[p]Hello, this is the first non-bugfix update for Touhou: Fearless Frogslayer. I hope you enjoy the new additions![/p]
New Feature - Battle and Chapter Menu
[p]So, quite a few people liked the battles and some specific elements of the game a lot, but obviously were hindered by the simplistic save system which would require inconveniently playing through the entire game again to replay a cool battle or get a certain achievement.[/p][p]In this update, the
Options button in the title screen has become
Extras, which now contains options inside it, and now, if you have finished the game, two new menus will unlock![/p][p]
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(This menu may also be used for future features, if any are added.)[/p][h3]
Battle Menu[/h3][p]The battle menu allows you to replay any battle in the game from the convenience of the menu, and if you hold down
Shift (Or the
controller bumpers), you can skip any dialogue in the battles, as you've already read them by having finished the game. This should give players the ability to experience any battle they've wanted to retry without having to replay the entire game to do so, or show something cool off to their friends, without the inconvenience of all the replayed content.[/p][h3]
Chapter Menu[/h3][p]Alongside the new battle features, you can now access any point in the game from the main menu as well, as long as you have completed the game. This will make anyone wanting to hunt for achievements they missed have a much easier and less tedious time tracking through the game again, even if it is rather short overall.[/p][p][/p][p]Both of these menus also allow you to see the frog book drawings and save screen drawings conveniently, now with something added for the final boss as well...[/p][p][/p]
Summer Sale
[p]A more minor element obviously, the game is now on its first sale!!
I hope that many people will want to check out Touhou: Fearless Frogslayer, and enjoy the game that we have worked on.[/p][p]The sale will be running from
10AM Pacific Time today (26/06) until the
10th of July, two weeks later.[/p][p][/p]
Future News
[p]So, as this is my first significant non-bugfix update, I would like to share some future plans with you all!![/p][h3]
Soundtrack[/h3][p]Firstly, I want to address the soundtrack, which I mentioned on my X/Twitter account (link embedded at the bottom of the page) would be released at some point after the game was first released. [/p][p]Unfortunately, the composer's device had a fatal error in the process of uploading the soundtrack, so there was a rather big delay. Luckily, due to smart storage procedures, nothing has been lost in terms of sound files, but we can't upload it for this update as previously intended.[/p][p]If you'd like to wishlist the soundtrack, you can find it here: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]The soundtrack will likely be ready at some point in July or August, so thank you for your patience.[/p][h3]
Translations[/h3][p]While I technically cannot prove just yet that I'll actually be able to afford to translate the game, I have received many requests for it in some languages (e.g. Chinese, Portuguese), so I still wish to work towards that in the hope that it'll be possible to pull off. In the next few months I'll be creating a system to collaborate with people who have offered translations in past, and to test whether or not it is possible for the game's resolution to handle different scripts (Cyrilic, Kanji, etc.).
(Note: I have not guaranteed yet that the game CAN handle these scripts, so I apologize if it ends up being impossible for certain languages.)[/p][p][/p][p]Anyways, that's all for today. Thank you to everyone who bought and played the game, as well as the many people who wishlisted and supported it!! I hope to make the game the best it can be, and then move onto even better projects in future!
Goodbye![/p]