Golden Treasure: The Great Green news & patch notes

One of the most gratifying experiences one can have as a creative is to see your creations inspire the imaginations of others. Since Golden Treasure: The Great Green was released six years ago, we have seen dozens of incredible works of art from around the world honoring our humble little game. The time has come to share some of them with the world. This update introduces 15 brand-new works of gallery art from the Golden Treasure fan community. The relevant works will unlock once the related character or event has been encountered by the player. Old-timers who have finished the game should find them unlocked and ready for immediate viewing. We've also included director's commentary on each one.

But that is not all! Due to various issues, the old art for a very important scene in Act 3 featuring a large gathering of Kin had to be changed, and LuciaDracon, a deeply talented artist from the Golden Treasure community, was chosen to paint the new version of the scene. The Grand Moot will now appear quite different! We'd love to hear what our longtime fans have to say about the new art. This is the first time we have changed or replaced an entire in-game painting; we don't intend to do much of that in the future, but we've wanted this scene redone for a long time, and hope you will like the new scene art. (Also, a certain Elder's rodent emissary has finally gotten its own gallery entry. Forgive us for the delay, Never-Ever!)

On top of the new graphical assets, several bugs, including color pulse issues, animated rainfall failing to appear, and quite a few text bug fixes (mostly in the localizations, esp. Spanish) have been made. Let us know if there is anything we missed.

May our wonderful community thrive and flourish in compassion and creativity, and farewell for now as we continue the Hierophant journey!

-Ludwig

The stars are aligned, and the time has come for the Dreaming Door to open and the studio to embark on a new adventure.

Announcing Golden Treasure 2: Hierophant!

The Story Creator - Out Now!

What’s that? You have questions?

How exactly does the new content work, and how can I access it?

How many eligible Draak-Kin are featured in the expansion?

What is the new content rated? Is it safe for work, kids, etc.?

What’s the status of the mod tools?

Version 1.1.0 Changes

• Added tarot cards to the gallery. You can now view unlocked tarot cards from the gallery.
• Added a page selection feature to the gallery. Simply click the page number when viewing the gallery and you can type to jump to a specific page.

• Added a confirmation dialog when retreating in combat.
• Added options to give shiny things to the Artist to help it complete its treasure.
• Added options to purchase wakeleaves and poultices from the Artist in Part 3.
• Added energy loss for breathing fire on the Puzzle Trees in Part 2 and added an option to leave that scene without interacting with the trees.
• Added an option to ask for a fox tail if you need one.
• Added text about how many treasures can be selected when starting a new Part.
• Added extra animation to the No-Tail festival scene.
• Added sounds to an encounter in Part 3.

• Fixed Pedantus' incorrect physics in Part 2.
• Fixed text error with Warden in Part 2.
• Set the price on the Crystal Fang to 200 shiny things.
• Fixed Onesong perk causing more damage instead of less damage.
• Increased amount of time given for timed riddles by 10 seconds.
• Fixed errors caused by file corruption in user settings.
• Temporary status effects (such as from the special herb) no longer persist between Parts.
• Updated the steel blade shaft event for increased clarity.
• Fixed low energy lair messages not being removed when your energy increases in the lair.
• Fixed incorrect death text caused by @#&%$-related death.
• Fixed typo in dead dragon scene.
• Reduced energy gained from Consume Self from 80% to 50%.
• Fixed visual errors in timer for timed riddles.
• Fixed a music conflict in the second labyrinth.
• Fixed a sudden cutout in music in the opening to Part 2.
• Fixed an erroneous sound effect in the opening to Part 3.
• Fixed persistence of human sounds in a timed event in Part 3.
• Fixed a missing sound effect in the Part 3 Vantage encounter.
• Fixed an erroneous sound effect in the Part 3 Tempest encounter.
• Fixed an erroneous sound effect at the Moot.
• Continual audio level adjustments.

