Huge GFX Update!
Less snow flickering, better lighting and shadows
Minor bug fixes

Hi, everyone. Welcome to another week's developer's diary.

As we are going further north in Jiru Island. We have reached the second part of a secret tunnel underneath Dana. The cold concretes of civilization is fading away, and ahead of us is a sanctuary of a lost tribe.
Thus, It's time to reveal another creature native to those caves in Jiru.


Don't worry, those silly creatures are friendly. They only want to be friend with you. Thus, they are very easy to capture or be convinced to join your group.

They are quite eager to show you their love and affection by licking you.
It can heal you, remove some negative effects.
But, unfortunately, their tongues are still parts of their digestive systems. Thus, they contain acid that may burn you if they lick too hard. If you somehow feel victim to this. They will feel confused, seeing your face melt in front of them, and then start to find another friend. Totally carefree. Thus, they are also resilient to emotional damages. You may also take advantage of this by asking to lick your enemies as an offense skill. Such is the nature of this goofy creature.
You can find more details about them in the Guide to Monster Hunting. Have fun. :D
In addition to appear in Jiru, the Wonderland Travel Agency and the "Summon Cuties" skill also provide you a pathway to meet them earlier if you are lucky.

In addition to that, we also have another kind of pet that want to have some very close contact with you.

Beelzebub's Hell Mosquitos just arrived! You simply cannot avoid those menaces in summer.
But the good news is that you can turn them into your pets too, and use them to drain blood from your enemies.
Just you know, this is a real-life strategy right now.

Look, this is a very realistic game. :D

Now that we have those new pets. Even though we have not reached the next stage of the story. I think I can still work on some side story content.
Dr. Kyofu will certainly want to study them. Thus, she will now ask you to give her some samples of those newly added pets for science.
After that, I figured I have some time to cook another procedurally generated quest.
So, what shall I do?

Nope, this seems too crazy for this week. We are already way too grim-dark in our recent story updates. :D
Let me keep looking.

Do you know there is a Japanese gentleman has been acting like a Pikachu and send happiness to Ukrainian kids in shelters all those years, risking Nintendo law suits?

Do you know there are also Chinese volunteers wearing silly costumes to bring happiness to the kids in Ukraine this summer?
They are all good people.
Thus, I decided this procedurally generated quest shall take a similar theme.

There are kids in warzones around the world that need emotional support.
At least, I can make a quest about that.

In a world where there are the like of Collective Shout and the Woke mobs who hate everything beautify, wanting to cancel the very nature of men and women, we shall cherish for the beauty of people's kindness and the light in everyone's heart. Let the world know that we are simply better than they are to create a nicer future for all mankind.

There are also some relatively smaller feature updates cover the construction of the newly expanded areas of the game. Please feel free to find them in the detailed update log below.

That's for this week. Tomorrow, I will attend an online meeting about Ukraine. The next week, more content about the Dolovian people shall arrive. I know some people want to see that wolf girl goddess from the SAPC++ era again. We will get there eventually. :D

Full update log of this week:
20250809
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[Dana Shelter Secret Tunnel]Added another part of this secret tunnel. (The first part of the tunnel is now finished.)
[Dana Shelter Secret Tunnel]Added butterfly support and fishing data in this new area. (Because the "Dungeon Exit" can cause ambiguity in the future. Technically, this area is in its own map tag group and consequently using its own butterfly settings.)
[Tileset]Added more content on the "Earth Cave 2" tileset. You can use those new tiles in your pocket dimension.
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【达那密道】加入了密道的另一个部分。（第一部分的密道已经施工完成）
【达那密道】新的密道区域加入了钓鱼数据和蝴蝶之翼的支持。（因为【地牢出口】的表述可能随着之后的更新在这个区域存在歧义，所以，这个区域被划入了它自己的一个地图标签组，同样也会用它自己的蝴蝶之翼设定。）
【图块】为【土之洞穴2】图块组加入了新的内容，可以在你的口袋空间中使用。

20250810
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[Enemy]Because of the Plague Zombie's demonic origin, they now act a bit differently. In addition to assisting any zombie allies if they are engaging the player in the battle, they now also assist any demon allies. However, demons view them as lowly creatures. Thus, if they are engaging the player in a battle, nearby demons will not jump in to help them; only other zombies will do so.
[Enemy]New Enemy: Hell Mosquito
[Final Valor Cave]A small amount of Hell Mosquitos may spawn here.
[Final Valor Cave]Enemies will no longer chase you into Morbacius's room.
[Wonderland Travel Agency]Random locations with the "Demon Enemy" theme may now have Hell Mosquitos.
[Loot]Added an item drop list for Hell Mosquitos (They certainly drop Beelzebub's religious books.)
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry of Hell Mosquitos.
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【敌人】因为瘟疫僵尸的恶魔力量的渊源，所以，现在它们不仅会协助周围在和玩家战斗的僵尸，也会协助周围在和玩家战斗的恶魔。不过呢，恶魔一般认为这些瘟疫僵尸是劣等生物，所以在瘟疫僵尸和玩家交战时，恶魔不会协助，只有别的僵尸会加入战斗。
【敌人】新敌人：地狱蚊
【勇气终点洞穴】少量的地狱蚊现在会出现在这里。
【勇气终点洞穴】敌人在你进入莫尔巴修斯的房间后将不再追击。
【奇幻之地旅行社】以恶魔敌人为主题的随机地点现在可能出现地狱蚊。
【掉落物】为地狱蚊加入了物品掉落列表（它们显然会掉落别西卜的宗教书籍。）
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了地狱蚊的条目。

