Hi Deer Players,
A week after launch and I'm still to see more positive reviews and a fairly good start in terms of players! I've got a few changes and tweaks for v1.05 based on some bug reports, and some oddities I've discovered myself while testing the bug fixes.
Functionality Changes
In previous versions if you could get down into the lower level of the colosseum screen in Autumn Arena there was an invisible wall I placed between the ledge and the lower level but it was found jumping at a certain position can sometimes allow the player to fall through it, causing a softlock.
- Removed the invisible wall between the upper and lower levels of the Colosseum in Autumn Arena.
- Made it possible to leave the lower portion of the Colosseum in Autumn Arena, except during the Joust Minigames and when collecting the Grand Present.
- Added missing music to the Joust at Autumn Arena.
- Changed Minigame music to be set to the default music for the area after minigame completion rather than the last track played.
Bugfixes
A few minor bugfixes were made for this version. I found the final Joust against Chestni did not reward the Walnut item correctly and a bed in Autumn Village would crash the game due to a missing effects layer for the green healing flash effect. The Gauntlet in Autumn Arena has been made inaccessible after first completion due to not being intended to be repeated
- Fixed a crash which would occur when trying to sleep in a bed in one of the Chestnut houses in Autumn Village.
- Fixed a bug which prevented Wallnuts appearing in the rewards from the Joust against Chestni.
- Fixed a bug which allowed the player to re-enter the Gauntlet in Autumn Arena after completing it the first time, leading to a softlock.
- Fixed a few typos and a missing NPC dialogue in Autumn Village and Autumn Arena.
- Fixed a room transition on the east wing of Autumn Arena which would skip the room with the stairway to the colosseum when heading north.
QoL
- Slightly increased the volume of the Snowzone exploration track.
I hope these changes help improve the experience of Reindeer Story, thanks for playing and please keep providing feedback as it's helpful for these patches!
Thanks for reading,
Azzie