The neutral NPCs of the town in Sparrow Valley.

There is two more planned towns, so they will get their own unique set, otherwise its color shifting galore.

Merchant will have his own model.

I'm wondering how populated I should make towns as well. I always dislike how towns in games were larger then their occupants or just small and more like a rural village.

I could potentially make Sparrow Valley town have about 20 buildings and a good amount of citizens. Mostly generic of course and then I could also do mean things like have enemies get unleashed on them.

Of course since I'm all for free play, you can kill the NPCs, they'll end up running and cowering from you, making you feel bad about their death. Mostly because it will count against you if you kill innocent NPCs.

I'm not sure about other critters. I had fish which I'll bring back, and I wanted to make some rats/mice as well. I may add a few neutral shadow animals that will just go about their lives and flee from you if you attack them.

I have a karma value set aside, something that can possible used to steer the characters path.

While Logan, the main character, goal is to defeat the mage that cursed him, he'll also end up going to the true shadow realm and confront the shadow lord, death, or whatever I end up calling him. Your karma will play a factor with the final meeting, and possibly other interactions throughout the game.

But then I don't want to give too much away on the planned story, so you'll have to live on tidbits.