Hi everyone, tonight I'm pleased to release Exoplanet as the free demo for: Project Coreward.
Project Coreward, the completion of Exoplanet, is releasing in mid-January 2024. This is the real deal! Project Coreward is a 10 hour plus open-world RPG and the culmination of years of work. It is the full Exoplanet experience extended, rebranded and REBUILT.
One final note, this build will break all legacy Exoplanet save games. If you'd like the "old" Exoplanet game back, you can switch your branch in the game settings to the beta version: LIKE THIS
Thank you for your support and attention to Westale: Peelgrimage. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. As Christmas passes, we will be removing the Christmas Special decorations in the field. The following are contents for this update:
New Contents
1. Added talent “Charm of Discard”. After learning it, player can skip selection when level up. 2. Added animation for item “Soul Essence” and talent “New Life”.
Optimization of Functions
1. Reduced the lagging issue when experience is too much in the field. 2. Increased the prayer beads circling speed of “Young Monk”, “Tripitaka” and “Candana”. 3. Increased the auto damage of “Sandi”, “Sand Monk” and “The Golden” and enhanced the skill of “Sand Monk”. 4. Adjusted the reset count from +1 to +2.
Bug Fixes
1. Fixed an issue where “Firestorm Roller” and “Firestorm Roller EX” cannot attack normally. 2. Fixed an issue where “Brazier of Eight Trigrams” may still appear randomly even having exclusive relics. 3. Fixed an issue where the red dot of talent does not disappear after clicking the talent. 4. Fixed an incorrect display issue of relics information. 5. Fixed an issue where “Flaming Xingtian” does not release fire during transformation. 6. Fixed an issue of being able to transform at the beginning of level up. 7. Adjusted the text of “Iron Pickaxe”, “Golden Pickaxe”, “Adamantite Pickaxe” and “Adamantite Pickaxe EX”. 8. Fixed an incorrect English translation of some talents. 9. Fixed an issue where the prayer beads of “Sand Monk” did not disappear when it transform. 10. Fixed a display issue of the “Treasure Bowl” when transform to sneak. 11. Fixed an issue where player can kill Boss instantly with “Hardening Pill”. 12. Fixed an issue where the screen would continue flicker due to eating “Hardening Pill” when injured. 13. Fixed an issue where “Brush” weapon will be automatically used when using a roulette of luck.
Marble Fest Day 1 will be on Saturday January 6th at 9am ET to 11pm ET & Marble Fest Day 2 will be on Sunday January 7th, 2024 9am ET to 11pm ET
Join 8 streamers in back to back segments each day... Once one streamer ends the next streamer begins! Each host will have 2 hours to run a Marbles on Stream event as they wish then at the end of 2 hours, each streamer will also award 1 set of 30 Tournament Coins and 2 sets of 15 Community Coins. 50 from each segment will win a layer of the Exclusive Marble Fest evolving marble. There are 6 layers that make up this Marble Fest event marble! The event marble is in the shop now, so you can start of the event with 1 level of the marble skin!
Below is a list of streamers and their time slots:
Each segment host will have their own Leaderboard, so there are many chances for you to participate and win the event exclusive marble skin!
Join the Pixel by Pixel Studios Discord server to get any and all info about this event and others taking place in the community: https://discord.gg/pixelbypixelstudios
Here it is, the version you've all been waiting for, Alpha 0.1.0...
Daring Academy Alpha 0.1.0 is divided into two versions: Original Version and Chapter 1 Demo.
Differences on the Chapter 1 Demo:
It's available on Steam Itch.io and Gamejolt for free, even when the main game is done (0.1.0 to 1.0.0 will only be available on Itch.io)
Achievements are removed, due to an issue on Steam's end
Backgrounds in UIs are changed to the apartment, indicating the moving in of the main character and Amelia
Anything regarding the full game has been changed to mention the demo, that includes logos, version numbers, etc
We strongly recommend you play the Chapter 1 Demo to get a feel of the game, as if you plan on getting all achievements in the game, saves from the Chapter 1 Demo won't give the achievements from Chapter 1 upon playing Chapter 2 and onward, due to issues with Steam demos and all.
Note: As with any alphas, there are a ton of internal code changes and file reorganizations, so saves might not be compatible between the old versions. Alpha 0.1.0 and onwards will try to keep as much support with Chapter 1 saves as possible, but may become incompatible in future updates, so beware.
