STRAK'S PROFILE

The demo for Thrall has been updated!

What's new in v0.5?
- Button configuration recognition and accurate on-screen button prompts
- Added a new weapon accessory, "MULTI"
- Added option to sort loot based on either rarity or type
- Added Elite enemies with unique affixes
- Added a Blackjack minigame
- Added character specific unique Overdrive skills
- Updated major cutscene during prologue
- Altered "reset" functionality on floor change. Now only Overkill and Fury will reset
- Reinstated "unequip" functionality
- Turn counters added for skills on cooldown
- Adjusted how enemy weaknesses and resistances are determined
- Overhauled skill trees
- New skill tree layouts and names
- Overhauled loot table and inventory screen layout
- Added healing items to starting inventory
- Changed status healing item functionality
- Added Gold drops to loot pools
- Adjusted formula for hit ratio (less likely to miss)
- New unique and Legendary weapons (Gravity, Gold, Chastiefol, Conductor)
- Variable drop rate and EXP gain based on Difficulty settings
- Changed EXP formula based on overleveled allies
- More streamlined and consistent code for enemy management

And a ton of other minor quality of life improvements! No additional gameplay has been added to the demo, it still only extends to the end of the first dungeon, but I have done lots of work on developing later dungeons and story points. I simply don't want them in the demo. I'd rather the demo stay the same length, but have functionality and mechanics that accurately reflect what the full release will look like. Regardless, have fun with the demo!

If you encounter any bugs or situations that seem out of the ordinary, please let me know and I'll do my best to resolve them as quickly as possible. Happy playing!

Ended up doing a video about random dungeon generation and how that works in the context of this game. I'll keep in mind the skill development concept video though, that's a good idea, but may take a bit more planning.

EDIT: I also just re-read my initial post, and just realized that I'd already thought of doing that. I'd forgotten about that until now.

That's a good idea, I could definitely do that.

I once had a Brian.

We're not friends any more.

I will only post one comment on this thread, because I do not want to be dragged into this rabbit hole.

All I want to say is that, first of all, your own art style is actually not bad at all, Kat. I am not much of an artist, and it would take me quite a while to get to where you're at, skill wise. But tracing isn't learning, it's just copying. Ever copied on a test? How much of the material did you learn?

If you want to improve at literally any skill, it's a simple process. Start small. Practice. REFLECT. Scale up by 1%. Repeat.

Learning basics, such as how to draw eyes on a face, then repeating those basics until you've mastered them and developed your own style, THEN moving on to the next step is how you learn. And reflecting on what you did wrong and could have done better. But the key in that is repetition.

I talked about this in a video series about parallax mapping and how I developed my own style. I started with basics, then literally did hundreds of maps until I'd perfected my own style of mapping. I'll link you to the videos if you want.

And here's the great part: you can be lazy. You just have to be consistent. If you do 15 minutes a day to start and work your way up from there, it's not extraordinary hard work. But if you're consistent with that work habit, you'll eventually master whatever skill you put your mind to - granted that you are also reflecting on what you learn.

That's all I really have to say. As far as the AI thing goes, I'm on board with this decision. Let's keep the value of hard work and effort at the forefront of the games hosted on this site.