Back in the saddle today, did some bug fixes with the Use command.

I have a list of really specific things to get done so I can implement the full solution, things I missed up til now that will help create some deadends. So, Soon.

Somehow I keep finding things I want to put into place for gameplay purposes, so!

Today I
- made all responses and interactions case insensitive in terms of player input
- fixed some scroll bar jittering issues that were bugging me
- made alternate strings for if you have psychosis / are gaslit

Worked on some practical things, presentation, making it easier to test, did some mild writing.

I'll do more later this week sometime

Objects can now interact with other objects !!

Time is a thing now, and I've been working on what the actual solution should be as well as all the fun red herrings i want to include.

There's also a system in place for being gaslit.

It's funny how much effort this was to make sure this was flexible

Tonight was maybe 20% technical, 80% just actually building the Puzzles because that's going to make or break this. Normally I'd work from puzzles/gameplay intentions backwards but this is Narrative first so I'm doing that part now.

That said, Doll (you) can now have States that affect your actions

Invented the concept of "Outside the room" and made logic around what should happen if something is not in the room

Tonight's notes will be quick- I created an event trigger that checks for Miss's status changes between responses. I also created some cases for what should happen if you try to do something you can't

I lost some time on UI issues tonight but will start on outside the room next time

Tonight, I created a flow with the keypair dictionary I made last time to use the index of a key and check it against an additional boolean that's set in the inspector to determine if a text event should trigger some kind of int or other change from a list of possible events in a switch statement.

Made a rudimentary text parsing script that searches for verbs (but not yet their synonyms) and searches your input for the name of an object in the Room. I used a keypair dictionary with the keys being consistent between a boolean array and a string array which will be used for integer changes.

Change of plans, at least for the short term. The RPG will still be ongoing off and on but I'm going to wait on the puzzle game for a bit for personal reasons.

I've started work on a set of smaller games that all have an overarching narrative and it's already going a bit smoother.

You can't technically get an index of a dictionary keypair without putting the keypairs into a list or something, and I think this issue exists on purpose just to bug me

Went back in and finished what I started yesterday,

I drank coffee for this but I got tired anyway
Computer, make a note to remember what mental condition makes caffeine ineffective

Tonight I was setting up dictionaries and working out how to give puzzle pieces attributes and have that tied to currencies.

Because you make your own pieces in this game,

Was trying to figure out why my colors were off and it's because I was using color instead of color32

I LOVE BITWISE OPERATORS

does this to you

hello I am not making tetris