Dark depths

Hello there! Its that time of the month again - new devlog time!

New map: dungeons

Almost a year ago I created a post about the updated map generation. At that time there were only two maps in the game (village and castle). A lot has happened since then. The village changed its appearance twice (thanks to updated tiles) and became more grassland than village. And the castle has been removed from the game. And now, finally, map number 2 is back!

As with village, this map has undergone quite a significant change, and you can't even call it a castle any more. Well, at least it doesn't look like the upper floors of a castle - now it's more like a castle dungeon. Stone platforms, separated from each other by ditches so deep that you cannot even see their bottoms; and narrow passages connecting them... It's a good thing the hero can't get off the path - otherwise he'd have to fall for a long, very long time.

Special terrain: cobweb

"Special" terrain is a new kind of terrain; it is similar to traps - in the sense that when the player steps on it, something happens. A couple of important differences from traps though:

• things that happen to you won't necessarily be something bad;
• a special terrain can occupy an area of several tiles;
• the special terrain is always visible (assuming your character is not blind of course) - meaning it's always up to you to decide whether or not to go in there.

Speaking specifically about the web, it just impedes your movement. It's not too scary on its own, but your predicament could be exploited by someone... Who? Well...

New monster: Spider

Spiders are stealthy and cautious - they lurk in the dark, waiting for their prey, and only reveal themselves when they are sure of their advantage. In terms of gameplay, this monster is invisible until the hero wanders into the web; when that happens, she will descend from above and try to suck all the juices out of the hero (if you know what I mean). It's best not to resist, because if you try to get out of the web, the Spider will get upset and might use force to restrain you.

New voiceover

The number of phrases the Succubus can say to the hero when meeting him has increased, and also now most of them are voiced! There are already more than 60 voiced phrases in the game (and that's not counting the scenes!)

Unfortunately, some tracks (I found one, but there may be more) have slight quality issues. I'm no audio processing expert, but I'm looking for ways to solve the problem, so this should be sorted out by the next version.