DD#182 Fjordr news

Hi, everyone. Welcome to another week's developer's diary.

As mentioned in the last developer's diary, we are heading to Jiru Island this week. The first stop on Jiru Island is a town known as Fjordr, a seemingly peaceful snowy town in the north in lockdown.
Soon after you arrive, you will find some clues about what is going on here. For example, you will learn why the Red Dragons are here.

However, this conversion will soon be interrupted by an alarm. But, let's not spoil that here.

Of course, without going too deep into the storyline, a world must be constructed first. As such, another major part of this week is about the infrastructure of this town. The town has a tavern where you can find some merchants who can sell you weapons, ammo, and warm clothes that can counter the local cold environment. You can also sit down to play some Tomb Stone card games here while enjoying some warm food and drinks. There is also another merchant right outside, as people are escaping from this town, he is purchasing everything people cannot bring with them. Thus, you can also dump all your junk or unwanted items on him.

Meanwhile, in East Asia, there is a huge Typhoon running wild at this moment. Even though it still has some distance from me. I can already feel some strong wind punching on my windows in Shanghai. My friends in Taiwan and Japan also sent me some images and videos to let me know how much "fun" they are having right now. So, how about we add more weather effects to the game?
So, during this week's update, we now have an enhanced weather effect system.
Different weathers can now affect everyone's special attributions differently. They can also have their own weather strength in line with what you can see on the screen. Here are some examples:
Rain effects: Fire Elemental Effect - (2 x Weather Power)% Water Elemental Effect + (1.2 x Weather Power)%
Snow effects: Fire Elemental Effect - (2 x Weather Power)% Ice Elemental Effect + (1.2 x Weather Power)%
However, even though some people enjoy those "exciting" weathers, others may not be so fond of them. (including some fire mages, of course) So, we shall also have some supernatural items to stop them.

So, here comes Teru Teru Bozus. Those small dolls are used to pray for good and sunny weather. However, modern urban legends add more dark stories to them beneath their normal facet. For example, one may see a Teru Teru Bozus hanging near someone's window at night. Only to find that's a dead corpse hanging on the roof the next morning. Maybe, we may cover some of those stories later. But, for now, you can use them to stop bad weather.

The next main update of this week is about milk. Finally, we have milk in our game. You can purchase it from many food merchants or food ingredient merchants. In addition to that, some pets now produce milk passively when they travel with you.
Just like other passive resources generated by your pets, here comes the fun part. As the milk generated by your pets is named after your pets and you can name your pets anything you want, so...

Oh, well, I know Homelander drinks milk instead of producing milk. But, you get the idea. You can have whoever's milk you like you just need to make those names for your pets creatively. :D

One more thing, with Steam's latest demo updates. the game's demo version is now officially renamed to the "Free Version" with its own store page.

Store.steampowered.com

3 years ago, the previous plan was to stop the demo support after I finished Chapter 1 of the game.
However, the war broke out. The demo version of the game received a new mission to bring awareness of Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Thus, it has been updated every day alongside the main game since then. Everyone can receive the latest news from Ukraine while also enjoying the game through Steam's auto-update system for free. I think this is a very meaningful cause. I can give out this game for free because, as you know, I don't care about the game's sales and I believe there are things far more important than money. If there is even one more life we can save. If this can make the war end with justice one day earlier. I think this is meaningful. Thus, the "Free Version" will continue to carry out this mission TO THE END of this war. To victory and Slava Ukraini!

That's for this week. Stay safe and have fun.

Full update log of this week:
20240720
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[Skill]In the skill detail windows, the cool-down information shall now be written in a new line.
[Jiru Island]New Location: Fjordr (Only the part near the entrance is currently accessible.)
[Fjordr]Added a new BGM.
[Fjordr]Added local tree data.
[Butterfly] Once you have entered Fjordr, you can teleport from anywhere in the underwater tunnel.
[Quest]"Survey the Nise Federation" now has Fjordr on its target list.
[Wiki]Updated related wiki pages.

20240721
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[Genzou]Added Genzou's dialogs when you enter Fjordr for the first time.
[Quest]New Quest: Red Shadows over Jiru. (You will see a conversation between two characters automatically start soon after you enter Fjordr. )
[Wiki]Updated this mission onto the game's wiki.
[Fjordr]The town's main outdoor areas are now all accessible. But it's quite empty.
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Fixed some tile issues in Fjordr.


20240722
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[The Euclid Calendar]Updated the latest LRP of China. As expected, the rate is going down, which means CNY vs USD will stay weak or even go weaker. Meanwhile, any global company that is based in China and reporting its revenue in CNY may see an increased rate of income. However, that does not mean those company improved their finances. That's just because of the exchange rate.
[Fjordr]The well in the town now provides clean water.
[Butterfly]You can now teleport from Fjordr to the Jiru side of the Underwater Tunnel.
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Fixed a bug that when you came back from Fjordr, the weather effect was not turned off.


20240723
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[Fjordr]New location: Northern Start Tavern
[Northern Start Tavern]Added 5 secret rooms.
[Northern Start Tavern]Added a tavern keeper who can sell you some drinks.
[Northern Start Tavern]Added a playable piano.
[Butterfly]You can now teleport to the Northern Start Tavern from outdoor areas of Fjordr after you have visited the Northern Start Tavern once.


20240724
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[Northern Start Tavern]Added a weapon merchant. He also provides services to modify guns.
[Northern Start Tavern]Added a clothes merchant who always sells warm clothes to counter the local cold environment.
[Northern Start Tavern]Added a magic anvil
[Fjordr]Added a waste collector.
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[Northern Start Tavern]Fixed some tile bugs.


20240725
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[Weather]Weather effects are now directly affecting certain special attributions and that shall be displayed in the special attribution menu.
[Weather]Different weathers can now have more diversity in their effects. The effect value can also be based on the strength of the weather.
[Weather]Rain effects changed: Fire Elemental Effect - (2 x Weather Power)% Water Elemental Effect + (1.2 x Weather Power)%
[Weather]Snow effects changed: Fire Elemental Effect - (2 x Weather Power)% Ice Elemental Effect + (1.2 x Weather Power)%
[Item]New Item: Teru Teru Bozu (Change the weather to normal.)
[Shopping]Various supernatural item vendors now sell Teru Teru Bozu.


20240726
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[Northern Start Tavern]Added a chef. She sells various foods at a cooking skill level between 20 and 35.
[Northern Start Tavern]Added a card player who you can play Tomb Stone with.
[Northern Start Tavern]If you turn on displaying NPC names, the tavern keeper will now display her name.
[Item]New Food/Ingredient: Milk
[Shopping]Various food ingredient vendors and food vendors now sell milk.
[Pet]Female camels, sheep, and deer can now passively generate milk when they are traveling in your group. The milk is named as [Pet's Name]'s Milk. (So, you can make fun of renaming your pets before they produce milk.)
[Pet]Reduced the frequency of popping.
[Menu]If you don't want a pet to produce milk, you can turn that off in the menu. You can also turn it back on later.
[Wiki]Updated the cooking page and the pet page to sync everything mentioned above.
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[Fjordr]Fixed another tile bug.