The Opal of Narsine

Devlog

• Version 1.6.0 -This Old Game
  November 21, 2023 by Starsickle

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  Just a bit of touching up and some code inclusion for this one. If I wanted to add music or do some other things I've learned to do since I released this, it will be a lot easier. Work on the new and... Continue reading
• The Opal of Narsine - Now available In-Browser!
  October 27, 2023 by Starsickle

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  Yup - What the title says: The game is now playable in browser through Itch. If there's any issues, please let me know. An update is in the works, by the way. Nothing big, unless I get a lot done over... Continue reading
• Version 1.5.4 - A Little Bit of Polish
  February 24, 2023 by Starsickle

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  As I work on The Crown of Narsine , there's a few things that I spotted that demanded polishing and changing. I spent the week trying to get work in on the older games, and I fixed up some dialogue fo... Continue reading
• VERSION 1.5.3 - WELL-ROASTED
  November 15, 2022 by Starsickle

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  This is a quick update after salvaging the project. I've begun working on this one again and things surrounding it. I noticed that the SugarCube version was not correct, so I re-updated it to the most... Continue reading
• Development Needs for Version 2.0?
  September 05, 2022 by Starsickle

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  Yup. Still homeless. Iiiiiiiit sucks. I'm hopeful that soon I can summon the courage and time and focus and clarity to get all the the improvements of the last year into this game. Sadly, I lost some... Continue reading
• Development Plans 2022
  April 25, 2022 by Starsickle

  I've noticed a lot of traffic coming in to The Opal of Narsine, so I wanted to make a post describing the situation for interested folks: In November 2021, my home burned down. I've lost everything, a... Continue reading
• Version 1.5.2 - Release Update
  October 17, 2021 by Starsickle#bugfixes, #update, #Text Adventure, #rpg, #strategy

  This is a small update with a few immediate bugfixes while I do work on preparing my Discord Community. I'll be sharing this one a bit more widely, so I hope newcomers will explore the game and enjoy... Continue reading
• November-December Development Goals
  October 15, 2021 by Starsickle#The Opal of Narsine, #GameDev, #Text Adventure, #RPG

  There will be no update this month, although I may change my mind before the end of the month and put out something with some quick updates. I do not actually remember what I had managed to get done s... Continue reading
• September-October Development Goals
  August 30, 2021 by Starsickle

  It's that time again - time to plan out two months of development for the game. I have had bits and pieces of Chapter 5 planned out to be implemented, and some of them have been put into the game over... Continue reading
• Version 1.5.1 - Release Update
  August 26, 2021 by Starsickle

  VERSION 1.5.1 - IT REALLY IS JUST 2020 II - Farnor improvements. - Fixed and improved Tisseth. - Sandon improvements. - Fixed player skills not improving. That should help a LOT! - Some skillcheck adj... Continue reading
• August Development Goals
  August 04, 2021 by Starsickle#The Opal of Narsine, #Text Adventure, #Single Player, #Development, #Bugfixes, #QoL, #Twine, #SugarCube

  Here's a short list of things I'd like to have fixed by the next update (likely 1.5.1): Already done: Some dialogue fixes and improvements. Fixed a really bad bug with skill training. To do for August... Continue reading
• July-August Goals
  July 04, 2021 by Starsickle

  July is going to have some personal days in it for recovery and healing. I also expect to have a lot of time taken up by some games and books. So, what about the game? I'm going to try to wrap up the... Continue reading
• Version 1.5.0 - Release Update
  June 28, 2021 by Starsickle#The Opal of Narsine, #Update, #Text game, #Text Adventure, #Strategy, #RPG, #Role-Playing Game

  Back to work! This update was cut a bit short due to Real Life and other projects, so I've decided to release slightly early in order to clear this week and be ready to move on quickly. The revisions... Continue reading
• June Development - Coming Soon
  June 07, 2021 by Starsickle#The Opal of Narsine, #Text Game, #Twine, #Sugarcube, #GameDev

  Work slowly continues on the game for the end of June update. Sadly, I do not think I can afford or justify the cost of $1400-$2800 of art assets out of my own pocket. I have at least two sources in m... Continue reading
• May-June Development Goals
  May 01, 2021 by Starsickle

  Well! April has been quite busy, but it's time to get back to work on various projects. Let's talk about this one. I would to have substantial progress towards 2.0 by the end of June, but considering... Continue reading
• Version 1.4.1 - Release Update
  March 30, 2021 by Starsickle

  Unfortunately, I ended up being right. Real Life will be taking all my time for April, so there won't be an update for April. I'm releasing the updates I've managed now as 1.4.1. There's a ton to stil... Continue reading
• March work for 1.4.1
  March 08, 2021 by Starsickle

  Work continues on for March's work for 1.4.1, although I expect March and April to present some administrative distractions. I've been knocking out skill checks in various EOD events, and there's stil... Continue reading
• Version 1.4.0 - Continuous Improvements!
  February 25, 2021 by Starsickle#The Opal of Narsine, #textadventure, #twine, #sugercube, #strategy, #update

  I'm putting out the update a little early! For the sake of quantifying how big the game is, now: Twine says it's over 86000 words. Nice! VERSION 1.4.0 - MORE IMPROVEMENTS - Cut the Mine Manager and Cl... Continue reading
• February work for 1.4.0
  February 03, 2021 by Starsickle#The Opal of Narsine, #GameDev

  Well, it's February. Let's talk about the next update. I've been working on it. We have a slow start here on Itch, but I hope everyone that has downloaded the game enjoys it and spreads word of it. I... Continue reading
• Itch Release - The Opal of Narsine v1.3.0!
  January 22, 2021 by Starsickle

  Hello! This is the initial release of The Opal of Narsine on Itch.io! The game is already basically complete, but I'm hoping to really finish it out it this year with the hopes of adding more images a... Continue reading