Weekly SoW Update

Bit of a change of pace this week. Less work on Art, more on Story.

I've decided to rework the introductory plotline(s), ie the beginning part of the game. There's a reason for this reworking that I'm not going to go into here. For now, since screenshots are what everyone really cares about, here's one of the reworked plotline elements <em>so far</em>, using this neat flowchart freeware I found. I really should have done it like that from the start, word documents are a pain :


(Hah! Did you think I was going to show you the actual story text? The only thing I'll say is red point there is the point when the war ended.)

Note, those aren't quests, which is why there isn't much branching. Think of them as bullet points of the back story, arranged into a flowchart to show interrelations. It's not near complete yet, but story work takes time. I enjoy it, but it's a lot of sitting around going 'And then..um...something happens over there to make that happen, but what? Hmm...'

I did do a little on the art side this weekend. A few subtle things, like grunging up the wood textures slightly and making the buildings look like they lean a little.




Then some chimneys and doors. Note, these are separate widgets you place on the building model, that's why some buildings have a ton of doors.