12.0 Patch Notes

* Fixes the Achievement Bug where an achievement didn't pop as it should have.

One of our goals with Nightingale is to bring people together and create memorable experiences for players of all backgrounds.

We recognize that there can be many different barriers that could prevent someone from enjoying games in the same way as others. While we recognize there will always be room for improvement, we want to provide a sneak peek into the accessibility features that will be available at launch:

[Click Here]

Some feature highlights from the site above:

• Arachnophobia mode
  
• Third-person camera mode
  
• FOV sliders
  
• Customizable key inputs (unavailable in the Server Stress Test, supported at launch)
  
• Controller support (partial support for the Server Stress Test)

The page above is just the beginning; we already have an additional list of features that we want to implement throughout Early Access and we look forward to getting feedback from players as to what new additional features, or adjustments to the existing ones, would assist them in enjoying the game further. The feedback loop has already begun, as arachnophobia mode and third-person camera mode were implemented thanks to requests on our various community channels!

We’ll be updating this new page throughout development, and we look forward to welcoming more and more folks to the faewilds as we continue to make it an inclusive experience for as many aspiring Realmwalkers as possible.

- The Nightingale Team
Inflexion Games

Reposted from VR Heaven developer blog: https://vrheaven.io/whispers-of-the-luminaries-update-2024/

• New Detective Gameplay: The Evidence List – you can now choose what you want to investigate + some Danganronpa style gameplay
  
• Improvements to the story: More suspense, more mystery, more characterization (overall plot is still the same)
  
• Improved camera techniques/cinematography
  
• Improved music selection + no more placeholder soundtracks
  
• Multiple endings
  
• New Save/Load System
  
• Lots of art – CGs, character art, extra poses, costumes and more

I legit brainstormed for a whole month on how to do the hearts UI and this is what I came up with:






First, having a save/load system will allow us to implement multiple endings to the story – there’ll be bad endings for picking the wrong choices which wasn’t ideal before with our autosave system.




This was something we’ve been wanting to add for a while, and now it’s finally here:



As you go through the story you’ll encounter important clues which will appear here. These will be indicated by a clue sound effect (those of you who’ve played the demo will have heard it before).

• Whenever you visit your detective office in your free time, you’ll be able to choose which piece of evidence to investigate. This will lead to certain discoveries, which can affect the outcomes/endings.
  
• There’ll also be Danganronpa/Ace Attorney style gameplay, where you’ll be able to select contradicting pieces of evidence. (Example: select the piece of evidence that contradicts this statement OR select 2 pieces of evidence that contradict each other).

This will add a lot more fun and thought into the gameplay and I’m really excited about this!!

After polishing and rewriting the script, it’s so much better now! You’ll get to see the fruits of our labor in the next demo!


I recently came across a Reddit comment on r/writing, which offered a useful piece of writing advice I’d never seen before. I read a lot of books on writing and this piece of advice was very interesting:

Writing Mistake:
"When each description is the writer’s first thought, rather than their third or fourth (or fifth or sixth)

So, like, the angry characters are always clenching their fists, and the steak is always juicy, and the main character has long, curly hair

Whereas with a better writer, the angry character will react with that anger and lash out with a stupid action that is not in their interests…"

Even though it’s only a guideline and not a hard rule, it’s something you have to consider when writing.

Here’s an example of how it can apply to dialogue writing:

Person A: How are you?

Person B: Doing fine, what about you?

My first thoughts in writing a response to this would be a simple “doing fine, how are you.”

This is okay if you’re looking to “flow” or create something cozy/atmospheric with the music. However, for something more interesting with more spice and personality, it’s better to skip the first, obvious response that comes to mind and come up with something else like this:

Person A: How are you?

Person B: Just watched a damn seagull snatch a bagel out from my hands. How are you?

So even though there’s no “right” way to do things, each serves their different purposes and it’s something to always have on your mind.

As I was going through the script again with a fresh mind this time, I realized a few things:

• Too many pointless scenes early on with exposition dumps
  
• Having placeholder music and art didn’t help
  
• A few of the characters can be written better

✓ So instead, I’ve refined the script so now there’ll be more mystery and suspense intertwined into the earlier scenes to keep the story engaging. In fact, the mystery is presented right off the bat.

