Temptation's Ballad: Hotfix 0.2.5.1 (July 22nd, 2024)

Heyo! Rolling out another hefty QOL update for Temptation's Ballad. I'm trying out a new update schedule where I make more frequent, smaller updates every few weeks instead of my previous update per 1.5 months. In the past, the longer I spent working on an update, the more pressure I put on myself to make it even bigger and better to make it worth the wait. That inevitably made the update take even longer, and rinse and repeat.

I figured smaller but more frequent would keep me from burning out and y'all will get more stuff more quickly. Let me know how you guys like it ;w;/

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Changelog:

• Chapter 3 Character Glossary has been added! (Totals around 1512 words).

• 3 new glossary artwork cards for Maeve, Calder, and Agatha.

• 8 small glossary item illustrations.

• All 4 of Prince Cassius' sprites have been reworked and cell-shaded!

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• Added a Replay button in the Gallery menu that allows you to replay select scenes throughout Temptation's Ballad! The scenes are unlocked as you play through the story. I hope y'all enjoy this new feature, it was a pain in the ass for my smooth brain to code QWQ

• Note: this feature is not retroactive and you may need to replay the story to unlock the scenes, even if you have current save files.

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• Sounds are now muted when skipping through scenes. Your eardrums will no longer get blasted to smithereens.

Chapter 1 Revisions:

• Every scene in Chapter 1 has been combed through and updated with more sprite animations and jiggles that y'all have seen in my more recent VN updates. Sprites now move around more dynamically as well.

• More varied sound effects have been added where appropriate.

• Instances of the "surprise.ogg" sound effect has been reduced from 61 to 15 in Chapter 1. Your eardrums are now safer.

• The background art for the Grand Cathedral (both day/night) have been rerendered with the holy sword removed from its pedestal. That plot thread has since been cut from the story.

• The church kids in Artemi's introduction scene now make a bigger deal about her being the Bishop's child, and wonder about "aren't bishops supposed to be celibate?"

• A gentler version of Sidd's theme now plays when he talks about his mother in the fighting ring.

• Slight retcon: All instances in Chapter 1 where Artemi was referred to as "The Vessel" has changed to "The Reservoir." For plot reasons. (It's a secret tool that'll help us later).

• The cloaked figure now hates poor people slightly less. This was supposed to be a small thing in their backstory in the early concepts of the TB but I've since moved away from it.

• Artemi now properly electrocutes Sidd when trying to heal or buff him, as per protocol.