The Void Rains Upon Her Heart News

[h2]New Event[/h2]

I made a poll on Twitter and another in Discord for which monster's true form I should reveal next. My plan was to make the winner's event next, but Dot won on Twitter and Chionotoh won in Discord. To make it worse (for me), when I added all the votes together they tied exactly, with the last vote coming in with less than 1 minute left! So, I'm revealing both of them! Dot got her event, and Chionotoh shows up somewhere else for now.

The other major change is that I've increased the medal goals for Altered Story mode. It was brought to my attention that they haven't been updated since before several rebalances that have made the old goals easier to reach. The big 8.0 Towers update increased the average score from most common bosses. It also added Bounty gifts that were designed to increase score. (Although Bounties replaced an old mechanic where all special monsters gave out 25% more score by default.) Many of the new events can give out tetrid bonus gifts which also add to your score.

I don't see any new mechanics being added to change scores anymore, so hopefully this is the last time goals need to be adjusted. But as I always try to do, if you already had a radiant medal, then your score will be updated to match the new goal and you will keep your radiant medal.

Early Access updated game version to v8.18a

[h2]Content Added[/h2]

• 1 new event to discover (Total: 58)
  
• 3 new dreams to fulfill (Total: 733)
  

[h2]Updates and tweaks[/h2]

• Increased the score goals for medals in Altered Story. You will keep all your radiant medals, but other medals may have shifted.
  
• Dreams for story events are divided into a few more sub categories
  
• The 3 dreams for clearing story paths on Heavy Rain can now also unlock on Torrent Rain
  
• The game will always remember the last Tower you've selected during the session
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Alter Glacia's story dream did not increment at all since the previous update
  

[h2]Version 8.18a[/h2]
Before I got to write out these patch notes for 8.18, another bug was reported and fixed

• Bug Fix: Split Veyeral's event would soft lock when a specific minigame was chosen
  
• Bonding time events will now end with an error message instead of soft locking if a similar type of bug is found later
  

[h2]Upcoming Stuff[/h2]

6 more bosses coming up in this order

• Shamble Tower Boss
  
• Guardian Tower Boss
  
• Glyph Tower Boss
  
• Zaramech Tower Boss
  
• Glass Flora Tower Boss
  
• Veyeral Tower Boss
  

13 events (not in order)

• Sandrome
  
• Voladrome
  
• Shanx
  
• Dendrohai
  
• Lavalin
  
• Chionotoh
  
• Ventra
  
• Storm Veyeral
  
• Molten Veyeral
  
• Blizzard Veyeral
  
• Towers: event similar to free gift event
  
• Towers: event where you can choose to remove a burden
  
• Endless Stress: shiny battle event
  

I'm still in events mode right now so expect another one in the next update. I am aiming for January 10th for the next one.

(Hi, it's me from 4 AM on January 10th. Yeah I'm going to need another week for this one! The goal is January 17th now.)

(Hi. Me again. So, I got sick for a few days. I'm turning this next update into my "surprise" birthday update on Jan 20th instead.)

Thank you for playing!
ːradiantheartː ːradiantheartː ːradiantheartː

This covers 3 quick patches that were done really close together

v8.17a - December 2nd, 2024
-Bug Fix: The newest boss could soft lock if you activated the Second Form effect during certain phases
-Fixed some typos

v8.17b - December 3rd, 2024
-Bug Fix: The new monster's final treasure attack released fewer bullets than intended at higher levels
-Bug Fix: Removed some debug text left in Alter Vitrea's battle

v8.17c - December 3rd, 2024
-Bug Fix: The new monster could appear in stages that should not allow thorned monsters as options
-Bug Fix: All helper fire rates were being divided by 100, which set each helper's fire rate to the hard limit of 50% and didn't allow any fire rate increases to have any effect

[h2]New Monster[/h2]

IMPORTANT: There is a new dream that involves radiating a certain type of thing. If you already did this requirement before, you will need to go into the collection and look at one of those things to have the game recognize it.

I don't want to spoil anything about the new battle here, but this monster finally completes the set I've been working on... for a whole year?! How did that happen?

There are now only thorned monsters left, and all of them will be the final boss of something. So, if you ever see me add another boss that is NOT the finale of a tower or a story mode path, then you know I have scope creeped once again.

