link?
Oh, it’s a new page again. Harumph.
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/240460362/KnightlyTale/web/mygame/index.html
@Goshman you just gave me a whole new kind of power trip I don’t think I’ve played a game where I changed how ranged warfare was fought all together that’s cool I enjoyed that
Das the cort of arms we choice have a impact on how people we see our family or on ourself and das it give any benefits
Do you have children in this and how many will you end up having if you make it to the end of the game?
Can you get married yet?
@thayron22
It doesn’t have a direct impact. Heraldry in the early middle ages had no real structure or ruleset where you would paint it one certain way and anyone else would know exactly what the message behind it was. That came with the later medieval period. Mainly the coat of arms during this period is for identifying friend from foe in a battlefield.
@AgentGuineapig
You will have the ability to have children, both bastard and legitimate ones. The amount I have not yet decided upon.
@Libertine
Not yet. Courting will come into play around halfway through Chapter III, which is close but not close enough. 
Can I go completely Roose Bolton and declare my bastard to be my heir after he kills all my legitimate children?
Damn I wanted to get to know that buxom wench!
Will you be able to be part of the King’s Council or be the Hand of the King? Or Guardian of the young/infant king? Be the power behind the throne?
The flavour text on the knighting vigil definitely helped the sense of the MC’s individuality a bit.
I played with maxing out the piety stat as far as I could, again, so I could see the changes. I love how I seem to be able to increase the other stats by making sensible choices, and thus don’t inherently lose out for choosing to spend my time maxing out my one stat. I also love that there are times my lack of attention to other matters causes me problems, but they seem equally weighted with the advantages. I’m impressed with the balance.
I have a few nitpicky errors (but I am obliged to nitpick only because your writing is absolutely lovely):
When you get the choice about splitting the watch with Arthur, it should be: we split the watch ‘evenly’, not ‘even’, because adverbish goodness.
“You knew that the carriage alone was drawing plenty of attention. Even a small amount of guards would dissipate the worst kind of attention and would also keep the lady-in-waiting safe in the city.” - Here, you can choose ‘No escort has been ordered?’ indefinitely, rather than the option disappearing after you choose it.
Remind him to just use your first name,* you’re equals in the service of the Duke.
*I think that comma should be a semi-colon.
Your continued support on the infantry had made it’s* mark as well, however
*its
When I picked a colour for the coat of arms, it said 'Which one will you combine with none? ’ Poor argent, to be so despised!
Also, a thought about the passages on the coat of arms. Have you considered including the traditional words for the colours as well as the old ones? The selections could look something like #Argent (white) #Or (gold) and so forth. When you finally describe the coat of arms, the reader already knowing (say) that he picked a white background with a blue falcon, the text could read with the traditional: Argent, a falcon displayed azure. Just a thought! It sounds more in keeping with the rest of the story, I think, as well as more exciting than plain old blue and white. Plus it would sound less odd to anyone else who might be familiar with heraldry… although I suppose it might also be a pain to code so you don’t end up with a serpent naiant or such.
@Pepper I believe it was mentioned that the MC could or would be part of the king’s council and be someone who has a lot of influence. I think that’s as close as the MC could get to being the power behind the throne.
Thanks might have missed that one
After a number play I have got the feel of my baron by the time of the battle I feel he look at the advantage the war has given but look home would-bond with is see his family at heart make his mother happy by Marriage to a suitable maiden with eyes on lady Catherine and plan for his lands the two could join in purpose with great benefits guard his people raise the twin in his father place by raise them how he was for that he must build tries with noble and knight in area learning lay of land what benefit can be gain are foremost in his mind
If we kill the king will our prestige and standing in the kingdom increase by much?
I would assume we get more fame but a lot less wealth for slaying a king instead of ransoming him.
Also is it possible to be a known figure among the commoners? Like a beloved hero and righteous warrior.
