Chronomon News

Early Access .7981

--- Features ---

• Brick recipe added to 5th week wednesday TV
  
• Anytime you end in the void, you spawn back to the farm
  
• The mines, now multiple different types of gem nodes appear
  
• Sign in mine added to explain features
  
• Windowed mode and Foldable phone support (I hope, no way to test)
  
• Keyboard can be used to navigate dialog (WASD and Space)
  
• Menus now resize while on Steam Deck (like they would on mobile)
  

--- Other Changes ---

• TV Crafting day "Climbing Bar" giving "cart" instead
  
• Calender menu now closes when escaping
  
• Grammar and other wording fixes
  
• Fishing odds changed (Previously getting most rare -> common)
  
• Important NPCs naming issues
  
• Wardrobe can now be broken
  

--- Balancing ---

• Mon kill exp raised!
  
• Medium chest now takes copper instead of iron
  
• Large chest added wood to build
  

--- Bugs ---

• TV crashing later in the year on Wednesday and sometimes Saturday
  
• Catching last monster in mines does not spawn ladder
  
• KOing monster at sleep time causing soft-lock
  
• Mine elevator issues showing last floor not open or unlocked floors
  
• Iron not showing up past level 20 in the mines
  
• Map clipping issues (sometimes showing black squares)
  
• Town menu displaying incorrect towns, descriptions & not showing correct ones open
  
• Can add more monster to the farm than allowed
  

[h3]Early Access .7979 [/h3]

--- Features ---
- Any errors or bugs auto-copied to clipboard so you can send to dev
- IOS 13+ support (Previously IOS 18)

--- Other Changes ---
- Mail no longer drops "Death" mail mutliple times
- Removed scanning when monster is in control
- Mine ladder now asks if you want to go down
- Solaris seed shop selling grapes instead of grape seeds
- Some farming soils not farmable on default farm
- Unlock pop-up now auto-closes after 2 seconds instead of requiring a click
- More checks added to ensure cloud load doesn't happen twice (causing double farm items)
- Gem nodes spawn after level 20 now (so you can break them to get the ladder)
- Version on main menu changes color for time of day for readability
- More pathfinding fixes for farm monsters when looking for larger objects
- Paths inside mine entrance can now be broken
- Save after every cutscene
- Map fixes for entering the void (Can walk through trees to no map)

--- Balancing ---
- Ore bar crafting times increased
- Cooked meat values changed (10HP, 10Energy, 15Hunger)
- Flowers take longer to grow (6 days)
- Catching monsters reduced from 5% to 2%

--- Bugs ---
- Mine Bugs
- Death in mines from Monster stalk not exiting mines completely making screen darker
- Death in mines from Monster stalk not saving the last mine level
- Mining achievement setting wrong
- Mines not loading in last highest level (Elevator not recognizing it)
- Mines not despawning dropped items
- Switch mons or calling them back while in mines causing issues (black screen, not coming back)
- Live battle attacks resulting in monster death not spawning ladders
- Death not taking gold if no items in inventory
- Night spawns not stalking if no alive monsters in party
- Enemy not stalking if lost in battle
- Knocking down fruit with fishing rod as only tool in inventory causing soft lock
- Swapping from player to monster in mines causes soft lock
- CRASH - New days will crash the game if all plots are tilled.
- UI locking while eating and trying to open a menu
- Tree near fenland coming back after breaking and not able to break it again

[h3]Early Access .7978 [/h3]

--- Features ---

• Death in mines now causes tombstone to appear in entrance. Item quantity is halved.
  
• Shift/Trigger click cloud monsters to quick swap them over
  

--- Other Changes ---

• Fixed ocean water tiles next to south pier
  
• Swoop Imprint sprite not set
  
• Mons no longer eat if they didn't make it to the item/box (instead of chomping from 100ft away)
  
• Changes made to AI - mons were having a hard time getting to items right in front of them if there was something north of it
  
• Some farm tiles in Beach farm no tillable
  
• Hot bar updates after tossing an item
  
• Mine current level number displays in red if a monster killing floor.
  
