HELLO!

And we're back! Sorry for a silent month this and last month! But don't worry, this update is 2 months worth of work! I had to hold off on an update for last month because the update this month absolutely changed the gameplay! This update is massive so bare with me pls.

Pluhnoah 0.4 Build Patch Notes

Story

New Party Member

• Rowena - A mysterious, stylish and blunt renegade lends her aid to achieve a common goal. Equipped with a combo chain moveset, Rowena swiftly moves around the battlefield in style!~

Dungeon

• Nethergroung Tower: Explore the Netherground tower in search for bandits with Rowena and your party. Something feels off about this place but you can’t quite place your finger on it. 

Paths Diverge

• Netherground Tower: There are 3 different outcomes here. 1 for each of the violent, neutral and gentle routes respectively.

The Academy Shack

• The Shack: The shack is only available for those who recruited Bearby into their party. Completely implemented it and should now be functional where previously was just a placeholder room.

System

• Reworked: - Removed the normal text windows and replaced it with a pop up that indicates when your decision will or had an impact.
• New: Switch Indication: - Added an indication screen whenever your party switches from one party to another.
• New: Quest Journal: - Added a quest journal that keeps track of all the main and side quests.

Battle System

• Reworked: - The battle system is no longer a planning phase in which you select each party member's action before they’re performed. Now, after selecting a party member’s action, it will be performed instantly. This change will hopefully make it feel much more strategic and interactive. 

Unique Passive Abilities

• New: Rowena: Encore? - Rowena can survive a fatal blow that would drop her below 1 HP. This will leave her with 1 HP and can only occur once per battle.

Skills/Spells

All Characters

• New: Movement and Animation - All characters are now much more animated and will move according to their skill/spells. For example Florrent will move up to the target and attack them with his basic attack rather than standing at his home position and slashing.

Florrent

• Bug Fix: Gentle Heart - Fixed a bug where Florrent’s Gentle Heart skill would not properly heal the target and would break the menu if used out of battle.
• Removed: Passionate Purity - Passionate Purity remained to be a very niche use skill, much like most of this patch, I aimed to make skills much more versatile.
• New: Pure Stance: - Takes a defensive stance to gather your strength,
• gaining a small health barrier and 10% tp boost.

Celeste

• Nerf: Bright Light: - Increased mana cost by 2 mp and 15% of max mana. Celeste’s heal still is over performing especially if combined with mana affecting items.

Bearby

• Reworked: Honey Smack: - Added a second effect that marks enemies affected by honey smack to take more damage from all sources, magical or physical. Any source of damage consumes the mark. Otherwise debuff lasts for 2-3 turns.
• Reworked: Spoiled Treats!?: - Removed the defense debuff and now debuffs the enemies damage. This effect lasts 2-3 turns
• Buffed: Bear Hug!: - Buffed the defense boost by 5% and now added a magic defense buff. Bear Hug felt very niche to use. Now with the buff in defense and the addition to magic defense buff, it is much more impactful and versatile. 
• New: Sour Candy: - Like sour candy! Offers a sour candy to the target.
• A candy so sour, it paralyzes the enemy!
• Nerf: Be My Valentine!♡: - decreased the amount of turns the debuff lasted from 2-5 turns to 2-3 turns. 

Rowena

• Reworked: One Step Ahead!: - Turned into a combo cast ability that allows for a follow up ability afterwards. Now has a 2 turn cooldown.
• Reworked: Can’t Keep Up?: - Turned into a combo cast ability that allows for a follow up ability afterwards. Now has a 3 turn cooldown.
• Nerf: Keep The Change: - Now requires 100 gold to cast.
• Nerf: What’s Yours Is Mine!♡: - Now has a 2 turn cooldown.

Art

Menu Art

• New: Main Menu background art - The main menu now has official art! This art was made by the incredibly talented Joanna Cacao! Please support her on her twitter @jocabako!
• New: Main Menu Game Selection art - The menu’s game selection menu now has art! This was made by yours truly but is subject to change! 

Characters

Rowena

• New: Sprite sheets - Has received a sprite sheet alongside side view battler sprite animations.
• New: Facesets  - Has received 2 pairs of face sets.

Map

Reworked:

• Entire Layout:
  •  Wisp Hollow
  • Glimmer Woods
  • Mabi Forest (Previously known as Animal Woods)
  • Traveler’s Beginning
  • Academy Pathways

• After taking time to seriously look at certain areas in my game, I found that some lacked form. Most if not all of these areas were very blocky and symmetrical. I took time to experiment and give it more of a natural look. This process is what I call “Giving Life” to these areas and allowing them to feel as if they were actually lived in.