Topic: Simon's Curse, metroidvania game based on Simon's Quest

[Wanhus]

Hiya!

Had to do a quick bug fix due to saving the game causing a crash.

And as always saves SHOULD be backwards compatible!

Download at itch.io!: https://metzgermade.itch.io/simons-curse

Update v0.64 D03.M10.Y2023 Critical bug fix

-added npc portraits to chat screens

-added new npc

-added simon landing from high dust particles

-added item heart cost amount to item description as icon in inventory

-added item damage amount to item description as icon in inventory

-added sound to frog dying

-added various menu selection sounds, removed old one

-adjusted item heart costs

-improvements on item use code base

-minor improvements to item graphics

-set default screensize to 1024x960

-set default volume and sound lower

-fixed being able to obtain blue crystal without owning white crystal

-fixed aldra sign

-fixed glow orbs spawning form wrong position for shrine

-fixed heart value blinking over the limit

-fixed simon stairs sprite being above other sprites

-fixed issue with crashing when saving due to missing variable

[Wanhus]

Hiya!

And as always saves SHOULD be backwards compatible!

Download at itch.io!: https://metzgermade.itch.io/simons-curse

The Polishing Update 0.65 D21.M10.Y2023

-added inventory and settings open and close sound

-added orb pick up sound

-added gate slam closed sound

-added water level lower sound

-added spider level 1 die sound

-added bat wakes sound

-added bone throw skeletons throw sound

-added bone thrown destroy sound

-added effect for bone thrown destroy

-added effect for powering crystal devices

-added effect for gate slamming closed

-added effect shield forming from bones

-added effect for coin and heart pickup

-added effect for UI for coin and heart increase

-added whip damage amount to whip description as icon in inventory

-added armor amount to armor description as icon in inventory

-added new item: heart max container

-added 2 new hidden stats

-added new decor light

-added new npc

-added new tile: fence tile

-added show damage shows when enemy is immune

-added show damage color change when weakness to certain damage

-added load or main menu select to death screen

-mausoleum improvements: added exit to part 2, added crack in the floor, fixed tiles shadow and placement, added new tiles, fixed dropping tile sprites, green braziers added to front of the mausoleum

-changed certain boss reward

-increased gold amount from certain gold bag

-improved death screen art

-pad menu button also accepts selections in main menu

-minor changes to aldra locations

-minor changes to yuba lake

-minor changes to aljiba locations

-fixed unable to return back from dennis woods 2

-fixed aljiba caverns wrong music

-fixed respawning gold in mausoleum

-fixed some priests having wrong portraits

-fixed certain boss effect still lingering after boss is dead

-fixed missing other options indicator explanation

-fixed a bug that resulted in a certain weapon smith not spawning

-fixed mausoleum skeletons eye glows (sword, shield and throw)

-fixed indicator showing on shrine and devices when you cant use them no more

-fixed talking lock when speaking to several npcs at the same spot

-fixed boss hp bar being drawn over death screen

-fixed simon cant fall of the screen edges

-fixed having shield equipped while knock backed

-fixed level 3 skeleton thrower throwing wrong looking bones

[Wanhus]

Hiya!

And as always saves SHOULD be backwards compatible!

Download at itch.io!: https://metzgermade.itch.io/simons-curse

The Major Update v0.70 D10.M11.Y2023

-added new town: Andole

-added areas

-added new items

-added new story event

-added 2 new enemies

-added new npcs

-added new music tracks

-added more weaknesses to enemies

-added new status poisoned

-added more damage types

-added hud stats to inventory

-added status to inventory to show effects

-added weapon and item damage types icons

-added pressing 4 times F2 in main menu resets resolution and keyboard mappings

-minor improvements to wicker woods

-minor changes to jova holy water seller house

-minor changes to Carmilla cemetary

-minor improvements to jova church

-minor improvements to orb graphics

-minor improvements to boss hp bar graphics

-minor improvements to all candle graphics

-changed exp in inventory to show exp needed instead of current exp

-changed some enemies in debora woods

-increased fireball hit animation speed

-improved coding on several systems: various enemy related, simon attacking, item (there might be new bugs now, hopefully not)

-improved looping on some music tracks

-fixed ai sometimes getting stuck while airborne to walls (still not perfect, working on an overhaul to enemy code)

-fixed not being able to talk to some npcs during the night

-fixed owl reaction to garlic

-fixed holding controller attack button did not speedup talking text scroll

-fixed item text clipping over box in inventory

-fixed keyboard control item equip sound spam

-fixed npc sometimes stopped walking after you talked to them

-fixed day night transition visible in menus

-fixed item use automatic fire, switched to semi automatic (could accidentially cause multi items use)

[Wanhus]

Hiya!

And as always saves SHOULD be backwards compatible!
From version 0.73 (this version) onwards you dont have to move savefiles from old version folder to new version folder. Sorry for that.

Download at itch.io!: https://metzgermade.itch.io/simons-curse


Update v0.73 D30.M11.Y2023

-added new areas

-added 2 new enemies

-added new effects

-added new status

-added new secret

-added new tiles

-added new backgrounds

-added new music

-added new sounds

-added fullscreen option (only in main menu.)

-improvements to sadam woods

-improved day transition animation

-improvements to window graphics

-improved metzger made logo and added animation

-improvements to jova

-minor improvements to many locations

-minor improvements to several tile sets

-decreased flying skull spawn time

-fixed some block positions for improved jumping

-fixed npc's walking inside slopes

-fixed npc having wrong portrait in andole

-fixed some non moving paralaxes: sadam woods, andole, outskirts

-fixed collision mask with various spikes and traps (made them slighly smaller)

-fixed frogs no longer trying to crouch (yeah that was kinda funny)

-fixed level 3 bone throw skeleton wrong reverse sprite

-fixed missing tiles from debora woods

-fixed dead river passage tiles

[Wanhus]

Hiya mates! How are you doing?

And as always saves SHOULD be backwards compatible!
From version 0.73 onwards you dont have to move savefiles from old version folder to new version folder. Sorry for that.

Download at itch.io!: https://metzgermade.itch.io/simons-curse

Update v0.74 D05.M12.Y2023

-added balloon pod level 1 spore die animation

-added tutorial

-minor improvements to certain location

-minor changes to several sprites

-minor changes to another certain place

-fixed missing zombie die animations from day time swap

-fixed owls not in view during day time not despawning

-fixed missing indicator for certain thing

-fixed spike/trap hit boxes (again)

-fixed incorrect shadows in veros church