Today I finished the weapons that will be in the game in version 0.1.0. There are only 6 weapons in the game at the moment (and they are quite similar), but they have the same sort of enchantments as clothing, which, when combined with their quality level, makes for a lot of random variation. Weapons are one of the areas that will be expanded on shortly after release.
Combat
I'll give a brief introduction to how combat works in Lilith's Throne. Like most text games, Lilith's Throne uses a turn-based combat system. You, as the player, get to perform an action, and then your opponent does the same. In each turn, you (and your opponent) can choose one of several actions:
- Your melee weapon determines damage done and damage type.
- More reliable than a ranged attack, but less damage.
- No cost.
- Your ranged weapon determines damage done and damage type.
- Less reliable than a melee attack, but more damage.
- No cost.
- Special attacks are gained from certain body parts.
- Special attacks usually apply status effects.
- Costs stamina or willpower, depending on the attack.
- Deals willpower damage.
- No cost.
- Deals damage based on spell type.
- Spells can apply extremely powerful status effects.
- Costs willpower. The stronger the spell, the higher the cost.
- You can use an item or change your weapon in combat, but you can't change clothing.
- No cost.
- Usually a bad idea.
- Success chance is based primarily on your fitness versus theirs.
- Costs stamina.
Game over man, game over!
There are three combat resources that you and your opponent have; health, willpower, and stamina. Each of them can cause you to lose a fight when they reach 0.
- Attacks from your opponent will drain your health (like almost every RPG ever).
- When you run out of health, you lose the fight!
- Willpower is used to cast spells and resist your opponent's attempts at seduction.
- When you run out of willpower, you get a powerful debuff.
- If you continue to cast spells, or if your opponent seduces you a few more times, you will submit to them and lose the fight!
- Stamina is used to cast special attacks and for attempting an escape.
- When you run out of stamina, you get a powerful debuff.
- If you continue to use stamina, you will collapse from exhaustion and lose the fight!
Tomorrow
I need at least one day a week where I take it a bit easy, so tomorrow I'll just be polishing the sex-engine and finishing the draft work for all content that's in 0.1.0. There isn't much to do on either of those fronts, so I'll have plenty of time to think about next week's plan!
