DD#152 The People in the Town of Outlaws news - [Neolithic]To the End

The 150th Week and Version 20231222

Hi, everyone. Merry Christmas! Welcome to another week's developer's diary.

Before we start, just a reminder, this year's Christmas hats and Christmas trees shall appear by now if your system time is correct. Don't forget to collect them.

Now let's see what happened this week.
As mentioned in last week's developer's diary, this week's focus is on Katan. It's a town founded by outlaws and exiled from the Nise Federation hidden in the desert. However, even a town like this has its own rules.

As it's a town of outlaws, naturally, when you get into the town for the first time, someone will want to do some outlaw things to you. You will have many different ways to react.

However, as a town that has its own rules, you will see certain people who break the rules get punished.

For more details, you may find in this video:

If you play Fallout 4, this part of the story may seem familiar to you. I pretty much somehow tried to recreate an encounter that happens in the Goodneighbor. The girl will make comments on how you handled the situation before she came in. Thus, your choice matters. As it's a new cutscene, you can unlock it in the Gallery of the Memory to watch it again later.
All the rules of the town can be found on a nearby board.

But, there is still a big question to solve. That is, how can a town survive not only to the terrible environment but also to the potential threats from the Nise Federation?
The answer lies in all those extraordinary people this town has. You already met one, so let's talk about the others.

A Hospital known as the Butcher House.
It's quite essential to have a doctor in your gang so that at the end of the day, someone can piece your fellow gangsters' broken bodies together, some of them may even recover from critical wounds. Thus, the first thing I added was a doctor. However, they believe painkillers and anesthetics should be used in more meaningful things such as creating drugs instead of being wasted on weaklings who cannot stand the pain, there will be a lot of screaming when the doctor is in operation. Thus, the building received its name, and the doctor is called the Butcher.

A Weapon Merchant Who Eliminated All Competitions
Selling weapons in a town like this is quite profitable.

Because this is science, I guess.
It's even more profitable if you take care of all the competitors by testing your products right on them.
That's not all. Who would expect the weapon merchant to be an ex-inquisitor?

A lot of ways to make you rich very fast are indeed written in the laws, they are known as crimes, and nobody knows laws better than someone once presented the laws himself.

Those are the two major players above the ground in our current version.
However, for security reasons, you will find some of Katan's structures are located underground so that they can withstand bad sandstorms or an outside invasion with ease.
The Den of the Pleasure is one such building.
As the name indicates, this is something very unique to this town. If I want to place a brothel, an erotica store, a drug den, and a place for all kinds of decadent or even sinful pleasure, where can be better than Katan? So, here we are. It uses a lot of purple tones to indicate its aspect with a new set of tiles. (You can use this tileset for your pocket dimension as well if you want to make your home a place like this.)

Although the den is still in construction, we can already meet some of the noticeable people here.
You will meet:

"The Gentleman" who steals people's wives according to some Chinese Urban legends has a store here selling all kinds of items to enhance your experience.

"The Forger" is not only able to forge money or passports for you but also to reshape your body so that you may enjoy this place better. Well, the reason to add this guy here is more or less I want to have some other characters that can allow you to change your passport, appearance, and gender in addition to Captain Nameless so that we no longer need to go all the way back to the Safehouse to do something like that. Of course, unlike Captain Nameless, this guy will charge a small fee to provide his services. The idea is pretty much coming from the Flesh Shaper of Melancholia in the Warhammer 40k universes. Oh, well, I guess this place has far more Slannash corruptions than that. Yet, because of copyright reasons, we just do not say that in the game loudly, but the environment and the characters are screaming in silence. :)

In addition to everyone mentioned above, the town also has fences you can sell your goods to without questioning where you get them from. There is also a bar located in the Den of the Pleasure. But, it only sells "safe" drinks. Random outlaws in town a non-hostile as they have to obey the rules. More updates will certainly come in the future as there are much more to be added here.

In addition to the content in Katan. Ukraine-related mini-games such as "The Ghost of Kyiv" and "The Special Tractor Operation" now also reward "Dust of History." Because the war has been on for more than 660 days by now. We are living in a history of the future generation. Let them know, we stand with Ukraine when they look back to us! Meanwhile, I found someone who left a negative review of this game because I am supporting Ukraine very amusing. So be it. They are not one of us, and maybe they can never be. It's their problem. When I talked with Una, she told me, she thinks many of us all sacrificed something to support Ukraine, yet we are still doing this because this is the right thing. Meanwhile, who can sacrifice more than those brave soldiers who are risking their lives on the frontline right now? What we sacrificed is tiny compared to theirs. Thus, we shall continue our firm support to Ukraine without any doubts. Her words inspire me. Thus, a new item prefix the "sacrifer's" has also been added to the game. They sacrifice themselves so that others may live a better life.

Now also about Una. I think she is getting closer to making more NSFW mods. But, after checking Steam's workshop policy a bit more. I think we are unable to have something truly Adult-Only there. It's quite an irony as Steam has tons of Adult-Only games while Adult-Only mods are not allowed. Something like the Sex Cutscene mod may be the farthest we can get. But, we will figure out something if she really wants to make that kind of mods. :)
Meanwhile, I have added NSFW tags for all mods that are NSFW in the workshop so that kids may not accidentally download them. (I don't think there are any kids though, as technically the game is already marked as 14+, 16+, or even 17+ depending on different regions.)

