Athenian Rhapsody News

Hey dogs - I will break this update down into two sections

[h2]Community Items (woop yeaaaa)[/h2]

You can now collect Trading Cards, Backgrounds, and Emotes from Athenian Rhapsody!!!!

I will be implementing animated assets too as well in the near future, so be on the lookout for those. I hope you guys go crazy collecting all of the trading cards, all 16 followers + some of your other favorite faces from Athens. It'll probably be easier collecting all of these than it is finding all of the special milk fairies across Athens!

[h2]Update 96.242 (aw boring paperwork taxes blagjh)[/h2]

This is a small update that fixes that strange save file bug some of you have experienced when the save comes up as "Cornball". Let me know if I broke anything!!!

It also fixes a small issue you'd have when experiencing events where checking your mailbox with an event in your storage will crash the game, though your mailbox still would work correctly. This also occurs when going to the main menu. I'm stating this because while it is fixed on PC, it will exist on other platforms but will be patched out likely mid-June, but luckily it's not too bad.

Thanks guys! Go collect some stuff!!!

You dogs? You're a special kind of dog. You've got that RHAPSO-POWER!!!

Anyways, thanks for bearing with me - here's what's new in the next round of patches, balances, and updates:

• Updated Steam Extension - what this means is I've updated the way GameMaker connects to Steam, and I'm hoping this resolves the issue of SteamDeck not unlocking achievements. If a deck player could report if this is true or not, it'd be super helpful!!! Thank you guys!
  
• Aerosol's Meditation skill wasn't working with a full inventory
  
• Fantasma had several dialogue opportunities where she wouldn't say anything
  
• Can still talk to the MilkMan after he [REDACTED]
  
• Spider Boss doing pretend invisible vampire damage to player
  
• BUFFED SCRUT'NHAUS'R!!! Icy Shield now costs 30 instead of 60 and has an extra hit
  
• After battle Richard was spawning some unlucky Cornballs OOB
  
• Added a fail-safe for players getting stuck on the Lore/Story cutscenes in Olympus and in The Cathedral, mostly for Xbox players
  
• Added a FAST-FALL INDICATOR to platforming sections since many players did not know this was a functionality and in turn got blasted by Goobo
  
• Other tiny, minor little wittle fixes
  
• Chill Mode indicator did not work, instead it showed the player as defeating the Burgizzalard
  

Thanks guys for all of your help with making the game airtight! We are going to be building for console on this current version as well with all of the fixes since launch. Please let me know if I broke anything!!! Lol

Keep showing me your epic Rhapsodies, too!

Hello you dastardly dogs. You dastardly Rhapsodogs. Who I love very much.

Thank you for playing and enjoying Athenian Rhapsody! I can see through my epic wizard powers that you are all making, stacking, and trading many Rhapsodies! Yippee!!! You've also helped me find some bugs, and in this update I aim to fix many! Please look through them!

And if I messed anything up, PLEASE LET ME KNOW I did that last time and you guys did, and I patched it

• 3 Stacked Badge shows up as the middle stacked Rhapsody's Badge twice
  
• Forgot to add Dr.Illness to the epilogue, uh, I mean... He was just really hard to find. Made him easier to find.
  
• Horatio's battle basketball minigame should stop not registering shots, if this is not the case check that you're on 0.96.23 and then let me know!
  
• Tundra Badge Guy Goes Away, for real this time (he tricked me last time)
  
• Giga Franklin was showing up as befriended in stacked lullaby Rhapsodies
  
• Richard chase audio cutting out after player death
  
• Inconsistencies with Nylons BURST information
  
• Removed Johnson's mustache
  
• If you play a normal game up to the Fantasy RPG, quit the game in the middle of it, and without closing the game or anything, play the entire game in Lullaby up to the Fantasy RPG Quest section again, without closing the game, you will get softlocked. You could fix this by closing and opening the game, and I don't know how many people realistically can encounter this, but it's fixed now.
  
• Crabmeat crash when fighting the Burgizzalard. I should honestly have just added his logic in for being a follower but that takes some artwork manpower and I want to fix bugs for you guys first. Maybe soon...
  
• Activating Chill Mode Marker (very tiny, shows up in the Narration, please use Chill Mode instead of complaining online about difficulty its a hard game there's no shame in it I literally use Chill Mode just to enjoy the game sometimes so I don't have to lock in) shows up as you defeating The Burgizzalard instead. If you used Chill Mode, take advantage of this exploit and flex!
  
• Please use Chill Mode instead of complaining online I literally made Chill Mode the one thing in the game that doesn't make fun of you for a reason so that you use it
  
• Made Cornball's IBS activate your system's smell emitters
  
• Please use Chill Mode
  
• Dying with Swim Gear as Female Cornball crash
  
• Removed Herobrine
  
• Use Chill Mode do not complain online - Thunder Goober
  
• Swimming not working with D-Pad
  
• Fixed The Hero not fighting you if you kill Scrut'nhaus'r
  
• Added Johnson's mustache
  

I'm still working on the Steam Deck achievements thing - I think its a Linux issue, and there aren't really many people I know to ask about this in terms of GameMaker but I'm workin' on it and will have it resolved soon!!!

Thanks guys!

