Hi friends!
We've got a new patch with new quests, town events, puzzles, bug fixes, and UI. Some of the new material requires you to start a new game to take advantage of it, so that's my recommendation - plus, you get to see a brand new story ;)
Last week we previewed the new mechanics and UI. Here's a quick preview of two more quests.
Vigil
Borbalo's faith-driven quest has been expanded into the Dark Cave with the addition of "Vigil." This quest follows "Faith in the Dead" and can finally fill that cold, empty church that Borbalo insists on tending, if even for one night.
Venom
Vidar's next town event is "Venom." This event involves Dorottya, Katarina, Elek, Gusztav (or Robert, if he's the Doctor), Arpad, and Sandor. In order to trigger it, you'll need to have at least received the quest "Clearing the Way." The rewards here are huge: sprint shoes, the hammer, and more. But the costs of failure are pretty brutal, as two of your villagers can die in a single night.
Without further ado, the patch notes!
Alpha 0.8.1.0 - "Caught In Your Web"
General
- A new menu interface has been added
- Inventory has been reenabled in town; items that have a cave-specific effect cannot be used while in town
- A directory has been added to the journal. Use this to review the faces, sprites, and bios of each person in town whom you have met. The directory also keeps track of who is alive and dead. Villagers will not be shown in the directory until you meet them, and the directory is not available until and unless you get the journal.
- Fonts have been adjusted throughout
- Fixed a crash at the ending if Piri, Barnabas and Cecilia are dead AND Borbalo or Bernadett are alive
Puzzles & Maps
- New Mechanic (Water Cave): Retractable Bridges
- New Mechanic (Water Cave): Floating Crates
- New Mechanic (Water Cave): Waterwheel Switches
- New Side Puzzle Room (Water Cave): Spiders' Lair
- Five new puzzle options have been added to the Ruins
- Spiders can now be killed with hookshot
- Spiders pooping out cobwebs has been updated: they cannot spawn in nonpassable places, and are random rather than guaranteed
- Torch dialogue has been updated to reflect that it cannot be lit with flint and steel
- The map tool now properly shows the layout for all water cave rooms
- Pulling a red-based mirror with a party member now works correctly
- Fixed a crash in the Ice Cave Waypoint
Quests
- New Town Event: Venom. Spiders lurk in Katarina's tunnel.
- New Quest: A Test Of Leadership. Adorjan's message to Arpad was loud and clear.
- New Quest: Music To My Ears. Mihaly isn't the only one interested in the Boy King's music box.
- New Quest: Vigil. Borbalo wants to hold a Church service.
- New Quest: Make It Work. Arpad is ready to help.
Dr. Spore
- Some journal update fixes
Hunting Party
- Fixed a bug where Groa would never let you leave the Wolves' Den
- Completing this quest now adds to Csaba's charity value
Man's Best Friend / Boy's Best Friend
- Groa and Tomi will not get caught in dialogue if you complete this quest before they give it to you
Reading is Fundamental
- This quest now properly fails if you give away "Well Read" before entering the library
Sketched Out
- Sketching is disabled if Szabina is dead
- Fixed a crash in Szabina's reminder dialogue
- Szabina will now collect the sketches and quill after completion of this quest
Spirit Walk
- Fixed a bug where you could only teleport to a grave once
The Second Son
- Regardless of what happens, the cave leading to this puzzle will clear on Day 3
Threnody
- This quest now properly fails if you give away "Well Read" before entering the library
Wake
- This quest now properly fails if you give away "Well Read" before entering the library
- Janika now spawns in the room if she's attending the Wake
Misc.
- Removed an autosave from the 2nd floor of the inn
- Fixed a bug where inn residents were not appearing on the second floor at the start of a day