Part 1 of the inciting incident is complete, although I think I'll need a better lead-in. Right now, it's just talking to the priest about Patches. I think I'm going to rearrange some preceding dialogue so the player is more inclined to go that route. I'll remove previous Patch conversationability so that it's something new to talk about, maybe make a reference to how it increases your inventory capacity 
Then you spend a little bit of time collecting supplies to help people because of a sudden raid 
Part 2 of the incident is going out to fight some raiders (that don't technically exist yet). That'll be interesting, but it will be the push needed for me to finish working on the intros/outros of battles 
Then Part 3 is the aftermath and the setup for the rest of the Prologue 
I think once I get through this inciting incident business, I'll make an actual video of it from the start (after character creation because that's not done) through the incident If nothing else, it will provide posterity if I ever get close to being finished with this thing
That looks a little better Doesn't look the prettiest, but it is foundationally functional.
Next up
Behold my beautiful canoe!
Decided to do some work on the save/load. Name, Chapter, and even Total Play Time CORRECTLY FORMATTED 
Will work on the chapter banners later. Free time formatting code below
Lots of modeling the last few days. Got some houses made, remade some of my terrain blocks (rebuilt the harbor), and started on the NPC models. Also worked on the battle system and the follower system, now with 1/10th the code but 10x more efficient
Our 2024 Advent Calendar has opened! Day 18: @Otis_Le_PoOtis 
is the Creator of Bondee’s Barnyard and posts updates about their dev journey and their work on the sequel!) Accept the quest and give them a follow to get Coins and a seasonal sticker!
Battle State Machine is working Player chooses what to do, enemies choose what to do, and they even have variable rates of attack/defend/flee. Next step will be to actually start dealing damage 
Happy #WIPWednesday!
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Making some art?
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Doing some designing of the main village, mostly so I can get some connections in and get the next part of the opening cutscenes roughed in.
Working on battles. A little different than last time, aesthetically, but still the same basic idea
@Miles_Games 
is a Jolter to Watch! They post great game dev updates about the holiday-themed platformer TEAM SLAY-BELLS! Follow them before the quest ends on December 24 and you'll get Coins!
Did some rough level work in the cave system. Got the long tunnel, and this one is the first puzzle place (if anyone is familiar with the four stairs/doors puzzle in Paper Mario 2, this is going to be very similar).
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