Snow has come to town! This update provides a range of new gameplay systems, character improvements, as well as general visual and quality of life changes. Engage more with townsfolk through a collection of simple quests, and an improved dialogue system, whilst exploring new areas. Changes added in this update open the gates to many more avenues in the future, including the ability to create more long-form story elements in coming time.

Changelog

• added save/load function + autosave option in settings
• fixed collision error when shaking directly against Sleeves
• dash stamina bar now hides when GUI is open
• updated menu designs
  • general visual improvements
  • added tabs to menus, that highlight which menu is selected
• added weather - winter has hit town!
• added a quest system, with 8 new quests related to characters around town
• added new areas
• gave town a makeover
• added new NPCs
  • old man, small old man, frog car, skeleton, tony, hot dog stand??
  • the pink dude is back.
• added new items
• added outfit system
  • kit keepo out in a range of different visual styles
• added resolution settings
• added misc sound effects
• updated dash effect
  • prettier particle effects
  • added a range of dash trails to choose from
• updated NPC gifting
• updated NPC dialogue
  • NPCs may now play sounds, automatically shift the camera focus, add/remove items, spawn/despawn objects, and more during dialogue
  • NPC dialogue should no longer reset upon leaving room
• so much behind the scenes code refactoring.
  • i no longer suffocate so bad whilst coding
• fixed parallax backgrounds for some areas
• updated tile set art
  • elements such as the moss was distracting/messy, so its been simplified
• temporarily(?) removed wingdings font from luco
• emote bubbles + effects should now always display in front of everything

Controls

movement
wasd/arrows - move
left shift - sprint
space - dash

interactions
f - talk/interact/give held item
space - progress text

emotes
1 - shock
2 - love heart
3 - sit
4 - sleep

utility
escape/p - pause/settings
m - pause/mute music
i - inventory
r - relationship menu
j - quest journal
o - outfit menu
f - hold item
x - put away item
c - toggle camera zoom
f1 - restart game
f5 - save game
f9 - load game
numpad 0-6 - change trail colour