Fog and more dialogue work
The pink fog comes out at night...
The fog is going to be tied into the crystal gate wards that protect the town and local farms. There will also be specific encounters that only happen at night out in the deep fog. But for now it's primarily a really cool vibe late at night when the fog rolls in and the fireflies come out.
I was also working on the banking experience in Redtree. I have some concept ideas for the bank teller's outfit and I'm deciding on if the bank should have their own private security forces or use the imperial guards? For now I have the Redtree guards watching the door. I also have plans for adding inner offices and a bank vault. The bank vaults I would also like to add in mechanics for the player to plan and perform heists and each banking branch to be almost a different puzzle on how to break into the vault. This is totally inspired by the old Ultima games where they would have bank vaults loaded with gold and there was always so much temptation to loot those places.
What else? I did some environment polish. Adding some more detail and models to the gate watchtower areas as well as some work on the lower town parts of Redtree.
But still the primarily focus has been on the dialogue trees and scripting stuff. There's a whole pile left to do but I've been making steady progress. We'll see how much of this I can get finished up and ready for the next build!
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Something of note that you may perhaps wish to implement is that the banks could be run by old Knights. It may seem odd and ill-fitting, but it was Knights Templar that built the first professional banking system. It was to be able to carry large sums of coin across great distances without attracting the attention of bandits and other ne'er do wells. So, I guess my suggestion is to add a knightly aesthetic to the banks, perhaps in the form of banners listing of a holy settlement or a list of accomplishments. Also, if you do indeed decide to the knightly aesthetic to the banks, you could also add knights stationed to keep thiefs out.