Anode Heart News

Just like with cozy farm sims, there are way more monster-taming PC games to choose from than there were only a few years ago. It's easy to miss some of the smaller contenders, so I'm glad I managed to catch Anode Heart. This monster taming RPG launched just last week and, based on what I've played in its demo, is doing a great job channelling the good old aughts...
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Changelog:

[Major]
* Added a new item to deal with ASMs (found in Access Tundra)
* Reduced the effects of unspent Potential on reboot Potential
* Fixed [No Heal] status (it was ignoring upgrades that heal a Tama before)
* Reduced the effects of the Fear status
* Dodge is now increased by 2% times sqrt(your Speed)
* Tech swap confirmation box fix (no more random paying for glyphs)
* Gamebot crash fix (if you approach it with less than 3 Tama)
* Hatter softlock fix (when his Tama is stunned)
* Pushable NPCs sequence break fixes

[Minor]
* Player movement should be less jittery now
* [Reinit] Passive will only trigger on direct hit fatal hits now
* Storm Surge card fixed
* Fifou evo tree glitch fix
* Added Reboot screen music
* Added Segment Island shoveling
* Alt color of offspring is set to default color when breeding
* Rune Sword blueprint and recipe
* Tama that attack you when digging now won't ambush you always
* Elements table fix
* Timer Bomb fix

- Expansion Disc has been removed from the Overworld (later on it may return to expand the inventory to an even bigger one)

- Instead, inventory is expanded by default from the start of the game. Your existing inventory should also become expanded if you already started the game. If it doesn't, please let me know!

- Digging for items while you have full Memory should transfer dug up items into the Bank now

- A few other tiny fixes

Demo version has been updated to v1.0-alpha, and this will probably be the final demo version before full release. Content has stayed mostly the same, but there are a number of QoL changes and improvements:

• Multiple save files
  
• Reworked settings screen
  
• Reworked party screen for easier swaps
  
• Steam achievements (5 are obtainable in the demo)
  
• More tutorials on TP and other early game mechanics
  
• Starter tech tweaks and buffs
  
• Tenn (the TV forest man) can now heal your party