Got a lot to talk about this week, with Sweet Expedition, Dawn of Djinn, and even a bit with Overseer of the Elements itself. So why don't we just dive into it?
Paper Mario
Feels like I've kind of been all over the place with Sweet Expedition this week. Before I dive any deeper into that though, I figured it's a good time to remind you all that I've been doing a bi-weekly commentary series doing a full commentated playthrough of Sweet Expedition in it's current build. So if you're curious seeing more of the mod and some behind the scenes commentary on it, highly recommend checking it out. Obviously, it contains spoilers, but if you've already played the Game Jam release you won't really be spoiled on anything new plot-wise TBH.
Part 2 was just released last Tuesday, so you can expect part 3 to go up the last Tuesday of the month.
But I figured I should bring that up first because in part 2 I believe I mentioned that I had ideas of implementing an alternative way to get an otherwise missable key-item if you're a jerk and don't help Kolorado. Since the Candy Star dealer is a key factor to this idea, I spent an embarrassing amount of time this week working on updating things tying to him. The idea I had took way longer than I hoped to get working and even then it's implemented a bit more roughly than I would have liked. But it works.
While I was wasting my time on things I've been ignoring because they frustrate me, I also decided to resume work on a "new" item for Sweet Expedition tied to Candy Star. I teased it a bit in the playthrough that the current item was more of a placeholder to a more powerful version I wanted to use instead. It also took an embarrassing amount of time to implement, but I did it. It became a lot easier, when I realized Paper Mario Dark Star already made practically the same item I was trying to make, and I didn't have to completely rework the item tables like Dark Star did in order to use it... so I used the code and made the item.
It's still subject to change a little as I tweak it for balancing. But it probably won't be by much, as it is supposed to be a super powerful item in exchange for being super rare. Trading Star Candies will likely be the only way to get one, so you'll have to make it count. Assuming it doesn't murder you in the process. I don't know, as tempting as letting it hurt Mario makes the item feel too similar to Dark Star's Bomb Fruit, it is not only a fun effect for an item, but the drawback helps make it feel more balanced and helps justify how powerful it is.
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