Relic Hunters - Pets & Presets, CoQ Modding Game Jam 2024

[in announcer voice]

— Are YOU tired of dealing with low-tier relics that always give you the WRONG equipment with the WRONG stats ?

*Insert an image of a disappointed Multi-Legged Chimera with +1 INT Leather Boots*

— Have YOU lost faith or interest in exploring Historic Sites due to the constant disappointment of finding SINGLE-USE Relics ?!?!

*Insert an image of a sad young Hindren holding a Cube with a useless oblivious beetle behind him*

— Are you SICK of putting in SO MUCH EFFORT, wiping out ENTIRE CULTS of long-faced, BORING Equines, only to be CONSTANTLY DISAPPOINTED  ?!?!?!?!??!?!

REGAIN THE FAITH AND THRILL OF WONDERING:
"WHAT WILL MY NEXT NEW TOY BE?"
JUST LIKE YOUR FIRST TIME EXPLORING QUD
 WITH THE BRAND NEW MOD:

     ¡¡¡¡¡¡ RELIC HUNTERS !!!!!!

Adds:

•  A Relic Hunter adventurer preset.
•  Another Relic Hunter as a Plant-Person (inspired by Fern: a grass-made counterpart of Fin the Human).
•  A pet, Jake the Dog, featuring a suit-armor mode—just like in the series!
  (He acts as a mini-mecha !!!).
• And two new custom weapons with interesting details to make them unique, intricate, and keep them balanced, currently in the possession of Jake the Dog! (He also has some of your relic-hunting gadgets—he might think they’re his now... oops :/ ).

► This mod was created to introduce a couple of utility-based builds along with a pet that you can enter for added protection that the presets lack.

•  The 'Adventure Time' theme ended up being the perfect fit to justify these mechanics, the post-post-apocalyptic setting, cute-weird mutated characters, and weaponize nature really fits with ~Caves of Qud's vibes~. 

- The Relic Hunter preset is designed to try your luck with the random Relics in your run

- Go in and out of Historic Sites, "stealing” the relics without combat. BUT! It can still be challenging, so you have to know what you're doing.

- Jake the Dog appears in his eerie, blue alien form
Just like "Fin" is actually his green plant-person counterpart
Jake is design to protect the player: you can interact with him and 'enter' him, like an armor suit (from the show) 

There are some references that Adventure Time fans might recognize :)


Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3360638740
GitHub:   https://github.com/Beautiful-Bug/Relic-Hunter-mod-for-Caves-of-Qud.git

This is was an entry for the Caves of Qud Modding Jam: Pets & Presets. 2024