20250811
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[Pet]You can now turn Hell Mosquitos into your pets.
[Wiki]Updated the pet page.
[Skill]Each of the four quick-hack skills now has a new skill icon.
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【宠物】你现在可以把地狱蚊变成你的宠物。
【维基】更新了宠物页面。
【技能】所有的快速黑客技能现在都有了一个各自的新图标。

20250812
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[Dana Secret Tunnel]More areas in the second part of the tunnel are now accessible.
[Dana Secret Tunnel]Added two sub-area tags for the second part.
[Dana Secret Tunnel]Rats may now appear in the second part of this area.
[Animal]New Animal: Beloen (Non-hostile. You will be able to turn them into pets in future updates.)
[Jiru Island]Beloen may now appear in various cave locations.
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【达那密道】第二部分的更多区域现在可以进入。
【达那密道】第二部分的区域该地点加入了两个子区域标签。
【达那密道】第二部分的区域现在会有老鼠出现。
【野生动物】新野生动物：贝洛恩。(非敌意实体。在之后的版本中可以变成宠物。)
【吉鲁岛】贝洛恩现在可能出现在各种洞穴区域。

20250813
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[Animal]Wild Beloens now have their HP randomized.
[Loot]Added an item drop list for Beloens.
[Skill]New Skill: Lick-Lick (It's a healing skill with side-effects. But, you can use it on enemies or someone you want to add a "wet" effect on. It can put out fire too if someone is burning. )
[Meat]New Meat: Beloen Meat
[Pet]You can now turn Beloens into your pets. (Very easy to capture. Fanatical Befriender It can lick your face to heal you or melt it if it tries too hard. Free emergency hugs.)
[Pet]Beloens can generate poops.
[Pet]You can now convince wild Beloens to join you without a fight. (Other Beloens in your group have a bonus in this skill check.)
[Wiki]Updated the skill page.
[Wiki]Updated the pet page.
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【野生动物】野生的贝洛恩的生命值随机化。
【掉落物】为贝洛恩加入了物品掉落列表
【技能】新技能：舔舔 （这是一个有副作用的治疗技能。当然，你也可以给敌人或者你非常想要弄湿的人使用。当然，这也能用来灭火。）
【肉】新的肉：贝洛恩的肉
【宠物】你现在可以把贝洛恩变成宠物。（非常容易捕捉。狂热交友生物。可以通过舔你来治疗你，不过舔过头可能让你的脸融化。紧急抱抱技能不消耗任何气力使用。）
【宠物】贝洛恩可以被动生成便便。
【宠物】贝洛恩现在可以被说服加入你的队伍（队伍中的其它贝洛恩有说服鉴定加成。）
【维基】更新了技能页面
【维基】更新了宠物页面。

