New inventory UI

The development of the V3 is still in a bit of an awkward spot but I can share some of the improvements the UI has experienced so far.

The new inventory UI is very focused on the "toy factor" of the items. The items now have fully graphical presentation and they're shown in the correct proportion compared to the inventory doll. The two different currencies (Adats and Krats) have also been turned into inventory items.

Normal inventory tab. Drop-shadow effect present in long item tab picture is missing due to a bug.

The Inventory items have dynamic graphical representation if they're designated as stacking items, where the item's sprite changes depending how many the player is carrying currently.

An example of different stack size sprites.

There is also a separation of long items into a separate inventory screen to retain their uncompressed sizes. The long item inventory often stores weapons because of their usually elongated shapes, which gives the long item inventory tab a cool "weapon rack" like presentation.

Long item tab. Note that there are enough items to make the inventory scrolling.

The inventory is still infinite in size (they will become scrolling screens after they're filled) and player has no carrying capacity. The game design objective is to have the player carry as few items as possible to not make the game into an inventory management simulation. The items are automatically sorted and the player cannot change the item positions.

The inventory screen shown in the screenshots is slightly incomplete. The finished version will also show different resistances the player currently has, so seeing the effects of armor will be less of a hassle.

Other

Other already completed V3 features are the randomized starting clothes and attribute dependent combat cards at the start. The largest code feature of V3, the combat revamp, is still under development and isn't a very exciting sight at the moment. While the V3 content will still stay mostly on the Sejan peninsula there will be more accessible landmass included in the new version.

I have also received substantial contributions for character writing while V3 development has been going on. These contributions probably will not show up in the base V3 but will most likely be included in the patch versions to V3.

I will be attempting again to provide weekly updates to the blog with missing monthly pictures and small updates on V3 progress. Despite the lack of updates, the work on the game has continued without pause.