Developer posts and news about this game.
To celebrate Viola's first month out in the wild, we're doing a sale! Viola: The Heroine's Melody will be 25% off starting today at 10 am Pacific, until the 29th this month. Viola will receive a version 1.0.2 update some time in the future to fix additional bugs. Unfortunately, p
For the first time, you can experience Viola’s story from start to finish. In the 1.0 release you’ll be able to play the final four levels: Beyond Drum Village , Foot of the Mountain , The Nine-Spire , and Cosmic Stream . Will Viola finally be able to return home? You’re about to
Viola: The Heroine's Melody releases tomorrow, on the 17th! Here's a quick schedule of what will happen on that day: Viola's price will change to $14.99 early in the day. Today is the final day you can buy Viola at its reduced Early Access price. At 9 AM Pacific / 12 PM Eastern /
Another quick fix for Viola: some of you may have experienced camera issues in Viola's earlier levels since the 156.2 update, as well as some branch build issues that put players onto a Beta branch. Those issues have now been rectified.
Uploading a new version to Steam to quickly fix an important bug regarding save data and Justice's Personal Quest. This quest should now be safe to complete once more. The update also fixes a number of different bugs, as well as new UI updates for the 960x540 view. Both sets were
Viola: The Heroine's Melody releases on February 17! Just two more weeks until you're able to play Viola: The Heroine's Melody from start to finish. It's been a year and a half since I started with Early Access, and close to three years since I started making this game. COVID-19
I've got a new update for you all! It's a small one, but it does include a number of new features that were made possible thanks to the recent delay. We've got new difficulty settings, including customizable difficulty, a new character to recruit and two new side quests! The new
Delays Previously, Viola was planned to release in this month of August 2020. Due to complications regarding planning, marketing, the search for funding, as well as COVID-19, this will, unfortunately, no longer be possible. Instead, Viola will look for a more favorable window of
You guys have managed to identify a number of impactful bugs, so here I am to fix them! Thanks for playing Viola, and sorry for the inconveniences! The correct battle themes should now play in all battles, including the new boss battles. The Capriccio of the Woods can no longer b
The latest version of Viola is out! This will be the second-to-last update: Viola's adventure will come to an end in Q3 this year. But for now, we've still got some work to do! In this update you'll find new levels, spells, sidequests, and a lot of new songs and characters. The C
Hello violinists! Just a quick update as a follow-up to last week's major update. A number of bugs emerged from it, which this patch will hopefully resolve. One major bug that emerged as a result was that characters, stats and items would not load in properly after collecting the
Viola's new update! Hello violinists! As promised, definitely 100% on-time this time, Viola's new update is here! We've got new levels, a new song, a whole new character, the first sidequest, new enemies, new boss battles... It's just new, new, new for this update! Check out the
So, it's the 30th of November, but here we are. No update for Viola this month after all. You might be curious as to what happened, but first of all: The update is now slated for January 2020, and will include more content. Two levels instead of one, a whole new character to recr
Hey violinists: I'm putting out another quick bug-fix. This won't take long at all, but I didn't want it to go unchecked. Bug fixes Fixed a bug regarding the cost of Sybil's Crescendos Magic Surge and Grand Flame II . They should now properly cost Crescendo Points instead of Abil
What's a new update without new bugs? And lo, the single person responsible for these mistakes swoops in to fix them. Yes, I describe me fixing bugs as "swooping". Take that as you will. Overall Changes Dialogue will no longer suddenly "jump" to the next line in the middle of a w
Hello violinists! I'm happy to announce that Viola is officially feature complete ! Which means that all the planned features are now available for you to play around with. Future updates will be focusing on content: such as more levels, more stories, more characters, monsters, s
Hey violinists! You may have wondered, "it's the end of September, where's that new Viola update?" Unfortunately, due to an increase in work, the new update will launch in October. Here's a quick iteration of what you'll get in the newest update: An overworld map, allowing you to
Good day, violinists! Today's update day, and it's actually a rather small one this time. I've been working on creating new features, which I'd like to introduce alongside a new level, character, spells and more story. All of this takes a while to create, so in the meantime there
Hello violinists! A new version of Viola is out, with a lot of changes! You can check out the full list below. In short: controller prompts and rebinds are now fully functional. The game has been made easier overall by nerfing a few enemies. And a new level has been added! Now wa
Patch Notes for Version 0.73.1! New Additions & Changes As requested: PS4 controller prompts have been added! Also requested: The D-Pad can now be used for Viola’s movement, as well as the menus. If you’ve made changes to your control scheme, the game will have to restart and