How goes the Progress for Y2?

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhialto;

None that may be revealed at the moment, anyway.

[Rhialto]

21 minutes ago, Legate of Mineta said:

Rhialto;

None that may be revealed at the moment, anyway.

But any that can not be so revealed?

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

Not yet.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: Is Y2's combat engine finished? Has there been any thought of following the route of Black Chicken Studios and releasing a combat demo of Y2? it could allow people to import Y1 characters and generate bug reports, while advertising Y2.

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

It's not complete yet, but I'd doubt we'd do a standalone. You never know, but probably they'd only do a full release.

[Rhialto]

3 minutes ago, Legate of Mineta said:

Rhi;

It's not complete yet, but I'd doubt we'd do a standalone. You never know, but probably they'd only do a full release.

How close to completion is it?

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

Mmmm. It's mostly done. But it uses everything in the game, so...;)

[Schwarzbart]

I just hope the combat engine is also turn-based as there only few games that managed to mix turn-based and real-time elements well.

[Legate of Mineta]

S;

Turn based.

[Rhialto]

1 hour ago, Legate of Mineta said:

S;

Turn based.

I realized today, thinking about the combat engine in Academagia's Y2, that that feature will make Academagia Y2 a very loved game by me. So many other games with magical combat have one or more of the following flaws.

they are physical games, which my hands are too clumsy to use.

They are computer games that are real time, and hence too fast for my reflexes.

They are turnbased computer games but the combat is not against fellow mages.

or

They are turnbased computer games against fellow mages with very weakly developed settings and plots.

[Legate of Mineta]

It's a really fun, very unique combat system, too. It actually is a 'conflict' system- it covers many, many situations.

[Ascartand]

I hope that we could use taunts and such in duels. Like Guybrush Threepwood.

[Legate of Mineta]

Great reference.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: What percentage of Y2 has been completed?

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

Well, you could only know that from when it's actually released. But, in all seriousness, the Team is unlikely to give a figure.

[Rhialto]

2 minutes ago, Legate of Mineta said:

Rhi;

Well, you could only know that from when it's actually released. But, in all seriousness, the Team is unlikely to give a figure.

How? The game is not going to include notes about when portions were completed, surely.

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

That's the joke.

[Rhialto]

@Legate of Mineta: Why is there such reluctance to reveal Y2's class list?

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

Because a few Classes were cut from Y1. It's conceivable the same thing could happen in Y2.

[Rhialto]

25 minutes ago, Legate of Mineta said:

Rhi;

Because a few Classes were cut from Y1. It's conceivable the same thing could happen in Y2.

Is there a core of classes that will not be cut? If so, could they be released? And what is the minimum number of classes that Y2 would have?

[Legate of Mineta]

Rhi;

I believe it's fair to say that the Team is not likely to release the Class list until they're sure.

[Schwarzbart]

So my question about the class list for the current Year 2, while our char is in year 1, will also not be answered until the Beta of Y2?

[Legate of Mineta]

Schwarzbart;

No, pretty sure that one you will get.

[yukimoda]

So with Y2 being pretty much done, does this mean they've figured out a fix for the save bug?

[Legate of Mineta]

yukimoda;

The Y1 save bug still is not solved. Y2 uses a different save system, and it's fine. But Y1? We've never found the answer.