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Hi, I have a certain action sequence that starts out with a dialog. I want the game to autosave before starting that dialog.  Then, if the sequence isn't completed correctly, the game reloads and immediately restarts the dialog.

The problem is when I do a game slot restore, I can't figure out how to get the dialog to automatically be triggered.

Is there a way to start a dialog immediately after a restore state?

"Do you smell that, Charlie? It's 'Nam, 1974. Iraq in 2006. Worked again, in the 2nd Dresden Firebombing of 2026. We burned the leftist uprising right out of Germany. Put down the sentient machine riots in Coastlandia. 

"You did good, Charlie, but now it's time for the scorched Earth, son! Here come-a the whirlwind, yeehaw!"

Thanks Cassie and Frikker  

Re: CJ-74: Haha, yeah that would be pretty cool. I kind of wanted it to give off that U.S. black ops military vibe, but maybe a design ten or fifteen years from now.  I also like how it kind of has the silhouette of a shark at first glance

Looking excellent! Cool step-by-step tutorial also.

Neofeud:  a 90's adventure game, hostile takeover of the present. Help us get this game finished at our new Patreon site!



Renowned for its uses in coup d'etats of liberal progressive democracies across the world, the CJ-74 Archangel manned/unmanned attack drone AKA 'The Overthrower' is the final word in over-the-top firepower and military-industrial overreach. Manufactured by the Coch-Jobbs military dynasty, it was used to put down anti-authoritarian populist uprisings uniting human, robot, and transgenic resistance movements with deadly efficacy.

Its GX-M235 miniguns will tear through even the toughest of bullet proof armors and humanoid warbot chassis, and its thermion-tipped usurper missiles will clear any skyscraper board room or palace hall of your rival Neofeudal lords and ladies. The Overthrower is sure to leave undesired rulers dead, and their thrones, real estate, resources, and women, ripe for the taking.

[Royal]

Thanks man!  It is very Aldous Huxley-ish in Neofeud, that's for sure!

Also, in other excellent news, I just created a Patreon site for Neofeud,! Have a look and consider becoming a Neofeudal Patron! 

If you become a Neofeudal Royal Patron, you will be immortalized as a character in the game, with a few lines of dialog!

I will also personally paint your portrait, which will be added to the wall of a palace throne room in-game! The portrait will also be in the credits and displayed on the website. 

Yes, your very own visage, painted by your personal artist, my lord or lady, like Michelangelo himself! (Although I draw the line at lying on my back on the inside of a chapel!)

Keep in mind, these perks are only available now! Once the game launches, these awards go away.  So if you were planning to buy the game anyway, why not get some of these extra bonuses?

[Posthuman Eugenics Studies]

Posthuman Eugenics Studies

"The Golem Project has been activated.  Rollout will be finalized within the week."

"And the prototypes?"

"We have the United Metropoli on a tight leash.  The Defectives will be disposed of."

"I don't see why we must treat them this way…"

"They're not people.  Anthropomorphism is counter-productive."

"What about the temporal dislocation?  The continuum liabilities-"

"An unfortunate oversight, being rectified as we speak."

"Media hasn't yet implemented monetization, how can we-"

"Time is of the essence.  Our competitors will solve the Hard Problem soon."

"We can always manufacture more time."

"You still don't understand?  The human species is primed, we won't get another chance."

"Singularity happens but once.  The Kingdom of Heaven open for an instant to the chosen few."

"Or perhaps we are Prometheus, moths to flame."

"The bugs will be burnt, indeed.  The defective prototypes recycled.  There are no errors in Paradise."

(Cut to thousands of screams in the dark)

Own the moon!?  That's ridiculous!  Her dad own's three *gas giants* and all the *Galilean* moons!  The sun-sucking multi-planet-destroying Death Star is under construction on Mercury -- so no one better make any mean snarky internet meme-list thingies about how rich she is, OR ELSE!!!

Yes, there will be furniture-related gameplay

@Mandle: Thanks!

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'Disciplining an unruly employee? Project stern authority with a serious mahogany finish.  Meeting with a hip Millenial tech-magnate? Upgrade to 'iPod beige' minimalist complete with built-in outlets for that boost of geek-cred.'

'A 'special visit' from a fashion-forward megaceleb?  Go for the 'Crystal Hologram' setting and start a laser-light party for two.  With the Dolsace Vidi-Vici, all the world's fame, fortune, and power is at your fingertips.  Dolsace: Don't just be on-point.  Be THE point.'

Nice work!  Nice naturalistic color scheme and wide-open space feel also. Kind of like a Myst-ified Beneath a Steal Sky.

To be honest, the most offensive part was probably the cover of the pulp, not the story itself.  It's funny in the context here, since it's pretty obviously a joke, but sadly the reality is people still think Hawaii and Pacific islands in general are just fun, sun, and topless girls.  Kind of like thinking all Africans are just emaciated children, primitive bush people, and at best gun runners for Robert Downey Jr. to scorch from the Earth with his proton cannon. 

There's actually a huge campaign to recruit teachers to Hawaii from the mainland right now (1600+) telling young people, 'come have fun, sun and babes in beautiful Hawaii!' and it's horrible.  50% burn out and go home within the first 2-3 years when they discover the reality, and they have to go recruit a new batch of paradise-suckers.  I particularly hate this, since I'm a teacher here, and this sort of scam is a way of avoiding paying teachers something livable.  Subprime education.

Anyway, just a fun aside!  Carry on!

This is deeply cringeworthy, being an actual Native Hawaiian.  But I don't hold it against the author!  Story's good!  I'll just manually Windows-10-annotate my own trigger warning for anything from this pulp.

Well since there was a request for more animations:



She knows how to work it!

Yay!  Awesome job with the game Blondbraid!  All the horror of war in a tight little animated package. 

@CrashPL: Thanks, and I surely will!  Still have a bit more of the "High City" characters to flesh out.

@Blongbraid: I'm glad that the 'way of things' in the Neofeudal future is illustrated.

@Cassiebsg: Oh yes, it's quite the chore, being Princess of Coastlandia.  A lot of angst there. 

Even CEOs, Presidents, and Popes bow and curtsy before Clington-Busch Royals.

Neofeud:

Making The Future Great Again.

Win, Win, Win!

Great show guys!

So I think the take away is that, 'Everything, including the rule of 3rds and Chekhov's Gun is just another tool in the toolkit: each used when appropriate, in moderation, and to the end of producing a great game.'

Welcome to the internet, where everything is either a panacea or the Black Death, depending on which side of the polarized flame war you are on, to the end of producing rage-induced-virality, eyeball time, clickthroughs, and useless, self-obsessed, blowhard individuals.

Game Over.  Insert Coin. 

JK I like the concept of the rule of 3rds though I have never actually used it myself.  I did like the part where Ben was ranting on how no matter how perfect your composition of your background is, it's gonna get thrown off when characters show up.  And how the minute details that eat away at you as an artist or designer, like the slightly-too-blue backlight shading on a bookcase or something, how that stuff in all likelihood will never be noticed by players.  Learning how to put the brush or the pen down and be ok with things is a hard skill to learn!  Especially for someone with OCD or APD (Anal Perfectionist Disorder).

That first guy... Is that a unibrow or a frown? Not judging, perhaps it's all the rage in the furutistic, genetically enhanced society?

That's his board room war-face, man! 

@Blondbraid: Thanks!