Feb 3, 2024

DD#158 The Spell Fusion and the F.F.F Dan

[Neolithic]To the End - orochi2k

Hi, everyone. Welcome to another week's developer's diary.
This is not the most productive week as I mentioned earlier because I got infected by some unknown bacterial that the doctors haven't figured out yet. So, the update is slowed down even now.

But, we still have one big feature and something else for this week.

The biggest new feature of this week is the spell fusion. Even though this is not Magicka, you can now create your own spell from some basic elemental spells by fusion them together. More details can be found in an in-game document and the game's wiki page. I'll just copy-paste here:

The process of spell fusion is to merge multiple elemental spells and create something new. The first spell selected is the main spell, it determines some major attributions of the spell you are about to create, including the affected area, icons, and the main element. The other spells you selected are the secondary spells. They will add their elemental attributions, animations, and damage or healing effects on the main spell.
However, things are not just that easy. To fuse spells, one needs to have some elemental proficiency to begin with. More complex spells require higher elemental proficiency. The spell you created may also require a lot of MP to cost. You may find ways such as improving your elemental proficiency or finding a helper to migrate those drawbacks of the Spell Fusion.
Some fusion spells may have unexpected results.

Currently, the function exists mostly in the Mages Guide, you can use their Alters of Books to fuse spells. The Alters of Books are also purchasable furniture. Thus, you can also buy one and use it elsewhere. In addition to that, you can also find someone to help you bypass the elemental proficiency limitation required to fuse a spell for a fee. That's one of the main income of the Mages Guild.

Some related changes are also been made. For example: we got two more earth spells you can learn from the mages in the Guild.

Adobe means, well, just adobe. Thus, it's an earth spell. But, in this supernatural world, popular culture matters. Thus, its power is scaled by a user's 3D modeling skills.
Another thing is, that you can now find it's much easier to level up your elemental proficiency early on so that this system is not too far away from the reach of your use.
Of course, it will continue to improve in future updates.

Now, let's go to the "something else" parts of the diary.
The first one is the coming of the F.F.F. Dan. What can be something great to add to the game if there needs to be something that can enhance spells and be ready for the upcoming Valentine's Day? We already have merchants selling love gifts from the past years. So, how about we do something opposite? So, here comes the new F.F.F. Extremism tenet:

You can find their fliers from enemies' loot or trash bins to unlock this tenet.

It was originally a real-life organization to punish unfaithful lovers. However, with popular culture development in East Asia. They are now more and more pictured as a parody organization that looks similar to the infamous K.K.K. But, they do not burn people of specific races. They just want to burn people who are in love equally. So, by adding this tenet to your customized belief, you may gain a boost for your fire spells. However, this is also the first tenet that defines actions that will damage your devotion, you are softly discouraged from taking certain actions.
Previously, I planned to let them have more presents in the game. However, as the reasons I mentioned above. I am currently unable to add all the planned content this week.

Some other small updates are:
You can now turn corpses into fertilizers in smelters.
And the Creepy Dolls get a functionality description to let people know better of their usages.

That's for this week. I am still battling the infection. Hopefully, that's not the start of a new pandemic. :P

