Netflix

And I now have a Netflix account. The problem is there's only one show that I really want to watch on it. Oh well, at least I won't be spending time binging too much on that account. Any recommendations besides Jessica Jones? Not that anyone will actually answer so consider this a rhetorical question.

Happy New Year

No New Year resolutions for me since I generally find those as frivolous promises that we make as grand gestures only to be forgotten at the start of the next week but I am making progress on Carebanet Girls and my writing progress has been dipping upwards after the last two months of slow moving. So, here's to seeing this puppy coming out in April or May as long as things keep moving at this rate.

Also, I've got an idea for a third game but no details on it yet since I will only start working on it properly after I finish Carebanet. So many things to do on my own but I don't think I'd want it any other way.

Force Awakens

Just came back from watching that movie. It's like watching Star Wars but with expanded universe ideas in it. It's okay, not bad or anything. It's just...okay. Finn is interesting, I guess.

Indivisible

Cool. A game that plays like Valkyrie Profile. I love that game btw. Go to their Indiegogo page and check out more details.

Indivisible

Edit November 11 2015: Wow. They just got a twenty day extension. So they're very likely to hit the 1.5 million that they need in order to make this game. Nice. More Valkyrie Profile type game is definitely nice ^_^

Edit December 3 2015: And now it looks like they're finally fully funded ^_^ Can't wait for this game to come out properly. The prototype showed a lot of promise.

Life is Strange

Shit...that ending...just...

What? You haven't played that game yet? Go play it. It's pretty damn good, game of the year material at the very least.

Chapter 5 Enemy Attack

It came to my notice that some people are still searching for hints as to where the enemy will attack in Agartha in Chapter 5. Two clues are given in the text much earlier in the Chapter about authorities finding ancient fragments and are studying them in a particular building. The first hint is in Edgar's workshop and the second hint is in train station when you first arrive at Agartha.

If that's too obscure, then I will just simply post the answer here: the attack will take place in the Agartha National Museum. The possible answers that can be keyed in are museum, Musem or Agartha National Museum.  Take heed of the case because ChoiceScript is very case sensitive.

Cheers

Beta Testing Round 2

Second Round of the Magikiras Beta Testing starts today and I'm hoping to get a better response that the first round, which was pretty good but I'm hoping to catch as many more mistakes as possible, be it grammatical, spelling, continuity or coding error, of which I am certain there are many more in this game.

Thanks.

New Game Demo!

And behold, here's the new game demo that I am currently working on while working on the Magikiras beta testing at the same time. Current title is Carebanet Girls and yes, your character is in fact a girl during to story and thematic reasons which the player will find out after a short while into the game.

As it is right now, it's relative short, clocking in at 11 to 12k words during these two opening Chapters which will be a short introduction to the world and the main characters involved in this game. Current goal is to test out a slightly more random gaming style ala the old gamebooks of yesteryear where you roll dice to determine the outcome of a situation. Some people will like it, some won't obviously but we don't get anywhere by not trying new things won't we?

So here's the link to this game demo which will be released here first.

Carebanet Girls

Update August 30 2015
Uploaded the first half of Chapter 3 complete with the first version of the combat system. Might be a little complex and/or complicated though. Should I put in a tutorial?

Update August 31 2015
Minor update in which I've added the choice of what kind of clothes you're wearing and what color they are. Also I checked on the game's choices and noticed that you are able to achieve a particular stat level within the game. You may now enjoy the power of courage, the magic of friendship, the endurance of hope or IMAGINATION!
One last update for today: I've added one more option for the combat system so that every skill can be used in a fight. Cheers.

Update September 7 2015
Got past the writing block and finished Chapter 3 today. Will take a break first before working on my layout for Chapter 4.

Update September 21 2015
And just updated the game with Chapter 4 today. Nothing big except that the romance scenes have now been started on.

Update October 2 2015
And updated today with Chapter 5. A new boss fight and my brain is still reeling from a marathon watch of the entire Symphogear series. Need to rest my brain for a bit before I get to work on adding new things for Magikiras.

Update October 12 2015
Chapter 6 is now online and with this, approximately 50% of the game is done.

Update November 5 2015
Chapter 7 is finally done at this point after some delays, mostly due to writing a new ending for Magikiras and some RL issues that cropped up recently.

Update November 18 2015
Chapter 8 is now online and there is now some Nana and Jaime (properly renamed at this point) bits in this chapter after two parts without them.

Note November 30 2015
Requested for the CoG forum for this game to be closed since it doesn't seem to be serving its purpose of getting some feedback and ideas from the crowd. Will still continue working on this game of course since I'm actually relatively close to the finish line with this (currently working on Chapter 9 and should be able finish the planned 13 chapters of this game).

Update December 11 2015
Probably the last update of the year but Chapter 9 is now done. This is now the final stretch of the game with four more Chapters left to go.

Update January 11 2015
And now Chapter 10 is done. Game has been appropriately updated for this new chapter. Now, there should just be three Chapters left to go until the game is finished.

Update January 26 2016
Chapter 11 has now been uploaded. Looks like I'm back on track with my writing progress. Two Chapters left to go with the next one being the battle against the final Being. After that is the ending Chapter so...yay?

Update February 16 2016
And now, three weeks after Chapter 11 is done, I give you Chapter 12. The final fight is now done and over with and now it's time to work on the endings. Hopefully, there won't be any further changes to the startup variables after this. Anyways, I've also added a passcode system that is supposed to give you extra stats from the start of the game and which will only be given at the end of the game.

Update March 10 2016
After long last, I've finished Chapter 13. There's a total of twenty endings (not including ending variations) in this chapter and most of them are pretty short (about 1k words sadly but I dare not write too much or else the endings will all be pretty long. Guess it's now time for the full testing treatment.

Update April 3 2016
1) Reduced game's difficulty. Enemies do less damage, receive more damage and have less health than before (about 50% less). For the truly masochistic, a Hard mode has been added to the game which restores the enemy's health and gives them a special attack.

2) Added a critical hit function where you inflict more damage if you beat the target number by a certain amount. The bonus damage is increased if you use a support action to pull this off. As of right now, there's no visual indication or changed text to show the crit though.

3) Standard typo fixes and such but I'm certain there's still more.

Next on the list is adding a new chapter for a little more character interaction and to spread things out between Chapter 3 and Chapter 5.

Update April 16 2016
Finished the new chapter so that there is a longer break between the Wand and the Pentacle class. Also fixed a bug in the hard mode fights that was pointed out.

From this point onwards, I will only be working on bugs and errors in Carebanet Girls by the way. I've got an idea that I should probably be working on right now.

Still ongoing

Beta testing is still continuing at this point and in between corrections, it's time for something fresh to do otherwise it'll be really boring during the wait. So it's back to the original plan that eventually turned into Magikiras (somehow, weirdly enough).

Lots to do, lots to do.

Art Work for Magikiras

Just got the artwork for my game and I think it looks pretty sweet.

Credit to ienkub from the Choice of Game Forum for the cover.