In order to solve this problem I had to come up with a 'relocation authority' system or a system dictating special cases on when we want items to reset and when we don't. Well, what about litter? What about things the AI have deliberately moved for good reason? Wallets? Purses etc? We actually don't want everything to reset. That's great then tell things out-of-place to get reset to their original positions after a certain amount of time. Lots of things might get moved around by the player (say the player trashes an apartment or a bar), we don't want those objects to stay in their trashed positions forever as this is a simulation we would probably want the AI to put things back how they were eventually, or at least imply that and have everything be reset at some point. I'll also say that just because these bits have been difficult, it doesn't mean they haven't been fun to work on in fact, they've provided some of the best learning experiences of the project so far. This one is more about my role, which is mostly design, coding and project management. Perhaps we'll visit some of those in future blogs with the relevant team members.

I should probably note this doesn't include challenges for writing, voxel modelling or audio work, ie the stuff I largely don't do. This month I've put together a list of some of the most challenging aspects of creating the project so far. Hello everyone! Welcome to a fresh new edition of the Shadows of Doubt dev blog. Be sure to wishlist on Steam, join our Discord or read previous dev blog entries here! A unique mix of procedural generation and hand-crafted design enables every room of every building to be explored. Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated sci-fi metropolis! There’s been a murder and it’s up to you to solve it by any means necessary, with the condition that you keep a low profile.

In the shadows of doubt