#projectrogue

One feature, which I am quite keen to see implemented, are pronouns and romantic preferences for the player. However, this could get a little complicated, so I'm seeking references from various sources to see how they handle gender and pronouns.

Appearances

Although I have not yet included sprites, the player's appearance will determine which sprite is used for them. This should be a global variable.

I've set this with a global variable of mc_sprite, as its independent from pronouns. It's set to femme, masc, or nb, but it could just as easily be 1, 2, or 3, for the respective appearances.

Display Names

THIS WAS A FAFF. Turns out in the end was my ManagedText resources were under Assets > Resources > Text, and not Assets > Resources > Naninovel.

And then inside the actor record, I have {nameSet?playername:T_PrologueName}.

I ended up with this arrangement. Why? So that all the characters can change name at any time.

Next, is the beast of pronouns. It'll be a long one so I'm saving that for another post.

100% right about those new hurdles. Hello! We're moving onto the next thing.

I decided to go through my edited script one line at a time, no doubt there will be something to learn there, and there was right. My first task was finding the best way to implement a Content Warning. Way before the game starts.

Now, Naninovel has a few things built in, such as a "toast" pop-up notification UI, NVL format dialogue boxes etc etc. However, what I needed was to modify the confirmation UI, which appears when you save, load, or exit the game. I needed to be able to modify this contain a content warning. Fortunately, I figured, I was not the only person who required this!

Xaaneath created a simple confirm script here to display the Naninovel Confirmation UI, and allow you to edit the message displayed.

To get it to work, I had to define which script label I wanted to jump to on yes, or no. As far as I can tell, I had issues jumping to labels from different scripts with this, so I simply made a label in the same script. I will probably use this script for other initializations too.

Thanks to TMPro, I can format this text just how I like it too. So now we have this!

Simple enough! The only issue I can see is once I start creating my own confirmation UI, and need to move away from this. However, that should be easy enough to redo. My other issue, is not using managed text for text confirmation. This will be needed for localisation.

Currently the script is very simple, however, someone else seems to have added their own confirmation UI on EXIT script.

However, to keep things simple for my brain. I have struggled to get this to work as a managed text for now, for localisation. But I will return to it in the future!

Making a visual novel, is all about the words. I mean, it's also about the art, the music, the graphics, etc etc, but still, a lot of it is words. So a lot of writing needs to be done.

With that in mind, I have the naninovel IDE extension for VSCode installed!

I'll also be making sure Code Spell Checker is installed! https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker Now, before I get started writing the script. I needed to make sure TMP Essentials was also imported! I then set the prologue script to be my start script in the naninovel configuration.

And that's about it. (I overwrote what I had and forgot, so I'll see you tomorrow).

This is so awkward, because every year or two I seem to come back with newfound motivation.

Of course, I'm back, and I'm lowkey starting again, but not really. I have my old projects, but I've decided to continue on with a large solo project, where I will definitely learn tons and make plenty of mistakes. It's probably too big to even achieve, but I suppose if I'm go to go at such a slow pace, I should go with the one project I definitely want to see finished. So here we are, working on Project Rogue. Let's take it from the top!

I've made a new project. Naninovel is on version 1.19, and we're using Unity 2022.3 LTS to see this bad boy through. I think last time I had the basics down, so I'm not scared of doing a simple visual novel in Naninovel from the script implementation point, but I will be taking this one step at a time with something more complex. There are a lot more variables and I hope it pays off. I've made my git.ignore file for GitHub. You can stalk me and the project here: https://github.com/CodeOfElm/Project-Rogue I also came across this up to date resource for git files: https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/ and edited mine appropriately to fit.

I've done more, but it's probably best to break these into shorter posts.

This post will let you know how to effectively play a…

BESTIAL BRAWLER

Foam drips from your mouth as you scrap and brawl your way to victory!

A terrifying combo of the lust to tear foes apart and the skill to do so. Your raw primal energy gives you the strength to deliver devastating blows with your bloodied knuckles!

A truly trademark technique is the infamous FERAL HOOK, your opponents will never see this un-tamable coming! These dazing hay-makers speak for themselves so that you can focus on foaming at the mouth!

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HOLY SEER

The divine lights guide you as you peer into the deep void

A checkerboard of light and darkness envelopes this class, giving them the power to manipulate both holy and unholy forces! Great right?

While many a foe fear the HUMBLE METASTASIZE the true power lies within BLESSED CURSE. its a blessing for you, and a curse for them! Impeccable technique!

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JET BARD

The wind guides your every step as you play a nice tune!

I highly suggest a wind instrument for this class, particularly a Sackbut (not only for the damage but also for potential butt-based puns). 

If you happen upon the move METEORIC FINALE get yourself a portable ladder, stilts, or a strong orc man who can toss you high into the air so you can rain down a powerful steam of notes. 

I have found an amazing site full of generators that are absolutely hilarious to interpret. its called Chaotic Shiny. 

I made a quest out of their “good idea generator”

Here’s the prompt: Avoid paying taxes by driving the chariot straight at the gates with the help of the local fool.

And here’s the bullet points of what I thought the adventure would consist of.

Adventurers are forced to pay they king “visitors tax” of 4,000 gold or be executed by the end of the day

Local man says the king is evil and will pay him his 4,000gp if he kills the king

King has a moat around his castle that is 100ft down and 80ft across

There is no drawbridge, only ramps

The king’s men get across in gnomish “speedcarts”

The village idiot has a speed cart

(I used another prompt to generate a small quest for the speedcart)

Prompt 2:  Recover the stolen artifact (speedcart) by going shirtless.

The only way he’s gonna give up his speedcart is if he sees Darya Vorobyov have sex with someone while he watches

Adventurers must lure her into the idiot's house and bed her

The idiot watches from his closet.

Darya is a nymphomaniac btw.

Adventures get the cart and can jump the moat now, or they have to steal the speedcart

Speedcart is essencially a wind up cart with a big old key you have to turn

They ride through the garden

Through the gates

And straight into the king's chamber

They fight

When the king is dying, he asks for his life in exchange for some gold

If not king dies and his own men loot his castle

If players are fast, they can get like 1,000gp from his treaury

If they hesitate they can find treasure worth 500gp

Crown is a Protective Crown of Mindlessness

(+1 AC crown that treats your INT as 0 for spell purposes)