Progress on "Realm of Dominance" August

Hello Dear Patrons

I'd like to talk about what is going on with Realm of Dominance, and how far we've come to release the rework of the game.

Enemy AI:
Also mentioned in the previous posts, we have a new enemy AI system that works on Regular combatants, Quest fights, and Boss fights. Every boss now has different combat behavior, but all of the regular (procedurally generated gladiators) will have the same AI.

SMoves = Grapple moves
We decided to include SMoves in the new combat system but we renamed it to grapple moves, like the previous system every boss has a different way to grab you. For example Valeria uses Amazon Kick to get you on your knees while Gloria uses a magic powder to charm and slowly makes you submit. After you submit they will get close to grab and drain your stamina and health.

Combat preparation UI, compares Destor with the next opponent.

Hardest thing is the balancing part.
We created a tool to help us balance items, but in the end it requires a lot of testing to be well balanced.

An example of procedurally generated enemies.

Last two week's report:

Core game loop is now working.
Fight gladiators => Get rewards => Buy items/upgrade stats => Slay bosses => Repeat.

Quests are still in the game, we will not change the quests but some of them might not be working and may need fixing. We will work on that in the following days.

"Leap attack" action works in long range weapons as good as others.
Battle rewards are now claimed after the battle, from the Battle Board.
Enemies will try to move back if they are too close while wielding a long range weapon.

All animations are now working properly, and every animation needed is already implemented.

Day/Night cycle is updated, you are not allowed to go into certain shops and places at night. Those places are:
GYM, Ellie Shop, Oracle's shop, Blacksmith
You can still enter the Arena but can't participate in battles at night.

Thanks for reading the whole post. We are planning to release it before next month. There are so many new features that we sometimes forgot to include in the posts. When we release the viable version, all your feedbacks will be important for us, since the game is much more complicated now, we can't test it all with Morte.

Have a good evening, take care.