[Neonate+ Release] Version 0.16.3

Hello everyone, Corintio here!

In the last post we did to our patrons I said that there were two possibilities for the release: One we would release the whole new quest but with a bunch of placeholder content, and the other we would release the first half but with things looking better so on the next month we have more time to work on the new enemies we are bringing to the game. So this patch is the second option, you'll get to meet a new character but you'll not have the new area to explore yet. We figured that this way we would have more time to pay attention to more details and hopefully get some new secrets for you to find out while exploring instead of just rushing directly to the end =)

This patch also contains the new wrinkle maps for Kalyskah, and we hope that with that, all of our cutscenes will carry more emotions than it was before..... or well, other animations that are not the just the story cutscenes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

There are some other improvements as well, such as:

• The ambient music will get 50% lower when the dialogue starts (Although we know that sometimes the battle song won't stop when you enter a dialogue)
• Fixed character getting stuck on transition animations from hands-on hips animation to others during dialogues
• Many improvements on the level design and we are also starting to work on some new buildings and camps (that, for now, doesn't have any interaction and are mostly blocking out of what we will be adding once we start working on the civil war storyline)
• Fixed Jessie's invisible chair at the Infirmary, and also moved the infirmary to somewhere else so we can have a nice graveyard where it was before.
• New facial expressions that will blend with dialogues, but for now, they are not being used yet.
• Started to build the Puppeteers manorhouse in Milhaven.
• Some back end stuff to make some quest triggers more reliable.

Known issues:

• The physics are making Rugdumph clothes clip with his chest.
• The timer of the new quest is currently disabled since there's no way to finish it yet.
• There's a point at the river between Milhaven and Rugdumph's house that is missing the swimmable colliders.
• The ground textures are missing on some scenes of the gallery. The performance on the graveyard one is also really bad and we don't recommend you to open it. We'll release a patch as soon as we can to fix them. 
• Some cameras and parts of the dialogue with Rugdumph need polishment.
• We changed something on quest triggers that might have caused something on the Heirloom lost quest not to work, let us know if the quest triggers correctly and if you are being able to knock on the door later to deliver the ring.

Download

If you are not a patron, you can download the public demo by following this LINK. But we recommend you to get it through the itch app since it will auto-update the game when you have a new version to download.

Follow these instructions if you are a patron, you can download it through these links.

• First, you need to create an account on itch.io.
• NEONATE: Link your account HERE, and download the game HERE.
• VAMPIRE: Link your account HERE, and download the game HERE.
• ROYAL BLOOD: Link your account HERE, and download the game HERE.