DD# 283 A Father's Day Special?

Alright, folks. Time for another week's developer's diary! It's a very productive week, as you will see tons of content below.

But, first things first. It's almost Father's Day. So, I figured it's a good time to bring a quite famous father back to our current iteration of the world. It's time to bring back Lei'er Al'Baden, Tanya's father. In case I don't get enough time to put in his entire story into the game, at least, here is a song about his story before our current timeline.

Just as many things that happen in this world, there are many different versions of history. Most remember him as the smartest and richest person who embarked on a grand expedition to find Eden to save his wife. He found Eden. But he failed to bring back the cure in time. Then he died with a broken heart. Only a few people, on the other hand, knew him as an ultimate villain in an old online game, as a final boss in a quest that people keep farming gears from. Anyway, he is back in the game files.

Totally historically accurate appearance as people remember. The orang-ish hair, the flamboyant appearance, always showing his upper body muscle, even though his main class was a sorcerer. Even though, for now, he is more like a background character, his deeds still hold great influence over the world. For example.

If you throw a huge statue of him on the street, it can cause a very terrible traffic jam. People in the secret world still remember him as a hero.

But what if he is still alive? The Nise Federation is just a small nation from the parallel universe, yet it can already fight many secret organizations in this world to a deadlock by the end of Chapter 3. Can you imagine what if they gather enough power to open the door and bring the entire Eden to their fight? What if they also summon the Heavenly Dynasty of Holy Realus? The full might of NEOLITHIA is still beyond this horizon, and this world is not ready for it.

Anyway, for now, nobody knows if Tanya would be happy or unhappy to see her father again.

She now appears on your relationship menu once you have met her one way or another. Unlike many other characters, her attitude to you is unknown until it's significant enough to reveal.

That also means you can start to send her gifts to improve your relationship with her. Maybe that may even change the timeline to a certain degree.

With the development of the main story this week, the cutscene of < > can finally be unlocked playing with the song < >.

The Veil is about to fall, and that also includes the Forth Wall in this cutscene. If you have played through the Dark Elf King's storyline. You know they know you know. If there are endless parallel universes, there must be a universe where you have everything you have ever dreamed. You are not in that timeline. But don't give up hope. Your unique experience is something even that version of you cannot have. You are unique. You are special. You found this game and discovered what lies beneath in this timeline. Can you imagine how rarely that can be? In any other timeline, you may not be this version of you.

Other than the < >, there are two more songs. < > will play when you enter Tanya's relationship menu again after < > has been played in the main story, and the < > is a song for Lei'er, which you can listen to from your Boombox anytime. To make the experience more rewarding, a new faith tenet has just arrived. For those who enjoy this game's music, you can now gain some additional devotion simply by listening to the music in the Boombox if you put this tenet in your customized faith. Yes, we all love passive income, right? :D

In addition to the story content, the continued development of our Obsidian Slate devices also took place. This week, we got various energy sources. Elon Musk believes solar energy is the key to the future. I am not that aggressive, especially after I abused my lawyer identity to investigate some solar energy companies and find something fishy. But, anyway, in the game, a solar energy module can remove the battery needs of the device when you are outdoors during the daytime. My current position is still in those profit-proven defense energy sectors. I own a slice of the world's largest hydropower company. And I also own a slice of Nvidia. So, you get this fused monster in the game. Instead of batteries, you can feed clean water to power your devices. They are everywhere in the developed urban areas in the game. And they are free. But, since this is a world of the supernatural, we certainly have something darker. Blood for the Blood God! And it does not care whose blood it is. It can be your blood or the blood you have harvested from other sources. Maybe we will have more related vampire content later to better synchronize this build.

That's for this week. There are also various things in the full development log below. And there are still many story gaps to be filled to bring the closure of Chapter 3. Thus, the death march continues.

Don't mind Belial, she is not even among the Seven Deadly Sins. She is just here for some aura farming. I'd admit she is the most successful fallen angel in all those hellish plots. Behind two layers of fake histories, maybe most people do not even know her involvement.

This week's full update log: 20260614 English ##########Content############### 【Obsidian Slate】A new Battery Module hath been revealed: Solar Battery Module 【GPA】Thou mayest now exchange GPA coins for Solar Battery Modules. 【Wiki】The GPA page hath been updated. 【Wiki】The Item Modification page hath been updated. ##########System################# 【Obsidian Slate】A program module hath been added specifically for matters concerning this item. 【Obsidian Slate】The tracking of the current device in use hath been improved. ##########Debug################ 【GPA】A crash hath been fixed which occurred when selecting the “leave” option while exchanging GPA coins for rewards. 【Obsidian Slate】A crash hath been corrected that was caused by repeatedly and rapidly modifying the same device. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【黑曜石板】新电池模块：太阳能电池模块 【GPA】你现在可以用GPA金币兑换太阳能电池模块 【维基】更新了GPA页面。 【维基】更新了物品改造页面。 ##########System################# 【黑曜石板】专门为这件物品加入了一个软件模块。 【黑曜石板】优化了追踪当前使用的设备的方式。 ##########Debug################ 【GPA】修复了在用GPA金币兑换礼品时选择离开选项时游戏崩溃的BUG。 【黑曜石板】修复了一个反复快速改造同一个设备时导致的崩溃。

