Game Development: Theatrum Chemicum
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:05 amWe've been developing, and here's what's new.
Proficiency Change: Whenever you level up a proficiency, all proficiency meters that are currently full and processed (green) are now increased by one point, except for the proficiency you actually clicked to increase, which is instead increased by two points.
Perennial Philosophy is still leveled at a pace of one point at a time, and never increases as a side effect of levling another proficiency.
We hope that this change shall increase the level of meaningful planning and choice available to you in the development of your proficiencies and skills, while at the same time also vastly reducing the amount of hard grind required to unlock basic abilities. There will probably be some future changes to skill costs to reflect this change, but overall the ambition is to curb the grind, especially early on. (If anyone cries about how this change is somehow unfair to some vested interest or other, I will KEEEEEL YOOOO!)
Gluttony Change: Invariance increases at a slightly slower pace than previously, but also has a slightly more powerful effect. Variance in food consumption should now be more effective as a result.
--- Hermeticism & Alchemy ---
Alchemy Table: A repository and enabler for and of Alchymical Equipment and processes.
Conjunctive Retort: While placed on an Alchemy Table, the Conjunctive Retort transfers from the lowest Alchemical dimension of an item placed in it, to the next to lowest Alchemical dimension of the same item. Note that the dimension being transfered to cannot come to exceed the next to highest dimension of the item.
Coagulative Alembic: While placed on an Alchemy Table, the Coagulative Alembic reduces both the Chymicall Instability and the Purity of items placed in it.
Rectificative Test Tubes: While placed on an Alchemy Table, the Rectificative Test Tubes slowly randomize the Alchemical dimensions of items placed in them.
--- Siege Changes ---
Trial by Fire reduced to half HP and has less soak
Walls slightly reduced in HP & Soak
--- Purity Fields ---
Loftar made a slight foobar with them, so they may have shifted. They will not do this again.
--- Publish Screenshots ---
Use Alt + S to open the screenshot tool, which allows you to take and publish screenshots to the public feed over @ http://www.salemthegame.com/. We will be adding a UI-button for the tool in the future.
--- Price Changes ---
Wallpaper, Furniture & Decoratives cheaper across the board.
--- Some thoughts ---
We realize that the present changes to Alchemy have made raiding hard. We expect to gradually try to rebalance to better reflect the present paradigm. We're throwing this change out there as a first attempt.
We will be adding further Alchymical Equipment.
We have an ambition to try to avoid adding more elements of hard grind, and an ambition to try to reduce them where they do exist.
We have an ambition to try to increase the importance of player skill in the fighting system.
We are thinking about Animal Husbandry, Fearsome Creatures and Priesthood, in no particular order.
Enjoy!
Proficiency Change: Whenever you level up a proficiency, all proficiency meters that are currently full and processed (green) are now increased by one point, except for the proficiency you actually clicked to increase, which is instead increased by two points.
Perennial Philosophy is still leveled at a pace of one point at a time, and never increases as a side effect of levling another proficiency.
We hope that this change shall increase the level of meaningful planning and choice available to you in the development of your proficiencies and skills, while at the same time also vastly reducing the amount of hard grind required to unlock basic abilities. There will probably be some future changes to skill costs to reflect this change, but overall the ambition is to curb the grind, especially early on. (If anyone cries about how this change is somehow unfair to some vested interest or other, I will KEEEEEL YOOOO!)
Gluttony Change: Invariance increases at a slightly slower pace than previously, but also has a slightly more powerful effect. Variance in food consumption should now be more effective as a result.
--- Hermeticism & Alchemy ---
Alchemy Table: A repository and enabler for and of Alchymical Equipment and processes.
Conjunctive Retort: While placed on an Alchemy Table, the Conjunctive Retort transfers from the lowest Alchemical dimension of an item placed in it, to the next to lowest Alchemical dimension of the same item. Note that the dimension being transfered to cannot come to exceed the next to highest dimension of the item.
Coagulative Alembic: While placed on an Alchemy Table, the Coagulative Alembic reduces both the Chymicall Instability and the Purity of items placed in it.
Rectificative Test Tubes: While placed on an Alchemy Table, the Rectificative Test Tubes slowly randomize the Alchemical dimensions of items placed in them.
--- Siege Changes ---
Trial by Fire reduced to half HP and has less soak
Walls slightly reduced in HP & Soak
--- Purity Fields ---
Loftar made a slight foobar with them, so they may have shifted. They will not do this again.
--- Publish Screenshots ---
Use Alt + S to open the screenshot tool, which allows you to take and publish screenshots to the public feed over @ http://www.salemthegame.com/. We will be adding a UI-button for the tool in the future.
--- Price Changes ---
Wallpaper, Furniture & Decoratives cheaper across the board.
--- Some thoughts ---
We realize that the present changes to Alchemy have made raiding hard. We expect to gradually try to rebalance to better reflect the present paradigm. We're throwing this change out there as a first attempt.
We will be adding further Alchymical Equipment.
We have an ambition to try to avoid adding more elements of hard grind, and an ambition to try to reduce them where they do exist.
We have an ambition to try to increase the importance of player skill in the fighting system.
We are thinking about Animal Husbandry, Fearsome Creatures and Priesthood, in no particular order.
Enjoy!
