I wanted to share a quick update on what I’ve been working on lately!
Right now, I’m in the middle of entering and organizing a lot of important data for the site, including:
- Items: Cataloging equipment, materials, stats, and upgrade paths.
- Maps: Setting up the foundation for a detailed database of zones and areas.
- NPCs: Adding information on key characters you’ll meet throughout the game.
- Skills and Spells: Entering abilities and magic for different classes.
- Shops: Mapping out what each vendor sells and where they’re located.
- Organizational Tools: Building ways to easily browse, search, and connect all of this information together.
All of the data I’m entering is being relationally linked — meaning you’ll be able to see which maps NPCs occupy, which shops belong to which NPCs, and exactly what items are sold where. Everything is connected to make exploring and planning as easy as possible.
On the visual side, I’ve been able to obtain a lot of the custom item icons and I’m starting to integrate them into the database.
However, I’m currently running into some trouble extracting the skill and spell icons from the game files — it seems to be an issue with palette handling in the DAT files. I’m working on finding a fix for it.
Looking ahead, I’m also planning some future tools based on this groundwork. One of the features I’m excited about is a Shopping List for Skills and Spells:
- You’ll be able to check off the abilities you’re working toward.
- It will automatically show you the cumulative items and gold needed to obtain everything you’ve selected.
I’d love your input, too!
If there are any features you’d like to see—whether it’s more detailed browsing options, personalized trackers, wishlist systems, or anything else—please let me know.
Your feedback will help me prioritize what to build next!
Thanks for following along and being part of this project!
-Logan