[Vampire+ Release] Version 0.31

Hello everyone, Corintio here!

It took us a lot of work, but we can finally bring you the new patch!

It includes one of the most complex cutscenes we have ever worked on, but it is still not exactly where we want it to be yet. You will notice there are still a few missing audio moments, especially when the crowd speaks, and some extra polish is still to come. That said, we believe the quest is already in a playable state, and since it's been a while since our last release, we want to get it into your hands already!

This update adds the new Tupelo questline, Black Rain. It triggers immediately after you deliver the quest Slice of Life. For older saves where you may have already spoken with every NPC involved in Slice of Life, I cannot guarantee it will always trigger cleanly at the correct step. If it does not, I recommend going back to a point where you have not yet delivered Slice of Life or completed all of its NPC conversations. In some cases, that will ensure the new quest starts properly, and you will be directed to speak to Galena to continue.

I hope you enjoy this patch. It has been a massive amount of work.

This month, we are going to keep pushing forward with another new quest that is already mostly recorded. We do not intend to lose momentum. We also hope to deliver the first preview of the new combat system later this month, so stay tuned!

Kalyskah v0.31.0 Changelog

Features

• New Tupelo questline: Black Rain

  • New quest content and progression.

  • New characters introduced as part of the questline (including Sanguinara, Elder Harrow, Elder Crombe, Nasire, and Old Man Palmer, Dalia Bathory). They don't have specific interaction dialogues yet, but they will show up in the quest.

  • New cutscenes throughout the questline, including a major centrepiece scene.

• New checkpoint added in Kalyskah’s room.

Enhancements

• Tupelo and Prologue Open World improvements

  • Significant layout and scenery pass across Tupelo, with extra set dressing for key quest moments.

  • Major work on Tupelo Port and Docks, including new unique meshes and materials to better differentiate the area.

  • Tupelo Fort lighting pass and additional lights added around important roads and the castle approaches.

  • Night sky and overall scene readability adjustments in Tupelo.

  • Jail and exits: improvements to the Tupelo Jail and the sewer exit area to make traversal and staging clearer.

  • Continued level work on the Cathedral Dungeon.

• Prologue crop regions expanded

  • New or updated crop sublevels and variations to support different crop states, plus additional supporting Open World assets.

• Character visuals

  • Ilreth received updated hair assets and additional material tweaks.

Fixes

• General stability and polish

  • Additional stability fixes to reduce rare breakage from content changes.

  • Housekeeping and asset cleanup passes that might slightly improve performance.

Known Issues

• Black Rain cutscene polish still in progress

  • Some crowd audio moments are still missing in parts of the new quest cutscenes.

• Ambient dialogue is not fully hooked up

  • Some newly added voice lines are present but not yet configured as ambient barks.

• Older saves may not trigger Black Rain cleanly

  • If you completed Slice of Life a long time ago and already spoke to all related NPCs, the quest may not trigger exactly as intended. If it does not, roll back to a point where Slice of Life is not fully delivered or where you have not yet exhausted all NPC conversations, then progress again.

• Streaming is still being stabilised in places

  • Some areas may remain loaded more aggressively than intended while streaming work is finalised, which can affect memory or performance on some machines.

VAMPIRE+ DOWNLOAD

If you are a VAMPIRE, ROYAL BLOOD or NIGHTSTALKER patron, follow these instructions:

• Itch - Version 0.31: Link your account HERE, and download the game HERE. If you have Itch's launcher, the game will auto-update itself.

• If you have any issues linking your account to itch, feel free to message us to we can send you a mirror to download the patch. But I would recommend downloading it through itch because we are already gathering a list of improvements and there will be a new patch next week to fix some issues that were left and also to add new content. But also, take a look at this post HERE because it might help you.