• Clamped player life skill exp gain and level to max
  
• Mail from upgrading barn displaying the wrong amount.
  
• Eggplant showing planting as grass
  
• Items purchased with an "s" at the end no longer add another
  

--- Balancing ---

• Blobby can no longer cut debris (Gather/Craft only)
  

--- Bugs ---

• Fishing up/down with copper or above fishing pole freezes game
  
• Unable to move or break Shake Shack
  
• Feed box inventory not opening sometimes
  
• Stop monster from eating non food items from feedboxes
  
• Monster walking to eat food and you picking it up before causing issue
  
• Held item shop in Vicevale not opening with quest finish
  
• Shift swapping tools to another chest does not retain quality
  
• Mines not spawning ladders
  
• Monster evolutions not triggering in battle
  
• Meet kyral in Fenland quest doesn't finish when doing cutscene
  
• Chillspire teleporter not unlocking, Solaris unlocking prematurely
  
• Trying to catch nice mon after feeding causing inventory to not show up
  

[h3]Early Access .7975 In-Progress[/h3]

--- Features ---

• Being stung by bees now informs the user that the monsters were poisoned because of it
  
• Fishing SFX added
  
• Wrap around in inventory for controller
  

--- Other Changes ---

• Cryo bed image wrong
  
• Spectral element chart wrong
  
• Blueberries coming out as grass
  
• Butterflies now despawn on new game
  
• New game resets other stuff that should be reset
  
• Scanner now included in tools that can go missing and sent to your mail
  

--- Balancing ---

• Player life skills EXP needed increased exponentially (SORRY! This will regress levels but a necessary evil. Players were able to max level in the first season.)
  

--- Bugs ---

• Corn seeds planting as grass
  
• Money not taken when upgrading farm buildings
  
• Fishing Issue "not catching something" is the monster catch glitching
  
• Fishing issues when pressing to fish after catching causing graphic glitch
  
• Fish prices don't change when player life skill is unlocked
  
• Arena graphics glitch on beating it
  
• Elevator bug causing you to get stuck in the back
  
• Placing items inside farm buildings causing soft-lock
  
• Planting mons trying to plant tree seeds causing negative number
  
• Fruits dropping when turned off
  
• Monster EXP dropping to negative after battles
  
• Resarting game with one open doubles up time changes
  

Early Access .7974 Patch Notes

--- Features ---

• Seeds now display days till harvest
  
• "No known recipes" text added to build when nothing can be crafted
  
• Dark background added to monster bars in party screen for visibility
  

--- Other Changes ---

• Added checks on start to reset the Items JIC items get auto-unlocked
  
• Moved trainers north of farm making it impossible to exit if you lose in battle
  
• Item save/load data structure changed to stop potential issues later when adding more items in
  
• Generator volume in Camillia turned down
  
• Sewers still allow spawns after beating blob quest
  
• Monster on farm re-center JIC they took a nap in the wrong spot
  
• Added helper UI for controllers (temp fix) to show auto-swap button
  
• Rocks no longer spawn next to spawn ladder in mines
  

--- Bugs ---

• Rare Chronomon not spawning to battle when not out (Spawning as normal)
  
• Scanning in battle causes softlock
  
• Controller issues when trading out monsters in battle (can't select yes/no)
  
• Occasional soft lock in trainers battles when (Kill first -> Send out -> Immediatly send another)
  
• Accessory and other items data not saving and loading properly - causing say "Baseball Hat" to be bought and not come back
  
• Slot increases from bag purchase not showing up after closing the game
  
• Preventing buttons from being pressed while loading online (so it doesn't corrupt the data)
  
• Multiple bees attacking causing a soft lock sometimes
  
• Talking to trainers (from the side) with no healthy monsters causing soft lock in battle