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Morningstar Launch Sale

Love of Magic and Morningstar could be considered sister projects; some of the same souls destined to be reincarnated together. After 2 years it's finally done, and so I'm doing a sale on Love of Magic to celebrate.



Morningstar draws inspiration from 80s and 90s Action movies; touch stones were movies like Rocky, The Crow and Highlander. You play as a young MMA fighter, preparing for the comeback fight of his life, but your life takes a dramatic change the day you meet an Angel.



This is very much an Urban Fantasy story; set in the dark alleys of New York, with a protagonist that's a little more worn and less innocent than Love of Magic's character. Will you find redemption through Love, or will you walk the lonely Path of Shadows?



Unlike Love of Magic there's 4 distinct endings, and two main Love Interests (Emily and Katie). Personally it's been really rewarding to get justice for Katie, and despite the lack of brogue she still feels like the firecracker I fell in love with while writing Love of Magic.



I originally only planned for two endings (Emily's Path of Light, and Katie's Path of Fire), but other characters snuck in along the way. Nobody surprised me more than Lin, who went from an extra with no speaking lines to getting her own Ending (the Path of Peace).



Like in Love of Magic there's a combat mechanic; this time it's Match 3 (Katie approves), inspired by Puzzle Quest and Gems of War. Unlock new skills as you get to know the various characters, and combine them to defeat enemies both in the ring and on the replayable underground Maze.



If that sounds interesting, do give Morningstar a wishlist; it's a super helpful way to give it a boost at launch!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2396740/Morningstar_Book_of_the_Fallen/

Hotfix 1.6.12

This is a small hotfix bug-release.

It fixes a soft-crash from enabling Text To Speech, fixes some achievements that didn't fire properly with the NG+ Codebase, and fixes various small logic issues.

In other news, my next game (Morningstar: Book of the Fallen) is almost done, and launching on 11/11. A story with some of the same souls in a very different world, where a young MMA fighter meets an Angel, and discovers a plan to destroy NYC.

Check it out here, and give it a wishlist if you can!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2396740/Morningstar_Book_of_the_Fallen/



Full patch notes:

1.6.12
- Fixed a possible bug where if you turned down the flawless fire-gem it wouldn't be offered again
- Fixed up slot locations in combat

1.6.11g
- Fixed a possible crash-bug caused by TTS being enabled

1.6.11f
- Rebalanced sound for Akane and Molly songs
- Typos and small fixes

1.6.11e
- Fixed the timeline not advancing day 54

1.6.11d
- Fixed a soft-lock when opening the computer with the stats panel open
- Fixed a logic bug on end of act III that could skip a day

1.6.11c
- Fixed Act VI achievment not triggering
- (Actually) Fixed Toxic Environment not triggering
- Fixed Diamond in the rough not triggering
- Fixed Jenny's Black Rose 3 spankbank not triggering

1.6.11b
- Fixed Going Nova and Untoucable not triggering correctly

Hotfix 1.6.11f

This is a small bug-fix release that solves some achievements not triggering correctly in the new NG+ code. A big thanks to the players who went chevron hunting and found the bugs for me.

In other news, I'm now starting New Game+ mode for Book 2, with the first release going up on the NGPlus branch last night. It'll be some time until that's 100% stable, but it's good to have gotten started on it. As with Book 1's NG+ mode, it'll allow you to continue a NG+ save from Book 1, tweak dialog, add in new scenes, improve graphics in some of the worst offending scenes and add in new NG+ exclusive scenes to find.

I'm also nearing the end of Morningstar, with the penultimate Act going live last week (yes, it's been a busy few weeks for me :D ). Check it out, and give it a wishlist if it looks interesting.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2396740/Morningstar_Book_of_the_Fallen/

Some of the same characters, in a brand new universe. A little grittier and closer to the ground than Love of Magic, it takes inspiration from 80s/90s action movies like The Crow, Highlander, Rocky and John Wick. A young MMA fighters life is forever changed the day he meets an Angel.

Hotfix 1.6.11c

The nice thing about pushing the game to the default branch is that lots of people get to test. The downside is that lots of people test :)

I *think* (he says, hopefully) that this is the last of the achievement bugs. As a bonus, it also adds Jenny's last Spankbank entry.

1.6.11c
- Fixed Act VI achievment not triggering
- (Actually) Fixed Toxic Environment not triggering
- Fixed Diamond in the rough not triggering
- Fixed Jenny's Black Rose 3 spankbank not triggering

Hotfix 1.6.11b: Cleaning up achievements

Small bugfix for reported issues on achievements not triggering:
Fixed Going Nova (250+ fire applied)
Fixed Untoucable (player having 1500+ shields)