In lieu of a graphical update this week, I’m going to show off some SUPER BORING TEXT STUFF. Well, maybe not SUPER boring. Just some mundane text organizational stuff I’ve been doing over the past week or so.
One of the main things I’ve been working on is the ability list for Unearthed. It’s basically a document that contains every move that can be used by an enemy, boss, PC or NPC with the game. It may not sound like a lot of work, but EarthBound was somewhat quirky as it gave a lot of enemies unique abilities. For example, here is an incomplete listing of the physical attacks that are used in the game:
Physical Damage
| Name | Description | Power Level (0-4) |
| Threw a Punch | Physical damage against a single opponent | 1 |
| Body Slam | Physical damage against a single opponent | 2 |
| Used a Crushing Chop | Physical damage against a single opponent | 3 |
| Biting Attack | Physical damage against a single opponent | 1 |
| Bash | Physical damage against a single opponent | 1 |
| Scratches With Claws | Physical damage against a single opponent | 1 |
| Slashed With Sharp Claws | Physical damage against a single opponent | 2 |
| Tore Into You | Physical damage against a single opponent | 3 |
| Fired a Beam | Physical damage against a single opponent | 2 |
| Fired a Missile | Physical damage against a single opponent | 3 |
| Stomped With Huge Foot | Physical damage against a single opponent | 1 |
| Jabbed With Sharp Horn | Physical damage against a single opponent | 2 |
| Swung Tail Very Hard | Physical damage against a single opponent | 3 |
| Ram and Trample | Physical damage against a single opponent | 1 |
| Charged Forward | Physical damage against a single opponent | 3 |
| Started a Continuous Attack | Physical damage, repeated against a single opponent | 1 |
| Threw a Bomb | Physical damage against all foes | 1 |
| Threw a Big Bomb | Physical damage against all foes | 2 |
| Fired Some Heavy Artillery | Physical damage against all foes | 3 |
| Spray a Gigantic Blast of Water | Physical damage against all foes | 1 |
| Slammed the Ground | Physical damage against all foes | 2 |
| Shook the Earth | Physical damage against all foes | 3 |
You may notice some slight changes to the original listing that I’ve already implemented, and I’ll be making a whole bunch more down the line. My basic train of thought is to have different tiers of moves with overarching themes. For example: “Threw a Bomb”, “Throw a Big Bomb” and “Fire Some Heavy Artillery” are all explosive attacks that hit a group of opponents, but vary in power.
I aim to have the full listing complete in the next week or so, at which point I’ll ship it off to RS for revisions.
