Released Latent - Prologue

1. The game.exe icon was a last moment thing. I really couldn’t stand the default icon, so I had to do myself a favour and change it, else it’d drive me insane.

3. I am guessing this is referring to like, the item pickup sound effect? For the ladder, orb and others? Other than the grass sound effect, which was a tad too loud as Michael had mentioned, the pickup sounds were at 80 volume, but I lowered the BGM to 20, played the SE, and raised it back up. Least during my testing, without lowering the BGM, the SE’s were barely audible depending on the songs and which moment they were at, reason I wanted to make those audio cues “pop” least this is what I believe you were referring to?

4. It took me waaay too long before changing it from pure white to slightly grey instead. Wasn’t sure if it was “not white” enough to not hurt, but glad to know it is!

6. Glad to see this is an appreciated feature by most people! :D Will definitely expand it and improve it in the future.

7. Shame to hear not many people are taking Deireadh, but rather the “more correct” path. But interesting to see someone also took time in checking out what the words meant! I purposely wanted to leave it vague and confusing, but still have some truth to the words in the signs and their significance.

8. And Ghen loves you!

9. There is flavour text about a snake in a box, however! Check Zaitha for clues where to find it. Or ask Chromuh. But yes, the ! marks are a slight nod as well.

10. In 1.0, I had forgotten to add that bit of text. But after being told a similar thing should be added earlier on (since it was more obvious), I knew someone would should check back other pedestals, even if they were way out of the beaten path. But slight spoiler for the future,

1. Sadly, yea. The deadline really put a dent on what I was able to do and what I could achieve. I did plan on continuing the prologue a bit beyond where it currently ends, having a few battles and whatnot.
As well as expanding the few “puzzles” it currently has to make them more complex. Having to explore around Zaitha, following clues and hints to find the key, rather than just have it laying around in the open, and more to do with the “holes in the wall” and returning back to Vermilis. It would be more like your hub map, having to return there from time to time to complete puzzles, find new paths, be taken to different areas that naturally loop back to Vermilis. Basically, the map would start out small at the start, but slowly grow the more you explore the world and complete puzzles, tasks and progress the plot.
Also wanted to have your choice in Quadrivium affect more than just the town of Sutton (check Deireadh) and a few lines at the end. Things I’ll gladly take into consideration for the post-jam and will definitely improve on!!

2. Yup. Michael and LJ really found most of the typos and small nitpicks in grammar/phrasing, except that wall. Not much of a deal breaker to warrant a fix rn, but it is a tile error! Will have to ask for more playtesters in the future before releasing it.

The three choices were a nod to picking your starter in Pokémon, right? I didn't really think about it until afterwards, but I totally got that sense of "what could each of these mean for the game, what should I pick, etc" sense that I felt as a kid picking starters.

but i do hope to make your choices really affect how the game progresses and is played in the long run!

*A nitpick, but the controls screen text outline should be the same as the in-game text outline. It'd be easier on the eyes.

*I like that you can save at the bed, though I think it should ask after the player wakes up if they'd like to save as it's likely not everyone will interact with the bed.

*While all other sound effects were changed, you decided to keep the jumping SE from the Pokémon games. Just seemed out of place to me.

*Loved that when I asked questions in the intro it gave new options.
*Ominous music is super fitting, sets the tone well.

*Really liked the new sound effects, especially the one for the first door.

*I absolutely love how interative the world is. There's dialogue for everything.

*The old school overworld map was pretty unexpected, but it's unique enough that I like it!

*That skyrim reference

*Choices make me want to replay and see what will change

Honestly, the control screen text is something I completely forgot to change. I changed the icons at some point and evented the Intro before heading off for the night that day. I may have forgotten to note down the text on a "todo" file and never checked the option till release. That is totally my bad, dashed with a pint of forgetfulness.

Hm. The second point is a good one to consider. Guess it can he hinted a bit better to the player to try and interact with the bed, so they learn what happens when they do. Any opinions on the "non-coloured" beds, and how those dont allow you to save, unlike the coloured ones? Tried to hint that too to the player in Sutton, and again in Antor, how only the blue beds are savepoints.

The jump sound effect was something that was taking me too long to find a decent one. Again, I maaaay have accidentally forgotten about it, till I started playtesting. I found the default SE a bit hillarious and amusing, so I just didnt bother with it for the Jam since it only happens twice. Will certainly change it of course going forward.

That will certainly be a big thing as I keep developing! The more you ask, the more questions and answers you may find. I feel like it would incentivize exploration and curiosity?

I forgot to mention that to Ekat, but a big thanks to LJ for it! Picking the music was the first thing I did before developing and got the chance to ask LJ for feedback and he approved all of it. Even suggested the "Queen of Drangleic" music for the title screen!

Cannot have too much interactivity! (it can, but Ill try and manage the content, so it's not too useless or too overwhelming!)

Again, glad to see people keep liking the World Map map! Not much more I can say about what's in store for it in the future other than refining it!


Hope that more players will enjoy the different choises and outcomes. I swear they'll have an impact, and be better than 3 different coloured endings!

>Hinting at the player to interact with the bed, so they learn how to save.