{"id":1084,"date":"2012-11-09T15:32:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T14:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2013-02-23T11:17:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T10:17:35","slug":"leveling-up-in-heileen-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/2012\/11\/leveling-up-in-heileen-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Leveling up in Heileen 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I know the title seems weird. After all Heileen 3 is a dating sim, a life sim, but not a RPG. So what’s about this level up thing? Well, first of all, in the game there will be all the classic relationship bar\/values we’re used to in dating sims, as you can see in the screenshot below:<\/p>\n

\"Romance\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The romance subscreen in Heileen 3 status screen<\/em><\/p>\n

Before going on I want to clarify again, that the main game will have otome romances but only because the yuri version was delayed – this time it wasn’t my plan to release them separately, I wanted to have them both ready on launch day, but alas had some problems during the yuri development path \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The next screen could still be common in a life simulation or a dating sim, even if the theme is quite original (the Seven Sins \/ Virtues):<\/p>\n

\"Sinsvirtues\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The Seven Sins \/ Virtues subscreen in Heileen 3 status screen<\/em><\/p>\n

Those aren’t bars, but “sliders”. Meaning that they don’t fill up, but the thumb can move towards the left if you’re a “Sinner”, or on the right if you’re a “Saint”. The values will be a requirement to get a specific ending.<\/p>\n

What I’m talking about, regarding the leveling, is the new skills system I have designed. In my previous life\/dating sims, you had a bar with a value from 0 to 100 (usually). It was ok, but this time I wanted to do something more interesting: the skills are divided into levels. So for example you start at level 1 of Wisdom, and donig certain activities you raise the values up to 100, after that the counter resets but you gain Wisdom Level 2. It works exactly as the experience bars of a RPG.<\/p>\n

\"H3skills\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The Skills subscreen in Heileen 3 status screen<\/em><\/p>\n

This will have several implications on the gameplay and will make the game more interesting. Differently from Spirited Heart, your skills values will never decrease, but if you had a bad day they will just increase by a slow value: in this context, even gaining values like 2-5 points is not a big improvement, considering the scale 0 to 100 and the level which will probably go up until 10 or later.<\/p>\n

Other examples of new features include the possibility to ask one of the characters to join you in your activity, and depending on the choice you’ll get a bonus or not. For example asking Juliet to do Fencing will surely be a good idea, while asking her to help you in Farming… well let’s just say that you might not get a very polite reply!<\/p>\n

Discovering who <\/strong>likes what <\/strong>will be part of the game fun and I’m sure will require me to write a strategy guide or walkthrough later in my forums \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\"Colonyview\"<\/a><\/div>\n

One of the new background locations of the game<\/em><\/p>\n

Right now the music of the game is being done, using only natural instruments (live guitar, etc) and the background artwork is being finished. I still believe the game should be out in the beginning of December, at least the preorder phase!<\/p>\n

Stay tuned, and next week will talk about a very different game, Bionic Heart 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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