Early Access updated game version to v8.17

[h2]Content Added[/h2]

• 1 new monster to love! (Total: 107)
  
• 3 new dreams to fulfill (Total: 730)
  

[h2]Updates and tweaks[/h2]

• Added a glass shattering effect to a common glass flora petal shape that didn't have one (These are the background petals that you can't break during battle)
  
• Adjusted several attacks from Glass Flora, Veyeral, and Special monsters
  
• All forms of Vitrea should no longer abruptly jump to the opposite side of the screen when starting or ending an attack
  
• Rage Boiler will now time out of her wall slamming attack if you trap her against a wall for too long
  
• Chroma will now put up her rainbow barrier when pinned against the back wall too
  
• Increased the difficulty of Duality and Trinity's attacks
  
• Shiny Joule's tail and Shiny Momo's petals are tougher to break, but also fill the love bar more when broken
  
• Effects that increase helper damage and shot rate while in focus now apply multiplicatively instead of additively (This only affects 1 gift right now)
  
• Shiny Veyeral Blessing: reduced duration from 5 to 4
  
• Safety bubble helpers have a new effect when combined with Friend Spiral
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• The game would crash if Sentinel's Quiz asked you which power gift you had active, but you are playing as a character with no starting power gifts, and you managed to give away all your other gifts before the quiz
  
• Although it seemed to cause no issues, you could damage Guardian Soul and Blizzard Veyeral's walls after their battles were over
  

[h2]Upcoming Stuff[/h2]

6 more bosses coming up in this order

• Shamble Tower Boss
  
• Guardian Tower Boss
  
• Glyph Tower Boss
  
• Zaramech Tower Boss
  
• Glass Flora Tower Boss
  
• Veyeral Tower Boss
  

14 events (not in order)

• Sandrome
  
• Voladrome
  
• Shanx
  
• Dendrohai
  
• Lavalin
  
• Chionotoh
  
• Ventra
  
• Dot
  
• Storm Veyeral
  
• Molten Veyeral
  
• The New Common Veyeral
  
• Towers: event similar to free gift event
  
• Towers: event where you can choose to remove a burden
  
• Endless Stress: shiny battle event
  

I want to make a few more events before I start on the tower finales, so that is where my focus will be next. I am aiming for December 20th for the next update. This time it will be BEFORE a major holiday that I always forget to account for.

Thank you for playing!
ːradiantheartː ːradiantheartː ːradiantheartː

v8.16a - November 12th, 2024
-Increased the score goals for medals in most of The Towers (You will keep radiant medals)
-Decreased the hitbox size of the square monster bullets that wrap around the screen
-Fixed some bullet layering issues with Blizzard Veyeral
-Shots fired by Guardian Soul's white soul cores are now layered on top of other objects
-Fixed more attacks that can cut off in the middle of a burst across all monster types
-Endless: Improved the pause that can happen when browsing the shop when you have a very high amount of gifts
-Endless: Adjusted love power scaling after stage 20
-Bug Fix: Although I was unable to replicate this bug, if Blizzard Veyeral's blood pupils ever spawn inside a block, they will be pushed out in front of the block

[h2]New Monster[/h2]

The final Veyeral monster ever! This time for real! (Well, the last "common" one anyways)

I am going to update the medal goals in The Towers in a patch within the next few days, I just needed more time to make absolute sure it doesn't mess up save files on accident.

Early Access updated game version to v8.16

[h2]Content Added[/h2]

• 1 new monster to love! (Total: 106)
  
• 2 new dreams to fulfill (Total: 727)
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• The best time stat for every path in story mode would actually only save your longest/worst time
  
• Violet did not fire high contrast color bullets as intended while the blackout background option was turned on
  

[h2]Upcoming Stuff[/h2]

7 more bosses coming up in this order

• The Special Heart
  
• Shamble Tower Boss
  
• Guardian Tower Boss
  
• Glyph Tower Boss
  
• Zaramech Tower Boss
  
• Glass Flora Tower Boss
  
• Veyeral Tower Boss
  

14 events (not in order)

• Sandrome
  
• Voladrome
  
• Shanx
  
• Dendrohai
  
• Lavalin
  
• Chionotoh
  
• Ventra
  
• Dot
  
• Storm Veyeral
  
• Molten Veyeral
  
• The New Common Veyeral
  
• Towers: event similar to free gift event
  
• Towers: event where you can choose to remove a burden
  
• Endless Stress: shiny battle event
  

I am aiming for November 29th for the next one! I'll try to have the special heart boss done this time.

Thank you for playing!
ːradiantheartː ːradiantheartː ːradiantheartː