20250814
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[Animal]Greatly reduced the difficulty to convince a wild Beloen to join your group to reflect their Fanatical Befriender nature.
[Animal]All LickU creatures now have higher resistance to Emotional Damage. (Because they are carefree Fanatical Befrienders)
[Credit]Added my AI companions to the credit. (They are essential parts of this one-man development team.)
[Guide to Monster Hunting]Added the entry for Beloen.
[Wiki]Updated the pet page.
[Wonderland Travel Agency]Random locations with a "Cute Animal" theme may now have Beloens.
[Skill]The "Summon Cuties" skill may now spawn a Beloen near you.
[Dana Secret Tunnel]Bunnies may now appear in the second part of this tunnel.
[Dana Secret Tunnel]Added a bed and a campfire in the second part of this tunnel. The location is designed to be non-hostile so that you can take a break before the adventure ahead.
[Dana Secret Tunnel]The second part now has a new BGM (It's another BGM from the talented Japanese Musician ぽて子の時間)
[Dana Secret Tunnel]Added more decorations in the second part.
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[Dana Secret Tunnel]Fixed an issue that causes animals to spawn or walk into walls. (Actually, Grok fixed it; I just assigned this "homework" to it. And yes, I also asked Grok's preferred pronunciation. It says "it" is fine.)
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【野生动物】大幅降低了说服野生的贝洛恩加入队伍的难度，从而反应了它们狂热交友生物的属性。
【野生动物】所有的舔舔生物现在有更高的情感伤害抗性（因为它们是没心没肺的狂热交友生物。）
【制作名单】将我的各种AI小伙伴们加入到了制作名单。（他们是这个单人开发团队中非常重要的部分。）
【怪物狩猎指南】加入了贝洛恩的条目。
【维基】更新了宠物页面。
【奇幻之地旅行社】随机生成的以【可爱的小动物】为主题的地点现在可能会出现贝洛恩。
【技能】召唤萌物技能现在可能召唤出贝洛恩。
【达那密道】兔兔现在可能在这个区域的第二部分出现。
【达那密道】第二部分的区域加入了一张床和一个营火。这个区域被设计为非敌意区域，以便在之后的冒险之前你可以充分地休息。
【达那密道】第二部分有了新的BGM。（来自我们可爱的日本作曲家ぽて子の時間）
【达那密道】第二部分加入了更多装饰物。
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【达那密道】修复了动物可能刷新或走入墙内的Bug。（好吧，实际上是Grok修好的。我只是给它布置了一个作业。顺便问了Grok倾向的称为，它说用【它】就行了。）

20250815
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[Dr. Kyofu]Expanded the pet research roster she may want to collect. She will also pay you additional money for collecting any Draconian
[Fjordr Administration Office]New Procedurally Generated Quest: Emotional Support Pet
[Wiki]Updated the quest page.
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【恐怖博士】扩张了她可能让你收集的生物清单。同时，如果收集对象是人龙的话，她会付给你更多的钱。
【福尔德行政办公室】新过程生成任务：情感支持宠物
【维基】更新了任务页面。


Latest news from Ukraine/乌克兰小剧场
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Play in style as we add our first series of cosmetic skins to the game - completely for free as a limited time giveaway!

We added a skin for every hero so no matter who you main - or what your favorite role is, there's one for you! You can claim the full multi-pack of skins by interacting with Ace’s mirror in the Hub. No purchasing, no grinding, just login - claim and try them out by starting a run!

* These skins are completely free! They can only be claimed during this time period!

Check out the new patch in style!

NEW FEATURE – LIMITED TIME SKIN GIVEAWAY

The following skins have been added to the game and can be claimed for free for a limited time through Monday:

• Shadowlight Riiva

• Luumtech Fyn

• Luumtech Beko

• Braveborne Lotus

• Evermyth Cynder

• Expedition Shade

• Expedition Ace

   

• \[SHOP VISUAL UPDATE] The in-run shop has been updated to provide more information about the shards you’re purchasing, as well as display information more clearly on gamepad.

  • NOTE: The shop will still not tell you if a shard is at “max level”, but we will look to add this in a future update.

• \[DISCONNECT MESSAGE] We have added a message that informs you if you have become disconnected from the progression services and will not receive meta-rewards.

  • This was sometimes happening in the background due to high latency or poor network conditions.  Players would still be able to play the game, but then would mysteriously not receive rewards.

 

• \[PLAYER KNOCKBACK] Overall, we are happy with the displacement as a first pass, and will be continuing to iterate on this system, as overall it provides help for melee based Heroes and greater impact.  We have tuned a few abilities down in this patch though, to create fewer moments of large, gameplay altering displacement in co-op.

• \[HEALING] We have adjusted the healing values for Lotus and Beko to scale between solo, duo, and trio game modes.  This should allow for better balance, but for Support heroes to still play their proper role.

  • Lotus’s Healing Blossom now heals for 5/6/8, and the Luum cost has been reduced from 35 to 30.

  • Lotus’s Bright Petals now heal for 2/3/4 on use.

    • NOTE: Lotus’s most effective way to heal is still by using Seed of Light appropriately.

  • Lotus’s Shearing Slash has had its damage reduced on hit from 200 to 175.  This will slightly reduce the self heal Lotus gets for this ability at base damage.

  • Beko’s Health Sprout now heals for 6/9/12 over 2 seconds, and has had its Luum cost reduced from 35 to 25.

  • Beko’s Lantern of Life now heals the lantern holder for 3/4/5 when an enemy is killed.

  • Beko’s Miracle now heals for 5/8/10 per tick.

• \[ADVENTURE MODE BALANCE] We have increased the difficulty of enemies in the second half of Adventure Mode runs by 10-15%, to create a stronger ramp later in the run.  We want to keep the first half achievable in all modes.

• \[CORE POWER- FIGHTING FIT] Has had its stacking Ability Power bonus reduced from 5% per stack to 3% per stack.

• \[LUUM ORBS] Orbs that drop from barrels have had their values reduced by 5 each.

