I have already sent a copy of the V0.99 beta to Draken, the first person stepping up to the plate to give our English version a complete going-over.
Previously, Taskforce gave the patched game two plays, one to format for long names, the second a complete play-through to tie up loose ends and submit a few final bug-fixes to Bongo`. Everyone completed these processes prior to sending the insertion structure back to me.
This morning I made about 30 changes to the "Monster Guide", a special feature in this game that lists all of the monsters a player encounters and provides - in addition to the listing - an individual page for each monster that displays a graphic, describes the creature, and outlines its attributes.
Aretha-I also has a main character renaming option built into the menu system. Since a player could theoretically name each character "WWWWWW", such a choice would use a lot of line space with our VWF font. Therefore, if someone were to name a character "i" or something shorter than "WWWWWW", that person would see a variable amount of unused space at the end of displayed text on each affected line, depending upon the name chosen.
For example, a player could rename default character "Carl" as "Bo" and see a lot of blank space on every line in the game where "Bo" subsequently appeared. On the other hand, "Carl" could become "Bongo`" or "Draken", using all six available spaces, and see less blank space. With every line in the game reformatted by Taskforce to accept "WWWWWW" without spilling over, players are assured of using the renaming feature without any lines spilling over and corrupting a whole screen.
We have also made every effort to retain as much colored text as possible, sort of a trademark in the Aretha series, but this feature does not mesh well with VWF. The slightest change to any line containing selective utilization of colored text could corrupt it, so these are not places to become extra nit-picky about semantics.
Aretha-I could certainly benefit from the services of a few additional beta testers. I already know who I would like to see step forward, and I believe you already know who you are. So, if any of you "usual suspects" have the time, either respond here, or if you haven't PM'ed me lately, do so by giving me an-email addy via PM, and thanks!
BTW, it would really be nice have "Dynamic Designs 2018", "Patch not for sale", whatever fits, displayed on the otherwise good-to-go title screen. In due course, we'll need to add the splash page as well.