Warsim: The Realm of Aslona News

Hey guys, check out this article on Warsim's procedural race generation system, it goes into the origins of the system, how the 75 million races are calculated and lots of examples of what you can find!

Another little update I've done since the end of the Develop-a-thon, this one has a couple of nice features in it like the new knight 2 hero system and the new independent crown system.

**KNIGHT 2 HERO SYSTEM**

You can hire any number of heroes each turn to take up one of the five spots, but not your own tough knights, not anymore, now when you enter the list of heroes to recruit to the positions you will notice a new option. The new option allows you to bring forth a random knight of yours and declare them a champion, thanks /u/animalsbite for the suggestion!

Here's the trial choice screen - https://i.imgur.com/8wVIDPq.png

* Added ability to turn knight to hero on recruit hero screen (needs to do a trial to be promoted)
* Added ability to give knight the trial 'Find a rock atop mount Saaroth' (hard, reward: public opinion)
* Added ability to give knight the trial 'Find a random artifact' (finds a random artifact, reward: gold value of the random artifact)
* Added ability to give knight the trial 'Brawl another hero' (reward: knight gains 5+ battlescore if he wins)
* Added ability to bypass trial for a modest public opinion loss
* Added ability to hold a ceremony (costs 100 gold) for the new champion
* Added ability to proceed without ceremony for a modest public opinion loss
* Added new knight heroes will have Aslona helmets in their face graphic
* Added new knight heroes will have a special uniquely modified origin story including their journey as a knight to a hero
* Added 5 different pre-set knight suffixes for the champions

**SLIMES**

Added a new slime creature warsim's system!

* 266'823 new slime based races available in the game! (now 75 million total races)
* Added New Race 'Slime Folk'
* Added New Race 'Slimemen'
* Added New Race 'Were-Slimes'
* Added New Race 'Evolved Slimes'
* Added New Race 'Half-Slimes'
* Added New Race 'Shapeshifting Slimes'
* Added New Race 'Exo-Slimes'
* Added New Race 'Demi-Slimes'
* Added New Race 'Slimelings'
* Added new kingdom type 'Slimedom'
* Added new creature 'Slime'

**I CAN'T FACE THESE NAME SUFFIXES**

* Added new name suffix 'the Facebreaker' (+15 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Facemelter' (+30 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Facecleaver' (+31 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Facemasher' (+32 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Facecrusher' (+33 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Facestealer' (+40 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Face-Eater' (+49 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Facecarver' (+31 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Fleshsculptor' (+39 battlescore) (credit Defender)

**HERO ORIGIN STORIES**

After adding the new knight to hero system which uses hero origin stories I thought adding another big burst of them would be good!

* Added 'Used Wolf-hide coat seller' hero origin story
* Added 'still an adventurer' hero origin story
* Added 'Grandparents farm' hero origin story
* Added 'Slave friend' hero origin story
* Added 'Assaulted Recruiter' hero origin story
* Added 'Village kid tournament' hero origin story
* Added 'wouldnt you like to know' hero origin story
* Added 'caravan guard scrappy' hero origin story
* Added 'boring village guard life' hero origin story
* Added 'Village guard burned village' hero origin story

**QUIT CROWNING AROUND**

I was playing around in the game the otherday and saw the sorry state of the crowns screen, it seemed more like an afterthought than anything interesting, I've updated the screen to vary depending on the personality of the kingdoms leader with each description and screen being more interesting than the solo default one that existed before

Here's an example of the dung crown screen - https://i.imgur.com/GpJF6LJ.png

* Rewrote classic viewing crown screen (now used for friendly and neutral leaders)
* Fixed crown screen bypassing ascii filter
* Added new screen for mercantile leaders crown (pay to see it)
* Added new screen for strange leaders crown (stored in dung)
* Added new screen for stupid leaders crown (on the ground)
* Added new feature for hostile leaders (not letting you view crown at all)
* Fixed crown screen text colour not being white

**TALK TO ME**

A bunch more dialogues to keep things interesting!

