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The game now keeps music playing continuously if you transition from one scene to another that both use the same music.

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Fixed a bug where equipping items via the GiveItem dialog action would not result in the character undergoing associated stat changes or learning any attacks.

Fixed a bug where items granted by GiveItem would sometimes end up linked to every other item of the same type.

All of the game's various UI boxes have now been overhauled other than the new turn box. (You can see the updated victory splash below.)

The bandit sprites now have walk animations.

I've created crossbow bolt and arrow projectiles and added them as projectile animations to the bow and crossbow attacks. I've also added an explosion animation to the Explode and Powder Bolt attacks.

As part of our efforts to renovate the game's UI, David Hammond has overhauled the game's Dialog box and Message box graphics. Pics below! :D

The game now has the elemental blast attacks that are properly animated with spell effects and synced up sound effects! Not gonna lie, they look pretty awesome. :D

Oh, also, we now have the first 50 button icons in-game. Just another 75 or so to go!

A new monthly update has been posted on the front page! It includes a new video, and animated gifs of the light blast and shadow blast animations. ;)

Last night, I coded in support for a third VFX spawn location: TowardTargets, which is basically used to create animated projectiles like fireballs and arrows.

While OnTargets will spawn the visual effect on every character targeted by a skill, and OnSelf will spawn the effect over the character using the skill, TowardTargets essentially blends the two: it spawns the effect on the user, then moves it toward its targets over the course of the animation.

That would be David Hammond (@kollatt on Twitter). :)

I stayed up late last night creating the first few scenes in what will be the official campaign.

In the process, I fixed a nasty bug that would cause the game to freeze in single player battles where the New Army condition was used. Work on the main campaign continues!

Oh, also, Tyvon Thomas is doing some awesome graphical effects for the game's elemental blast attacks. Check out the Cryo Blast and Pyro Blast (in-progress) below!

I've been writing more dialog and scenarios for the campaign, including what is probably my favorite character interaction in the game so far.

Also, new character portraits! Here are Medomai, the shadowling spy; and Igor Bloodbeard, the bandit warlord. ;)

Work continues on creating characters and writing out the scenes in the main campaign.

We recorded live instruments for the game's soundtrack recently; ideally, the soundtrack should be wrapped up within the next month or so.

Also:

- We now have a finished Actions Menu graphic (see below).

- We now have rest sprites for a new character class: the Bandit! ;)

Hm, okay. I didn't realize it happened in the Sinister Design version. Thanks for letting me know!

Here's the current draft of the new Actions Menu graphics, still in progress. :)

New stuff! New portrait, for the villain Pathos; progress on elemental blast effect animations; alternate gender sprites now all have complete rest and walk animations; work is underway on overhauling certain placeholder UI assets; and, of course, writing work continues!

I've now written up most of the early game missions in detail.

Fixed an annoying bug that would cause the cancel button to show up during counterattacks for no good reason.

Also, we now have another villain portrait--say hello to Archos the Corrupt!

Hm; I haven't seen this one for a long time. Where are you playing the game? It might be an outdated version.