20260615 English ##########Content############### 【The Anomalous Nation】When thou fightest the Mysterious Armor Boss, the game shall now force an auto-save. (For this is likely the most lethal boss in all the land. Blame Dylan Thomas for that. :D) 【The Anomalous Nation】The story continueth. The cutscene 【The Betrayal!】 may now be unlocked. It hath been woven into the dialog system of the game. 【The Anomalous Nation】The song < > now playeth during the 【The Betrayal!】 cutscene. 【Wiki】The page of 【The Anomalous Nation】 hath been updated. 【The Nise Federation】The name of the president hath been placed in the localization file, that it may be locked and made steadfast. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【异常国度】当你面对某个神秘的装甲中的BOSS时，游戏现在会强制触发一次自动存档。（基本上，这是游戏中当前最致命的Boss。都是狄兰·托马斯的错。:D） 【异常国度】主线剧情继续。过场动画【背叛！】现在可以被解锁，并且融合到了游戏的对话系统中。 【异常国度】在主线剧情播放【背叛！】的过程中，会播放背景音乐【破壁者】。 【维基】更新了【异常国度】页面。 【尼斯联盟】总统的名字已经出现在了本地化文件中进行锁定。

20260616 English ##########Content############### 【Obsidian Slate】A new Battery Module hath been revealed: Sanguine Energy Module 【GPA】Thou mayest now exchange GPA coins for Sanguine Energy Modules. 【Wiki】The GPA page hath been updated. 【Wiki】The Item Modification page hath been updated. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【黑曜石板】新电池模块：深红能量模块 【GPA】你现在可以用GPA金币兑换深红能量模块 【维基】更新了GPA页面。 【维基】更新了物品改造页面。

20260617 English ##########Content############### 【Obsidian Slate】A new Battery Module hath been revealed: Hydroflux HTX-8090 【GPA】Thou mayest now exchange GPA coins for Hydroflux HTX-8090. 【Wiki】The GPA page hath been updated. 【Wiki】The Item Modification page hath been updated. 【Relationship】Tanya now appeareth in thy relationship menu after thou hast met her. 【Music】A new Song hath been revealed: < > (A remixed version from an old video.) 【Boombox】Thou canst now hearken unto < > within thy Boombox. 【Relationship】After the cutscene < > hath been played in the main story, when thou enterest Tanya’s relationship entry, the song < > shall play as the background music. 【Music】A new Song hath been revealed: < > 【Boombox】Thou canst now hearken unto < > within thy Boombox. 【Faith】A new Faith Core hath been added: Belial (Yet still under construction, and likely intended only for certain demon-worshipping NPCs) 【Wiki】The faith page hath been updated. ##########System################# 【Story】A new function hath been added to discern whether thou hast met Tanya. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【黑曜石板】新电池模块：洪流 HTX-8090 【GPA】你现在可以用GPA金币兑换洪流 HTX-8090 【维基】更新了GPA页面。 【维基】更新了物品改造页面。 【关系】谭雅会在你首次遇见她之后出现在关系界面。 【音乐】新歌：《她行走于时间线之间》（某个老视频中的歌曲的重制版。） 【音乐播放器】你现在可以在音乐播放器中听《她行走于时间线之间》 【关系】在主线剧情过场动画《背叛！》播放之后，再次进入谭雅的关系界面，《她行走于时间线之间》会作为背景音乐播放。 【音乐】新歌：《伊甸的假象》 【音乐播放器】你现在可以在音乐播放器中听《伊甸的假象》 【信仰】新信仰核心：贝莉娅（仍然在施工中。并给可能只是某些恶魔崇拜NPC用的） 【维基】更新了信仰页面。 ##########System################# 【剧情】加入了一个函数来判断你是否遇到过谭雅。

20260618 English ##########Content############### 【Character Customization】The appearance of the Lord of Eden, Lei'er Al'Baden, hath arrived! 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【角色自定义】伊甸之主，雷尔·艾巴登的外形出现了！

20260620 English ##########Content############### 【Relationship】Slaying the NAFO Ambassador in the Bazaar now improveth thy relationship with Rubikov. (No retroactive effect.) 【Relationship】Thou canst now bestow gifts upon Tanya. 【Wiki】The gift page hath been updated. 【GPA】The Flags category hath now become the Flags and Statues category. 【Furniture】A new Furniture hath been revealed: Statue of Lei'er Al'Baden 【GPA】Thou mayest now exchange GPA coins for a Statue of Lei'er Al'Baden. 【Wiki】The GPA page hath been updated. 【Faith】A new Tenet hath been added: Melodic Devotion 【Wiki】The Faith page hath been updated. ##########System################# 【Config】AudioConfigWidget can now accept a customized Z value and other parameters. 【BGM】The $game_system.bgm_play now accepteth an additional hashtable as parameter. 【BGM】The game can now discern whether the current BGM is a customized piece played from the Boombox. ##########Debug################ 【Gift】A bug hath been fixed which caused the generic gifting system to fail in finding the correct gift preference list for certain characters. 简体中文 ##########Content############### 【关系】杀掉在巴扎的NAFO大使现在可以提高你和卢比科夫的关系度。（无追溯性。） 【关系】你现在可以给谭雅送礼物。 【维基】更新了送礼页面。 【GPA】旗帜分类现在被重命名为旗帜和雕像分类。 【家具】新家具：雷尔·艾巴登雕像 【GPA】你现在可以用GPA金币兑换雷尔·艾巴登雕像 【维基】更新了GPA页面。 【信仰】新信条：旋律虔诚 【维基】更新了信仰页面。 ##########System################# 【设置】AudioConfigWidget 现在可以接受一个自定义的Z值和其它参数。 【BGM】$game_system.bgm_play现在接受一个额外的哈希表作为参数。 【BGM】游戏现在可以判断你当前播放的BGM是否来自于音乐播放器里自定义的音乐。 ##########Debug################ 【送礼】修复了某个导致通用礼物系统有时无法找到某个角色的礼物喜好列表的Bug。