Immortal Life News

[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

Hi everybody!

A new month has come and we’re here, as usual, to introduce you to the new missions and special events, features, and game improvements you’ll be able to test these days through the Alpha Version (commonly known as the beta test branch) of Immortal Life. Our localization team is still working on the translation and you’ll probably find some parts of the build in Chinese, but we expect this to be fixed soon. In the meantime, we hope you’re able to enjoy at least a part of what the development team prepared for you! Here’s a little preview:

[h2]Major changes in the combat system [/h2]

We’ve made great progress in perfecting the battle system — with the new design now in development, your battle experience will never be the same. However, you probably won't notice the difference for a few months because we will introduce the changes gradually (sound effects, battle animations, improved enemy AI, monster relocations). Of course, all of them will come to the Alpha branch to be exhaustively checked before reaching the main game, so get ready for testing lots of new things!

As for the current update, here are the changes we’ve made so far:

• There’s no need to draw and sheath the word to activate/finish the combat anymore.
  
• Now you can attack or cast a spell while moving, jumping, climbing or collecting items. No need to sheath your sword!
  
• WASD keys can be used for moving.
  
• From this version of the game, you’ll decide the direction of our normal attacks and spell casts with your mouse.
  
• 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.
  
• [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.
  

[h2]New content [/h2]

• A new map area has been unlocked! After fixing the Lake Pier, you'll be able to visit the Misty Valley Lake Island from the docks.
  
• Have you always dreamt of having your friends over for dinner? Now you can invite them to join you on the Banquet Table and taste the delicious dishes you learnt to prepare. Of course, they will review them and give their verdict.
  
• Sometimes, Mrs. Ye will drink along and enjoy the view of the moon at midnight, maybe you could talk with her? (This event will be triggered after rebuilding the Main Hall at the Guiyun headquarters or recruiting the lecturer)
  
• Yang asks you to recruit more people, and there’s someone you know that will love joining your clan — of course, we're talking about Mu Xia! Try recruiting her after completing Mrs. Ye's questline.
  
• After Mu Xia joins the clan, you will unlock the Clan Kitchen! The New Cooking Mini Game is waiting for you with lots of new tools and dishes to unlock.
  
• All these new recipes will be held by Mu Xia, so don't hesitate to ask her to teach you how to prepare them.
  
• After unlocking the Clan Kitchen, you will unlock special dishes that Mu Xia prepared for everyone on the [Pickup Counter] every solar term.
  
• After unlocking the Clan Kitchen, you can activate a special quest called [Help the Kitchen] every Solar Term to prepare dishes for everyone in the clan.
  
• You Jinghe will help you with the house renovation now. And it means that you can get new Floor, Wall, Stair, and Corridor recipes from him! (Only after rebuilding the Main Hall)
  
• Yang learned a new trick. Ask him to make Spirit Orb when you have enough materials.
  

[h2]Optimization changes [/h2]

• The recipe menu has received several changes, including a beautiful preview in 3D of every furniture available to unlock in the game.
  
• The menu for Trade Routes has been optimized too.
  
• We've increased the maximum number of characters for your cultivator's name.
  

[h2]Bug fixes [/h2]

• Fixed the bug causing strange camera moves when you entered or left the Silkworm house.
  
• Localization update.
  

[h2]HOW TO JOIN THE ALPHA BRANCH OF IMMORTAL LIFE [/h2]

[h3]Step 1: For your safety, start backing up your save files! [/h3]

This is the most important step as the files of the Alpha branch that will be saved in your Cloud storage will replace those you saved locally, damaging them permanently in the process. To prevent this, disable the Cloud Saving feature and visit the following path to copy the folder with your local saves to another safe location in your computer. Don’t switch to the Alpha test before taking this step.

Save Path: [Steam Library Path]/common/一方灵田/SavesDir/[A folder with numbers in its name]

[h3]Step 2: Switch the branch from your Steam library [/h3]

1. Right-click Immortal Life in your Steam Library.
   
2. Choose Properties…
   
3. Choose BETAS tab in the Properties menu.
   
4. Enter the code, zhongtian2022 and click Check Code.
   
5. Click the select button and choose alpha – alpha test to activate the new branch.
   
6. You want to switch back? No problem, click the drop-down menu again and choose none – it will take you back to the Default branch.
   

And that’s all for today, dear cultivators. If you think there’s any feature, substory or recipe that should be included in the next version of the game, let us know and we will take it into consideration. Also, remember that we love seeing how much you enjoy testing the new content, so please share all your screenshots with us! We love to show people how creative you guys can be.


See you in the next update!
YiFang Studio & 2P Games