For Steam Deck Users: While playtesting the game on Steam Deck, we encountered an issue in Desktop Mode where the keyboard wouldn't show up if it the game was in fullscreen mode, even when pressing Steam+X. If this issue appears to you, please connect a keyboard to your device. The keyboard works fully in gaming mode though.
If you have Decky Loader on your Steam Deck, you can change the artworks of the Chapter 1 demo build using SteamGridDB plugin. See the official GitHub for SteamGridDB to learn how.
A massive thanks to Imbion, Jenivere, Kalosmuffins, Kit from "Kit\'s Workshop", K0maru, RedRan6er, Wavi, LemonadeMochi, Dark_Green, Carter Vandenberg, UnlishedTen8, optimistic1236, SelLillianna, spottyboi, Jayne/Koriko, Twotoneinc, TimberRaven, bikifrench, chlodiami, Alexei, genderlurker, angelicangela., kortniblini, aksanaip, alainax, bdkcisme, jankbithle, Jaydon (A), Gauncamole, Fabryn, Hallowuette, ayinsis and everyone I missed for playtesting throughout 0.0.1 to 0.1.0's development phase. This demo wouldn't be possible without all of you.
You can download and play 0.0.1, known as the Legacy Edition to see all the progress in 3 years of development. This edition of 0.0.1 doesn't change the story from said version but adds smaller things like a smaller cursor, Discord rich presence support, etc. Go to https://thediamondcryst.itch.io/daring-academy-chapter-1-demo or select the Legacy branch in the Steam build settings to play it. Note: Any issues in this version will not be fixed. Saves in that version of the game are also not compatible with the Chapter 1 Demo, 0.1.0, or the full game.
As a final thank you, thanks to Dandelier for making the image in the header perfectly representing Chapter 1. See more of his images in Chapter 2 and beyond!
Here's the full changelog:
Updated to Ren'Py version 8.1.3.23091805
Optimized some of the code
Moved the "Customization" category in the "Accessibility" option tab to the "Customization" option tab
Added:
Added an anti-cheat detector fighting UnRen, a popular Ren'Py Cheat system
Added voice sound effects for every character except the main character
Added the "Voice" volume slider back into the game
Added flowing cherry blossom leaves to the main menu/game menu and credit backgrounds
Added a small chance of shooting stars to appear in the main menu/game menu and credit backgrounds
Added an icon to the Mac executable of the game
Added a pop-up when a controller is connected or disconnected
Added an option to make the quick menu bigger (Mainly for Steam Deck users)
Added new tabs in the control screen for Xbox, Playstation, Steam Deck, and other controllers
Added icons to specific controls when they're mentioned
Added new dialogues mentioning Novabucks and their ratio compared to the dollars
Added new dialogues at the start mentioning Amelia's uneasy feeling about moving out, and saying it's the first of August
Added Amora's bio (In the non-demo only)
Added Amora to the main menu (Thanks to LemonadeMochi for discovering my plan with her) (In the non-demo only)
Added Amora to the in-game gallery screen
Added a "Reduce Animations" option
Added more swearing dialogues in Day 3
Added hover icons to the bottom icons in the main menu
Added new dialogues in Day 4 explaining how Amelia and the main character got goblin meat instead of ground beef
Added new dialogues in Day 4 where it explains what are wisp forms to when Kitt (In wisp form) appears in when Clementine is introduced
Added new dialogues in Day 1 mentioning goodbyes before Amelia and the main character leaves for Hora
Added a Continue button to phone text scenes
Added the "Auto" option in the quick menu back
Added the Rollback Side option back into the game
Added a "Skip the song" button in the Catching Moments scene
Added new narration lines mentioning how you can pat catgirls (Enjoy, everyone!)
Added a "Toggle Voice Sound Effects" option
Added name references for Amora, Minty, and Delilah
Added a "Sync Achievements to Steam" button in the achievement screen (Not operational until Version 1.0.0 is released)
Added pronouns and gender toggles in the options screen while playing the game, allowing for a genderfluid main character
Added a delete save button to the saves screen
Added the "Trailer - Chapter 1 Demo" song to the music room
Added a pink bracelet to Rose's sprite
Added music captions to the music room
Added back the light kiss sound effect to Day 2
Added new achievements: Squoosh Kitt and Squoosh Loya (In the non-demo only)
Added the ability to squish spirits
Added a Daring Academy Socials button to the main menu
Added a Gamejolt button to the main menu
Added a "Quit Game" button to the Options screen
Added text mentioning that the floating keyboard on Steam Deck may not hide when pressing the backout buttons once and a workaround around it
Added a back button to the Save Name screen
Added controller support whenever clicking on images during phone scenes
Added an option to change some artist names in the music room to match up with the uploaded songs on music streaming services
Added music captions to the main menu
Changed:
Changed the redirection of the Discord icon in the main menu from the official Monster Orb server to the official Daring Academy server
Changed the "Wishlist the game!" button in the Discord Rich Presence to "Play the demo!"
