Talk || Take - 8

I'm working on plenty of new map tiles, mechanics and other NPC interactions. The current one I'm working on is Linke, the Fletcher. She resides in the Gloom Woods and can sell a variety of bows to you. You can also try and steal her bow, but she's the first NPC to fight back. These 'challenges' wont be actual fights but more like mini-events where you have to do something specific. For her, it'll be to dodge her arrows and get to her position without dying. You could try doing it on your first go, you could try getting a shield, you could try coming back with a lot of hearts...

Or you could just not TAKE her bow and buy it instead, you monster :D

• Time spent on the project so far: 24 hours
• Currently working on: Linkle bow fight.

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Talk || Take - 7

Almost done with the world map! Well, the map itself. I decided I was better making a map of the world before creating it all in-game. Now I have at least a general idea of how the world will look.

As you can see, there are a few areas in the world; Forest, Castle, Mountain, Swamp, Beach, Plains, Islands, Sea and Graveyard.

• Time spent on the project so far: 20 hours
• Currently working on: World map

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Talk || Take - 6

I've worked on the world map lately and specifically the map item that lets you see a more detailed map with some descriptions. I'll also have to code the upgraded one that lets you teleport to certain locations, since you can TAKE it from the cartographer NPC as soon as you see her!

I'm still unsure about what happens when you die. I was thinking about half your money dropping and you could go and pick it back up. This seems like a good compromise between flat-out losing half your money and not having any consequences for dying!

• Time spent on the project so far: 19 hours
• Currently working on: World map

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Talk || Take - 5

More NPCs! More enemies! Chests! Pausing the game properly! Next thing I'm working on is the Cartographer NPC, she can give you a map to help you with your travel and even upgrade it to a magic map that allows to fast travel... You could also TAKE it, I guess.

• Time spent on the project so far: 17 hours
• Currently working on: World map, game progression

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Talk || Take - 4

I've worked a bit more on combat and the world map at large, building the map in the order that the player could go to it. 9x9 tiles seem fine, but I might need more than a total grid of 9x9 to fit all dungeons. I'll try adding more NPCs and items and quests now! You can also now continue your game and start a new one if you wanna overwrite it.

• Time spent on the project so far: 15 hours
• Currently working on: World map, game progression

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Talk || Take - 3

I've done a fair share of work this weekend! You can now talk with the first NPC and get either a pickaxe or a great sword. You also can use the inventory and equip items and you can swing your sword to damage an enemy and the enemy can damage you as well! Next up is to make the enemy move, allow the player to die, and all kinds of stuff.

And yes, all my sprites are edits from Zelda on NES, but that's because I'm terrible at art. All tiles for the world itself will be 'original', but that's not saying much!

• Time spent on the project so far: 10 hours
• Currently working on: Combat

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Talk || Take - 2

Today I started working on the dialogue system, which is an important part - but also not too overbearing - of Talk || Take. In today's screenshot, you can see how it kinda works. In conversations you can steal NPC's items in addition to talking to them. This will give you different equipment as well as changing the story. Doing so might change the gameplay slightly as well.

For instance, the first NPC you meet is a blacksmith, he's working on a sword to vanquish evil, but he's not done with it yet. If you talk to him and agree to help, he will give you a pickaxe; A fairly weak weapon that you can use to mine ore in order to help him forge that sword. You can also steal the sword he currently has. It's a good sword and will help you dispatch your enemies more quickly, however, to get it at this point in the game you'll need to steal it and that means you'll forego the whole mining ore sidequest!

• Time spent on the project so far: 4 hours
• Currently working on: Dialogue system

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Talk || Take - 1

I've decided to take a small break from Gacha Hell; It's still a project that interests me, but there's just too much content that needs to be created in order for the game to work and the content creation by itself is just grunt work; Unfulfilling and without instant gratification. I want to make a smaller game that could be completed in a few weeks without having to create tons of content. I have a great idea! It's basically 'Zelda x Undertale' and I've named it "Talk || Take". I really hope I manage to make my idea come to life in its entirety. Please look forward to it!

I already have a few things, the movement and entering buildings kinda works, the main menu (although very simple) is also already done and I have some of the main UI completed as well.

• Time spent on the project so far: 4 hours
• Currently working on: Basic game systems

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Gacha Hell - 16

Still working on skills. It's a bit tedious. This week is games done quick so productivity might also drop a bit.

• Time spent on the project so far: 85 hours
• Currently working on: Creating skills

Gacha Hell - 15

I've worked on creating skills for the game for the last week, I'm done with designing almost all of them and still need to implement them. I've decided to go that route since most of Gacha Hell is pure content. 