This week's full update logs:
20240127
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[Crafting]You can now make "Make Fertilizer from Corpses" at smelters. (An idea from Die2nite.)
[Character]Added a new tag: Flying. It has been applied to existing characters.
[Spell]New Spell: Adobe Spike. (An earth spell. It causes additional damage based on the caster's 3D modeling skills. Unused spell name for this spell: PHOTOSHOP CRASHES!)
[Spell]New Spell: Tremor. (An earth spell. Cause Damage and Slow. May Stun enemies that cannot fly.)
[This is a Bar]Eric Ocelot now teaches the "Adobe Spike."
[Cave of Dreamers]The Mages Guild Trainer now teaches the "Adobe Spike."
[Cave of Dreamers]The Mages Guild Trainer now teaches the "Tremor."
[Safehouse]Kalina now teaches the "Tremor."
[Item]Yaers's Approval now grants the spell "Tremor" instead of "Stoneskin" to be in line with the other three rings that all grant offense spells.
[Prefix]The following prefixes are no longer weapon-only: Anti-human/Exorciser's/Requiem's/Hunter's. They can now appear on other random equipment.
[Prefix]New Prefix: Anti-Air (Increase effects against flying targets. It's a generic prefix that may appear on most weapons or equipment.)
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[Liu's Sewer]Fixed a bug that the valve switch replaces a line of tiles that it is not supposed to replace. (Thanks to 渺兔's bug report )
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【物品制造】你现在可以在熔炉选择【从尸体制造肥料】的选项。（来自Die2nite的想法）
【角色】加入了一个新的标签：飞行。已经添加到现有的角色身上。
【法术】新法术：奧多比之刺（地属性魔法。根据施法者的3D建模技能造成额外伤害。这个法术还有个没有被使用的名称：PHOTOSHOP之崩溃！）
【法术】新法术：震颤（地属性魔法。造成伤害和减速。对无法飞行的敌人可能造成晕眩。）
【这是间酒吧】艾瑞克·奥斯罗特现在会教授奧多比之刺。
【梦幻洞窟】公会训练师现在会教授奧多比之刺。
【梦幻洞窟】公会训练师现在会教授震颤。
【安全屋】卡莉娜现在会教授震颤。
【物品】雅尔丝的赞许现在提供的法术是【震颤】而非【石肤术】从而和其它三枚戒指提供的是攻击性的法术一致。
【词缀】以下词缀不再是武器专用词缀：反人类的/驱魔师的/镇魂的/猎人的。它们现在可以出现在其它准备上。
【词缀】新词缀：防空（提高对飞行目标的效果。通用词缀，可以出现在大部分的武器和装备上。）
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【疁城下水道】修复了阀门开关会多替换一行图块的Bug。（感谢渺兔的Bug报告）

20240128
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[Cave of Dreamers]Added a furniture vendor.
[Furniture]New Furniture: Altar of Book (The furniture vendor in the Cave of Dreamers sells this furniture.)
[Spell Fusion]You can now fuse two spells to create your own spell! (Currently have many limitations, but it will be more accessible in future updates. The document will also come later.)
[Altar of Book]You can now use it to fuse spells.
[Cave of Dreamers]Added several Altars of Books.
[Skill Window]When selecting a skill to solve a situation, no skills will be greyed out.
[Cave of Dreamers]Added some alchemy devices.
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【梦幻洞穴】加入了一个家具商人
【家具】新加剧：书之祭坛（梦幻洞穴的家具商人出售这件家具）
【法术融合】你现在可以融合两个已有的法术来创造你的新的法术！（目前有很多限制，之后的更新会让这个功能更容易被使用。相关的文档也会在之后加入。）
【书之祭坛】你现在可以用它来融合法术。
【梦幻洞穴】加入了多个书之祭坛。
【技能窗口】当使用一个技能来解决一个状况时，技能现在都不会显示灰掉的状态。
【梦幻洞穴】加入了一些炼金设备。

20240129
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[Faith]New Tenet: F.F.F Extremism
[Item]New Item: F.F.F Dan's Flyer (It unlocks the tenet: F.F.F Extremism)
[Trash Bins]You can now sometimes find F.F.F Dan's Flyers in trash bins globally. It has a higher chance of appearing when your local time is near Valentine's Day.
[Qinuyi]Added some trash bins.
[Cave of Dreamers]Added a trash bin in the Mages Guild.
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[Faith]Tenets can now define actions that will lose devotion.
[Faith]Customized Tooltips can now define their display colors.
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【信仰】新信条：F.F.F极端主义
【物品】新物品：FFF团传单（可以解锁F.F.F极端主义）
【垃圾箱】你现在有时会在垃圾箱里找到FFF团传单。在你的系统时间接近情人节的时候会有更高的几率找到这些传单。
【奇努伊】加入了一些垃圾箱。
【梦幻洞穴】在法师公会里加入了一个垃圾箱。
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【信仰】信条现在可以定义哪些行为会丧失虔诚。
【信仰】自定义的说明现在可以定义使用的颜色。

