Devlog V0.4

Heya all,

I’m currently busy working on V0.4.

The scope of this update is pretty big, and I’ll do my best to meet my self-assigned deadline.
Though… I might need a bit more time.

Here is what’s currently planned:

New Content Planned for V0.4

• Main Story Continued: Cracks of the Gods & Goddesses

  • Without spoiling too much, this will lead into a lot more guided story content.

• Game Balancing Update

  • Charm on players will now also apply a 25–50% damage nerf, so you won’t get instantly killed by your own Mystra.

  • Boss Guide Tome can be collected in Mystra’s house.

    • This will explain boss moves and gimmicks, such as staying at full HP to negate the Doll’s Soul Devour attack.

  • New Item: Protection Barrier

    • A rare item sold by the Wandering Merchant that allows you to save inside dungeons.

  • Difficulty Slider

    • Story Mode: 25% HP reduction and 25% damage reduction.

    • Easy Mode: 12% HP reduction and 12% damage reduction.

    • Base Mode: Same as currently.

    • Hard Mode: 25% HP increase.

    • Impossible Mode: Still to be determined.

• New Zone: Stonewall

• New Forging Items

• 7 New Quests

• 2 Returning Quests

  • Oishi is one of them.

• World Exploration

  • This will lead to new zones and future content.

  • You can also send unused recruits out to farm Echoes or other goodies.

• 3 Somnus Events + Somnus Growth Event

• Minesweeper now replaces the last 2 Simon Says world events

• Added Stomping Mechanic to more enemies

  • Similar to what you had against the dwarves.

  • This will now apply to enemies like Gobbos.

• 5 New Recruits

  • Dwarven General

  • Dwarven Combat Smith

  • Dwarven Vanguard

  • Dwarven Armor Melder

  • Dwarven Iron Bolter

• New World Map for the Exploration mechanic

• New Growth System: Ascension

  • This allows you to upgrade units beyond their previous strength.

  • Example: Pluffy becomes Queen Pluffy!

  • This system will be updated slowly over time.

• Quest Log Updates

  • I’ll keep improving the Quest Log so it’s easier to find things.

  • I will now mention zones per step, including which landmass they are located on.

• Updated Height/Sprite Scaling

  • It should now scale with height properly: 1 = 1.

• New Game Mode: Boss Rush

  • Bosses start at level 1 and gain 3 levels per defeat.

  • Per stage cleared, you gain Pure Mana equal to Current Stage x10.

  • Losing does not give you a Game Over.

• Introducing the Mirror

  • This is similar to the “check on me” button from Growth Gambit, where the MC checks on herself and comments about it.

  • This might be expanded to more characters in the future. (but I would need a lot of writers.)

• More Terrain Destruction

  • You know… a dwarven port is kinda... small for Mitty. :P

• Will be adding Fanart to the game you can buy in the mansions for my great artist friend @Giankeshi check him out for more growth/expansion content.

• And a lot more.

A lot of these additions are based on the feedback you all given me.
Thanks a lot !

(I will still make a post in the future going over some points and what try to improve.)