Hello, this is the developer of KAESHI.
We heard "the combat is great, but there's nothing to do besides fighting," so Chapter 1 now has places to catch your breath and look around. This update also rounds up the fixes we have been shipping quietly.
New
Coins and the Wandering Peddler
Breaking crates or cutting down the dead sometimes drops coins. Meet the Wandering Peddler on the moonlit shrine approach leading up to the boss, and buy kunai, onigiri and outfit colors. The record clock stops on the shrine approach, so take your time.
Three Hidden Places
The burned house, the riverbank under the bridge and the Moonlit Path. Clear a zone and the lantern beside the door lights up. Hold up or down in front of it to enter. Inside you will find coins and fragments of the Hakurin records.
Flash-Cut Duel
At the end of the bamboo forest, a samurai waits in a moonlit clearing with his blade sheathed. One draw decides it. Parry on the signal and it ends in a single stroke, but move first and you are cut down. Don't be fooled by moonlight glinting on the blade or by his feints.
Challenge Duels
On the Moonlit Path you can take on three duels in a row. Win to unlock Shizuka's new outfit color, "Jade Trim." You can change outfit colors anytime in Options.
Results Screen
When you finish Chapter 1, it shows the coins you collected, your record fragments and how many hidden places you found.
Combat Improvements
- Throw a kunai at an enemy in stance and it has to knock the kunai away, breaking its stance.
- You can throw a kunai in the middle of a basic attack, and flow straight into other actions after the throw.
- Retrying the boss or mid-boss now starts the fight right away.
- Every area now starts with full health.
- You are briefly invincible right after a Deathblow.
- Normal difficulty is a little easier. Regular zones have fewer enemies, and bosses stagger more often.
- New mid-boss Deathblow, and cleaner slash lines on Deathblows.
- Added controller vibration for clashing and breaking blades in the final showdown with Sobei.
- Crates and healing onigiri are now spread evenly across Chapter 1.
Bug Fixes
- A rainbow square briefly appeared in the top left corner when starting the game
- After Chiyo's entrance scene, the previous scene briefly flashed with sound
- A purple afterimage overlapped behind the target during Deathblows
- Shizuka's size looked different from move to move when retrying
- The pause menu stayed on screen after quitting to the title right after dying
- From the bamboo forest onward, enemies looked pushed off the screen
- Enemies not fully on screen could attack from off screen
Other
- The demo feedback button now takes you straight to the demo review page.
We read every piece of feedback carefully. Give it a try and tell us what you think. Thank you!