Wooden Ocean News

8/31/2024

9.2.3 Hotfix

Balancing:
Increased hidden exp bonus of chapter 6 from
25% to 50%.

Misc:
Fixed hotel level, hotel equipment level,
and hotel workers from being deleted on NG+.
(previous saves received 50 hotel levels for each
NG+ up to NG+3)

8/24/2024

9.2.2 Improved Database

New Features:
Expanded size of Western Ocean. (this is
still being worked on) (a new area will be
made west of it)

Balancing:
Increased stats to chapter 5 demon by 25%.
(its health was increased by 50%)
Increased encounter strength of chapter 5
by 25%.
Increased encounter strength to the first
half of chapter 6 by 10-15%.

Misc:
Expanded the engine's skill limit, weapon
limit, and armor limit from 999 to 2000.
(if no issues come from this, then new
weapon types will eventually be made)
Fixed numerous typos in Lampless.
Fixed a minor mapping issue in Lampless.
Violet can no longer enter the ghostship
alone.

8/20/2024

9.2.1 Improved Robotics

New Features:
Shole now has unique victory lines.
Ghost soldiers can now learn erudition.

Balancing:
Epitaph, and the 2 tiers above it, are now
immune to romantic difficulty's debuff.
NG+ painting can no longer be seen on romantic.
Increased the initial exp given when entering
chapter 6. (this is retroactive)
Robots are now twice as hard to flinch.
Robots are now immmune to sleep and charm.
Psychic no longer applies confusion to robots.
Lightning and water can now apply confusion
to robots.

Misc:
Fixed pathing issue in Southern Undercity.
Fixed and buffed holy's ressurrection skills.
Fixed pathing issue in PoB 20.
Fixed Monstrous Bow from being unequipable.
Fixed Intricate Greatsword and Romantic
Greatsword from being able to use shields.
Fixed and strengthened Abstract Extractor boss.
Fixed infinite loop near Alchemist.

8/18/2024

9.2 Reflections of Decay

New Feature:
Chapter 7 is now in. (it's currently missing
its final scene)

Balancing:
Increased health of chapter 1 boss by 20%.
Increased stats to chapter 2 and 3 bosses by 10%.
Increased Shole's stats by 10%.
Slightly buffed Freewill.

Misc:
Fixed puzzles 26 and 27.
Military can no longer go below 0.
Heavily reduced weight of ship level
on Naval Support. (original amount was
so extreme that it seemed like a bug)
Enemies can no lnger transform after
death. (this was causing an exp issue)
Enemies on Romantic difficulty no longer
receive blessed.
Difficulties now properly buff or debuff
enemies.

6/28/2024

9.1 Trinity Compound

New Features:
New area west of Northern Undercity.
(requires 30 charisma to enter) (120
knowledge lowers requirement by 5)
(this area is currently missing its
questline)

Balancing:
Greatly improved all intrinsic
and romantic weapons.
Golem can now equip all rings.

Misc:
Crying Artist has left. (the new cat
boss is now the Omen of Suffering)
(the crying artist will return in
chapter 9 or 10)
Fixed Shiva's area from locking game.

Dev note: The trinity compound was
created instead of altars of pain.
The altars of pain will arrive some
time next year. Work on chapter 7
begins now.