Day Wednesday:
I took a bunch of screenshots to prove to myself that I accomplished stuff today! I actually did a lot today, working on this project was basically the only productive thing I did, but I'm still feeling way behind.
It occurred to me that I probably never posted a screenshot of my 'Snow' map. I didn't actually work on this... at all, today, except to add the monster spawn rates, but....
Also, a preview of the 'Mountain' map - as you can see, there are hexagram portals that the characters will use to travel between each map (but there are also hints on how these sections of the world are connected in realspace as well - the bit of snow at the top of this map, for example, of the desert patch which was originally going to be its own area, but now won't, only partly because I discovered the free version of this program includes a map limit).
There's an inn in the main city on my snow map, where the player can heal up and talk to NPCs about the main quest. This NPC is appropriately labeled "Helpful One".
There's another NPC in the same inn who, if you bug them more than once, will give you money for the innkeeper, in case you wasted all that sweet G you got from random battles. (Also, I decided to use all the 'hero' sprites for NPCs in this inn just for funsies.)
I also finished editing the last character sprite I intend to include in this version of the game, but forgot to take a screenshot because I was too elated to be done, and now I'm too lazy to wait for GIMP to load up again. I've also done most of the setup for the boss battle, so I just need to write the scene introducing it and the victory credits afterwards, and everything I technically need for this game to be playable will have been achieved! I then got a big headache and had to take a two hour break with Horizon: Zero Dawn to unwind.
Other things I did today: bought RPGMaker MV!! It's currently on sale on Humble Bundle, and now that I know I like this program there's no point in waiting for it to go on sale again. I won't be touching it until after this jam is over, but it's really nice to know I have it now? But that's beside the point.