Esoteric Update #141 - Back To Work

Alright, back to regular updates. For the most part, I spent the last two weeks taking it easy and even didn't do anything at all game-related for almost a whole week there. I feel better physically, even despite the heat, but emotionally it's so-so.

Anyway, lore:

Lore: Akasha
Lore: Eldritch India

Now for the update! There are a few things I should probably go over. First, I did a lot with the inventory/equip pages. I made some changes to make the presentation more uniform across them and flesh out some coding here and there. We've also implemented more items, finishing out the fishnet items and in the process adding a few more sheer and lace items.

More importantly, I added a rather handy feature to the equip page. Empty slots are now clickable, and if you do, you'll get a list of all items that can be fitted into that slot. Should make dress up more manageable, especially using the closet to store all your clothing. (Remember that you can interact with a container and equip/unequip clothing using that container, rather than your inventory.)

I've also worked with the random conversation module just to expand the functionality a little bit. Nothing major but there are more options for us to use when writing.

Finally, I returned to the insult module for specific reasons and did a rather extensive remodel. What are these reasons? I feel that I can finally work with a concept I was trying to implement a while ago - generic phrases. Before, we managed to get something working (like the insults), but it just wasn't enough. With how much the engine and my ability to use it progressed, giving it another shot had much better results. I started with the insults because I've worked the most with them before, so I wanted to see how I can improve it. And the results were rather fun.

I decided to give access to the insult generator from the Bonus menu since it's just fun to poke at it, and it's useful for testing:

Apart from that, I wrote more lore, cleaned up files here and there, archived all of the finished texts in my Grammarly to more permanent storage, etc. We might have a Twitter next week, but we'll see how that goes.

Now I'll return to the AI. Like I said two weeks ago, I'll have the next 3 weeks off work, I'll be able to focus on the game. Though for the moment, I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and that's been mostly preoccupying my mind.