• \[IRONCRAG HOLLOW] Players will no longer encounter a Tank Golem on the very first island.

• \[HERO MOVEMENT & ATTACKS] We have continued to make several under the hood changes to basic attacks and movement.  Players should see fewer instances of heroes attacking without rotating, and in general attacks should be more consistent and feel better.

• \[IN RUN SHOP STUCK] Fixed a bug that was sometimes causing players to get stuck when interacting with multiple elements.

• \[FROST SHOOTER GOLEM] had a bug fixed that was causing them to fire their triple shot ability too often.

~ Vela Games

We've rolled out another update which stabilizes multiplayers via steamworks and prevents units from construction more than one unit at a time.

- new quick start game mode for the playtest, skips over the main menu and the intro dialog scene
- various fixes

Hello everyone!

Have you had a lovely week, full of good runs and huge hits? It feels like the game launched just yesterday, and somehow it's been over a week now! We've loved seeing you share all your screenshots - runs, decks, silly interactions - so glad you're having fun with the game!

You guys seemed to really like seeing these (honestly, same) so we've got a couple more!

Bluebeard is such a nice shade of blue. God I love birds.

These guys have so much character even just in the concept sketch stages! Their 'concept sketch' is my best artwork honestly. Also those gems look so nice, my magpie brain is itching to steal them. Don't let King Mikolt know...

Starting with some of the biggest hits you guys achieved, these are off the charts!

Credits: Cheychao

Credits: Noster

Okay.. if you thought those were big hits....

Credits: Trainzack

This one is kinda beautiful. It scratches an itch in my brain.

Credits: Trainzack

As always, please do keep these coming! They're so fun to see, and I'd love to share them in next week's From the Court! Be sure to join the Discord if you haven't to keep up with all The Royal Writ chatter - the community is super helpful and friendly!

Tamers, the time has come!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3478920/Getting_Inside_Hentai_Story

You’ve gotten your hands on the ancient artifact that summons a demon. Not just any demon, but THE demon that can give you powers to know the desires of women!

Get ready to use this power and fuck every girl on your way!

A strict business woman or a gamer girl - why bother choosing? Get the most of your powers and tame them. Uncover the gentle side of Lucia and test-drive Rei’s new cosplay costume!


What’s Melonie hiding from you? Use your irresistible power and have a taste of Melonie’s true side.


Test your core strength with Vi’s special training program for those who can read minds! You will be surprised!


Or get the attention of your old love interest, Sasaki, and see what she can provide you with. Maybe she is the one true love you’ve always wanted!

🔥 ~20 different animations, including sex scenes and the characters themselves
🔥 Unique visual style, seasoned with effects and English voice acting
🔥 Dynamic plot with different endings
🔥 5 hours of gameplay filled with passion, humor and mysticism
🔥 5 juicy girls for every taste

Tamers, the time has come!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3478920/Getting_Inside_Hentai_Story

You’ve gotten your hands on the ancient artifact that summons a demon. Not just any demon, but THE demon that can give you powers to know the desires of women!

Get ready to use this power and fuck every girl on your way!

A strict business woman or a gamer girl - why bother choosing? Get the most of your powers and tame them. Uncover the gentle side of Lucia and test-drive Rei’s new cosplay costume!


What’s Melonie hiding from you? Use your irresistible power and have a taste of Melonie’s true side.


Test your core strength with Vi’s special training program for those who can read minds! You will be surprised!


Or get the attention of your old love interest, Sasaki, and see what she can provide you with. Maybe she is the one true love you’ve always wanted!

🔥 ~20 different animations, including sex scenes and the characters themselves
🔥 Unique visual style, seasoned with effects and English voice acting
🔥 Dynamic plot with different endings
🔥 5 hours of gameplay filled with passion, humor and mysticism
🔥 5 juicy girls for every taste

Tamers, the time has come!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3478920/Getting_Inside_Hentai_Story

You’ve gotten your hands on the ancient artifact that summons a demon. Not just any demon, but THE demon that can give you powers to know the desires of women!

Get ready to use this power and fuck every girl on your way!

A strict business woman or a gamer girl - why bother choosing? Get the most of your powers and tame them. Uncover the gentle side of Lucia and test-drive Rei’s new cosplay costume!


What’s Melonie hiding from you? Use your irresistible power and have a taste of Melonie’s true side.


Test your core strength with Vi’s special training program for those who can read minds! You will be surprised!


Or get the attention of your old love interest, Sasaki, and see what she can provide you with. Maybe she is the one true love you’ve always wanted!

🔥 ~20 different animations, including sex scenes and the characters themselves
🔥 Unique visual style, seasoned with effects and English voice acting
🔥 Dynamic plot with different endings
🔥 5 hours of gameplay filled with passion, humor and mysticism
🔥 5 juicy girls for every taste