So, the big release was just about a week ago, in case you missed it: Holodance V0.8 - The Music Library Release. We also have a new gameplay teaser:
Now, V0.8.1 is both, a very small and at the same time a very big release: During the last year, we've had Sam and a few other animators work on the animations for levels 1, 2, 3 and 5 (4 is also coming soon ;-) ), and not only have we done some major polishing on the overall animations, added lip-sync (at last) ... but also, we have a completely new systems for how to make the dragons dance.
You may have already seen this in the previews of levels 2 and 5; now, finally, we have this all in in all the levels that currently have dragons in them (1, 2, 3 and 5).
Especially with levels 2, 3 and 5, we may have "overdone" it a little - so please be sure to leave feedback in the forums. Obviously, having the dragons move the way they do now does add an extra-challenge to the gameplay. In Level 1, we have very little of that and might make it even less later on. Levels 2 and 3 are fairly intense at the moment.
Eventually, in addition to one final round of polishing, and upcoming remixes for the songs in levels 2 and 3, we'll have actual choreographies the are perfectly matched for the songs that you play.
For the next release, we'll also give the Music Library some polishing (I have received plenty of great feedback via Discord; am aware of one potential showstopper bug that we're still investigating and also have a few things on my list that just didn't make it for those releases).
One thing that's currently broken in Story Mode is that the stripes of the dragons currently don't glow up during the voice-acting. We have had this in Level 1 for Pritvitej and are working on a much improved approach for how this is authored. It's not a big thing but just in case you miss it - don't be concerned, this will return, and in a better form.
All Changes in this Version
- Level 3: Integrated new animations with voice-acting and proper dancing animations
- Fixed skipping issues in levels 2 and 3 - skipping should now work properly in all states in those two levels.
- Level 2: Fixed one audio track missing from the song.
- Level 5: Added new, significantly more polished dancing animations.
- Level 5: High five sequence now works. We will still streamline this one a little.
- Level 1: Added new animations with lip-sync and significantly improved dancing animations.