Apologies for the long time without a word, guys. Basically, things are still extremely hectic in my private life after the move, and I’ve had way too much to do at work as well. Interesting stuff, mind you, but it’s also meant that I’ve spent way too many evenings lately working on… work… rather than working on code for my games. Sometimes that’s just how things go.
I’m still working on the narrative engine; mostly fixing bugs and writing out a small story that tends to continually break the story engine (Ashton has helped with that too…). The new storyscript is a lot more compact, but rewriting everything and adding new functionality has also allowed me to add all new bugs to the mix. Hopefully I’ll be able to stamp the last one’s out soon.
If I succeed with that, I am considering releasing a small app that can translate stories written in the new StoryScript, and present them as simple “choose your own adventures”. The app already exists (it’s my test engine, which Ashton also uses to test story scripts for Dwarf King) so it’s not a lot of work to also release it. I know there are some of you who like writing a bit, so why not? It would be a free app, of course (I might add a few example stories, but there wouldn’t be much of a game there, unless someone takes the time to write something more extensive for it).
When I’ve finished fixing the story code, I plan to work on a beta release of Pirates and Traders 2. I also have a plan to release a bug fix release of Pirates and Traders (including some fixes that will make the game more accessible to blind players). I’m hoping I’ll get something done about that during March.
Thanks for your support.