Well done to all the early access participants! ːsteamhappyː
It's been about 1 year and 8 months since v0.00.01, and about 1 year since the Steam release.
With your support, we have finally reached Ver.1.
Thank you for all the feedback and support.
It has been a great support, not only for the game content, but also for the mental aspect.
As I am the only one who is responsible for programming and integrating the game
In the latter half of the game, I was overloaded with tasks and felt dizzy, but thanks to you, I was able to overcome the most difficult time.
With this update, we were able to eliminate the obvious shortcomings, implement the extra dungeons.
The game is now at least as complete as it could be.
However, we believe that we still need to brush up.
Please continue to play and give us feedback, it would be greatly appreciated!
About Early Access Continuation and the Full Version
We've been promising from the beginning that Early Access participants will get permanent free play
I requested support from the management again, and they said that I needed to "associate it with a user account".
(You can continue to play for free without doing anything, but in that case, you will not be able to play after uninstalling.)
The management said that they could not support "association" directly.
We will try to find a better way.
For this reason, (I was thinking of making the product version, but) I will extend the early access a bit more.
I've also posted about this on the forums.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1275210/discussions/0/3167694551629791596/
If anyone is familiar with Steam and knows of a better way to do this, please let me know.
I'll also check with the original distributor of Clickteam Fusion (development software).
If we can't find the best way to do this, you'll have to consider making the full version free!
I would appreciate it if you could understand this. (This is a very difficult choice for me, because of the cost.)
The biggest update
We've added an extra dungeon. There is one big one, with three patterns.
Added 37 achievements, which should unlock Steam achievements as well.
(If you have already advanced the game, some of them will be unlocked at startup.)
As-salaam alaikum! What a surprise! Arabic is now supported.
Other important updates
Added a new startup screen (Midori Games logo).
A possessed monster appears in the extra dungeon.
(It has a soul icon and has been strengthened to the extreme.)
Added dungeon map pattern.
Added a hounted name.
Implemented the Golden Hummer (forging possessed weapons).
Added town changes, mob characters, and conversations.
Added monsters.
Added BGM.
Added SE when attacking monsters
Significantly increased the power of 3-way magic arrows
Bug fixes and adjustments
Fixed an underflow in attack damage (damage values would be tens of thousands when calculated to be less than 1).
Fixed a CTD when closing inventory with many hounted weapons.
Fixed the position of the hounted icon shifting.
Other minor bug fixes and adjustments.
unfinished parts
The ending BGM could be played more than once.
The pattern of the special floor is not enough.
Add items related to extra dungeons.
Some staging issues (location of water and decorations in dungeons)
Some of them are in Arabic.
About the future schedule
It's not complete yet, but let me give you a break.
However, we are always working on minor bug fixes and updates.
One of the reasons is to prepare for the release of the full version, and
the other is to think about the future of Cross Soul, and to maintain motivation.
We have decided that this is the best time to start developing a new game.
As for the new game, we have two smaller games.
I'm planning to make two smaller games, a simpler action game and my first horror game.
We believe that taking on a variety of genres will be beneficial to this project.
Please continue to support Cross Soul, and hopefully the new one!