It's time for another TNGT. I'm hard at work with the Epilogue Expansion and the end is finally in sight. Today I'm going to talk about buildings in Epilogue.
The Epilogue is an upcoming free expansion to (the) Gnorp Apologue in the form a new mode, which will include new talents, buildings, mechanics and a different ending.
A feature that has been requested a few times, and that I myself wanted to see, was the ability to have gnorps with names. So I implemented that feature.
The Naming Ceremony is held at a new building in Epilogue -- The Party Pad. At the Party Pad, you will be able to host three different parties for the gnorps, each granting a different benefit.
One of the open questions with Epilogue was whether or not to remove the shrine. All other buildings are staying, but with the shrine I felt it would be interesting to find a replacement. In the base game, the purpose of the shrine is to unlock the accords through embedding a sword into the rock, but since Epilogue is a sort of continuation of the base game, it didn't sit right with me that you would embed the sword twice.
So, the shrine became the Party Pad, and now a few lucky gnorps will be blessed with a name, including, but not limited to Tako, Gnorbius, and Beast. They even move into housing stacks.
The Naming Ceremony provides a bonus in the form of free housing, but if you are unhappy with that you can choose to host one of the other two parties, like this one.
The current design is that you'll be able to construct the Party Pad quite early, so that you can reap its benefits throughout most of the expansion.
As a small little aside, one of the more fun parts about game development is when you hit upon an idea that is too juicy to ignore. You are compelled to put it to life; there is no choice in the matter. That's how the Party Pad came to be.
I love the Party Pad.
I mentioned earlier how only the shrine is being replaced when playing Epilogue, but YX1-AB is also subject to removal in some form: Renewal. In Epilogue, the building is changed to be the Missile Assembly, and it allows you to assign gnorps to assemble missiles for you. Don't worry, the button gnorp is still buttoning.
With gnorps being required to increase the throughput of the Missile Assembly, it's important that the missiles have a compelling niche. I'm currently working on upgrades and talents for the missiles, and I think they'll be quite a fun tool to apply.
Work on Epilogue has been going on for quite a bit now, but I am very pleased with how it is turning out. I think it will be worth the effort. So now I'll have to go back in my cave to continue.
I also want to give a shoutout to Barribob and his new incremental game, Tower Wizard. It was released just a week ago, and is finding enormous success — and it's well deserved. One of his inspirations were (the) Gnorp Apologue which is REALLY COOL, and together we made a bundle.
I really warmly recommend Tower Wizard, and his other (free) game Magic Archery.
Thank you for reading!