Friday, January 16, 2015

Version 0.4.0 Public Release!

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!Osl0QDbJ!EZfG_8d-ej8VSjAPOlyBkCQYmty9R4lrdKycBhHbo50 Light Version*: https://mega.co.nz/#!bpsDCRba!njWOs5CkdHTt9BdiDysbzK6ZIWbupN109_PEp9HUEd0

*Requires RPG Maker VX Ace RTP. If you don't know what that means, use the first link.
Version 0.4.0 - New plot segment plus the entire city of Stineford. - Eight new sex scenes. - Sex sprites added retroactively. - New sprites for Simon and Qum D'umpe. - Multiple additions to prior sections, including two short sex scenes and some affection choices. This next update is a little different from the others. It's the next logical piece of the game, but it's not a complete chapter story-wise. Please don't think this is a half-assed update, though: the number of maps in the game has doubled and sex scenes have increased by 185%. I worked really hard, it's just that the next part of the game gets a little broader. Stineford is a big city with multiple key characters and a bunch of different quests (many optional). There was no way I could finish that many different things. Instead I opted to give you a basically complete city that's lacking some of its quests. Here's how it will work: whenever you find a quest that can't be completed yet, you'll get a note about that, but the quest flag is still tripped. So when the next update comes, you should be able to pick up where you left off easily. (But keep backup saves just in case something absolutely needs to be changed for some reason.) For example, you can meet characters that tell you to go do something in the mine outside the city, but the mine's exit is closed because there's nothing inside. Next update you'll be able to waltz inside and do the quest. Right now you can't meet the requirements to advance to the next chapter, but you have a segment of plot, a lot of places to explore, and several quests that can be completed. You'll also see hints of the background labor that took up a bunch of my time, specifically the new relationship and army systems. They aren't too dramatic now, but I had to figure out the whole thing in order to implement them properly. Note to people editing: I wanted Stineford to contain a lot of equipment that you'd have to save up to afford. My intention for game balance was that players would have to get the expensive equipment a piece or two at a time.  

Friday, January 9, 2015

Version History

I'm making a centralized version history since it wastes more time than I expected to update all the threads individually.

Version 0.8.0+
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Version 0.7.1 [4/11/15]
 - Fixed two potentially game-freezing bugs.
 - Minor rebalancing.

Version 0.7.0 [4/4/15]
 - Next chapter of the game.
 - One new sex scene.
 - Minor fixes.

Version 0.6.0 [3/7/15]
 - Next chapter of the game.
 - Four new sex scenes: two in the new section, two added to Stineford.
 - Mine bug fixed, parallel versions unified.
 - Some minor cosmetic changes/improvements.
 - Balance changes.

Version 0.5.1 [2/9/15]
 - Fixed bugs that invalidate certain quest orders.

Version 0.5.0 [2/7/15]
 - Two major plot quests added: you can now raise enough money to leave Stineford.
 - Three major combat sidequests, several minor sidequests.
 - Two new sex scenes.

 - Enemy healing bug fixed, minor improvements to Stineford.

 Version 0.4.0 [1/9/15]
 - New plot segment plus the entire city of Stineford.
 - Eight new sex scenes.
 - Sex sprites added retroactively.
 - New sprites for Simon and Qum D'umpe.
 - Multiple additions to prior sections, including two short sex scenes and some affection choices.

Version 0.3.1 [12/13/14]
 - Fixed boulder bug.
 - Minor rebalancing.

Version 0.3.0 [12/12/14]
 - New chapter of the story.
 - Several bugfixes/improvements in previous sections.
 - Whole game rebalanced, overall easier.

Version 0.2.0 [11/29/14]
 - New chapter of the story.
 - Minor cosmetic improvements to the prologue.
 - New gameplay mechanic (sex point based characters)

Version 0.1.0 [11/22/14]
 - Launch version, contains the complete prologue.

(Dates are given in US order: Month/Day/Year)