* Added 3 scorpion pit dialogues
* Added 3 artifact market dialogues
* Added 3 mining dialogues
* Added 3 slum pit dialogues
* Added 3 generic blackmarket dialogues
* Added 3 Ice Watch Tavern dialogues
* Added 3 generic goblinwood tavern dialogues

**BUGFIXES**

* Fixed extra word bug in one of the under attack dialogues in prebattle
* Fixed Gorge race prefix game breaking bug
* Fixed dog kicking encounter text bug (credit Defender)
* Fixed declaring new date text bug (credit Defender)
* Fixed declaring new date intro text bug (credit Defender)
* Fixed ascii filter not working for wheel of wealth in the Blackmarket (credit Defender)
* Fixed kingdom menu issue for ascii free version screen reading (credit Defender)
* Fixed numerous text bugs in history guild speaking to teachers (credit Defender)
* Fixed independent kingdom messenger throne room encounter text spacing bug
* Fixed missing gold gain notification in some throne room gold gift encounters
* Fixed missing line and bad layout in destroying slavers fort text
* Fixed fort northwatch description screen textwrap bug

**EVERYTHING ELSE**

* Rewrote destroying slavers fort text
* Reworked all exploration text for ascii disabled version of warsim (credit Defender)

Day seven of the develop-a-thon, this is it, it's finally over! this one includes a bunch of new content including 18 billion giant faces, and some blackmarket improvements

**18 BILLION NEW GIANTS**

More than 2 giants per person added this update, just saying!

* Added 18'869'184'000 new giants faces (was 17 billion, now 36 billion)

**SLIGHT REWORK OF INDEPENDENT KINGDOM DIPLOMACY SCREEN**

I had never noticed before just how bad this screens text and layout was, now it's been reworked a bit!

* Added new text introduction to the independent kingdom screen
* Added diplomats face to the introduction screen
* Reworked the layout of the intro screen

**NAME SUFFIXES**

Lots of new suffixes and hero names for your world!

* Made 10 suffixes more dynamic
* Added new name suffix 'the Twisted' (+5 battlescore) (can be mixed to make 50+ other suffixes)
* Added new name suffix 'the Earcutter' (+11 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Toecutter' (+19 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Bloodaxe' (+36 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new name suffix 'Boneaxe' (+30 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new name suffix 'Skullaxe' (+40 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new name suffix 'Half-Axe' (+10 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new name suffix 'Hardaxe' (+15 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new name suffix 'Stoneaxe' (+12 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new name suffix 'Longaxe' (+17 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new name suffix 'the Axe-Wielder' (+20 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new name suffix 'the Axe Tosser' (+32 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new name suffix 'the Axe-Swinger' (+21 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new name suffix 'the Axe' (+39 battlescore) (credit u/RabidRab) (can be mixed to make 50+ other suffixes)

**BLACKMARKET SLAVERS POST IMPROVED**

The slavers post was added a while back but it was lacking, now it's been reworked and is far more up to scratch with the rest of the game!

* Added new dynamic screen for hiring slaves (including 5 dynamic graphics)
* Rewrote hiring slaves text
* Added skug the post owners face to the hire screen
* Fixed slave fight freedom text bug
* Added new screen for not having enough gold to hire slaves
* Added new screen for asking to hire more slaves than there are

**HERO ORIGINS**

Lots of new origin stories for champions

* Added 'Smuggler' hero origin story
* Added 'Mine and mine alone' hero origin story
* Added 'village guard' hero origin story
* Added 'kings guard' hero origin story
* Added 'Bashed on head' hero origin story
* Added 'Militia ambush' hero origin story
* Added 'Militia Warband' hero origin story
* Added 'Tavern Brawler' hero origin story

**BLACKMARKET ENTRY EXPANSIONS**

In one of my playthroughs I was not allowed in due to the blackmarket leader being a king-hater, I wanted to ask questions and complain so now you can!

