As predicted, my productivity (working on Dragonfaith) waned over the summer, after leaving COVID lockdown (before Delta and then Omicron started making waves). But then, around the time of New Year's, in the dead of winter, progress picked back up, as it tends to do. I've completed mapping a major dungeon, the last two towns, and a couple of outposts since my last update. Do you know what that means? It's on to the endgame dungeons! I don't want to overstate my progress - there is still a lot of work to do outside of the mapping department (particularly with combat), and the world map is still a hurdle in my path - but I have a game that's almost completely mapped out!
Granted, the final dungeon is going to be a behemoth. There are multiple stages, that the player will be able to tackle progressively (because I want it to feel monolithic, while still being manageable). As always, I don't want to spoil too much, but the initial stage involves three floors, the intermediate section will be a tower with several [smaller] floors, and then the final section leading to the climax will be a sprawling labyrinth ("labyrinth" may be an exaggeration, in case you were getting worried; I just wanted it to sound dramatic). I'm quite excited to finally get started on it after all these years.
