Immortal Life News

Hello there, dear brothers and sisters:

We can’t believe that Summer is almost over. It seems like only yesterday we were telling you about how much we love zongzi and cold noodle soup, the rainy season, the humid heat in China, and all the new things that would come to Immortal Life with this season. Fortunately, we can gladly say that we are satisfied with all the work done in these months and the direction the project is taking, partly thanks to how much you are helping us with your feedback.

But this is not just a “thank you” note — you came here looking for fresh information about the content planned for late August, and some other changes we said we’d work on… and that’s what you guys will get! Let’s get down to business:

[h2]Upcoming contents for Alpha Version: [/h2]

• Battle System Redesign: As we’ve detailed a few times before, changing the whole battle system will take a long time since all these modifications are not limited to animations and sound effects, but also the way the enemies behave and where they usually hide in each map. In this Alpha update, we are optimizing the normal attack, giving it a new look, and the spell system.
  
• New Main Quest Added: We're giving the game storyline the push forward you were expecting. The new events related to the main quest will be detailed in our future updates.
  
• Become a friend of Brother Xie: As if by miracle, Brother Xie has been able to get up from the bed. He will feel very proud of the efforts you all made to start from scratch and rebuild the Guiyun Sect headquarters. You'll definitely become stronger together with his help and guidance!
  
  
  
  
• Personal Story of Chen: Have you ever wanted to ask Brother Chen why’s he fishing all the time? He has his own business to be concerned about and very interesting stories to share with you, so why not spend some time with him?
  
  
  
  
• New Map - East Side of Guiyun Sect: East Side of Guiyun Sect is now open for you in this upcoming Alpha update, the rebuilding work would open to you in the future update.
  
• Map redesign for Mine and Yuhua Mystery Realm: For a better gaming experience under our newly-designed battle system, we’ll update the Mine and Yuhua Mystery Realm. The amount of work to do is huge and we’re going to need some extra time for optimizing the Mine. At the same time, if you have any feedback for us, don’t forget to join our discussion on our Discord Server!
  
  
  
  
• Monster AI redesign: For a better gaming experience under our new battle system, we also do some work on your enemies’ AI.
  

As usual, we plan to push all these changes into the Official version once the major bugs are fixed and our test job is done.

❊Translation in development. The English and Japanese versions of certain missions and elements of the game will be added before the content is available in the main version of the game.

[h2]Developing plan for September: [/h2]

• New Main Quests: After the awakening of Brother Xie, it’s about time to work on a further rebuilding of the Guiyun Sect — a new stage of the journey is about to begin!
  
• New System - Spell Training System: Brother Xie isn’t satisfied with your current way of casting spells, so he decided to train you in gratitude for what you have done for your brothers and sisters.
  
• New Sect Facility - Training Ground: Here’s where you’ll train your spell casting skills with brother Xie!
  
• New Sect Facility – Sect Apartment: There will be a new lounge area for Brother Xie and Yang, so they can leave the Sunset Inn and have their own room now.
  
• New Mystery Realm – Flower valley: Same as we did in Yuhua Mystery Realm, in Flower Valley Mystery Realm you will discover new monsters, collectible items, quests, fishing spots, and new recipes! Of course, you would need to unlock this new map by completing certain quests.
  
• Personal Story of Ji Yaohua: How could Ji achieve such great success with her business in the Qiongzhen Pavilion? Now she may teach you her best-kept secrets if you spend time with her and become close friends.
  
• Personal Story of Yang Ziqin: When that unfortunate disaster destroyed everything you had, it was Yang Qizin who led you all to rebuild the sect. Maybe it’s about time to find out his own story.
  
• New Facility – Ji’s Mansion: A new fancy house for Ji and Li.
  
• Map Redesign for Mine: We’re now at 60% of the Mine redesign and thinking about how we should push this redesign forward. Your feedback would be very appreciated!
  

As always, we’re open to listening to your thoughts on any update listed here, so don’t be shy and share your opinion here so we can start a cool discussion in the comments section. Your ideas are likely to appear in upcoming updates. Also, remember that your bug reports will help us build a cleaner, better game for everyone.

Thank you for believing in Immortal Life, see you in the next entry!

YiFang Studios & 2P Games

[h2]Optimization[/h2]

• Add special effect for Sect Kitchen
  
• Temporarily remove the third personal painting from the game
  
• Optimized the Dishes Rating Menu
  
• Optimized the Mouse Indicator when choosing the Doll
  

[h2]Bug fixed [/h2]

• Fixed a bug that would crash the game when cooking on a dish
  
• Fixed a bug that would make the dishes not have enough exposure
  
• Fixed a bug that makes Mu Xia set IN the chair when she’s on the Banquet table
  

[h2]Bug fixed [/h2]

• Fixed a bug that cause bugs after entering battles
  
• Added icons for items and dishes
  
• Fixed some Typo
  
• Fixed sound effects from the Sect Kitchen
  
• Fixed special effects from the Sect Kitchen
  

[h2]Bug fixed [/h2]

• Fixed a bug that makes the water pot from Sect Kitchen can’t interact.
  
