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Alterium Shift - Minor Version 1.2.01

Minor Version 1.2.01

New Features & Enhancements

  • Enhanced title screen
    • “Continue” is grayed out until there are save files
    • “Continue” is the first selected item when there are save files

  • Added “Support” menu item to the title screen
  • Added new game Intro sequence when starting a new game
  • Added an extensive tutorial for the “Echo Shift” node found in Notimus Forest Central
  • Enhanced Echo Shift load menu to exclude the current player character

    • This is to address accidental loads that may overwrite autosaves

  • Enhanced Echo Shift mechanic

    • Players can reset the node back to “yellow”
    • After a new character enables the node, that color becomes available to any character
    • Added new visual for selecting node colors

  • Improved UI menu controls for “Continue” and “Settings”

    • Ensured controller “Bumpers” (left and right) work with switching tabs

  • Added dialog skip option

    • Use the “cancel” button to move dialog forward. When held, it will quickly skip dialog based on message speed settings.
    • This will not automatically select choices.

  • Added “Beta” Menu to game settings for players to opt-in to in-progress features

    • Includes one setting for “new menu”, which is a new in-game menu
    • New Menu is extremely beta and has many known issues. Use are your own risk.

  • Added (beta) - New Quest Log to view active, completed, and failed quest

    • Only available via the new menu, which can be enabled from the title screen settings

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed shop UI issues with selling equipped items and getting proper warnings when those items are equipped
  • Fixed sound issue when starting new game, sound would suddenly change in volume
  • Fixed issue in Summiton Town - Jude’s House where Cyrstal would show briefly and disappear (before being saved)
  • Fixed an issue where the Echo Node Attune feature wouldn’t work in specific save scenarios
  • Fixed an issue where health was recovered before a boss fight.