✓ There’ll also be more in-depth characterization and you’ll get to learn more about characters like May, which we avoided in the demo due to fear of pacing issues.

✓ Overall, the story gets really exciting at the end of the prologue and onwards, so I’m excited to finally start building those scenes.


Another writing improvement I did was cutting out extra redundant details. In particular, during scene transitions.

For example, instead of saying “It was getting late, and Taichi decided to call it a day and visit Starlight Sip,” we cut that part out entirely and skip to the next scene. The reader will make the connection. No need to waste words on something redundant like that.

✓ Overall this makes the script more professional and improves the pacing a little bit.


We now have a new system that’ll allow us to implement better camera shots, angles and movement.

Our facial expression system is already fantastic and really brings the characters to life, but now, with these camera changes, it will make our visual novel feel more like an anime!

I’ve been studying how anime/movies handle cinematography and seeing if I can implement it to visual novels.

A lot of techniques from anime can’t be applied to visual novels, since they require new artwork for every shot, however, I’ve found some simple techniques which we can use that will make the game more engaging.

I’m really excited to showcase these in the next build.


On the art side of things:

✅ Detective Eiji Hoshiko character sprite 🕵️ – he’ll be implemented into the final scenes of the demo.
✅Idol costumes 🔥
✅ A cute CG of the idols
✅ More poses and facial expressions for the characters

More characters to come soon…

Music:
✅ Placeholder tracks have been replaced
✅ Improved music selection
✅ More atmospheric scenes

We’re also working on improving the sound design.


More choices is always a good thing right? In the extended demo, there’ll be more free-time events.


Our goal has always been to make something special. Not just a good or great game, but a masterpiece, full of drama, suspense and mystery.

I know that’s a tall order considering it’s our first game, however, thanks to the demo, we’ve gathered a lot of feedback and learnt from our mistakes. It was very important to get insight on what was working and what needed fixing. And we got exactly that :)

Thank you to all you passionate fans who are still following the development of our project despite the setbacks and delays. Hopefully 2024 will be our year!

Look forward to the next demo build!

If you haven’t already, you can get more updates like this and many goodies (like behind-the-scenes artworks, and character backstories) by signing up to our mailing list.

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Small fix for vehicle depots being incorrectly sorted by their HQ, resulting in vehicle spawning far away from the action.

Small patch :
-Fixed a bug where the animation of the multiclic would still play after the mob death
-Now mob Hp does not fall bellow 0hp (no negative numbers shown)
-The last quests display the right amount of filling

-You can now adjust the sound of the game from everywhere in the game and the volume is retained when you close the game, option menu is cleaner

Little secret achievement has been added ;)

Small change to internal stats

Chapter IX: Old Wounds is out now! Discover the Vou Gan Homelands in the north and visit exotic locales such as the Nyzella Uplands and Glasgolau Woods. This is the closest you've been to the epicenter of The Blight, so be careful and remember that the glitches you see may lead you to learning more...

Check out the trailer if you haven't seen it:



This new content update includes:

• 2-3 hours of content.
  
• Main story quest: Travel north into the Vou Gan Homelands, through the docks of Meganni Harbor and into Rasaa'ri to speak with the leaders of the massive city and to locate the final Mistshard.
  
• Tons of side quests: Find a sailor's lost crab friend, unravel the mystery of missing people, discover the secret of an abandoned steam workshop, and more!
  
• New areas: Travel through the city-state of Rasaa'ri - homeland to the vou gan people, the sailor's home of Meganni Harbor, the natural beauty of Nyzella Uplands and the Glasgolau Woods, and more!
  
• New achievements and collectibles to pad your Collectivus.

If you experience any bugs or issues, please let me know in the Discord or on Twitter! Both can be found on the store page.

Empire Chronicles (Version 1.4.18) - Minor Update

• Allow the quest log to show proffession and profession quests to be backwards compatible with save files for people that might've got a quest before the spelling fix.
  
• However going forward NPC's will only give correctly spelled quests.

• Stopped AI from crashing game on spawn
  
• Optimized airlock transition
  
• Fixed foliage from disappearing
  
• Fixed foliage from getting exponentially larger