在会贩卖【插在棍子上的头骨】
【黑蛙洞穴】三楼中央区域的大部分区域可以进入。
【黑蛙洞穴】三楼和二楼的出口现在可以让你直接离开洞穴。（你也可以像以前一样选择去上一层。）
【黑蛙洞穴】如果此前你访问过二楼或三楼，你现在可以直接从洞穴的入口选择进入那些楼层。
20241103
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[The Black Frog Cave]All areas on the 3rd floor are now accessible. And you can now talk to the Black Frog King. His dialog changes based on your relationship with Black Frogs. (The story content is still working in progress.)
[The Black Frog Cave]Added some initial dialogs for the Black Frog King.
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【黑蛙洞穴】三楼所有区域现在均可以进入，你可以和黒蛙王对话。他的对话基于你和黑蛙的关系度会有变化。（剧情仍然在施工。）
【黑蛙洞穴】为黑蛙王加入了一些初始台词。
20241104
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[Putting the Band Back Together]Slight progress. (Just some additional dialogs.)
[Fjordr Command Center]Added some content before the incident at the East Barricade is resolved. (This location is almost empty, with all doors locked as everyone goes to the East Barricade)
[Fjordr Command Center]Added some random soldiers after resolving the East Barricade incident.
[Fjordr Command Center]The Soldier's Dormitory area is now accessible after the incident at the East Barricade is resolved.
[Fjordr Command Center]Added a Quartermaster who sells weapons and ammo.
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【似是故人来】略微进展。（只是一些额外的对话。）
【福尔德指挥部】加入了一些在东部防线事件解决之前的内容。（这里会基本是空的状态，因为基本上所有人都去了东部防线支援。）
【福尔德指挥部】在东部防线事件解决之后，这里会出现随机的士兵。
【福尔德指挥部】士兵的宿舍区域现在可以在东部防线事件解决之后进入。
【福尔德指挥部】加入了一个贩卖武器和弹药的军需官。
20241105
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[The Black Frog Cave]Added a Black Frog Royal Chef at the Black Frog King's court.
[The Black Frog Cave]The Black Frog Royal Chef can butcher your pets.
[The Black Frog Cave]Added some dialogs for the Black Frog Royal Chef.
[The Black Frog Cave]If you give a human pet to the Black Frog Royal Chef to butcher, your relationship with the Black Frog King will improve.
[Wiki]You can find more details about the Black Frog Royal Chef on the game's wiki's butchery page.
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【黑蛙洞穴】在黑蛙王的宫廷加入了一个御厨。
【黑蛙洞穴】黑蛙御厨可以屠宰你的宠物。
【黑蛙洞穴】为黑蛙御厨加入了一些对话内容。
【黑蛙洞穴】如果你给黑蛙御厨一个人类宠物进行屠宰，你和黑蛙王的关系会提升。
【维基】你可以在游戏维基的屠宰页面上找到更多的细节。
20241106
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[Trump]Trump finally appears on your relationship UI after you meet him for the first time. (Congratulations to the majority of Americans who successfully elected a president they prefer. I hope the minority of Americans accept this democratic result.)
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[Debug]Variable names automatically print to a file when the game starts for debugging and modding purposes.
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【川普】川普终于在关系界面上有一个条目了。会在你遇到他后出现。（今天，我祝贺大部分的美国人成功选择了他们所希望的总统。希望剩下一小撮的美国人接受这个民主选举的结果。）
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【Debug】游戏在启动时现在会自动输出变量名，用于Debug和制作Mod使用。
20241107
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[Dark Alley]The map further expanded to the north.
[Dark Alley]If Liu's supernatural awareness is high enough, this area may have shade. (Their number is scaled with the awareness value.)
[Black Frog Cave]At the entrance, if you have multiple floors that you can choice, you can now also cancel the selection.
[Fjordr Command Center]The Quartermaster can now also modify guns for you.
[Wiki]Updated everything above to the game's wiki page.
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【暗巷】地图向北部继续扩张。
【暗巷】如果疁城公众对于超自然想象的认知足够高，这里会出现暗影。(数量和认知数值成正比。)
【黑蛙洞穴】在进入时，如果有多个楼层可以选择，你现在也可以选择取消。
【福尔德指挥部】军需官现在也可以帮你改造枪械。
【维基】将上述内容更新到了游戏的维基。
20241108
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[Character Customization]Added 1 more playable male character variation.
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【角色自定义】加入了一个新的男性角色外观。
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