Monster Crown News

Hey guys,

Hope you all had fun running around the next portion of the island and collecting Halloween Harveskin, which is now back to its default colors.

Here's the patch list:

EA v1.487
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+Campfire no longer visible in battle
+Player off-grid after stopping riding fixed
+Scrave, monster without yet complete data, removed from random monster pool
+Frost Province Storm no longer cleared after leaving caves
+Brutus riding position fixed
+Monsters save slot id (Organization fans, it's time to party)
+Echelk sprite polishing
+Frost Hooper sister no longer looking the wrong direction
+Harveskin is back to normal coloration in the wild
+No longer stop running after scouting

Two big things you might enjoy with this update are that:

A) You no longer stop running after scouting, which could sure wreck your momentum when scout-grinding!

B)The box system now remembers specific slots, not just boxes, so you can organize to your heart's desire.

With B, you will notice (especially if you have a TON of monsters) the game will hang the first time you open your box system. This is the game going over every one of your monsters and assigning them a box and slot id, this may shuffle things around, and will recover any monsters that were previously lost to the "void between boxes". From then on wherever you lay a monster, it will be there when you come back!

Expect some information on Content Pack #4 a little earlier than we usually share info on content packs this month, I can't wait to see what you think (and which side you choose ;) )

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One last thing, a little art gift for those of you that chose Canite :)




#Please note that we want to keep the primary EA build stable so new builds will be uploaded to the EA-BETA branch for one week before being moved to the main stream. Anyone can access this branch, just right-click Monster Crown in Steam, go to properties and select the EA-BETA branch to have the up to the minute, bleeding edge updates.

Hey all!

It's another week, and Content Update #3 was launched last week! That means we have new challenge up. But first, let's announce last week's winner! Now this one was pretty creative in my book, congratulations to Hiro_Nagashi with their Harveskin: CreepItReal!



Check your DMs on Discord to claim your prize! Let's check out this week's challenge.

Monster Riding Challenge
Okay, this one isn't that hard but it doesn't make it any less cool! Take a screenshot of you riding one of the monsters in Monster Crown, post it in the #monster-crown channel of the SOEDESCO Discord server (https://discord.gg/soedesco) and use #RidingChallenge by Monday November 9th 3PM CET and win the Monster Crown player of the week title + this special Monster Crown care package of in-game items including a BRILLIANT VERA! :O

- Monster reward: Brilliant Vera
- 3000 Gold
- 15 Normal Pacts
- 10 Aloe Leafs
- 10 Gualchops
- 15 Campfire Logs
- 3 Move Orbs (Enrich)
- 3 Move Orbs (Inferno)

For more info on Content Update #3, check out this post: https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/830370/view/2953758982265343266

Entries are limited to 1 per user, please only post 1 screenshot. Winners will be picked in consultation between @devotedtoneurosis and SOEDESCO. Good luck everyone! If you have any questions, feel free to ask :D

Good luck everyone!

-Marten

Bringing three new towns, two new provinces and a load of new monsters, you can begin by taking the Desperado-East Bridge that was previously occupied by a Hooper Sister (please keep all hands and monsters inside the vehicle at all times!).

Additionally, a new feature has been added, Monster Riding! This is just for fun (but does boost your top travel speed by 12.5% !) and can be accessed by having your monster rest like when you feed or talk to it and hitting 3, adding this to the monster action select (like sitting and scouting) is on the way (with any luck later this weekend) so you don't have to press yet another key. As you can imagine, making monsters rideable in a game with this large a roster using pixelart is no small endeavor and ended up being quite a bit more complex than I first anticipated, but I knew it would add to the immersion and fun of travelling with your monster companions.

Curious if you can ride your favorite monster? Check this list of currently rideable monsters:

Primigon
Raptor
Brutus
Myrkrsormr
Stega
Echelk
Tanukrook
Stamlanche
Gualop
Drangus
Traumata
Trove
Gigadrile

Just a simple feature, but can be pretty fun when you're out in the wilds with your monster bro.

I hope you enjoy the second third of Crown Island, get familiar with these towns now because later in the story you'll be revisiting them - and learning what dark secrets lie within!

