Hi guys! Form changes are finally back. To perform a form change, simply press your "A" button on your default "party info" screen, the screen after selecting your monster and hitting "info" from your party.
If you monster has previous forms, or, is of a high enough level to evolve (and you've already unlocked this form in your Dokitech), a short animation will play, and your character will display it's new form in battles. For example, this will let you use Burnsby's cute sprites, but with Braveheart's better stats and upgraded movepool. Note, you can cycle through all forms (so if the monster has 5 forms, and you've unlocked all of them, you can cycle through them by pressing A each time at no expense)
*This feature is still being polished, but it's working without any major issues at the moment.
Another notable change this update is unique palettes on mini sprites, yesss, finally! If you have a unique palette monster, it will now show up in your PC, beside you when you're walking, and everywhere else!
**STEAM DECK USER** : Play the game in Desktop Mode, idk why, but Gamer Mode is.. problematic
**CONTROLLER USERS** : Make sure steam input is on, I'm still perfecting *some rare weirdnesses with controllers when steam input is turned off
Here's the full list of changes:
ADDED - Form changing re-enable with a new animation
ADDED - Unique palettes are now reflected on your monsters mini sprites (ui, overworld, pc, etc)
ADDED - I added a "levels" indicator to the double battles. It looks a little crowded but it's better than not having it
ADDED - You can now cycle through your party monsters by pressing up and down in the info screen
ADDED - Added better explanations to monsters typecharts (the last menu in party info screen)
ADDED - We have added a counter for trainer battles. Once you surpass 10 battles/re-battles, a number will appear in the top left corner.
FIXED - Some enhances were made to make crashes less likely on Steam Deck "Gamer Mode" (There are NO known crashes on Steam deck for users that play in "Desktop Mode")
FIXED - Typechart text not showing up for UI themes 1 and 2
FIXED - One area would not play the correct music or play two OSTs at once
FIXED - Some strange interaction boxes/windows when pressing A while running/stopping/quickly turning
FIXED - Some surfing shenanigans with the final portal were fixed (a while ago, but I never mentioned it here)
FIXED - Some spelling issues, confusing text/sentences, and incorrect collision/tiles
FIXED - Borderless windowed mode wasn't being saved and had to be selected each load up
FIXED - Some users skipped a couple of cutscenes by entering the end-game portal too early. If you were one of these people, simply loading into the game will restore those cutscenes and let you complete the main story as normal.
That's all for now :D the next big things on my to do list are this:
- Nicknames #1 will be next update I promise
- Rangers Guild thingy in the last town in Xelos region (practically finished)
- Still working on the hats / clothes system and special items for early supporters (sorry ;-; it's almost there)
- Upgraded shop system that lets you buy items with limited stock (like clothes, furniture etc)
- Underwater area under Aoi (tiles are done, area is done, new vehicles done, we're really close here)
- Last tiny little area in "new" region and post-story final boss (includes some new NPCs and rooms)
These are also on my to-do list, but will take a little bit more time to implement:
- House system. Where should I put the houses? I thought one in each region (or maybe 2 in Xelos?)
- Tenshou Tower: This is basically done I just have to finish the shop and house system otherwise this will be pointless
- "Bosses" and Steam leaderboards : This will be finished alongside Tenshou Tower update
- We are working on improving the localization system and the Japanese script, and have three languages we plan to add in once it is perfected
Thank you again for supporting my game !! I hope you're looking forward to the *free~ updates and additions as much as I am :D
After the above list is complete, I'll be working on new projects^^ Be sure to give the game a review in if you enjoyed this game, and check us out on X / Twitter, Bsky, or Discord for giveaways and news on new projects~
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Cheers!