Dev rant: Mortis Invicta Next Update Plans (Super Spoilers)
Hey guys,
Since I just finished working on the latest Inquisitor Trainer update, I'm starting to focus on speeding up Mortis Invicta development again. But there will be spoilers ahead. If you don't want spoilers, feel free to skip this update! If everything goes smoothly, expect the next build update around the end of next month. I'll still be posting weekly updates for you guys in the meantime.
FYI, the game will have both Main Story progression and Romance Routes.
Romance Route
For next month's update, I'm planning to focus on Mydea's romance route first. Realistically speaking, since I'm working on this project alone, I'd rather focus on one character and finish her romance route properly than work on both Mydea and Octavia at the same time and leave both of them half-finished. That would feel really awkward for a romance route.
For the more specific romance mechanics and the lewd illustrations, I'll make a separate Patron-only post. According to Patreon rules, I can't show anything too spicy in public posts.
Including my naughty doodles!
But the overall plot goes something like this:
Mydea's favorite toy breaks, and she asks Greg to repair it. Greg agrees, but with two conditions. One of them is that Mydea has to show her boobs to Greg, and she also has to clean the ship's restroom. Mydea immediately agrees, like what's the worst that could happen, right? Besides, without her favorite toy, a space voyage that long would be BORING as hell!
Greg starts repairing the toy. The process takes several days, and during that time the player can build a relationship with Mydea through Deep Talks and by having Mydea clean the ship's restroom.
Once the repair is completed, various rewards and romance interactions will become available, depending on the choices and progress the player made during the quest.
Main Story
I'll start revealing Mydea's past. This isn't part of the romance route. It's an important part of the main quest and you'll need this information to understand what's really going on.
You'll also start encountering the creature that damaged the ship.
I'll be expanding the Radical and Puritan stats further. The higher your Radical stat gets, the more weird whispers, nightmares, and Warp entities Greg will start experiencing. Meanwhile, if you're Puritan, you can talk to the Machine Spirit.
Anyway, I'm still trying to figure out the most fun way to show the difference between Puritan and Radical so you guys can really feel what it's like to slowly fall under the influence of the Warp.
And the funny thing is... I also want to make it possible for both the Puritan and Radical paths to increase at the same time.
And you guys will see what happens.
Note:
This plan can still change if I fail to code it properly or if it ends up conflicting with other systems. Either way, I'll let you know in the weekly progress posts.
Artwork
I've actually started drawing some artwork to make it easier for you guys to move around in the game. I've gotten quite a bit of feedback saying that moving around in the demo is still kinda confusing because you have to remember which room you need to go through to reach the Passageway, then remember where that room connects to, and so on. And honestly, these days, when our eyes are constantly spoiled by Shorts and TikTok, a point-and-click system would probably feel better and more intuitive than having to memorize the ship's layout in your head.
Image 1 → Ship layout.
You can now move between locations using shortcuts instead of navigating through each room manually.
Image 2 → New rooms: a storage area for food and supplies, plus the shuttle bay. The shuttle parked there will eventually be used to travel down to planets.
Problems so far!
Honestly, I still don't feel like I've found the right music for this game yet. So expect the soundtrack to keep changing from time to time. If you know any good free music that I can use in the game, let me know!
Anyway,
I've been playing Rogue Trader by Owlcat lately, and honestly, that game is insanely addictive! And apparently Dark Heresy is coming too?
Like wheeeen???
I need more games like this in my life!
Cheers,
CELENG