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PUBLIC RELEASE - v0.18.9!
🕑 Added 2023-05-25 03:52:30 +0000 UTCThe weekly update has been released!
This week the generator I used to create battle sprites exploded... so I have had to completely redesign every single battle graphic from scratch! Yay! I might be dead now! I'm not sure! Anyway, some of the models are a little rough and I'll give them a polishing later, but for now... new battle graphics! Honestly, it may be a blessing in disguise, as it opens up WAY more of the battle map for me to do fun attacks, skills, easter eggs and interactive things with. Oh, also, you can now build the Rehabilitation Centre! This will allow you to recruit Boss Girls and Goons without the potential "ick" factor of the dungeon! Just beat them as normal and send them to the Rehab Centre (can also send Boss Girls there from the dungeon)! I hope you enjoy! :)
PLEASE READ!
IF YOU ARE ON WINDOWS, LINUX OR MAC IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO NOT OVERWRITE THE OLD UPDATE WITH THE NEW ONE! JUST EXTRACT THIS UPDATE TO A BRAND NEW FOLDER AND PLAY! THE GAME WILL TRANSFER YOUR SAVE FILES FOR YOU!
KNOWN ISSUES:
Due to the necessity of changing the User Interface some screens (such as the skill, inventory, fighter and crafting screens) haven't had a UI pass and look kinda janky. All this will be fixed in the next few updates, so please bear with me until then. Thank you!
CHANGELOG:
- REHABILITATION CENTRE: New building in Northside! The Rehabilitation Centre, once built, will allow you to recruit Boss Girls without using the dungeon! You can also recruit Goons you beat (who can eventually be turned into new squads, assigned to particular buildings and functions and so on)!
- Rehab: You can send defeated Boss Girls to the Rehab Centre directly after beating them, or from the dungeon at any time! After seven days (you will be able to shorten this number in future updates) the girl will be recruited once you visit them!
- Rehab: You can now send Goons to the rehab centre when you beat them! Future updates will allow you to recruit them for various tasks, but right now you can just talk to them (five unique dialogues)!
- Combat: Made some changes to the combat UI and graphics. This will give me more "real estate" to work with, as well as helping to future proof certain systems and fun little ideas I have planned. If you're wondering where the HP/WP and stat breakdowns are, just click on the names in the top left and top right of the battle screen!
- Combat: Brand new player and enemy sprites!
- Combat: Battle maps are now animated! Ooooh!
- Investigate: Investigating Northside will now reveal the Build Site! (Build the Rehabilitation Centre there!)
- Scavenge: You can now find Assorted Materials when selecting "Search for Supplies" in Northside (after finding the Build Site)!
- Misc: Updated the Northside background image
- Misc: Changed The Glades and Northside districts to use the forest battlemap instead of the hills
- Misc: Old Town and Hillside Development fights now take place in the forest and the hills respectively. This is temporary, while I design the interior battle maps
- Misc: Made a start on making the text on the warmap more readable, but honestly I think I'm going to redesign that whole UI...
- Bug: Missing recipes have now been returned - I pinky-promise this time!
- Bug: Ami had overlapping paperdolls in the East Hallway and the Bathroom. The doppelganger has been shooed away now
- Bug: Talking to Lucille in the hallway now displays her correct paperdoll and her expressions change, as they should
- Bug: One of the arrows in Veronica's character card was misaligned. Now it is not!
- Bug: Sparks flicker from the tip of Typo Hero's sword as it scrapes against the rocks outside of the cave. The sparks are... green..? He pauses, statue-still for a long, long moment... then sighs and raises his sword... to place the tip against his own chest...
I hope you enjoy this week's update! Next Early Access update will be Monday, 29th of May.
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Comments
Aramadon
I just wanted to say that I'm one of the people who is really happy with the Rehab Center idea.
No Name Norm
The gane is amazing start to finish (update wise and when it's fully finished I know it will be amazing then too) This is by far not a criticism, so far (as far as I'm aware) we've not successfully used powers on Chastity just her "motivating us" or the date scene. which I for one am all on board with. I enjoy the encounters where you don't have to use awaken or shatter. It honestly makes it unique I like having characters that don't need manipulation good intentions or bad to do it of their free will. That being said I have 0 complaints about using shatter or awaken! It's a great game and all the characters are fascinating in their own rights. I am excited for the updates. You are a God in a mortal shell please do take care of yourself
Phoenix Ascendant
My apologies if I came across as an arse which, I could rightfully be said about my statement, however I was simply making an observation that has been running through my head. If I were not interested in seeing the development, I would have left but I see how far the game has come and can easily imagine where it can go and will stay on this ride as long as I can.
Despite a few (very nasty vocally) unhappy people, despite the game being unfinished and evolving, you've managed to keep it free excepting a few volunteers. Your work is amazing. Your humor is en pointe and I, for one am amazed at what one, alleged mortal has managed to do. Kudos and please, don't skip lunch. None of us benefit from you passing out due to low blood sugar. You've earned my vote when the next round of immortality is passed around.
DoctorDiscord
Ignore the complainers. Whiners will whine. You keep on doing what you do!
Stephen White
because then people like these guys would complain about the schedule changing.
Why not increase the timeframe from weelky to biweekly?
Stephen White
ignore the others, entitled brats gonna be entitled brats. just do what you can get done.
The rehab centre, and rehabilitating the girls, will all be expanded upon in upcoming updates. I had no time to add the more in-depth systems because of, you know (points up to post) all of that.
Good grief... I worked from 8am until 10pm with no break for lunch for seven days last week (plus most of Monday right before the update) to fix the catastrophic graphical meltdown and TRY to get some content out at the same time. This is a WEEKLY update schedule - gimmie five minutes to flesh out the brand-new systems, will you? :P Obviously the rehab centre isn't done. More will be added to expand upon the existing systems and mechanics in the next couple updates. I am but one man, and mortal.
Phoenix Ascendant
Gotta agree with Wild Bill here. The turn in game style quite frankly is disappointing. I enjoyed being able to demonstrate I was better rather than simply dominating as my gameplay.
Wild Bill
Really disappointing, we just stick the girls in this place and then a week later they suddenly change their minds and join us? No talking to them? Not using Awaken at all? No, I don't know, having a quest to repair some of the damage that the Org did to their district to *show* them we're going to be a good leader? So disappointing. This used to be one of my absolute favourite games back before act 3, but it's just not fun anymore.
