Fixed the issue where multiple first seeds from the same region were displayed in the World Championship draw.
Fixed the issue where coach events showed errors after returning to the main menu and re-entering.
Fixed the issue where the 'Undefeated' achievement could not be completed.
Fixed numerous milestone issues.
Wow, it’s fall!
In case you just stumbled upon this devlog, I am Adrienne, also known as insertdisc5! I am the creator of timeloop RPGhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1677310/In_Stars_And_Time/?snr=1_5_9_In Stars and Time, and now am working on my next game, memory visual novelhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3239830?snr=1_5_9_Truth Scrapper. It’s gonna be a good one.
This month, I drew things!
This month was all about adding everything about day 5 to the game. I’ve done a post on implementation a couple months ago so I won’t bore you with the details!
I also signed up for Peo Michie’s class on Intimacy and Characters for Comics and Illustrations, and it’s been very useful! Art-wise, working on Truth Scrapper has been challenging, since the characters have more realistic bodies than my previous game. AND since it’s a romance game, characters touch and interact with each other more often, so I wanted to get some advice from a pro!
One of the exercises for this class was to draw characters’ heads from various angles (so you can make ‘em kiss later), so I decided to do that for the three main characters. And let me tell you. NOW I CAN DRAW BETZ’S HAIR ON MODEL FOR SURE
After doing that, I spent a couple days updating some illustrations and portraits from previous days, to make sure they looked accurate. Some are definitely an improvement and everyone will agree, and some are improvements only to me, but let me tell you, WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT IT IS. BETZ YOU FINALLY LOOK LIKE SOMETHING.
In other news, I’ve done some prep and finally created some business cards for the game, to remind people to wishlist when we show the demo during conventions. We did that for In Stars and Time as well, and since I’m very good at doing business cards (and adding some spot gloss), I usually ran out of cards fairly quickly! I’ll get them in a couple weeks, so I’m excited to see how they look in person…
(the back of the cards has the logo, and a QR code linking to the steam page)
Wow, you read all of that… Thank you. Here’s one of the illustrations from Day 5 as a reward. Amour what did you do.
This was the Betz show huh. I'll show some Amour stuff next time.
Alright, back to the implementation mines I go! See you next month.
DON'T FORGET TO WISHLIST THE GAME ALSO IT REALLY HELPS BECAUSE STEAM’S ALGORITHM IS MORE LIKELY TO SHOW OFF GAMES WITH A HIGH AMOUNT OF WISHLISTS THATS THE REASON WHY GAME DEVS ALWAYS ASK TO WISHLIST!!! OKAY BYE!!!!
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Hey everyone! 👋
A brand-new demo update is here — bringing new mechanics, optimizations, and early foundations for future features!
🎟️ Token to Ticket Conversion
At the end of each round, remaining tokens now automatically convert into tickets.
This makes each round feel more rewarding and strategic!
🏐 Manual Ball Spawn
To speed up the gameplay, balls now spawn manually — just click to release them!
This gives you more control and keeps the action flowing.
⚙️ Performance & Settings
Added FPS limit and stabilization settings for smoother performance across different systems.
🃏 Balance & Challenges
Adjusted several buffs and cards for better overall balance.
Popular cards now cost slightly more.
Weaker cards have been buffed.
Added a new challenge that allows you to increase your deck limit!
🛒 Upcoming Feature: Ball Shop
The foundation for the Ball Shop system has been implemented.
(It’s not yet active in the demo — stay tuned for future updates!)
🐞 Fixes & Optimizations
General bug fixes and performance improvements for a smoother experience.
That’s all for this one — a solid step forward in both gameplay feel and upcoming content.
Thank you all for playing and sharing your feedback! ❤️
A time when even the bravest stalkers avoid the old locations… They say that at night, something awakens on the abandoned bases, and a strange Scarecrow once again seeks those daring enough to help him save Halloween.
Added a new location — Ghost Base. Many players will recognize it from the first part of the game.
Added a quest that unlocks the Ghost Base location. It can be taken from Brodyaga at the Freedom Stalkers Base after completing the mission to search for the helicopter in Pripyat.
Added a new monster found on the Ghost Base location.
Added a new Halloween quest, available from the Scarecrow at the Freedom Stalkers Base :)
Added a new Halloween artifact — “Pumpkin of Darkness”, which can only be found in one of the raid locations after receiving the quest from the Scarecrow.
Added a new Halloween artifact — “Bloody Pumpkin”, which can only be found in one of the raid locations after receiving the quest from the Scarecrow.
Added a new Halloween artifact — “Golden Pumpkin”, which can only be found in one of the raid locations after receiving the quest from the Scarecrow.
Added the ability to adjust controller position along the X and Y axes in the main menu settings. This is especially useful for players using Pico headsets to align hand position or fine-tune the wrist angle.
Fixed a rare issue where it was impossible to restart a dialogue without changing location.
Fixed a bug on the “Perimeter-2 Tunnels” level, where the code hint in one of the PDAs changed after death and reloading.
Removed AM / PM indicators from the PDA clock — it now displays in-game time in a 24-hour format.
Minor adjustments on the raid location “Military Town.”
Increased the amount of guaranteed loot on the raid location “Abandoned Village.”
The leaderboard now records the current financial result at the moment of selling items on the Black Market, instead of the maximum value.
Due to changes in the progress tracking system, the leaderboard has been reset.
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HP and SP are now explicitly displayed in the HUD instead of icons.
When the stamina gauge is full, an animation effect has been added to the gauge, and an SFX plays to make it easier to recognize.
The jump logic has been revised. The issue where a jump would be canceled by landing mid-air has been fixed.
A tutorial text providing gameplay assistance will appear daily for the first 5 days.
Partial adjustments have been made to game balance.
Fixed an issue where the DAY indicator did not display correctly after sleeping at the inn and advancing to the next day.
Fixed an issue where Soul items occasionally left ghostly traces on the screen.
Added a fix to prevent item acquisition text from lingering on the screen.
Fixed an issue where players couldn't jump onto the bottom of vertically moving platforms.
\[Bug Fixes]
1. Fixed an issue where exploration speed at locations could become abnormal under certain conditions.
2. Fixed an issue where building upgrades could not be performed in specific situations.
Fixed an issue regarding a platform that made backtracking not very possible in level 1.
Fixed an issue regarding the compass not turning off during a boss fight.
Tweaked the buttons texts in the item menu to prevent a weird warp.
Made so that clicking any mouse buttons let you enter the main menu.
Next update I will be adding the option to auto b-hop for people who want a more casual experience. Note that the speed will be capped when turned on to avoid making it a "I win" button.
Cheers
Localisation is now in Idle Idle, with a grand total of 1 new language!
Idle Idle can now be played in either English or Norwegian - to change the language, you can either click the language icon upon first open, or via the settings menu.
More languages are on the way in the future, so keep an eye out for those!
One of the things that I've found the hardest to change about RPG Maker's systems is the "simple" stuff: menus, raw layout, etc. It fights back when you try to reset some of the engine's defaults. I'd really like to improve our UI/UX. Because the default system is well known, I don't think that many users are going to have any problems figuring out how to play, but I'd like to make those important details more fun and functional over time (for future games and for Arena too, if at all possible).
Which JRPG has the best UI in recent years from your experiences? In terms of looks, the most recent Atelier really impressed me. They've not usually been at the forefront for graphics (fun gameplay though). But Resleriana looks great. Gorgeous menus. I want to make awesome menus.