It's been a while since we had a post with design decisions and the main reason for that is simply that we haven't had much to talk about! I've been busy making stuff for the desert town while Teddy has been implementing all of the stuff me and Fred made for Arcadia. Recently we sat down to talk about two things though, and the subjects of those talks can be found in the title...
First up the Arcadia version of the Farm. Our first idea was that this place would be a place where you could get taming items and capture the same enemies that you can currently catch in Story Mode, which will then start living in the pasture outside the farm (or inside town if you decide to leave the gate open).
After some discussion we thought this would be a little underwhelming though, seeing as you don't bring along your pets here as you do in story mode. So instead, our goal is that you'll be able to tame not only all of the enemies, but also that you'll be able to capture several of the same species, and decide yourself how many of each or which of the animals you want to display in the farm. To do this we'll add an interface showing how many of each animal you currently own and how many are currently outside in the pasture.
To catch these animals you'll use bait in the same way as you do in Story Mode, but you'll be able to buy more from Oak in order to capture more of the same kind. Chickens will be the main exception to this. They will instead be acquired through eggs that you can purchase from Chika, who will also be present in the Arcadian farm. The eggs can be placed in nests inside the farm building, and take a set amount of ingame time before they hatch.
At the moment you'll only be able to capture the animals available as pets in Story Mode, but our goal is to be able to tame and keep each type of enemy in the pasture.
Meanwhile, Haddock's role in Story Mode has been quite underwhelming outside of him giving you a fishing rod early on. To remedy this, we're having him give you quests, where the rewards are aquariums for your housing house. Each aquarium has enough space for a set number of fishes (which you select yourself from the ones you keep in your inventory). There will be a variety of sizes available and each come with different styles of inside decoration. As for the quests, they will be centered around fishing and presenting Haddock with different fishes.
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