Fanstratics月报#32#2023-04

来源：https://www.fanstratics.com/fstnewsletter32，以下由HeavenK翻译。

• ​​Fanstratics Troop: Insidious Slime.
• 兵种介绍：阴险史莱姆
• When considering the Insidious Slime, there are more questions than answers. Naturally occurring? Created in a Warlock’s cauldron? Summoned from another plane of existence? Known for scavenging anything within a dungeon’s walls, few comprehend the full history of these mysterious creatures. On the battlefield, when not whip-lashing their enemies, these gelatinous organisms increase their population by consuming the corpses of both ally and enemy. If this wasn't terrifying enough, under the correct circumstances, Insidious Slimes can also increase their number via Spontaneous Generation. This was a tough one. After two rounds of thumbnails, we eventually settled on something relatively unique. Upon showing the final work to a friend, he responded, "He's very gooey." I relayed this comment to Justin, who laughed and added, “I have some kind of horrible sinus infection at the moment, so I think I was channeling my hatred of that into this character.” For those who want to see Justin create the drawing, you can always watch a VOD of his Twitch stream.
• 当我们提及阴险史莱姆时，问题总比答案多。它们是自然生成的？术士的大锅里创造的？还是从其他存在位面召唤出来的？人们只知道阴险史莱姆会吞噬地牢墙壁上的一切，却很少有人理解这种神秘生物的全部历史。在战场上，除了猛烈抽打敌人之外，它们凝胶状的身躯会通过吞噬盟友与敌人的尸体而增殖。如果这还不够恐怖，那么阴险史莱姆还能在特定情况下自然生成以增加自身的数量。

• Despite the situation in the world, are you still developing the game?
• 在如今世界局势下，你们还在开发游戏么？
• Yes, but the pandemic and the continuing war in Ukraine have significantly affected development. If you keep up with the Newsletters, I have touched upon both on more than one occasion (i.e., Newsletter #20 and Newsletter #27).
• 是的，不过受到疫情与乌克兰战争影响很大。

• Do you have any finished materials or sketches of the game? I understand that they may not exist, but our community wants to know a little more about their existence. At the very least it's to make sure the game is still in development and not a hoax (this is the opinion of some people in our community who don't believe in your success and are skeptical of you).
• 有没有游戏已经初步完成的部分可以分享？
• Fanstratics continues to be developed, albeit slowly and is not a hoax. If I were trying to 'scam' people, I would have already started a crowdfunding effort with a number of 'fake' screenshots and 'pre-rendered' movies. As for 'finished' materials, the Gallery always has concept sketches. As for everything else, I believe sharing screenshots or movies of the game in its current state would be very unwise. Imagine trying to read the first draft of a 500-page novel. While it makes sense to the author, for the reader, it would be very disappointing.
• 还不到时候。

• I have one question about the game. Heroes 3 had a very interesting feature that not many know - console command "gosolo" which makes AI take over the human faction in the same turn and do everything for him until the next turn. It makes not just to do a lot of testing in general for AI but also it helps to manage your kingdom if you have a lot of towns and so on. Could this feature be considered at upcoming the game Fanstratics game too to allow AI to take over player faction for one or more turns by typing similar command?
• 英雄无敌3当初有gosolo模式（ai接管），FST会保留这种模式么？
• If you were unaware, 'gosolo' is actually a debugging/testing tool. When Gus Smedstad created the Ai for HoMM3, he needed a method to efficiently test it. So, he simply added 'gosolo', which replaces the lone human player with another Ai player. Once Gus finished his initial draft of Ai, each person on the Heroes3 team would set up their computer to run a specific map before they left NWC at the end of the day. On 'turn 1', we would run 'gosolo'... and go home. On the next day, everyone would return to work and see the results of the Ai playing against itself throughout the night. On rare occasions, the game would crash, or the Ai would get 'stuck' because of poor map design/construction. Most of the time, the game would resolve without issue. To specifically answer your question, 'Yes'. I plan to test our eventual Ai in a similar fashion, and community map makers will need this feature to test their creations. Ultimately, there is no reason why this unintended 'feature' shouldn't be made available for solo play.
• 英雄无敌3的gosolo模式其实是一种测试工具，拿来测试ai和地图的。FST里面也会保有类似的模式，以方便测试ai或是提供给社区地图制作者来测试他们的地图。