Today brings more usability improvements.

• Added Full-screen and Resolution settings to Options.
  
• Added Music and Sound Effect Volume sliders to Options.
  
• The fusion screen will now keep focus on the Flux button when you have selected both monsters, to better facilitate trying out lots of combinations.
  
• Added text to in-battle details indicating whether an enemy is recruitable.
  
• Text lines have been added to the experience/recruit screen to clarify when a monster was not recruited.
  
• Ability details now lists the monster's attack stat next to the scaling factor.
  
• Combined battle popups now pull their hit-sound from the first (if any) damage effect on the ability.
  
• The boss-variant Prismwings in the story battle for stage 9 no longer know Rain Slash.
  
• A fused Watermelon's max level now increases by 20 per +, bringing it up to match the other three Elemelons.

Please report any other bugs or issues you encounter on the forum so that they can also be fixed.

Graphics improvement
Default fullscreen

Various fixes

Hello adventurers!

I am extremely happy to be moving version 0.1.4 from testing to live today! This update includes the highly requested hotbar system, a new dedicated ammo slot in the equipment screen, and several bug fixes.

New hotbar system -

By far the most requested addition since launch has been a hotbar. When designing the game I chose against adding one, but now that it is added and feeling good, I cant imagine it without one!



Items can either be dragged into the hotbar or added directly from the item-info screen. Once they are in the hotbar they will highlight then they are equipped, track durability and item count.

Dedicated ammo slot -

Your ammo of choice can now be equipped rather than the first projectile in the inventory being used. This should make it far easier to choose the right ammo for each fight!



Additions –

• Added new hotbar system (keys can be rebound in the game settings)
• Added ammo slot to equipment screen
• Added default language detection on initial game load
• Added new item equip sounds
• Added campfire to the workbench

Localization –

• Brand new simplified Chinese translations!

Fixes –

• Fixed language selection flags offset on 21:9 resolutions
• Fixed bug with fired projectiles sometimes vanishing when pausing the game
• Fixed character deletion button offset on 21:9 resolutions
• Removed equip option from stocks key
• Fixed gamepad slider visual glitch on mobile devices
• Fixed gamepad visual glitch when changing from 16:9 to 21:9
• Fixed bug when pausing the game quickly after attracting an item which could cause it to fly far away
• Fixed Ballian returning from a task visual glitch
• Fixed glowstick missing description in discovery items
• Fixed boss health bars sometimes flickering during fights
• Improved AI pathfinding when retreating
• Fixed bug when dying on the arena start point which could restart the battle

Balance changes –

• Reduced fiddlers attack range by 25%
• Fiddler will no longer respawn



That is all for today, please be sure to join the Discord channel for regular updates and to stay upto date with development!

- Zero

Small patch to fix outstanding bugs, but also...

We are planning to release a Kickstarter to fund the rest of the game's development, before the end of January (this time it's actually for real). We've been keeping our options open but have decided that games like this are better when you can play them all at once. A story loses a lot of its luster when you're forced to wait months for the next piece. It also eases development; since I don't necessarily work or write linearly, I have to shelve good ideas for future parts of the story in lieu of forcing out playable ideas now. I'll let you guys know when the Kickstarter goes live here.

For those who have supported us on Patreon so far, thank you so much! I'll be making a separate post on plans regarding you guys so you don't have to double-dip.

• Fixed a crash that would occur when entering into a new area in certain cases.
  
• Fixed a bug with Bite doing 0 damage.
  
• Fixed a small bug with combat line dialogue.
  
• Fixed a bug with some movement abilities putting units out of bounds (still).
  
• Fixed an animation bug that would cause multiple animations to fail to play at the same time.
  
• Fixed a bug with certain types of hitboxes not updating.

• Toned down lock marker animation.
  
• Quick Save slot in the save menu will also disappear if quick/save load is disabled.
  
• Changed counter rules to always have consistent damage, instead of changing the original attack's damage.
  
• Combat movement speed has been increased.

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Update highlights:
- Remastered enemy AI
- Fixed english language option not showing bug

I spent 9 hours and a half trying to fix the stabbing bug, however I had no success. Will continue trying again today and tomorrow. Very frustrating.



Bugs fixed and Improvements made

• Made shotguns 10% harder to pump.
  
  
  
• Fixed light bleeding into other rooms

Hey guy

This quick update today addresses some issues with Steam Achievements. After looking through the system that handles the unlocking of achievements I've found a few bugs that were preventing the following achievements from unlocking reliably

Campaign

• Grand Income Stream (4000 denari a month income)
  
• Exceptional Income Streams (7000 denari a month income)
  
• A Watchful Eye (50+ Roman security civic service buildings in total)

Sandbox

• Sandbox Adventure (15m playtime in sandbox)
  
• Advanced Sandbox Play-through (30mplaytime in sandbox)
  
• Sandbox Empire (45m+ playtime in sandbox)
  
• Financial Preparation (50,000+ denari reserves)
  
• Advanced Finances (100,000+ denari reserves)

All of these achievements should now be unlock-able and should happen naturally during your campaign or sandbox play-throughs.

I'm always on the lookout for BUGS so feel free to start a new thread in the Discussion Forum if you run into anything strange.

Cheers

Last October, Steam updated the recommended market rates for various currencies.
In line with this, we have also reset the prices for some currencies for this title.

Prices for Japanese Yen (JPY) and U.S. Dollars (USD) will remain the same, but prices of other currencies have been adjusted to the current recommended market rates.
(Prices have generally increased... Sorry)