20240130
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[Loot]Added F.F.F Dan's Flyer to the item drop list on the following enemies: Businessmen, Bandits, The Infected Males in the Quarantined Neighborhood, The Possessed, and Crazed Survivors.
[Spell Fusion]You can now select any teammate in your group to do the spell fusion.
[Spell Fusion]Lowered the Elemental Proficiency requirement from 30 to 20 for single-target spells.
[Elemental Proficiency]Characters now gain more experience when their elemental proficiency level is low. Thus, they can gain early levels faster.
[Weapon Proficiency]Added a similar exp modifier on Weapon Proficiencies.
[Item]Any item that provides Weapon Proficiency experience now displays the experience a character gained after all modifiers.
[Maze underneath the House near the Paddy Field] Spellbooks of Adobe Spike and Spellbooks of Tremor may now appear in the chests on the 3rd floor.
[English Localization]The game now uses the default font of Windows as the default English font.
[Item]New Item: Blade Master's Handbook (It can be exchanged in the Dragon's Treasure.)
[Item]New Item: FPS Gaming Handbook (It can be exchanged at any GPA agent.)
[Dragon's Treasure]Increased the cost of the Kung-Fu Master's Handbook. (5 -> 8 because of the additional EXP it now can provide to characters with low fist proficiency)
[Dragon's Treasure]Reduced the cost of the Elixir of Tao (8000->500)
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【掉落物】在以下敌人的掉落列表中加入了FFF团传单：商人、强盗、被隔离的小区中被感染的男性、被附体之人、发狂的幸存者。
【法术融合】你现在可以选择任何一名角色来进行法术融合。
【法术融合】降低了单体法术需要的元素熟练度。（30->20）
【元素熟练度】角色现在会在熟练度较低时获得更多经验。从而，让他们在早期提升元素熟练度的速度更快。
【武器熟练度】对武器熟练度经验的获取加入了一个类似的修正。
【物品】任何提供武器熟练度的物品，现在会显示一个角色获得的相应的熟练度在各种修正之后的最终实际上获得的经验值数值。
【水田迷宫】3楼的宝箱中现在可能随机出现奥多比之刺的魔法书和震颤的魔法书
【英语本地化】游戏现在使用Windows系统的默认字体作为英语的默认字体。
【物品】新物品：刀剑使用指南（可以在龍之宝库兑换）
【物品】新物品：第一人称射击游戏指南（可以和任何GPA特工兑换）
【龍之宝库】增加了功夫大师手册的价格。（5 -> 8 因为现在它对于低拳爪熟练度角色提供额外的经验的缘故。）
【龍之宝库】降低了道家仙药的价格（8000->500）

20240131
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[Tileset]New Tileset: Dark Palace (To be used when making the Throne of the Dark Elf King. For now, you can use it in your pocket dimension.)
[Cave of Dreamers]Added a Spell Fusion Master. He provides a service to remove elemental proficiency limitations when fusion spells if you can pay him some money.
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【图块】新图块：黑暗宫殿（将会被用于黑暗精灵王的王座。现在，你可以在你的口袋空间中使用。）
【梦幻洞穴】加入了法术融合师。他提供能够让你在法术融合时不需要任何元素熟练度的服务。（如果你能支付足够的费用的话。）

20240201
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[Spell Fusion]New Document: About Spell Fusion.
[Spell Fusion]You can now check with this new document on Altars of Books or the Spell Fusion Masters.
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【法术融合】新文档：关于法术融合
【法术融合】你现在可以在书之祭坛或法术融合师那里查看这篇文档。

20240203
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[Creepy Doll]Added functionality descriptions for this item.
[Wiki]Added some information about the Spell Fusion feature.
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【诡异的娃娃】加入了对这个物品具体功能的说明。
【维基】加入了关于法术融合的信息。

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