I may have overdone the combat code; the Avatar is getting into battles with the cats when you double-click on them.
Otherwise, progress is really good, with Tristan finishing the intro. screen and menu, and Ryan figuring out a bunch of NPC flags that I'd been ignorant of, and using them to fix the movement code. Meanwhile, I've partially figured out how theft is determined, and have (mostly) finished implementing support for poison and hunger. My next plan is to fix a few bugs (which some of my latest 'improvements' seemed to have caused), and then work more on the rendering algorithm (fixing glitches and maybe speeding it up a bit).
Work
Not a bad time to be looking for a new job (not that I am, in case anyone I work with is reading this; this is all just observation). But finding a job these days is almost a full-time job in itself, as most places want to interview you for 6-8 hours. Not that I would know this first-hand; it's just something I've heard.