For the first time, you can experience Viola’s story from start to finish. In the 1.0 release you’ll be able to play the final four levels: Beyond Drum Village, Foot of the Mountain, The Nine-Spire, and Cosmic Stream. Will Viola finally be able to return home? You’re about to find out!
Here’s a full list of new features included in the 1.0 update:
- Four new levels, including Viola’s final showdown!
- Three new Personal Quests for Ceryn, Arti and Justice!
- Three different endings to achieve, including a “true” ending!
- A fully functional “Story Mode”: no more rhythm inputs, faster support levels, and faster leveling.
- A fully functional “Custom Difficulty”: customize Viola’s difficulty as you please.
- Updated banter conversations and more banter points: 70+ conversations between party members.
- Updated storylines, animations and text: Viola’s story is better than it’s ever been!
- Improved feedback, visuals and audio during battles.
- Improved windowed and 960x540 view for people with smaller monitor sizes.
- Bug fixes for all aspects of the game, including platforming, rebinding controls, achievements, visual errors and more.
It’s been a long journey - thank you so much for sticking with me. For those of you’ve been playing Viola from the early days: you can use your save data to beat the game and close out Viola’s journey! However, I recommend starting fresh to re-experience Viola: The Heroine’s Melody while she’s at her very best.
For all new fans of Viola: welcome! Viola: The Heroine’s Melody is my love letter to JRPGs. Exactly three years ago, I was suddenly laid off as a game designer for a mobile game development company. It was the first time that happened to me, and it came as a huge shock. However, it made me realize that I wanted to start making games that I personally wanted to play. I wanted to create something that would give me the courage to push on even when times are dire.
And now, I hope Viola can give you courage as well!
If you like what you’re seeing and want to hang out with me and other fans of Viola, visit my Discord channel! Or check out regular updates on Twitter.
I won’t keep you any longer: it’s time to start the game! Now, for the last time:
See you, Violin Girl! Someday, somewhere!