For those that do not know, Ali Morrisane is an NPC trader in the north of Al Kharid.
He offers several services, including selling blackjacks, selling clothes, selling general stock, as well as having a selection of runes on offer both in the form of a shop and a Runedoku (Sudoku with runes) game.
However, there a few issues I have with Ali Morrisane.
The Problems
1. As it stands, to access each of these features, you need to go through dialogue. This is not to the same feel as the rest of the game.
2. The Runedoku game is fairly unrewarding. It's a nice little D&D, but given it's only available once a day means the payout is minimal.
3. The Runedoku game is built on antiquated code and misclicks will make you leave the game and you lose all progress. Even if you click on the area between the tiles, the window will close even though the click was within the window boundaries.
The Fixes
1. Add right-click features to Ali Morrisane that takes you directly to the store. This store should have all of his wares in one shop. Another right-click feature should take you to the Runedoku game.
2. Increase the rune rewards available from the game. Perhaps add a system that allows players to unlock higher tiers of rewards with more Runedokus completed. As this is a puzzle based D&D, I don't think it would be fair adding this to any completionist requirements however.
3. Improve the UI (or just rebuild the game from scratch). As Sudoku is very popular, and increasingly so since the lockdown (shout out to Cracking the Cryptic for helping the popularisation), I feel like this would be time well spent. It also feels like a fairly simple rework, so perhaps this could be a side-project for a Jmod with vested interest in the matter.
~A~
15-Dec-2021 16:07:14
Things may be looking down now, but I see a light at the end of the tunnel;
