Alpha 0.21 Patch Notes - Content™️ and Saving

This has been another big update. Since adding the basic concept of branching paths, I've been fleshing out a lot of the game around that. Including new types of passages, new narrative passage prompts and filling out tons more tooltips. Speaking of those, I finished them all! ...then proceded to add a lot more spots where I'd need them, so that counter ain't going away yet.

Much more importantly, I have implemented a save system into the game! Often requested and very necessary, it will autosave at the start of every new passage. So if you want to stop and pick up a story later, now you can! It's rudimentary now, just one save file and always automatic, nothing manual. But it's better than nothing!

Tooltips: 53 remaining out of 405

Feature changes:

• Added autosave system for keeping progress even after closing the game
• Added new narrative passage prompts
• Added new passage types:
  • Trait Change - To rewrite a single trait of a character
  • Epilogue - To write short capper paragraphs for individual Story Objects
  • Caption - A title card between sections of the story
• Added an option for a player to remove re-rolling option on Story Objects

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed tooltips on Buttons never appearing
• Improved visual feedback of success/failure in Training passage
• Improved under the hood handling of branching choices
• Fixed bug where story flags not used would never be written in the HTML export
• Added warning to main menu about overwriting current saved file
• Refactored roles of GameManager and StoryManager scripts

Next Build:

• Add more passage types
• Make the Quest Resolution branch based on the result
• Add screen for generating cards, independent of any story
• Add function to copy text version of a card to clipboard
• Add random name suggestions to Story Object cards
• Change tooltips to display in a fixed spot and be easier to read

The Future:

• Overhauling the UI
• In game story settings editor
• Improved saving system that allows manual saving, multiple saves and exporting a story midway through