Rhapsodogs!!! I'm so glad that so many of you are enjoying the game! I've been working hard to iron out all of the quirks, bugs, and strange happenings you guys have found. Here's a list of what's currently been patched in 0.96.22, and what's coming in future updates:

What's been fixed:

• The crash happening when being caught in the Avalanche
  
• The tea being added to the player's inventory when full
  
• Doug (not Thunder Goober) not disappearing after befriending everyone in the Tundra/Fixed All Befriended Biomes Badges/Postmark
  
• Fixed an issue where if encountering the hero but Scrut'nhaus'r was defeated, it won't be recognized
  
• The crash happening in player's Rhapsodies when their connected was Scrut'nhaus'r or GirlCat
  
• Taking Steam screenshots
  
• Chill Mode Menu crashing if you have a Munchkin and have never activated Chill Mode
  
• Nerfed Richard's Lasers
  
• The oversight where you can exit the Long Cat room early
  
• The issue when reloading after dying during the Orazio fight
  
• The overlapping text in the Franklin Balloon Fight
  
• Aerosol's achievement not unlocking during Lullaby route
  
• Steam Screenshots not registering
  
• Battles not progressing after eating the Golden Frisky
  
• "Nevermind" option not working in Main Menu object
  
• Out of bounds Horatio Basketball oversight
  
• Weird cutscene trigger outside of Athens in the cave
  
• Pause menu being re-openable after immediately closing it, allowing players to do weird stuff
  
• Shield Invincibility in Horatio fight
  
• Made the text when Richard sends the dog away clearer
  
• Two games in a row Tutorial crash
  
• Horatio Double James bug
  
• Tundra Gottheil Armor Crash
  
• Various collisions
  
• Other small oversights or minor things you found
  

What I'm still working on:

• Horatio's Basketball Hitboxes
  
• Steamdeck Achievements
  
• Potential softlock in Lullaby Route when spamming BEFRIEND
  
• Dying immediately after fighting the fly without saving or hitting an autosave can result in a softlock
  
• Standing in a weird spot during the Cattail Beach cutscene can push you out of bounds
  
• Richard's chase music won't play after death
  
• Various other small quirks, oversights, or things I didn't think you would do!
  

Through you're help, I'm going to make this game AIR TIGHT!!! It's much different having thousands of you guys run through this game as compared to my few testers, thank you for your patience and help. THOUSANDS of Rhapsodies have been created thus far!!!

I'm so excited to keep growing and building this game... I have new content coming sooner than you think! Stay tuned Dogs!

Hello Rhapsodogs - thank you for the immense support on Athenian Rhapsody through launch... This has been insane!!! This post is about the update that just went live, patching some bugs you have found. I'll be updating this post with small build changes that fix things you find!

[h3]0.96.22 Update[/h3]

• The crash happening when being caught in the Avalanche
  
• The tea being added to the player's inventory when full
  
• Doug (not Thunder Goober) not disappearing after befriending everyone in the Tundra/Fixed All Befriended Biomes Badges/Postmark
  
• Fixed an issue where if encountering the hero but Scrut'nhaus'r was defeated, it won't be recognized
  

[h3]Emergency 0.96.21 Update[/h3]
Due to an issue, I had to update this version to 0.96.21 - if you experience a crash during the LEGEND CUTSCENES, ensure you're on this version. If you are and you are experiencing this issue or any others, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!

This emergency patch also fixes...

• The crash happening in player's Rhapsodies when their connected was Scrut'nhaus'r or GirlCat
  
• Taking Steam screenshots
  
• Chill Mode Menu crashing if you have a Munchkin and have never activated Chill Mode
  

[h3]0.96.2 Update[/h3]
This update fixes...

• Nerfed Richard's Lasers
  
• The oversight where you can exit the Long Cat room early
  
• The issue when reloading after dying during the Orazio fight
  
• The overlapping text in the Franklin Balloon Fight
  
• Aerosol's achievement not unlocking during Lullaby route
  
• Steam Screenshots not registering
  
• Battles not progressing after eating the Golden Frisky
  
• "Nevermind" option not working in Main Menu object
  
• Out of bounds Horatio Basketball oversight
  
• Weird cutscene trigger outside of Athens in the cave
  
• Pause menu being re-openable after immediately closing it, allowing players to do weird stuff
  
• Shield Invincibility in Horatio fight
  
• Made the text when Richard sends the dog away clearer
  
• Two games in a row Tutorial crash
  
• Horatio Double James bug
  
• Tundra Gottheil Armor Crash
  
• Various collisions
  
• Other small oversights or minor things you found
  

Things I'm still working on...

• Horatio's Basketball Hitboxes
  
• Steamdeck Achievements
  
• Potential softlock in Lullaby Route when spamming BEFRIEND
  
• Dying immediately after fighting the fly without saving or hitting an autosave can result in a softlock
  
• Standing in a weird spot during the Cattail Beach cutscene can push you out of bounds
  
• Richard's chase music won't play after death
  

Please let me know if anything is now broken, you cannot progress, or any other change was made that was not intended and I will roll it back and fix it - Thank you for all of your reports, and happy Rhapsody chasing!!!

The Playfab servers were also reportedly down momentarily but should be working again!