Code of the Savage Update #38 - NPCs

Geoff Jones brings us a new development update for his crowdfunded Ultima-inspired RPG Code of the Savage that can now boast a bunch of new NPC portraits and dialogues, an updated quest journal, chickens, and some other minor new features.

Here’s a quick overview of the new stuff, but check out the actual update for some screenshots:

Greetings Backers!

NPCs

I recently reached one of my milestones. Creating at least 100 NPC portraits. Each one of these takes on average 2 hours (if I don’t get distracted…) I will be creating many more …

These are the new ones I’ve added since the last update[…]

Creating the portraits is one thing… adding the dialogue and NPC to the game is another… The world of Daneth needs farmers and fishmongers and that’s what many of these new portraits are. Every farmer or peasant in the game has a unique portrait and dialogue tree. The only exception to this are the disposable town guards.

I’ve filled out some more of Bainsfield, adding NPCs and furnishings. Below is the town hall.

Quest and Journal Log

I have added a quest log to the game and have moved the journal to the same section. I plan on adding both combat logs and NPC conversation logs as well.

Notes have also been added. They function the same as books but are obviously only 1 page.

Chickens are now in the game. Whenever I say the word “chickens” it always brings me back to that episode of GoT…

I updated the old city walls to give them some depth. They don’t look so much like cardboard cutouts anymore.

… while the log fort walls of Bainfield now look sharper and a little less phallic…

Transitions between different biomes has been greatly improved.

Ancient ruins tileset added[…]

Added turned over wagon sprite

Fixed corpse depth

Fixed books showing wrong book

Added notes to the game

Replaced note sprite

Fixed log page alignment issue

Prevented multiple log entries of same type from being added

Fix mob spawner count crash

Added quest log

Added option for wait for window close on the display text

Optimized NPC sprites

Improved transition from temperate to desert biome

Fixed arrow crash after engine update

Fixed health bar not showing

Adjusted path colour

Added ancient ruins

Added stone temple doors

Improved castle wall sprite

Added broken pillar

Fixed hover text showing blank text

Added temple tileset

Added new NPC sprite assets

Added tents

Updated guards NPC sprites

Added table saw

Added bloodied rag

Added log piles

Added saw mill

Added chickens

Added large weapons rack

Improved fort wall tileset

Added 23 new NPC portraits

Thanks everyone. I am still focusing on content going forward. I plan on engaging outside help from a writer to help with some story direction.

I hope you are all staying safe!

~Geoff