{"id":511,"date":"2024-05-13T16:35:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/?p=511"},"modified":"2024-05-13T22:47:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T22:47:35","slug":"devlog-week-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/13\/devlog-week-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Devlog Week 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another week another Devlog. There isn’t much to show off this week, a lot of it is related to NPC stories and the story of the game, which I obviously won’t spoil, but here’s a short summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All I can say is that I have a draft for the main NPCs that progress the story, and also another draft for the major events of the game, which is about 80% done for now. I think once I figure that out, it will be easier to add the “side” content, which is more about the community and the characters and things like that, like a slice of life kind of storytelling. My aim is to make the character and world building meaningful and also enjoyable on its own, and not just something I’d to to make the story\/gameplay appear longer than it really is. The game shouldn’t overstay its welcome just for what I consider a meaningless metric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPC Interaction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I added three simple features to the interaction system : <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1- UI : I made a UI for the interaction text. I wanted it to feel like an 80’s command-line program, but mainly orange, and with some scanlines. I used a font that resembles the MS-DOS font and simplistic square borders.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Interaction UI<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

2- Delay: add an option to delay the interaction a little bit before loading the next line. This can be useful for example to let an animation play before loading the next line, or simply to control the cadence of a conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n