Hello everyone!

Another 2 month wait, I know I’m really sorry but the scope of this update is pretty big (The biggest one yet!) so I needed more time to work on things. It may not seem much on paper but to experience it you’ll see how big it really is!

Alongside main story content I introduced the Relationships/Bonds mechanic that allows you to have characters interact with each other!

The reason this update is so big is because it will conclude Act 1 of Pluhnoah and I want to make sure the update helps finish it with high hopes of what's to come in the future. 

The next update will probably be a house keeping update, I want to polish things up to standards before moving on to Act 2.

Pluhnoah 0.8 Build Patch Notes

Story

Relationships / Bonds

• New: - Bonds: - Strengthen bonds with those around you. This affects all party members both with Florrent and between each other. There are also a few other NPCS that you’ll be able to bond with, exclusively for Florrent. To unlock Bonds between characters you must increase your Bond Points with them.

Bond Points can be gained by Supporting an ally and also by using spells or skills on an ally.

• New: - Florrent Bonds:  - E supports with all Pluhnoah Members.
• New: - Celeste Bonds:  - E supports with all Pluhnoah Members.
• New: - Xul Bonds:  - E supports with all Pluhnoah Members.
• New: - Rowena Bonds:  - E supports with all Pluhnoah Members.
• New: - Bearby Bonds:  - E supports with all Pluhnoah Members.
• New: - Supports: - After playing through the 3rd campfire you will unlock the ability to support an ally during battle. Supporting someone will add towards bond points between the two. This can only be done once per character, per battle. Supporting an ally will trigger a small conversation between the two depending on who initiated the support. For any old save files to unlock the Support skill you must talk to the birthday cat outside Wooldale.

New Party Member

• Beau - A familiar face and seasoned fighter. This veteran mercenary will help guide you through the challenges of the Lunar Path!

Dungeon

• The Lunar Path:  A huge mythical mountain that is said to have been the home of an ancient moon tribe. After supposedly being smote by the Moon Goddess, there is no trace of it anywhere. Now the mountain is overridden by monsters who feed off of trespassers.
• 3 mini boss battles:  There are a few mini boss battles here and there, can you find them?
• Boss Battle:  For narrative purposes I’m keeping this one a secret ;) 

Monsters

The Shaded Woods

• New: - Blicery:  Blicery spends all hours of the day singing at an eerie note. If it’s not singing, it’s feeding off dreams of the people it puts to sleep.
• New: - Nuvie: Going against the wind, Nuvie absorbs ions into its cloud body. It’s antennas above it allow for it to convert it into electrical current.
• New: - TepeTepe: A small creature with a parasitic rock attached to its body. It is rarely seen to ever move. 
• New: - Zyrmcoleon:  Underneath the soil of The Lunar Path lies a colony of Zyrmcoleon that terraforms the mountain with it’s crescent stone atenas. Their atenas can be used to communicate with one another. So whenever someone steps on their land they are quickly aware and become aggressive, as to protect it. 
• New: - Leur:  A shaded monster with three opposable arms that act as its feet and hands. It’s able to stand straight on one of these arms and use the other two to move over 4x it’s original weight. 
• New: - Una Una:  Right
• New: - Klip Klip:  Left

Paths Diverge

• The Lunar Path: Per usual you will have different dialogue, depending on which route you’re on.
• Beau: Depending on whether or not you hit 3 friendship points with Beau (Interacting with him before leaving Wooldale.) you’ll have bonus scenes and narratives.
• Bearby: Dialogue changes if he’s in your party AND if he took a break or not will alter said dialogue.

Skills/Spells

Florrent

• New: We’re In This Together!: - Covers all allies below 50% health for one turn.
• New: Lethal Enthrall: - Absorb your enemy's soul. If an enemy is below 25%health, execute them and gain \C[18]Blood Lust\C[0].

Celeste

• New: Aspect: - Form an astral bridge between you and an ally for 3 turns. Any damage your ally takes recovers you mana.

Xul

• New: Fractured Prism: - Call forth light to form a prism around the enemy, then shatter it. Lowers the target's magic defense by 50%.

Bearby

• New: Cuddle Buddies!: - Form one designated cuddle buddy! Covering them from all enemy attacks for 3 rounds.
• New: Best Of Friends!: - Connect with an ally, boosting their damage by 175% for the entire battle. You can only have one Best Friend!

Art

System Changes

• New: Game Icon! - Pluhnoah now has it’s own game icon! 

Menu

• New: Beau: Column: - Like every character he has his own Column!

Battle HUD

• New: Beau: Status Bar: - Beau has his own status bar as well! No face art though :( 

Characters

• New: Beau: Sprite sheets: - Updated his sprite sheet to include his formal wear
• New: Skill Icons!: - Each new LV 15 skill got their own little icon along side it!

Map

The Lunar Path

The Lunar Path Tileset

• New: Tilesets - This new map got a tileset of its own with a cute mystical feeling to it.

Monsters

The Lunar Path

• New: - Blicery
• New: - Nuive
• New: - TepeTepe
• New: - Zyrmcoleon
• New: - Leur
• New: - Una Una
• New: - Klip Klip