This month we've got not just one big milestone, but two!
First up is a complete rewrite of controller support, which now behaves much more reliably during combat and in cursor mode. Quick refs have been updated to reflect the changes and are now launched by default on some screens.
Second is the integration of the Festvox text-to-speech engine. It includes a number of different voices for the player to choose from (changeable at any time in the options menu), as well as unique NPC voices. It sounds robotic, of course, but if you're not fond of reading then this should be a good solution until such time as voice acting becomes available.
In less huge news, many bugs have been fixed, and work continues on the Power Plant biome for which we've been drawing a brand-new isometric tileset.
This is shaping up to be our biggest isometric level by far, which is exciting and should hopefully offer even more variety in the gameplay!
Check below for the customary list of changes, and as always, please report any issues you come across so I can fix them.
Until the next update... Happy Stalking!
Changelog:
- Completely rewrote controller support (please give feedback/suggestions for improvements)
- Integrated text-to-speech engine with multiple voices
- Fixed potential crash when starting new game
- Fixed shop being empty in certain situations
- Fixed potential crash in inventory after equipping new containers
- Fixed inventory refusing to close in some circumstances
- Fixed crashes when opening Market/Lab UI
- Fixed enemy AoE Defend behaviour
- Quick start no longer wipes worn equipment
- Various visual improvements in Power Plant biome
- Various visual improvements in Hospital biome
- Corrected Knife Swarm enemy positioning
- Fixed & improved Options menu
- Fixed potential issues with larger or smaller screen resolutions
- Fixed battle controls quick-reference
- Fixed visual error on Louis
- Improved shop behaviour
- Two-handed items can no longer be dual-wielded
- Added support for dialogue skipping to remainder of Chapter 1
- Many back-end changes to combat deck viewing
- Stronger tutorial/quick-ref behaviour
- Added random combat portraits for new enemies
- Improved card name display
- Added limiters on some combat buttons to prevent multiple clicks