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Temptation's Ballad: Hotfix 0.2.5.1 (July 22nd, 2024)
🕑 Added 2024-07-22 06:49:06 +0000 UTCHeyo! Rolling out another hefty QOL update for Temptation's Ballad. I'm trying out a new update schedule where I make more frequent, smaller updates every few weeks instead of my previous update per 1.5 months. In the past, the longer I spent working on an update, the more pressure I put on myself to make it even bigger and better to make it worth the wait. That inevitably made the update take even longer, and rinse and repeat.
I figured smaller but more frequent would keep me from burning out and y'all will get more stuff more quickly. Let me know how you guys like it ;w;/
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Changelog:
Chapter 3 Character Glossary has been added! (Totals around 1512 words).
3 new glossary artwork cards for Maeve, Calder, and Agatha.
8 small glossary item illustrations.
All 4 of Prince Cassius' sprites have been reworked and cell-shaded!
Added a Replay button in the Gallery menu that allows you to replay select scenes throughout Temptation's Ballad! The scenes are unlocked as you play through the story. I hope y'all enjoy this new feature, it was a pain in the ass for my smooth brain to code QWQ
Note: this feature is not retroactive and you may need to replay the story to unlock the scenes, even if you have current save files.
Sounds are now muted when skipping through scenes. Your eardrums will no longer get blasted to smithereens.
Chapter 1 Revisions:
Every scene in Chapter 1 has been combed through and updated with more sprite animations and jiggles that y'all have seen in my more recent VN updates. Sprites now move around more dynamically as well.
More varied sound effects have been added where appropriate.
Instances of the "surprise.ogg" sound effect has been reduced from 61 to 15 in Chapter 1. Your eardrums are now safer.
The background art for the Grand Cathedral (both day/night) have been rerendered with the holy sword removed from its pedestal. That plot thread has since been cut from the story.
The church kids in Artemi's introduction scene now make a bigger deal about her being the Bishop's child, and wonder about "aren't bishops supposed to be celibate?"
A gentler version of Sidd's theme now plays when he talks about his mother in the fighting ring.
Slight retcon: All instances in Chapter 1 where Artemi was referred to as "The Vessel" has changed to "The Reservoir." For plot reasons. (It's a secret tool that'll help us later).
The cloaked figure now hates poor people slightly less. This was supposed to be a small thing in their backstory in the early concepts of the TB but I've since moved away from it.
Artemi now properly electrocutes Sidd when trying to heal or buff him, as per protocol.
Comments
Shirokoi
Ah yeah, someone on the discord server already reported that to me. I'll have it fixed in the hotfix update in a few weeks QWQ/
Nelson Cabrera
That would be cool
Myler Armenteros
I have tested this update, Shirokoi. I found a "bug"? About Maeve character info: when you select her option, you only read Agatha character info and not Maeve info (It's only in her stats, age, jobs... that part). Sorry for bother :') I let you here a link with the screenshot about what I mean: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cCczcJ1yVt9E4cG8GQT5UxqiGH-AF-28/view?usp=sharing
Shirokoi
Haha I'm gonna miss them too but I figured I'd remove the unnecessary ones for the sake of people's eardrums ;w;
Okoru
In all seriousness, it’s an improvement but it was so funny to click the skip button and hear an orchestral strike every millisecond lmao
Okoru
NOOO, PUT THE SURPIRSE SOUND AFFECT BAAAAACK /j
KamandiLyon
So many great updates and I love the new sprites!
Shirokoi
Gotta add some Bad Wolves into TB at some point uwu
Myler Armenteros
In next updates in the story, I hope to read some Dr Who reference :P. Amazing all this job that you have done, Shirokoi! I'm glad of discover your VNs!
