September 20215 Update

Unfortunately I had to take the first few weeks of September off due to medical issues but I was able to make up for lost time in the last two weeks! My focus for September was finishing up the new player experience. Here are the updates:

Tutorial

After the intro sequence, tutorial tooltips will appear. These tooltips are contextual and will nudge the player to perform actions that will eventually teach them the basics. At the moment, the first actions I want the player to take are: Build a garden -> Assign disciples to the garden -> Make sure more food is produced than consumed. These three items will teach the player the basics of “how and why” for building rooms in their citadel.

The Chamberlain

This is a new NPC in the game. The Chamberlain has been the steward of The Citadel since the beginning of its time. As The Citadel fell into disrepair, his spirit also slowly vanquished. Now that you, the player, have reignited The Citadel’s flames, The Chamberlain has returned with a reinvigorated sense of purpose.

The Chamberlain will be the player’s guide. He will notify the player when anything requires their attention. Food consumption outpacing production? He will let you know you should build a garden. Not enough clean beds for your disciples? He will tell you to assign more cleaners or to build new bedrooms. If the player doesn’t know what to do next, he will help nudge them in the right direction.

Focus in October

• Polish The Chamberlain – ensure all the notifications are properly coded and trigger when necessary.

• Add tutorial to combat – I’ll integrate the contextual tooltips to the combat portion of the game explaining movement, attacking, and basic mechanics of the gameplay.

• New NPC for power upgrades – I already have two other NPCs that appear during combat as you level up and acquire resources. I plan to give these NPCs a more prominent role in The Citadel portion of the game as well.

Onward and upward!

Bobby @ Long Tooth Llama