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Design Diary #027 - The L Number
🕑 Added 2019-10-11 18:06:47 +0000 UTCHello all
Another public Design Diary as this does concern everybody and is only a slight design spoiler :). This time it is very focused on the subject of the L: number. It has been part all three games and will continue to be a fixture in the lower right corner of the UI but the reason I am bringing it up now as there will be slight a change soon.
The L: number was added to Hotel as a way for me track the players progress during development and give support/hints when they were stuck. They were stuck a lot due to a lot of different issues. It is a simple (slightly long) number showing the love/lust/loyalty count for each character. It was so useful that I kept it around for Haven and Horizon.
In Horizon we are getting to a point were the L: number will become slightly silly. The game is bigger. The cast is bigger. The L: number if used in the same way would become a hassle to write down more than it already is. To avoid this issue I am going to add another element to the UI next to the L: number called the S: number.
The S: number will work in the same way but hold a specific portion of the cast allowing me to sort a bit and clean up the clutter. S in this case would stand for sex/seduction/standing.
There have been a lot fewer help requests for Horizon so I hope my design is improving but in case you would still only need to spam me with the L; number and I would ask for the S: number if needed :)
Have a lovely day
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