Changed the names during the phone texts to not be colored
Changed dialogue texts to be slightly lower
Changed Delilah's bio age from "25 cat years old" to '22 cat years old"
Changed Delilah's bio birthday from "March 13th, 3185" to "March 13th, 3188'
Changed some of Delilah's lines indicating "Min" to "Minny" (Thanks to Jse for the suggestion)
Changed the "Continue Game" button to below the "New Game" button
Changed the coffee store image to be inside the store
Changed the smoke images to fit with the anime/cartoon style the game uses
Changed so the game runs at fullscreen by default
Changed so tooltips from the text fields in the character creation screen feature a line saying how to open the Steam Deck keyboard
Changed all mentions of dollars to Novabucks
Changed all character bases to feature a belly button
Changed Amelia and the main character's friendship years from 10 years to 15 years
Changed so when Amelia sighs at the start of Day 1, her sprite actually sighs
Changed the dialogue introducing Amelia to reflect they knew each other before school and mentioning Ruby Sweet babysitting the main character
Changed the game description in the About screen
Changed some dialogues and texts to reflect the voice sound effects used
Changed the image when the main character and Amelia show their schedule to reflect the schedule in Chapter 2 and Chapter 3
Changed it so Elizabeth kneels down while cleaning the wine bottle in Day 3
Changed it so the main character mentions their sister instead of their uncle if the "I know what you mean, Millie..." option is selected
Changed it so you need to click the "Continue" button to end phone text scenes
Changed it so the main character goes in a general course instead of being player-dependent
Changed in Day 4 after Clementine's introduction, Amelia's side image has a confused look until thanking Kitt
Changed so the girls in the main menu now have a tint whenever it goes to nighttime
Changed so now pronouns only use one variable per language
Changed so now the extra screens go back to the game instead of the last screen (Side effect from adding controller support, sorry)
Changed Amelia's sprites to fix her figure, posture, and breast size
Changed Rose's left hand to be more like an actual hand
Changed Rose's base to match the panties with the bra
Changed Elizabeth's sprite to feature a black floral chocker
Changed Elizabeth's sprite to not have a floating black blob on her base
Changed Minty and Delilah's sprites to feature breasts lines
Changed Minty's sprite to feature a paw-shaped mole
Changed Delilah's sprite to have freckles on her face, neck and shoulders
Changed Delilah's sprite to remove the heart arm decoration from the bases and made it its own image
Changed when petting Minty or Delilah, they no longer rotate
Changed when petting Minty or Delilah, they purr
Changed the phone system so images sent by characters don't have a background
Changed the spaghetti images sent by Amelia in Day 4 to 9:16 and to not contain a white outline
Changed the presplash image to feature Amora (In the non-demo only)
Changed the volume of the music to be at 80% volume by default, even if the slider is at 100%
Changed the pronouns screen so sibling and child titles are gender dependent
Changed so texts mentioning Wisps Forms are italicized
Changed the CTC Arrow tooltip to mention how changing the font may result in the arrow not aligning
Changed all introduction gallery images
Changed so character in name references now dissolve before returning to the character creation screen
Changed so quick menu backgrounds are now colored based on the textboxes
Changed so "main_gender" now only controls the main character's appearance
Changed the "Customization" category to "Gameplay"
Changed the Name Your Save screen to better fit with the confirm screen
Changed all character bio ages to use variables
Changed Rose's bio description
Changed most night versions of the apartment to have a blue-ish tint instead of being black
Changed the Twitter icon in the main menu to the X icon, due to the Elon Musk acquisition of Twitter and rename
Changed so that the Itch.io, Steam, and newly added Gamejolt image buttons on the main menu are based on the build downloaded, due to issues with Steam builds and non-steam store links
Changed so the "Example:" texts in the custom pronouns screen are bolded, separating the example sentence from the wanted pronouns sentence
Changed so the respective pronouns mentioned in the custom pronouns screen now link to official sources and examples about them
Changed the example texts in the custom pronouns screen now mention Rose, Elizabeth, Clementine, Amora, Minty, and Delilah
Changed so the version text at the bottom of the game is shown based on the version played
