Finally got a rudimentary dialog system implemented. It can support up to 3 different options per screen. Also working on the general game loop / week phases. There is a status update portion, a player choice portion, a random event portion, and a (potential behind the scenes) week over portion.

I’ve never built a data driven dialog choice system before so of course it is taking longer than I expected. I’m trying to stay calm though and enjoy the ride. It is fun to solve new personal problems of code design and I’ve been wanting to take a crack at some dialog stuff for awhile, so I’m succeeding there for sure!

I also continued to flesh out the design of the game stats. Currently I’ve got the following systems in:

• Mine
  • profit
  • danger
  • efficiency
• Workers
  • fear
  • unrest
  • happiness
• You
  • greed
  • compassion
  • ruthlessness

I am considering not exposing the actual values to the player, but communicating them via the narrative text during the game.

I think it’s time for dinner here soon. I’m starving!