Hotfix - Version 1.1.3

• Removed an extra roar from flight scene in Part 3.
• Fixed issues that caused missing HUD elements, missing options, and miscalculated outcomes and stat changes.
• Removed a null room in Part 3 labyrinth caused by interacting with caterpillar.
• Added a small audio sting to the Tailless Sacrifice scene in Part 3.
• The @#$%& no longer causes permadeath regardless of remaining lives.
• Removed unintentional uses of the word "human".
• Removed some unused audio files.
• Replaced references to "Twenty-One keys" with "Twenty keys".
• Fixed issue where buying Wakeleaves or Poultices from the Artist would give the incorrect treasure.
• Fixed issue where giving shiny things to the Artist was locked off if you did not have any of the treasures it needs.
• Dying in combat to the final fight of the Part 3 labyrinth at the same time as the enemy no longer causes the fight to restart with the enemy at full health.

• Soundtrack DLC depot added. This content will be available as soon as Valve finishes verification.
• Large changes/additions to later game audio.
• Additional sounds added to second and third labyrinths.
• Added interaction sounds to the abilities menu.
• Volume adjustments throughout.
• Fixed several instances where ambience would not fade out correctly.
• Added additional answers to Tempest's riddle.
• Final credits edits.
• Improved graphics for Brightlings in Part 1.
• Updated ability descriptions for added clarification for various abilities.

Big updates are coming to version 0.5.0

• Added access from the main menu to the Gallery.
• The Gallery checks on which scenes you have ever visited in the game in all lives and lets you see them again with out having to reach them during a new life.
• You can revisit these scenes as they were in the game, featuring the gentle parallax and animations normally present, or view the scene as a still piece of art.
• Scenes in the gallery include artist credits, credits for scene conception and writing, as well as Director's commentary from Ludwig.

• While you are able to take a look at who made the game from the main menu at any time, only by beating the game will you find the True Credits.
• These credits, once unlocked, will replace the original credits found on the main menu, allowing you to view them any time you'd like.

• Holding down the continue button allows you to speed through the text until a scene fade or an option appears.
• The Grade Up animation has faster individual skips and now has a full skip button.
• The New Day transition can now be skipped by clicking.
• The player Draak's body shows much more obvious changes based on current elemental mastery.
• Shins in Part 2 and Part 3 use new assets. No more collecting small shiny pebbles as a young adult draak.
• Audio improvements across the board, including a full set of sounds, music and ambiance for Part 3.
• Brace has been improved from 50% physical damage reduction to 75%.
• Armor has been increased at base from 1 to 3. Armor II has been decreased from 10 to 7. This means more damage reduction to reduce the difficulty of Part 1, but not so much damage reduction overall in parts 2 and 3.

• Removing a null room from failure against Unforgetting.
• Temporarily removed steam achievement unlocks so that we can add them all in at once. Look forward to showing off your tarots as Steam Achievements.
• Full screen is set as the default setting. With correct letter and pillar boxing, this works for more screen resolutions.
• Removed the ability to keep Shining Eye between part 2 and part 3.
• Finishing the game clears out your save file so there is no continue button on the main menu that just takes you right before the end with nothing to do but read the ending lines again.
• Reduced the difficulty of Allmother's Compassion Labyrinth.
• Removed the ability for Ants to use the powers of treasures.
• Various text edits and updates.

Version 0.5.1 and 0.5.2 Change Log

• Additional audio updates for Part 2, Part 3 and the Compassion Labyrinth
• Fixed a bug in which the game would softlock in Part 1 if defeating the No Tails outside of the den and then defeating Twist in battle
• Shiny things were not visible due to a scaling error
• Changed a font in the game pertaining to a hidden message
• Capitalization on the words Body and Mind in pertaining to beings
• Updated a flash found in the Fire breathing effect
• Various text corrections

Change log - Version 0.4.7.190606 Hotfix

• Fixed first time you see grade ups
• Post act 1 starting grade ups are now skipped properly
• Beta hint buttons and beta folder buttons are now hidden in the settings menu
• Hot keys for logging and reporting remain the same