* Added new screen for not being allowed into blackmarket with guard graphic
* Added ability to ask why you are being blocked from entry
* Added ability to demand entry when blocked

Here's what that looks like -



**BUGFIXES**

More bugfixes courtesy of Defender's giant helpful list and one from Ursur

* Fixed Touching the goblinstone ruined it and spawned a camp of savages bug (credit Ursur)
* Fixed the hall of zoology (credit Defender)
* Fixed demon warder text (credit Defender)
* Fixed grammar issues in demonic encounter
* Fixed blackwall tavern dialogue text bug (credit Defender)
* Fixed Blackmarket prison text bug (credit Defender)
* Fixed Doomstone brotherhood rule six bug (credit Defender)
* Fixed Blackmarket fight pit text bug (credit Defender)
* Fixed mine talk dialogue bug (credit Defender)
* Fixed slum pit dialogue bug

**EVERYTHING ELSE**

Some new little things and tweaks!

* Added 3 new slum pit dialogues
* Rewrote Gar'gallock tavern text (credit Defender)
* Added new colonisation and destruction of goblinstone event (credit Ursur)
* Added dynamic trumpet sound to the fight pit battle of two champions (credit Defender)
* Made gold road theft event 1.5x rarer by default, 9x rarer for 90+ public opinion, 4x rarer for 70+ public op, 2x rarer for 30+ public op (credit Ursur)



Thank you everyone who's been suggesting ideas, commenting, and supporting me! When I told a friend of this challenge in a pub last week I was told it would be harder than I thought, and it was! it's been a lot of work but I'm glad it's been done, some of the stuff that's come out of this weeks series of updates has definitely improved the game and I've loved the input from everyone!

This will most likely not be the last time Warsim get's a Develop-a-thon! :)

Day six of the Develop-a-thon, the end is almost near! Thank god too because this is getting hard, today's update contains a bunch of work done on Chelob, more bugfixes from defender, some new name suffixes, 100k new helmets in game and a bunch of other tweaks and smaller features.

**CHELOB REVISITED**

I passed by Chelob's Well to fix a reported text bug and realized the whole place was in need of a rework, now there are sounds (thanks to defenders suggestion) as well as an aftermath for good old Chelob if you can answer his riddles.

* Added special new hut in Goblinwood if you win chelobs riddles (he'll move there)
* Added ability to speak to Chelob in Goblinwood (8 dialogues)
* Updated chelobs victory screen description
* Added sound effect to getting chelob question right (credit defender)
* Added sound effect to getting chelob question wrong (credit defender)
* Added sound effect for winning chelobs riddles
* Fixed Chelobs text colour turning green like his skin
* Fixed missing lines in chelobs well
* Fixed hint on second question not appearing if ascii disabled

**HOLD YOUR HELMS**

You'll never see them all, you probably won't even see 10 of them, so here's a

* Expanded the helmet system (106'752 new helmets added to the game)

https://i.imgur.com/SBIicfT.png

**NAME SUFFIXES**

More name suffixes to keep things fresh, can't believe I didn't already have the Scavenger!

* Added new name suffix 'the Scavenger' (+30 battlscore) (credit /u/animalsbite)
* Added new name suffix 'the Vault-Raider' (+36 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Door-Watcher' (+6 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Vapourman' (+9 battlescore) (credit /u/animalsbite)
* Added new name suffix 'the Positive' (+10 battlescore) (can be mixed to make 50+ other suffixes)
* Added new name suffix 'the Negative' (-10 battlescore) (can be mixed to make 50+ other suffixes)
* Added new name suffix 'the Mask' (+10 battlescore) (can be mixed to make 50+ other suffixes)
* Added new name suffix 'the Mask-Hater' (+3 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'One-Eye' (+14 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Eye-Gouger' (+34 battlescore)

**BUGFIXES**

Another heap of text bugs reported mostly by Defender and his gigantic list!

