The Ledger

Hello....little update.

I am currently working on the job designs still (Blacksmiths is very cool, Goods Store is nice, Tavern could be very fun, Apothecary coming on well) and today am doing a Word doc and Visio UI designs for The Ledger.

What is this I hear you type?

The Ledger controls everything about the shop...from showing the accounts to having options to hire/fire staff, order stock, view Rep (reputation) of all your stores, editing decor (if we decide to do that), setting prices and opening times and so on.

If you have any thoughts, then please post them here! And no, there will not be a monster sat inside the ledger that poops out the accounts :P

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Originally Posted by Charlie

And no, the will not be a monster sat inside the ledger that poops out the accounts :P

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Aww dang. My gold poopin' furby plans foiled again.

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Originally Posted by Charlie

And no, there will not be a monster sat inside the ledger that poops out the accounts :P

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Refund, please.

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Originally Posted by Charlie

Hello....little update.

I am currently working on the job designs still (Blacksmiths is very cool, Goods Store is nice, Tavern could be very fun, Apothecary coming on well) and today am doing a Word doc and Visio UI designs for The Ledger.
What is this I hear you type?
The Ledger controls everything about the shop...from showing the accounts to having options to hire/fire staff, order stock, view Rep (reputation) of all your stores, editing decor (if we decide to do that), setting prices and opening times and so on.
If you have any thoughts, then please post them here!
And no, there will not be a monster sat inside the ledger that poops out the accounts :P

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Interesting:think:

The Ledger's a bit too OP in my opinion.
But I guess that's just his/her job. Just like the boss of a shop

So is it a ledger per store with the ability to see your overall rep, or is it one ledger for all stores?

Having an easy access to all shops at once is way more preferable than potentially have to go sort out one place at a time tbh.
(And probably less time consuming depending on the locations of everything.)

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Originally Posted by Charlie

Hello....little update.

I am currently working on the job designs still (Blacksmiths is very cool, Goods Store is nice, Tavern could be very fun, Apothecary coming on well) and today am doing a Word doc and Visio UI designs for The Ledger.
What is this I hear you type?
The Ledger controls everything about the shop...from showing the accounts to having options to hire/fire staff, order stock, view Rep (reputation) of all your stores, editing decor (if we decide to do that), setting prices and opening times and so on.
If you have any thoughts, then please post them here!
And no, there will not be a monster sat inside the ledger that poops out the accounts :P

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Hm. I suppose that there already will be some stores when we enter the game?
So these stores should already have ledgers. You can become ledger of this store by making good connections with the ledger so he likes you.
If said ledger dies, you could take on his job if you have proven yourself trustworthy. It is harder to become his follower if he has children.

Unless Charlie is changing the definition, Ledgers are usually loose leaf account books for double entry bookkeeping.
Just throwing that out there.

If you can't edit the decor of the shop can you at least upgrade it as it becomes more well known/profitable? Base level shop, level 1, etc...
I agree it should be a one stop book for all of the shops - different chapters with different pages/tabs... photos/drawings/descriptions of the employees...

Sorry yes, The Ledger is a book, not a person.
The Ledger will have access to all your businesses.

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Originally Posted by Charlie

And no, there will not be a monster sat inside the ledger that poops out the accounts :P

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0/10

Ledger is pretty much done as far as it can for the moment...now to finish that Apothecary!

I really like what is down for the Ledger so far! I also think that having separate pages for each business would be nice! : D

There is a dropdown box on every page that allows switching of shops.
The Ledger has various tabs/pages you can switch between that cover Staff, Stock, Status etc.
We want to make it feel fun to use.
For some reason I have the image of an old man in a Wee Willie Winkie hat, poring over the ledger by candlelight in a dusty, book-filled study :-)

not sure why but the image of the ledger in my head is an animate book in disguise and when the player try to open it, it would say something like "what, you again?" "How may assist you oh great human-(sarcasm)". Basically a very sarcastic magical book that updates (and complains and maybe provide some helpful hints/tips) as the player progress.

Oooh I quite like the idea that the Ledger has a personality.
We were going to do that with the Grimoire...an item you can buy from Mr Fairweather that lets you....well you can wait and see ;-)

i greatly enjoy this idea! Especially the Ledger being a SassyBack Book. For me, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of information needed within shops to keep track of things, so a singular location to be able to access all of that is lovely.

Being able to change the decor of each shop sounds like a lot of fun, too... =-0