As you may recall, your next destination after rescuing Dad was to visit King Dania (check your map!), so in this content pack you'll meet her and honor her request, afterwards, you get a ticket to access the Duchess's Garden, which will be made available in a future content pack. Along the way you'll encounter a lot of great monsters and lore, I can't wait to see what you create :)

I've received a few complaints regarding control issues that really soured people's experiences. It seems the vast majority of people are playing without issue, but we have some potential controller issues, they may be specific to the PS4 controller. If you are one of the ones that experienced this please know that I'll be doing a lot of PS4 controller testing this weekend and if you have any details to share on your experiences, my ears are always open.

Have fun in Content Pack 3 and join us on discord to share what you find and create!: https://discord.gg/WwRvm9B

Thanks for all your support!

Hello all!

Halloween is nearly here! That means that this week's challenge will be extra sp00py. But of course, first off congratulations to the winner of last week's challenge: Glisp#3970! Yup, a back to back win! Check out the well thought out Chromosome presets



Check your DMs on Discord to claim your prize! Let's check out this week's challenge.

🎃 Halloween Challenge 🎃
Harveskin has a special coloration during this Halloween period! Recruit yourself one of these special Harveskins, give them a unique and seasonally themed name and have a chance to win! Post a screenshot of its stat screen in the #monster-crown channel of the SOEDESCO Discord server (https://discord.gg/soedesco) and use #HalloweenChallenge by Monday November 2nd 3PM CEST and win the Monster Crown player of the week title + this special Monster Crown care package of in-game items including a BRILLIANT Harveskin! :O

- Monster reward: Brilliant Harveskin
- 3000 Gold
- 15 Normal Pacts
- 10 Aloe Leafs
- 10 Gualchops
- 15 Campfire Logs
- 3 Move Orbs (Enrich)
- 3 Move Orbs (Inferno)

For more info about the special Harveskin coloration, check out this post: https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/830370/view/2963891448391299886

Entries are limited to 1 per user, please only post 1 screenshot. Winners will be picked in consultation between @devotedtoneurosis and SOEDESCO. Good luck everyone! If you have any questions, feel free to ask :D

Good luck everyone!

-Marten

Hello!

I've been so tied up with Content Pack 3 and thinking of little else I almost didn't even realize Halloween was almost here!

That is until Blossom from Soedesco suggested doing something with Harveskin for Halloween - initially I thought of just boosting spawn rates but she actually came up with a terrific alternate palette.

From now until November 6th in the beta branch (Sunday if you're in the main one) if you tame a Harveskin it will have a unique coloration that isn't available on any other monster. Harveskin caught after November 6th will be their normal coloration once again, so be sure to add this limited time special monster to your collection. If you'd like to opt into the beta branch and aren't already, details are below.

Along with that, the eastern desert cavern items have had their ids updated properly so they do not respawn after a reload, I'll be adding the appropriate ids to all the other items in the game over the next few weeks so you can't reload-spam to get a hundred for example.

Honestly whenever there's a situation where more of something is available than intended I'm not in a huge rush to fix it, as thanks to all of you for tolerating bugs and helping me improve the game its only natural that occasionally you get a nice benefit from playing Monster Crown while it's in development as well :)

Here's the actual changelog, I had to remove like, 12 items from this because they're all Content Pack 3 spoilers:

EA v1.479
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+Items now do not respawn after pickup
+Harveskin special event custom color now available for Halloween! (exclusive palette)

#Please note that we want to keep the primary EA build stable so new builds will be uploaded to the EA-BETA branch for one week before being moved to the main stream. Anyone can access this branch, just right-click Monster Crown in Steam, go to properties and select the EA-BETA branch to have the up to the minute, bleeding edge updates.

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Speaking of which, while many of you are no doubt enjoying a chilly adventure in Pokemon Sword and Shield this weekend, next weekend you'll be able to enjoy a chilly adventure in Monster Crown as well, as the second third of the Island opens up!

A slew of monsters, two new provinces, three cities as well as new backstory, lore, music and a small fun new feature await. You're gonna love it :)