Progress 29.08.2025

Hello all!

I'm tired... it's been a week. I'm coding the update as we speak, although about to take a short break to relax my brain. Rendering is done, coding is going... release might be a day later than I want depending on upload speed and how fast I can get the testing done. The usual stuff. So, I'll write more once I've done the coding and start rendering 0.49.0 on Monday... so business as usual? But I'll know on Monday about the uploads and things.

Malgrin... no, this isn't the time either when we tell him about his potential sons, but it's soon, I think it was in 0.49.0 like some other things people have been waiting for. But these talks are more about the little things, the friendship between Tomas and Malgrin, and what they do mean for each other. For Malgrin, saving Tomas and Iraea when they were kids was a turning point; he got meaning from it. Which is also why he was rescuing the Rose all those years ago instead of drinking himself to death. And encountering Tomas after all those years just reinforced the meaning. After all, Tomas never got the chance to release him from the oath he took. But it goes beyond the oath now; they are friends, and they've been tested in battle.

And then something else. In a sense, I like sequels; you don't need to introduce the "main cast" again as is, and it is easier to reinforce who they are in them. Granted, I made this because I had an idea, and I had a suitable area for it. One of my annoyances has been the lack of diverse urban areas. I can "fake" larger American cities fairly easily, but that's where it ends. Luckily in recent years there have been a few sets I can use to expand where I could take the story into. Instead of some random warehouses and the middle of the forest... which will still be used often. But now it allows me to introduce certain characters in a way I actually want. Take the twin-tailed cat girl, for example. Her name is Sayuri, by the way. Introducing her would have been a headache during Sorcerer, and the only ways I had then would have been... not who she is. Now? Now I can introduce her as she is in the background material I already have. Well, let's say it will be an interesting trip. And no, Miyuki is done playing the damsel in distress... Anyway, break, then more coding! You all have a great weekend!