A New Wave Has Begun
This week we got a large number of bugs added to the list, so I spent a bunch of time chipping away at some of those. There are many in a couple different areas, but I mostly worked in the areas I have been working on in the past. I will share a few of the more interesting problems I was able to solve this week.
Shops were pretty bland when they were first implemented last week. So since I had been working on them already I was tasked with spicing them up. Most RPG shops display how much currency the player has, as well as a description of an item you are looking to purchase. ORK makes these 2 things fairly easy to setup, which I am very glad about.
Despite the current UI setup, the information is now displayed properly and awaits an updated UI when the art is ready to be implemented.
This one is a shock to me. All my life (or past 2 weeks) I thought the currency Funny Honey was intentionally spelled Hunny for comedic effect. Little did I know it was a classic misspelling blunder. So I was tasked with fixing this everywhere it was in ORK. Not the most difficult task, but a much needed fix nonetheless. Here is a custom meme to commemorate this crowning achievement.
Gackle’s got plenty more tricks up his sleeve, but they have to be implemented first of course! This week more progress was needed, so I proceeded to work on this battle. The first is getting Gackle to properly entertain your troupe! He is able to skillfully gain the favor of Otto’s Fans during the battle, but there were some problems with how it was setup. I was able to properly setup a move that converts an Otto Fan to a Gackle fan, and it works most of the time for now. Needs some more fixing but the basic premise is there.
Another boss battle mechanic that needed adjusting was Otto’s Joke. In normal battles Otto’s Joke ability will only target one combatant, but for this boss we want it to be more powerful. Otto will be able to entertain all of Gackle’s Fans that have full affinity at once. Not too difficult of a maneuver, but again at its current state it is not perfect. I also don’t have a great image for it because it’s just spaghetti nodes 😉
The Weeks Ahead
More Bugs Yay!! Also hopefully finishing up this boss battle stuff and starting some new tasks. Gonna be a full next few weeks for sure.
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