A little older, a little wiser, and I've finally realized that Adobe basically owns the .swf extension. This means I can't upload the game directly to FA, so I've at last gotten back into programming the game in Python.

In other news, I wrote a second program that lets me make maps with varied biomes and encounters, and ideally I should be able to easily "mark" certain places for quests, events, shops, etc once I get around to doing programming the marking feature. Additionally, I rewrote the whole game again because as I learn more, I realize better ways to get all the pieces of the game playing nicely with one another.

Furthermore, I revamped combat to focus more on the inflation/deflation aspect. Assuming your opponent isn't too loose and stretchy, your weapon will poke a hole in them, causing them to deflate based on how much damage they've taken. This means it's really hard to pop your opponent with your claws or whatever unless you're quite strong and overleveled, because they'll deflate over time rather than all at once. Instead, you and the opposing toy try to tackle and then inflate/deflate each other. Once your opponent is nice and tight, you can tear a bigger hole in them with your attack, or you can keep going until kaboom, holding their muzzle shut so they can't deflate safely. Conversely, you can keep attacking until their skin is too loose to pierce, then open their valve and hug them until they go flat.

Finally, killing toys evil or not really bothers me, so it's canon that all toys just wake up in their bed totally fine an hour later or so if they get popped. This is going to be a lighthearted world in general, I hope~

Once I get some graphics and plenty of unique enemies in place, I'll put the game on Dropbox for you all to test out! :D