Episode 3 (Apr 04 2025)

I decided to go back and add a card gallery to Battery RAM. I don’t think I’m going to do that for my other card games though, they’re pretty old and don’t have as many cards. But also while working on the Soldier game I found some pretty awful bugs that are also still in Battery RAM that I also had to fix.

Speaking of the Soldier game, progress has slowed down a bit. I wanted the AI to be a bit smarter by seeing ahead. Since all areas resolve in a predetermined order, I want the AI to simulate those areas as well. Specifically, simulate areas that aren’t Camp (which gives +2 Cards +2 Actions and lets you play cards), as Camp is the one where you make the most decisions. This way the AI can figure out exactly what areas it should put its troops and scouts in, as some areas will care about that. So far this has been a struggle though, as right now the code infinite loops and crashes. I’m still working through it but after that I’ll be able to just focus on making cards.

Another thing that has slowed down my progress is that at midnight April 1st, there was a new update for The Coffin of Andy and Leyley. Episode 3 came out, and I wanted to play through it at launch. I ended up playing it from 12am to 6:30am, and reached the 1st ending at around 5am. During the 2nd ending I got stuck on a puzzle and decided to take a nap…for 3 hours. After that, I ate food and then continued playing, reaching the other ending at around 4:30pm.

This is probably the closest I’ve ever gotten to taking an all nighter. The most I’ve ever pushed it was like 3am maybe. Somehow I didn’t feel super tired for most of the day. It was only at around 6pm that I started feeling sleepy. This is also something that I can only get away with while living by myself, as I doubt I can play the game with audio out loud while someone else is sleeping.

Anyways episode 3 was really good. It had a lot of content and was worth the wait. There were a lot more puzzles that I expected, and a few of them were a struggle. There was over a year gap between episode 2 and 3, except that since I only played the game a few months ago the wait wasn’t as long for me. As mentioned last time though, the game does have a lot of swearing (looking through the game script, there’s now over 400 f-bombs) and dark themes (no joke, there’s a rape scene), which means I can’t recommend it for everyone. But if you can handle it, it’s on sale right now.