Anyway, that's it for this week. More content will appear in Katan. And as the next week will be the last DD of this year, I think we will have a yearly summary-like diary. Once again, Merry Christmas, and have fun! :)

This week's complete update logs:
20231216
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[Queensmouth Police Station]If a certain police officer survived Chapter One and Deputy Judy sacrificed herself. The dialog of that police officer will now change to match the situation. (Thanks to 渺兔's streaming.)
[Wonderland Travel Agency]Random caves may now have Sea Dweller Enemies. If the cave type is underwater caves or water caves, the chance is higher.
[Sayinas Island]New Location: Outside Xuanhuang
[Lost in the Sand]Added another entry of the mission log when the Illuminati and the Templars are standing off in front of the teleport circle (Thanks to 渺兔's streaming.)
[Hottle Illuminati Field Office]Added a restroom.
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[Enemy]Fixed the bug that Ancient Sandworms miss their localization nametag. (Thanks to 渺兔's streaming.)
[Oasis Teahouse]Fixed a small glitch at the entrance.

20231217
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[Katan]The entrance is unblocked. However, the town is still very empty.
[Katan]Added story content at the entrance of Katan with a new cutscene.
[Katan]You have a lot of different options to choice in this part of the story. All have different effects on the outcome. Even though, they may not be something you expected.
[Katan]A dead body will be left behind. You may loot it or even do something with the corpse. However, once you leave this area. The body will be gone as other NPCs want to loot it as well.
[Gallery of Memory]Added the new cutscene "This is me you are talking about."
[Sliding Puzzle Game]A new puzzle image will be unlocked once you see what happened at the entrance of Katan.


20231218
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[Katan]Added a hospital called "The Butcher House" in Katan.
[Katan]Added a doctor in "The Butcher House."
[Katan]Added a set of alchemy device in the "The Butcher House."
[Katan]Added a board that describes the rules of this town.
[Katan]Another building can be entered.
[Katan]Added a fence. (A guy who will buy any items from you.)
[Skill]New Skill: Throw Stone. (Strength-based physical long-range attack with the earth element.)
[Caretaker]Caretaker pet services now provide the skill training of "Throw Stone."
[Katan]Hooked Katan into the butterfly network of Sayinas Island.
[Butterfly]The selection window is now less transparent.
[Butterfly]The selection window will now adjust its Y-axis position according to its location numbers.
[Skill]Added a new icon for generic earth skills.
[Katan]Added random non-hostile outlaws.
[Katan]Added some random trees.


20231219
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[Item]New Item: Poisoned-Wind Grenade
[Enemy]Outlaws near Katan may now use Poisoned-Wind Grenades.
[Enemy]Outlaws near Katan now have less chance to have Flashbangs as they may now also have Poisoned-Wind Grenades.
[Enemy]Outlaws near Katan now have their own loot list. (Previously, they were using the generic bandit loot list.) They may now drop Poisoned-Wind Grenades.
[Katan]Added a weapon shop with a unique merchant coming with his own stories.
[Katan]The weapon merchant sells Poisoned-Wind Grenades and can modify your guns.


20231220
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[Ghost of Kyiv]The mini-game now also rewards "Dust of History" no matter the difficulty.
[Special Tractor Operation]The mini-game now also rewards "Dust of History" if you capture more than 10 tanks.
[Special Attribution]Added a new special attribution that can added more EXP on an item when it's sacrificed to enhance another item.
[Prefix]New Prefix: Sacrificer's (The item will provide more EXP when it's used to enhance another item.)
[Prefix]The Sacrificer's prefix is a generic prefix. It may appear on all generic items. However, I have set it to not appear on some Boss drops as I don't think many of you want to use those items to enhance other items. Please let me know if you think otherwise.


20231221
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[Tileset]Added a new tileset for the Den of Pleasure. (Although the Den of Pleasure is still a work in progress, you can use the tileset to customize your pocket dimension already.)
[Katan]New location: Den of Pleasure. (Still working in progress. Only a small part of it is accessible.)


20231222
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[Steam]Added the Adult/NSFW category to the Steam Workshop. The change is just to make some kids stay away from those mods while also allowing others to find them much easier.
[Den of Pleasure]Area expanded.
[Den of Pleasure]Added a bar. You can buy drinks from the bartender or ask him about rumors.
[Den of Pleasure]Added a smelter.
[Den of Pleasure]Added a new NPC: Lao Wang 'the Gentleman' who sells erotica items. "Profane of Succubus" can be purchased here, but expensive.
[Den of Pleasure]Lao Wang will give female players discounts.
[Passport]Made the passport modification scripts more flexible. Previously, only Captain Nameless provides this service. Now, we will have more NPCs to be able to do so.
[Den of Pleasure]Added a 3D printer.
[Den of Pleasure]Added a new NPC that can make a new passport for you.
[Den of Pleasure]He can also teach you how to forge money.
[Butterfly]You can now teleport out of the Den of the Pleasure.