• Time spent on the project so far: 81 hours
• Currently working on: Creating skills

Gacha Hell - 14

I've been working on the battle system for the last two weeks and now I think I have a good rhythm and I'll just need to keep pushing and add new mechanics and content to the game. The core gameplay is there and I'll be able to refine it as I iterate during my own playtesting.

• Time spent on the project so far: 76 hours
• Currently working on: Battle Screen
• Screenshot: The soldier won!

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Gacha Hell - 13

The last week was kinda low-productivity since I was watching the RPG Limit Break Speedrun Marathon, but I still managed to get some stuff done, now enemies have 'proper' 'AI' and will attack players with various moves depending on some small fuzzy logic rules. I still have some more pieces of battle logic to code, mainly the formula for damage dealt by attacks and then I'll have to code player action selection and the use of player skills.

• Time spent on the project so far: 66 hours
• Currently working on: Battle Screen
• Screenshot: A soldier still fighting some pens

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Gacha Hell - 12

I'm now working on the battle systems of GACHA HELL, right now I have to define enemy stats and skills based on their locations, so this week will see a fair bit of game design, which might start getting implemented later on.

• Time spent on the project so far: 61 hours
• Currently working on: Battle Screen
• Screenshot: A soldier fighting some pens

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Gacha Hell - 11

I've been working on the map screen of GACHA HELL for the past day and it's almost done for now. I still have to code stuff for events and quests, but right now this is all I need. Only a few tweaks are left, but I should start working on enemy stats and stuff like that tomorrow!

• Time spent on the project so far: 58 hours
• Currently working on: Map screen
• Screenshot: Map screen!

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Gacha Hell - 10

This weekend I've completed the 'Character Edit Screen' where you equip various weapons and armors. It's a bit similar to the 'Party Edit' screen, but it has some slight differences. Now I'm working on the map screen and after that is the battle screen! The main loop of the game is almost done!

• Time spent on the project so far: 55 hours
• Currently working on: Map screen
• Screenshot: Character edit screen

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Gacha Hell - 9

This week was all about skills. How they're implemented, what they are, how they're shown in the game. I still have a few tweaks to do here and there, but the basis for my skill system is more or less done. Next up is the character edit screen where you can change gear and stuff like that (which should be easy) then I'll move on to the map screen. Maybe with some luck we'll have some gameplay by the end of next week?

• Time spent on the project so far: 50 hours
• Currently working on: Skill system
• Screenshot: Some different skills

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Gacha Hell - 8

This week I've mostly worked on the gear system; Creating weapons, armors and starting the bases for accessories. I haven't done much work in implementing these things, but the party select screen is continuing to progress. There are still a ton of things to do before I can actually show some 'gameplay', but I'm getting there! (I guess that technically building your party and choosing gear is part of gameplay, but ya know what I mean)

• Time spent on the project so far: 45 hours
• Currently working on: Character/Gear systems
• Screenshot: Party edit screen (still a WIP)

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Gacha Hell - 7

For the last week I've worked on the Moon Gacha and made some (bad) placeholder art assets for each map location and each enemy. Everything is going smoothly on that end and the intro tutorial is -somewhat- done. Now I'm working on the party edit screen where you select which characters are in your party, you can also see their equipped gear and skills there. Then I'll do the character edit screen (where you can change gear and stuff like that) then is the Map Screen where you select where you go and fight, and finally the battle scene proper. Maybe this week, but I doubt it.

• Time spent on the project so far: 40 hours
• Currently working on: Character systems
• Screenshot: Party edit screen

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Gacha Hell - 6

These last few days I've worked on the randomness to get items from the Moon Gacha and all the UI around that. I've also worked on the sprites for each of the ten character classes. They're pretty bad, but that's about the level of what I can do!

• Time spent on the project so far: 30 hours
• Currently working on: Moon Gacha systems
• Screenshot: You Got A Thing!

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Gacha Hell - 5

I've been working on the initial visit to the Moon Gacha for the past few days, both regarding currency and the odds to acquire all the items contained in it. The numbers aren't final, but I'm somewhat happy with the curve I'm getting right now (the secret was to raise numbers to powers of other numbers). Now I just need to code the actual gacha item acquisition and I'll move on to party edit; the map of the world and the battle system!

• Time spent on the project so far: 25 hours
• Currently working on: Moon Gacha systems
• Screenshot: The Devil isn't giving you good maths, I think.

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