Change log - Version 0.4.7.190606

• New life selection widened to allow you to select the options you can see
• Allowed a single failure on the Twist riddles before losing the riddle contest
• Fixed the text description for treasures found in the Vantage encounter
• The island with the pit stays visible after the event is complete or blocked off
• Player coloration has been improved to show off your elemental affinities more in combat and out of combat
• Fixed incorrect stat increments shown on stat distribution when you have The Others tarot card
• Whisper's visuals matches being gone a little better
• The camouflage ability properly grants more time in hunts
• When skipping grade up animations, grade ups queued up elapse faster and you are now able to skip the next grade ups faster
• Added old hunter bear trap spring and destroy sounds
• Refined Vantage encounter to have more sounds throughout
• Fixed part 3 Spirit return elements not going away
• Added dog alert states to several part 3 events
• Added mindscream and paranoia to funeral

Change log - Version 0.4.6.190604

• Major overhaul of which goodbeasts appear randomly in hunting grounds (you should be able to find Blazetails now)
• Fixed Deathpit and Shredder fights being repeatable in the Part 3 labyrinth
• Fixed missing font in Vantage confrontation in Part 3
• Fixed Titan turning red in the Part 3 labyrinth
• Fixed issue where the Great Slideclaw mastery poem would show the image of the Great Slideclaw instead of the spirit lines
• Fixed status effects lasting one turn too few in combat
• Removed messages from the end of combat
• Fixed several text issues, including clarity updates, typos, etc
• General audio fixes
• Swapped the quotes for Part 1 and Part 2

Change log - Version 0.4.5.190531 Hotfix

• Fixed bug where Zone 2 in the Heartbone Valley would not let you finish exploring it, clearing the continue button. This would cause the player to get stuck on the map.

Change log - Version 0.4.5.190531

• Fixed bug where dying of a lack of energy in the Part 3 labyrinth results in the player's elements not being reset
• Fixed bug where retreating from certain enemies in the Part 3 labyrinth caused players to go to the null room
• Fixed Writhing question not moving with the log it is standing on in Part 3
• Fixed issue where clicking "No" when prompted to go to a location left the text box empty
• Fixed issue with animals in prey menu briefly flashing when switching menus
• Fixed audio issue with sacrifice scene in Part 3
• Fixed issue with FP5_Ambience not spawning in the Pit
• Fixed typo in Many-Times-Burned's dialogue during the Grand Moot
• Fixed issue with logs not being saved on newer versions of MacOSX (10.13.6 and on) and moved logs to Documents folder

Change log - Version 0.4.4.190530

• Fixed main prey converting to Treetails after hunting in an area
• Fixed typo in Warden's text from "HAVE I HAVE" to "I HAVE"
• Fixed typo in Greathorn Surefoot's text from "Draak_Kin" to "Draak-Kin"
• Fixed typo in research messages from "the the" to "the"
• Fixed typo when returning to the Artist from "Talless" to "Tailless"
• Fixed typo in Great Slideclaw mastery poem from "IT IS NOT AMUSING?" to "IS IT NOT AMUSING?"
• Fixed duplicate message when player is infected with Blueblight
• Fixed fonts and colors being applied to text that was not spoken by characters (specifically Warden and the Artist)
• Fixed issues with F5 dog sounds and ambience muffling
• Fixed ambience spawn issues in 3rd labyrinth
• Fixed ambience muffling in barrows when using the lodestone
• Added ambience and music to several rooms in second half of Part 2 labyrinth
• Added descriptions for the first two areas of Heartbone Valley
• Added The Chariot tarot card to the game
• Added font to Dwarves in Vantage challenge
• Changed status message about shins to be universally applicable
• Changed the Empress tarot card number from 2 to 3
• Death tarot card no longer flashes text on screen during death sequence.
• Reduced the difficulty of the stat check to challenge Flare to a riddle contest from 40 to 35
• Reduced the difficulty of combat with the Revenant
• Steam tracking is enabled, allowing us to collect some basic stats about gameplay

Change log - Version 0.4.3.190529

• Logging using the Log button should now be functional. Logs will be stored under Documents/Golden Treasure/Logs.
• Open Log Folder button now works as intended on Mac.
• Pressing F4 will now open your local file explorer to the location of the saves folder.
• Tusksnort hunting ground in Part 2 now features Hatchlings as the main prey, with a percent chance to encounter a Tusksnort Giver.
• Clicking on the elemental gems of a Tusksnort Hatchling now opens up the Prey menu to the entry for Tusksnorts.
• Gem highlights in the combat tutorial now follow the wooden tray as it moves up and down.