Just FYI for everyone, I have taken a couple of days off and I will also be taking the weekend off, just relaxing with family. I will resume the updates early next week.
@farmboy
You will be able to legitimize a bastard, but I don’t know about the killing part.
@Pepper
Yes, you will be able to climb your way into the privy council and act as steward to the king if you play your cards right.
@Fiogan
Glad you like the stats. I’m honestly just pulling it out of my arse most of the time while coding it down, so to hear it’s balanced is a surprise. But I tend to at some point make sure to check what the max of a stat is so I know where to draw the line of requirements.
As for heraldry, it is much simpler code-wise to construct it as is, but I may change it into something that sounds like the real deal. I don’t know how much I will refer to details of the coat of arms in dialogue, that’s the main issue with changing it up. A lot of the words would be something that wouldn’t be common in daily conversation.
Also, I will go back to the fixes I need to make on monday or tuesday.
@noogai
Simple answer to your first question is yes. You will get your ransom once the ransom is actually paid, so until then your wealth remains the same. Reputation always rises after the duel with the king, but the increase is greater if you act honourably towards the King, like a knight is expected to.
You will eventually become known among the commoners, but not due to your martial prowess or actions in war. Most commoners won’t care that much, except for the ones who were levied in the army. Your standing with the commoners depends on your humility and governing of Aswicdale more than anything else.
Hope you have a wonderful time with you’re family, will try to be patient for the next update.
@Goshman
You have obviously put a lot of work into this game. The amount of detail is impressive. Keep up the good work and have a nice time off with your family.
Here are some items for your review:
~ Even when my horse did not die in my playthroughs, the game still said my horse died, i.e. - “You began waving the banner to signal the knights in your group that the King was yours before casting down the banner and guiding your horse to trod over it.”…“With the King under guard by a group of ten knights and heading back north to the dungeon of Aurget, the Black Prince gave every knight a few hours of rest, equipped you with a new horse to replace your perished one and finally sent a messenger to the King of Norwall.”
~ “A few more pleasantries later, you and the Duke bid farewell and the entourage moved on. It seemed like the previous conversation started from exactly where it had been interrupted by your (*missing something here). The advisers to the Duke of Sterling were a particularly bickering bunch it seemed, as they quickly came to even hurling mild insults at one another when they got to discussing ways of handling one matter or another back in the north.”
~ In my playthrough I wasn’t in the carriage but the story proceeded as if I had been:“You lean out of the carriage and pull your arming sword just in case. You call out to the riders to ready lances, and they jump immediately. The small pieces of cloth bearing the Duke’s coat of arms hang down from the tips of the readied lances, the horses just waiting for a nudge to charge. The charge command leaves your lips and the horsemen lunge forwards. You can see the scene clearly as the horsemen cut into the brigands despite their best efforts to defend themselves.”
Can we as the story progresses expect to see knights who don’t fit the usual “chivalrous honorable warrior” type in favor of more realism, that would serve kind of as deconstructions of knighthood?
So I know we can’t become a king, whether of our own country or a crusader state. I can guess the reasons why, and I’m not really hurt about it (I can just play Crusader Kings II if I want that, after all). My question, though, is how far exactly I CAN rise if I play my cards right. Could I become one of the kingdom’s dukes? Become second only to the king himself? Could I actually become MORE powerful than the king, like the dukes of France were for much of the Middle Ages? Will our holdings remain relatively small and centered on our own kingdom, or will we get to take a piece here and a piece there through war and diplomacy until we control a patchwork of holdings whose only relation is that you’re their lord, like the von Habsburgs did? Also, will be get some kind of epilogue on how our family’s lineage continued on after our death? I know that would be difficult to pull off and I’m not going to demand it or anything, but it’d be really cool to know what your descendants did with all the land, wealth and power you busted your hump getting for them (maybe base it on decisions you make in regards to your family? Or give you some prompts to respond to during the epilogue? Just a thought).