the devs wanted to make worldmap not as dull as it is now. maybe add some random encounters, in Fallout 1/2 style? not just fights, but some unique events, like those Knights with The Holy Grenade in Fallout.

-Artifact staff with once-a-day polymorph ZAP. Either just rare as hell generated or carried by a unique wizard.

-Have a way to activate the thaumatic bomb

also, i will prolly partially revert the change to Siren logic from vanilla. having Elianise to sing to you and take your stuff in Cathedral is so… "ivanly". i bet nobody cares if she takes some stuff from a dirty peasant. it is IVAN after all! the player will quickly learn to avoid her; she stole my stuff more than once, and that was… frustrating, but fun. i knew that i have to avoid her, so it is my punishment for being careless.

and… scroll/wand of lock creation? pretty useles, and should prolly be cheap, but may save your ass if you are paniced and need some safe place to rest.

people, if you are reading this, feel free to comment on my ideas! i sux at game design (at any design, actually), so i'd love to hear your thoughts. or even your crazy ideas. not that i'm out of things to do (you'd better don't look at my TODO file, it's HUGE , but if you'll tell me about your ideas sooner, it may shape the code in a specific way to make implementing them easier.

and by the way… thank you all once more for Aslona route! i guess it's mostly red_kangaroo's work, right? (i haven't looked at git logs, it's just a wild guess). anyway, thanks to everybody involved. i like it so far, and for me it feels like an integral part of the game, made with "IVAN spirit" in mind. i haven't played it much yet, though — mostly because i am too lazy to sail to Aslona. (i REALLY need to implement auto-travel!) yet ~1/6 of my games is Aslona route. cannot say anything about balance, because i never even made to Oree without WM, but i managed to explore starting levels of GF and FC before having my ass handed to me, so they at least as playable as other parts of the game.

p.s.: we need to replace player's icon with a ship icon while sailing. sadly, i cannot draw even to save my life.

by the way: is it possible to kill the stupid kid (or wait for him to be killed), carry his body to the exit, and resurrect him? escort missions sux, especially with this dumb m… mighty future king!

hitting someone with armed bear trap does nothing interesting, tho: it simply deactivates. the same happens if it hits a wall (naturally .

i still want a way to disarm a mine too, but cannot think out how to do it. not with the code, but gameplay-wise.