DotI’s first review!

http://rpgmaker.net/games/4179/reviews/1739/

Metatron has been the man to post the first public and proper review for DotI and gives a brutally honest opinion of it.  Much of the complaints about it are things that I’d have to agree with myself, although some of them (such as thinking the stealth mission was frustrating) I’m sad about, personally thinking Jezelles stealth sequence was quite succinct and to the point, I never saw a problem with it.  Then again, tunnelvision can create these problems.

Mainly, I’m pleased about the story thoughts, as that is my main goal.  As I’ve been promising over and over, Chapter Two is to be an improvement, and I’m taking on feedback such as this review towards that, I’m hoping that when someone decides to post another review based on Chapter Two, it will be a much better result, as it’s already exciting with the new plans!

Anyhow, the whole tunnel-vision problem I’m hoping to solve with Colonist, especially since there’s been a surprising amount of attention towards it, both feedback and people wanting to join the team or even just help out.  A whole new build towards the game and people involved has got me putting a lot of attention on that more than DotI, however I don’t want to think DotI has fallen into a hiatus, just that the past and coming weeks I’ve been fairly busy and haven’t been working on either so much; my sisters wedding and my neuro appointment have unfortunately taken precedence over getting more evented.

However, the latest thing I’ve had done on DotI is a swamp dungeon; it’s in two and a half sections, and the first section is a maze (of sorts) and took a few tries to get it right.  Unfortunately I made it impossible a couple of times, but now it seems do-able, since there’s at least one direct route to the end, but will need some testing to see how easy it is overall.   As well as that, the side missions have been built up and plans for the main mission have been more or less finalised.  There’s also the introduction of the Storytrader; the most well informed group on Averell, second only to the Storytellers themselves.  This shifty gentleman will  give you all the information you could possibly need to advance through the quests, but will only reveal these hints and secrets at a cost!

Help me shape Chapter Two (poll time!)

Polls!  I need some feedback and polls seem like a good idea to get that! 😀

So, this is just a quicky wee post.  Amn-Duth City is taking pretty long to build up; there’s 70+ villagers and over 120+ conversational lines between them, some of them including pointless chit-chat, others informating city events and some even essential to quests!  There’s also thieves that will pick your pockets should you get too close, several merchants each with their own pricing agendas, trying to get as much of your money as possible and even another party member just itching to join you!

Chapter Two will be focussed around this city and the areas nearby, based around the central quest of catching the main baddy with a backup of several other side-quests to accomplish to help you level and get better gear, as well as find more characters and back story, including learning more about the Druids, if anyone remembers the mention of them in the Freelands.

Anyways, it’s coming along well at least, if slowly.  I’m not rushing it because this will be the focus of almost the entire chapter and no one wants it to be half-assed.  The city is fun to run around in because you do get completely lost, but there’s a lot of people scampering about and there will be hidden stuff to make it more worthwhile.  But, to the point, I’m not getting a lot of feedback despite views on both the blog and forums going up constantly, so am hoping that a poll might get me some better responses.  It won’t require you to log in to vote or anything, just two seconds to read and click, and it’ll all help direct me where I’m going, which is eaxctly what I need right now; I’m sorta floatin’ around in that “so much to do; where to start?” area and need something to focus on and build around!

The craftsman is one of the many merchants in Amn-Duth who will sell you various parts and pieces for various prices.  There’s a group of other marketplace salesmen who will also buy and sell gear at mixed prices in an attempt to scam you out of more than the items worth, as well as some who will actually sell you it even cheaper than normal!  There’s also a chemist poking around with all the best healing and restorative items.

The regional map is still a bit empty to look at, but not too much time will be spent on it, as it’s mainly a travelling section between the city and the scary-ass swamps to the east where you’ll have a quest to go in and visit in the name of saving a Druid!