• Fixed a bug that unlock the wrong Personal Painting of You Jinghe
  
• Fixed a bug that would crash the game when getting the review on the Banquet Table
  
• Fixed a bug that accidentally unlock a work-in-progress new map
  
• Fixed a bug that makes MC face in the wrong direction
  

[h2]Optimization[/h2]

Optimized the special effect of Mystery Valley River

Greetings, cultivators:
We’re back to welcome August! It's been a month since the last update of the Sunset Inn message board and it's about time to turn the tables, don't you think? Mostly because you'll be eager to know what kind of content is coming to Immortal Life this month.
First of all, we must admit that adjusting the battle system is coming with a great number of difficulties we never imagined. Even though you'll notice huge changes in our current Alpha testing version, there’s still a lot of work to be done to bring it up to the level of other features of the game. In the upcoming months, we'll keep introducing better battle sounds and visual effects, developing an enhanced enemy AI, and planning how to relocate monsters all over the map. In other words, we haven't forgotten our promise! We just need a little more time to create a combat system that feels natural, fun and, of course, full of magic.

[h2] Mission updates for July[/h2]
With all that said, here’s a short summary of the new features, content and gameplay enhancements we worked on last month. They’re now part of Alpha branch to be tested before reaching the main game:

1. Overhauling the battle system:
   1. There’s no need to draw and sheath the word to activate/finish the combat anymore.
   2. Now you can attack or cast a spell while moving, jumping, climbing or collecting items. No need to sheath your sword!
   3. WASD keys can be used for moving.
   4. From this version of the game, you’ll decide the direction of our normal attacks and spell casts with your mouse.
   5. Use Left Click for a normal attack and Right Click for casting spells — we even have created a spell menu for choosing which one to use.
   6. [Temporary] MP consumption per spell will be reduced as a part of a temporary design we will change this very month. In the meantime, you’ll also find there’s no spell cooldown.
   
   
2. New building: Clan Kitchen
   In our current Alpha version, you can invite Mu Xia to join the Guiyun Sect and rebuild the Clan Kitchen. It’s way bigger than Sunset Inn’s kitchen, with new cookware (Deep-Frying Wok, Pot...), recipes and, of course, challenging mini-games to put your cooking skills to test!
   
   
   
   
3. New solar term mission: Help the Clan Kitchen for each solar term
   After you unlock the Clan Kitchen, y this special mission will appear every solar term. It will allow you to earn new rewards and increase your friendship level with the cult members. Don't worry about the ingredients, they're all provided by the sect.
   
   
4. New map: Deep in the Mine
   The map's almost finished, except for a few details we need to adjust for a better experience. Soon we'll give you an official update on the status of this area.
   
   
5. New map: Mystery Valley Lake Island
   After fixing the Lake Pier, you'll be able to visit the Mystery Valley Lake Island from the docks. Guess what: on that island, you can invite your fellow Sect Members to enjoy the dishes you made!
   
   
   
   
6. New Feature: Banquet table
   On Misty Valley Lake Island, you can invite your fellow Sect Member to enjoy your dishes at the Banquet Table! Everyone has their own taste, so they would give you unique reviews on different dishes. A good score could help you unlock gifts!
   
   
7. House renovation
   Starting now, You Jinghe will help you with the house renovation after rebuilding the Main Hall. That means you can get new Floor, Wall, Stair, and Corridor recipes from him!
   
   
8. More character stories
   We started working on personal stories for the secondary characters you like the most. These sub-stories will help you improve your relationship with them and learn new interesting information about their pasts after reaching certain Friendliness requirements. We’ve just introduced the personal story of Mu Xia in our Alpha branch. Stay tuned for future updates!
   
   
9. Making Spirit Orbs
   We’re now allowing everyone to make a new decorating furniture, the Spirit Orb.
   

Plus, we’ve worked on the following changes:

• Adjustments on the Mine
  We’re rebuilding the Mine to suit our new battle system, which includes a redesign of certain levels and a relocation of its monsters and collectible items.
  
  
• Adjustment on the Yuhua Mystery Realm
  As the combat system also influenced the design of the Mystic Realm of Yuhua, we are including some changes to the map and the location of enemies and collectibles — we hope you like it!
  
  
• Redesign the Spell System
  Redesigning the battle system also means that we had a job to do on the Spell system. It evolved so much that you can easily identify the changes. This rebuild is way bigger than what it looks like on the surface, we also changed some parts of its code and redesign the structure deep down in our game build foundation. But the good news is, this would give us more space for introducing new features on the Spell System, please stay tuned.
  
  
• Monster AI redesign
  Same reasons as the others, yes, the battle system redesign also requires us to do changes on the Monster AI, and we did that, period.
  

[h2]Content developed for August[/h2]

• New realm: Flower Valley
  We know that adventure lovers hate to sit still for too long, so here's good news: the Flower Valley is open to visitors! You will have to complete a specific mission to unlock this new location, in which you'll find new monsters and fishing spots, more collectible items and, of course, new recipes.
  
• New personal story: Chen Yuanzhou
  We've heard you loud and clear, dear cultivators. Some of you have fallen in love with our favourite fisherman and need to find out more about him, so with this new mission you are going to discover his story. We can hear your heartbeat from here!
  

There are some other elements of the game we’ll start working on this very month. However, the development team might need extra time to polish them depending on how things go with the redesign of the battle system.

1. New events in the main questline
   
2. Becoming friends with Xie Wentian
   
3. New sect facility: Garrison
   
4. New sect facility: Training Ground
   
5. New system: Spell Updates System
   
6. Personal story: Ji Yaohua
   

We'll share new photos and videos as soon as these designs look more like their final versions. If you have any suggestions for us to improve the game, don’t hesitate to share your thoughts in the comments below or join our Discord Server to share your ideas! We'd definitely give it a chance after a proper discussion inside our team. After all, everything in Immortal Life is subject to change, please wait for future announcements for disclosing the details.

Thank you for your support, wish you enjoy your time in the Misty Valley and find your way to become immortal.

YiFang Studio & 2P Games