Changed so the title on the window of the game itself is shown based on the build played (Main game or Chapter 1 Demo)
Changed the "Daring Academy (Alpha Build)" text to "Daring Academy (Alpha Version)"
Changed the apartment background buildings to feature a blueish tint, matching the city background in Chapter 2 (Chapter 1 Demo soundtrack videos and soundtrack cover will keep the grey versions for contrast reasons)
Changed the distant city during the sunset part in Day 1 to have a blueish tint, matching the city background in Chapter 2
Changed the distant city during the sunset part to be distinct from the other distant cities
Changed the loudness of Spirits by Thediamondcrystal to match up with the other songs
Changed the opened car door image in Day 1 to be on the right side, indicating right-hand side driving
Changed the position of the Continue buttons to not overlap UI elements on the Steam Deck
Changed some dialogues in phone scenes in Day 4 to have Delilah use endearments
Changed a dialogue in Day 1 so the main character says "Millie..." before the choice menu
Changed song titles in the music room and the captions to match up with the uploaded songs on music streaming services
Changed so whenever the game asks to play Catching Moments, the narration line now depends on the version (Main game or Chapter 1 Demo)
Changed so whenever the game asks to play Catching Moments, it explains more about the skip limitation
Fixed:
Fixed spelling mistakes
Fixed an issue where texts during phone texts were cut off at the top
Fixed an issue where the links in Flaticon's credit mentions are directed to the images and not the authors/website
Fixed an issue where the Catching Moments Steam page would open more than once
Fixed an issue in Day 4 where the side image of the main character was blushing, yet the text said their face was red
Fixed an issue where the "Continue" button in the pop-ups at the start of the game had no outline around the text
Fixed an issue where Amelia's bio said "Their" when talking about the main character instead of the chosen pronoun
Fixed an issue where if you didn't select any gender in the character creation screen, it would display "none" whenever the gender, pronouns, etc, are mentioned
Fixed an issue where the smoke animation would slow down to a stop before starting again
Fixed an issue where the bird audio in the daydream in Day 1 would not stop when inside Amelia's grandparents' home
Fixed an issue where if the non-binary gender was picked with the "Male" gender and the day 4 day divider was shown, a "v" was displayed in the notify
Fixed an issue where the scrollbars in the phone system would create transparency in the thumb bars Fixed an issue where emojionecolor.ttf wouldn't be found
Fixed an issue in Day 3 where Amelia would swear even if the profanity option was off
Fixed an issue in Day 4 where Amelia would swear when cooking the recipe even if the profanity option was off
Fixed an issue in Day 4 where the side image of Amelia had a chef hat, yet the CG didn't
Fixed weird issues with self-voicing in Chapter 1
Fixed an issue where Rose would be too high in the main menu parallax
Fixed an issue in Day 2 where if you selected the "Ask her to delete the photo" and the "Go gentle" options, the sayer "main chatacter" wasn't defined
Fixed an issue in Day 4 where Delilah would use the wrong pronoun in a text message if you went back to buy the oregano and didn't help Amelia and Loya
Fixed an issue in Day 3 where Rose wouldn't close her mouth after asking if the main character and Amelia drank
Fixed an issue in Day 3 where it displayed "Delilah" instead of "Delilah (Through the phone)"
Fixed Minty's crotch in her sprite to be V-shaped and not flat
Fixed Delilah's crotch in her sprite to be more rounded
Fixed an issue with the music room where it couldn't find the Chapter 1 Demo Soundtrack album cover
Fixed an issue where the "Context Warning" text in the options screen was slightly lower than the other options
Fixed an issue where Amelia would open her mouth a second before she started singing in the Catching Moment song scene
Fixed an issue where the Content Warning would still be shown even if hidden
Fixed an issue where Amelia wouldn't open her mouth in the side image once Catching Moments was finished playing
Fixed an issue where once Catching Moments was done, silence was heard instead of Amelia - In The Warmth Of Her Room
Fixed an issue where the background in the credits wouldn't change between the different times of the day
Fixed an issue where ambient sounds would stop if rolling back
Fixed an issue where Amelia's side image in the pancake scene in Day 4 would be open when she says "Hmmm?"
