[Restoration] Early Bird Update V0.5.08 + V0.5.07

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Versions 0.5.03 and 0.5.04 were mainly bugfixes and so weren't posted here. The patch notes for them are included at the bottom.

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V0.5.08 (January 15, 2025)

New game content (quests/writing/art/etc):

- More work on The Dollhouse quest. It is now near completion and can be ran through from start to finish.

-- The Porcelain Toy Soldiers, Eugenia, and her marionette are still awaiting their own artwork.

- Added new alchemy ingredient, Ruby River Snail Shell

-- These are found in a new resource node found alongside rivers

- Added custom artwork for Damia Twofinger in The Bimbo of My Enemy quest. Art is by Icy.

- Improved artwork for Aros Starchime, now has flat colors. Shading and additional facial expressions are still coming later. Art is by LadyCleopatra.

- Added custom work-in-progress music for The Dollhouse level. This track will loop in a future version. Music is by BecciCP.

Miscellaneous:

- Added an optional filtering to the Crafting panel sorting the displayed recipes by output item type such as health or lust restoration, transformation potions, transformation reversal potions, etc.

- Reworked how the game calculates the chance of followers departing when waiting outside the party at a point of interest

-- The chance of followers leaving is now 1% per day they've stayed put, with a 1 day grace period before that counter starts to accommodate for shorter companion quests

-- When the game migrates from older versions to this one, all followers waiting at points of interest start their waiting timer at 0 days

- Reduced victorious battle XP gain from battles with higher enemy levels

- Added ability to discard certain items that may be tied to non-quest encounters but are unsellable, such as the Kitsune's Pendant and Kitsune's Charged Pendant

- The camera now always snaps back to the party when the party is moved through an ingame choice via the MovePartyEffect. This makes it easier to tell that the party is not where it was previously.

Bugfixes:

- Bugfix for crafting and inventory panels closing when the 'x' key is pressed when the use is entering a word into the filter, such as "fox"

- Bugfix for effect logs hanging around almost completely transparent in top-right of map after performing actions such as using transformation potions on followers

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V0.5.07 (January 7, 2025)

New game content (quests/writing/art/etc):

- Added new map, Fort Veronica. Found on an island to the east of Giusburg Outskirts. The upcoming quest The Dollhouse will be found here

- Starting work on new quest, The Dollhouse.

-- Currently this is a work in progress and the quest is missing content when seeking out the four magical crafting tools and supplies

-- Porcelain doll artwork is by GlobbinArts

- Added completed pirate captain artwork by silververity

- Added some Shipwreck Cargo resource nodes on ocean-facing maps like North Shore and Giusburg Outskirts. These are better detected with higher Perception adventuring skills. Looting them grant supplies and loot

- Added Realm Traveler Luci Valentine in Fort Veronica. Art is by GlobbinArts

- Added silver mermaid statue for small pirate cove popup dungeon trap. Art is by hermes3megistus.

- Added corrupted fairy queen encounter in the corrupted bug popup dungeons where the player has a chance to steal treasure or rescue and recruit captives

Miscellaneous:

- Removed traitors from most recruitment groups and added messaging on the Recruitment panel when there is a risk of hiring on a traitor unknowingly

- Enlistee followers from Patreon should no longer ever spawn as a traitor or with other secret tags

Bugfixes:

- Bugfix for dodged, deflected, reflected, or rebuffed attacks still occasionally transforming the target

- Bugfix for reflected spells causing the original caster to drop down to 0 health or rising to max lust and not being removed from the battle

-- In these scenarios, the original attacker will drop no lower than 1 health or 1 below max lust. This will likely be changed during future battle refactoring.

- Fix for talking to Vyndaii using incorrect text for goodbye when ending the conversation with her immediately after beginning it

- Bugfix for some dialogue in Strange New Silk leading to emergency leave button to show up