Greetings, Excavouters!
This is Mark speaking, Team Leader of the Yasmar City Construction Crew.
It's been a few days, but rest assured that we've been hard at work. Today we have two big Quality of Life features to discuss, so let's get right to it!
The AutoMap is now in the game. Press 'M' on keyboard or L3 on controller to bring up the AutoMap while in the Ruin. Currently only Ruin 1F has a map, but that's also the only floor with anything in it, so it checks out for now. Later on, maps of each Ruin floor will have to be found before the Automap will work, and further items can be found to upgrade your map with the locations of chests, secret passages and even Balkins!
The Pause Menu's "Quit Game" button has been replaced by a "Return to Title Screen" button. It must be pressed multiple times to ensure that you can't lose progress accidentally. So how do you quit the game now? The Title Screen has been updated to allow you to hold the Escape key or Cancel button for a few seconds to close the game, complete with a progress bar underneath the newly placed instruction text. You can always just Alt+F4 to quit instantly and from anywhere, but that's just me, because I like to live dangerously.
So, those are the two big improvements. We hope you like them! Updates should continue to come at a steady pace, but these bigger features have taken just a bit longer than we originally anticipated. Of course, I should mention that with any new feature, other things that were once solid could have been knocked out of alignment, so to speak. We test as thoroughly as we can, but please let us know if you run into any strange new behaviors!
A few smaller fixes include:
Added proper tagging to the city's corner support columns so Patricia can't walk through them.
Placed a lid on the Flutter Frills window display cabinets. No more diving into the dresses, Patricia!
Replaced two missing wall tiles in the Intro Stage.
As always, thank you all for your help in finding the weak spots in our construction plans! The city is much stronger with you in our corner!
Signed,
Mark - Team Leader of the Yasmar City Construction Crew.