Hiya all! 

Sorry for being away for a while. Took a break for few weeks and also this update took a lot longer than the two weeks that has been my recent update ratio. 

This update is all about doing polishing and adding wanted features and fixes I was mainly saving for the final version. 

Two main features are map and continue system:

- Continues allows you to continue after dying from the same area losing just a bit of gold and exp (this might be changes later still not sure about losing a bit of gold and exp). 

-Map is pretty basic and rudimentary (for now) but finally gives you a sense where you are in the world and where you can possibly go. 

Other stuff:

Most of the graphics have been more or less redone, added more animations and effects were added. 

Color scheme is now a lot better and less diluted. 

Fixed all the issues ( I remember ) that had been plaguing the game for a long time.

Furhter improved controls and added more gamepad settings for those whom dislike using the up button for entering, talking and activating.

Made the game atleast a bit easier with continues and werewolfs only appearing at night. Thou werewolfs have no also migrated to other areas so nights are now more dangerous.

Update v0.78 D10.M02.Y2024

##features

-added continue system (ruby icon in the hud) to the game, dying reset the location you are in but you lose a bit of gold and exp and you lose the continue, praying at the church replenishes the continue

-added map (very basic) that shows location of the player (accessed with triggers on controller while in menu, backspace on keyboard (cannot be changed, yet))

##settings

-added scanlines option to turn scanlines on and off

##sounds/music

-added coin bounce sound

-added coin bag pickup sound

##graphics and effects

-added more animation frames to coin

-added coin bounce

-added effect ferry boat weight

-added ferry boat light

-added oar end piece to ferryman

-added effect for dropping blocks breaking when hitting ground

-added effect for some corpses/items colliding with liquids 

-added effects for holywater water collision 

-added effect for spider web bolt colliding with ground

-added hearts float on water

-added new tiles (joma marsh trees)

-added simon idle animation

-added button indicator for setting 5

-added few different button/key graphics for indicator

-added new church doors

-added lights out effect to candlesticks

-added new npc sprite

-added animation to shrine

-added wings to shrine

-improved shrine orb graphics and animation

-improved bonfires

-improved intro animation

-improved mausoleum platform graphics

-improved some decor object graphics

-improved menu border graphics and background

-improved many npc graphics

-improved device graphics

-improved death screen graphics

-improved several background images 

-improved most tile graphics 

-improved several enemy sprites 

-improved several enemy animations 

-improved waterfall graphics

-improved tree leaf graphics

-improved aljiba lampposts

-changed some text colors

-altered simon sprites

-altered simons curse logo colors

-altered vaniamania logo

-altered metzger made logo anim

-adjusted sunray visibility time

-changed simon midair attack sprite

##location

-added area between carmilla cemetery and aljiba

-changes to joma marsh

-changes to dabis path

##codebase

-added system to check if the player is using keyboard or controller (could be used to to show correct use/action/etc keys/buttons with the indicator)

-reworked most of the enemy AI coding (it does not show that much on the outside, but all the fixes with the enemies are because of it)

##Controls

-can also equip item1 with the item1 use key/button

-pressing inventory or options button/key while either is active while now close the current menu instead of changing it

-both start and select work in death menu

-added gamepad setting 5 (up button does nothing, use/talking/entering is via top button, item use buttons are bumbers)

-gamepad triggers swap menus from inventory to options

-ingame options selection position resets when closed 

##nefs/buffs/changes

-nerf: holy water is not very effective in water

-buff: when starting new game player has 3 more ingame hours before night time

-change: werewolfs now only roam at night

##fixes

-fixed issue where player would take damage above noxius ponds without hitting them (turns out this was a conversion issue in hitboxes, should not cause anymore issues)

-fixed issue where player would take damage above spikes without hitting them (turns out this was a conversion issue in hitboxes)

-fixed player getting stuck on roof slopes

-fixed werewolf fixes: not using slopes, getting stuck on slopes when jumping, getting stuck on walls 

-fixed slime not using slopes

-fixed some enemies shooting from outside of view

-fixed weird behavior with bone throwing skeletons (getting stuck, trolling platforms, staying airborne, getting stuck on ground, throwing bones without animation)

-fixed frog enemies sometimes getting stuck on walls while jumping

-fixed some flying enemies under some objects they should not be

-fixed player jumping out of water splash y pos too high

-fixed mausoleum exit door being closed when boss defeated

-fixed inventory clock not having minutes and hours in double digits (when less than 10)

-fixed certain drop that you were not supposed to die from

-fixed issue with new game in empty save slot trying to load a save

-fixed a lot of typos