Fixed an issue where hair lines would still be shown in the pancake scene in Day 4 even if the option was disabled
Fixed an issue where the cheese in the cooking scene in Day 4 would hide instantly
Fixed an issue where the main character's side image after the meat was burnt had their mouth opened when they said "Mmmm."
Fixed an issue where Minty and Delilah's pat sounds were quieter than the music
Fixed an issue where all non-binary pronouns were highlighted in yellow in the character creation scene
Fixed an issue where Catching Moments (Original Version) said Catching Moments (Original Soundtrack) as the name
Fixed an issue where during the cheek kiss in Day 2, once Amelia's face returned to normal, her CG wasn't blushing but her side image was
Fixed an issue where when selecting the Non-binary gender, the Non-binary appearance option would already be selected, causing the corresponding appearance button to be yellow
Fixed issues with controllers in the character creation screen
Fixed an issue where when selecting custom pronouns and backing out, it would return to the pronouns selection screen
Fixed an issue where character names in the custom pronouns screen wouldn't be colored
Fixed issues with controllers in the Save Name screen
Fixed an issue where if a "check" style option was selected, the button wouldn't turn yellow when hovered
Fixed an issue where the Extra screen wouldn't be compatible with controllers
Fixed an issue where the Save and Load screens couldn't be hidden when pressing the B button on controllers
Fixed an issue where the songs in the Music Room wouldn't be selected
Fixed an issue where the side image wouldn't show periodically in the prologue
Renamed:
Renamed the "Continue Game" button to "Continue"
Renamed the "Achievement" button to "Achievements"
Renamed "Town Hall Secretary" and "Town Hall Secretary Severus" to "City Hall Secretary" and "City Hall Secretary Severus"
Renamed the "Quit" button to "Quit Game"
Renamed a lot of files and folders, mainly the distant city and the apartment images
Removed:
Removed achievements on Chapter 1 Demo builds only, due to an issue on Steam's end
Removed the "Gamepad" tab in the controls screen
Removed achievements: "Completing the Archive" and "Final Moments"
Removed Lily from the bio and main menu (In the demo only)
Removed the Relationship Status screen
Removed the Ze/Zir Pronouns from the Character Creation Pronouns Selector screen (Ze/Zir Pronouns can still be used if needed, you just need to input them as custom pronouns)
Removed one of Minty's pat sounds, due to issues with the reworked pat scenes
Removed all links from Soundcloud, Spotify, Fiverr, etc, due to an issue with non-steam store links in Steamworks
- Added Continue Run Confirmation "No" = Return to Hub "Yes" = Continue run where you left off
Sometimes when you press play it just loads the main menu level again, but if you press play again the issue would be resolved and you would load a level correctly, but that is not the case for a user called trungledorph, no matter how many times he presses the play he keeps coming back to the main menu, i've got no idea why or how this happens currently, so as a quick fix i added this continue run confirmation, the only way the issue i described will happen with this confirmation is if you press "Yes" it will try to load level that is saved from save file and sometimes the issue would happen, if that happens press "No" it will just open the hub level without getting any references and will work 100% of the time
This PTB release improves guest pathfinding and game stability with various crash fixes for what could be experienced in Update 9.
You should see guests making better use of their walkable space, especially when encountering multiple chokepoints throughout the park. Previously, they would almost exclusively form a single chokepoint. We have ideas on how to further improve guest pathfinding which will be implemented early next year.
Please send feedback and bug reports to our Discord server's appropriate channel.
How to Access the Public Testing Branch (Experimental!)
The Public Testing Branch (PTB) is a version of Prehistoric Kingdom that can be opted-into on Steam, containing experimental and potentially breaking changes. With the help of the community, we're able to hunt down various issues and gather feedback before pushing a an update to the public version of Prehistoric Kingdom.
Right click Prehistoric Kingdom in your Steam Library
Go to Properties
Betas
Select 'ptb_public_testing'
Please note that it is not recommended to play Public Testing Branch parks on earlier versions of the game. Please send feedback and bug reports to our Discord server's appropriate channel.
Full Patch Notes
Changes
Guests
Guest pathfinding is significantly improved, now taking into account crowding and multiple chokepoints
Bug Fixes
Critical
Fix for very common OverlapCapsule crash
Fixed a rare bug in Animal AI Recover To Navmesh that would also cause that entire capability to be defensively disabled, resulting in further downstream issues
Guests
Patched a rare but dangerous bug regarding visitors getting reset to the entrance