* Fixed goblin slaver dialogue bug (credit 71)
* Fixed mr yaeba intro dialogue (credit /u/animalsbite)
* Fixed old cabin description bug
* Fixed pitside tavern text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed savegame rejection text wordwrap issue
* Fixed champion title text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed some goblins tale text bugs (credit defender)
* Fixed Naga race description (credit defender)
* Fixed 4 scorpion pit patron dialogue text errors (credit defender)
* Fixed the grand galleon text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed skull key description bug (credit defender)
* Fixed blackmarket mushroom stall bug (credit defender)
* Fixed 3 artifact market dialogue bugs (credit defender)
* Fixed textwrap when speaking to brawl pit master
* Fixed independent celebration support text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed blackmarket guildrow text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed slumfolk trustiness text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed train pit fight text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed billowing text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed evil wizard blackmarket dialogue bug (credit defender)
* Fixed each other text bug (credit defender)

**EVERYTHING ELSE**

* Rewrote ancient rubble text description (credit defender)
* Added new cheat code (22) to monster fight pit (adds 100 new monster challengers)
* Rewrote artifact market dialogue
* Reduced mining sound volume (credit defender)
* Added 5 new artifact market dialogues
* Rewrote guildrow dialogue
* Rewrote theives casing guildrow dialogue

Day five of the develop-a-thon! we're still going, today is a big bunch of fixes thanks to a megalist of bugfinds from defender @audiogames.net as well as a bunch of new races and some blackmarket improvements!

**NEW RACES**

Bookrage sent me a huge list of ideas for races so we've now got 1'776'192 new races because of them

* Added new race prefix 'Taiga' (credit bookrage)
* Added new race prefix 'Toothy' +1 battlescore, double teeth (credit bookrage)
* Added new race prefix 'Treetop' (credit bookrage)
* Added new race prefix 'Academic' +4 civ level, +academy (credit bookrage)

Here's an example of some toothy race faces:



**NEW NAME SUFFIXES**

As I write this I'm hungover so those bottom two suffixes are personal

* Added new name suffix 'the Headstrong' (+39 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Hard-Head' (+16 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Painter' (+3 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Fleshpainter' (+37 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Corpsemaker' (+36 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Corpsetwister' (+41 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Corpsegrinder' (+42 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Corpsemangler' (+41 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Corpse-Eater' (+15 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Hungover' (-10 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Hammered' (-10 battlescore)

**BLACKMARKET IMPROVEMENTS**

Another little pile of Blackmarket improvements including the logical response to being charged a toll!

* Added new graphic and layout of blackmarket garrison inquest screen
* Added ability to ask 'Who dares charge TITLE YOURNAME a toll' (with answer from a startled guard)
* Fixed blackmarket guard face changing everytime he turns you away for having not enough gold
* Varied the blackmarket small shack text (credit defender)
* Reworked sewer bluetrii patch screen (credit defender)

**BUGFIXES**

You should seriously see the list of bugged text defender had! still got way more to work through :)

* Fixed Races of kingdom 3 having trouble with two and three headed races
* Fixed pointless line in the face drawing tool of the hero creator
* Fixed race system intro text saying 'over 300 thousand races' instead of 'over 73 million races' (hadn't update the text since the recent boom of the race generation system)
* Fixed missing 'are' in black opal blackmarket ship description (Credit defender)
* Fixed Ox head tavern text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed age of the sewer folk text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed cant feel my eyes text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed head my warning text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed i am glad I'm a mutant text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed what are you looking at normie text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed extra 'a' in blackmarket herald office description (credit defender)
* Fixed black alley text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed blackmarket sewer door description (credit defender)
* Fixed there is darkness is everything text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed goblin tour text bugs (credit defender)
* Fixed foreign messenger bringing gold coin's face bypassing ascii filter (credit defender)
* Fixed sharpest dagger blackmarket description bug (credit defender)
* Fixed blessing booth critic text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed wolf thorenson critic text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed blackrow tavern dialogue text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed gallows description text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed slums eswin dialogue text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed blackmarket slum pit text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed stall worker text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed lots of districts text bug (credit defender)
* Fixed musicians guild wulf text (credit defender)

**EVERYTHING ELSE**

A handful of little improvements and changes!

* Altered 'known knight' to 'well-known knight' in throne room (credit defender)
* Added 'old mine guards' mercenary group origin
* Added 'bitter war' mercenary group origin
* Added a new helm part to helmet generator