Magic Sword news & patch notes

I have implemented something this game has been missing for a while - clearly seeing your odds before you commit to an action. There is less "guess-work" or reading involved in knowing your chances.

Headline Feature: Action Clarity

Every probabilistic action - like persuading a trainer, excavating for resources, or haggling - now features a Chance Indicator.

• Know Your Odds: Before you click, look for the "Odds Pill" on action cards. It shows your exact success rate (e.g. "13 in 20" or "65%"), color-coded green or red so you know exactly how risky your move is.
• The Fate Track: When you commit to a roll, you'll see an animation of the chance roll "landing." You can customize how much of this you see in your settings (Full, Quick, Off).
• Hover to Preview: For buttons and menus (including cards), simply hover over them to see the cost, your odds, and a preview of the outcome before you make your move.

Quality of Life & New Content

• Fatigue is now called "Energy" throughout the game. We already started this process before, but should be more consistent now.
• Selling UI overhaul: We have rebuilt the way you can sell items in your personal market- it should be more intuitive now.
• New Art for Quests: We have built new visual aids for starting quests.
• New Teleportation Tablet: A new item! Find an "empty tablet" while excavating the old library and imbue it at a wizard city (Tamariza, Anafola, or Pafiz) to bind it to that city. You get 3 charges for easy fast-travel.

Bug Fixes

• Sound Volume: Sound volume slider was inconsistent in adjusting the volume appropriately. I believe I have fixed it, but let me know if its still buggy for some of you.
• UI Readibility: The corner toast messages should be a little easier to read now. More clean up to come.
• Map Zoom: Fixed hunter's guild map zoom bug.

I'm excited to say that the hallmark pages are complete, thus marking an end to the hallmark page build initiative. These are the final 3 hallmarks: - Wizard Tower Page (Tamariza) - Hunters Guild Page (Tutalu) - Zinzibar Guild Page (Zinzibar) Ontop of that, we had some additional changes: - New Sparring Page. - New quest actions UX: The player will now be given light-up options within the city-page to fulfill quest objectives! - The boss tile has been integrated: If you go to the top of the wilderness, you will find the final boss living up there. Right now its just a teaser, we haven't hooked up the boss-fight yet. We will hook up the fight soon (and broaden the story). Some additional things worth noting: - Some players were unable to launch the game due to matplotlib not using a supported backend. This should be fixed now by hard-coding to `Agg` MPLBACKEND. - We changed the rules for Zinzibar's hidden lair: We buffed it up a bit because we found the hallmark didn't add a lot of value. Now its easier to find, and achieving 2nd + 3rd classes have more deterministic results (rather than being purely probabilistic). - We started hooking up background music but had some bugs with it. We will hook it up in a future version, but you will notice for now there is a background music slider in the settings section now.

I’ve spent some time overhauling several page layouts as part of our ongoing effort to polish and refine the game. New & Revamped Pages 1. Scetcher Battle Arena (New Hallmark Layout) 2. Starfex Ancient Magic Museum (New Hallmark Layout) 3. Tamarania Smithing Guild (New Hallmark Layout) 4. Standard Smithing Page Revamp Minor Enrichments & Bug Fixes - Gathering Fixes & Tweaks: Fixed a visual bug that affected gathering food at the plains and ponds. Additionally, the gathering algorithm has received a slight backend adjustment. - Quest UI Polish: Slightly readjusted the Quest Start page to improve text flow and readability. - Better Debugging: Added more detailed logging breadcrumbs to help us track down and debug initialization failures faster. - Scale Enchantment Buff: Upgraded the "Enchantment with Scales" mechanic—successful haggling will now grant 1 additional coin. - UI Feedback: When weapons or armor are enchanted, the bag UI will now dynamically update to reflect the change.

Made some progres over the last week, excited to announce more polishing up changes! Big Changes: 1. Pafiz Meditation Chamber UI: The meditation chamber now has a polished up looking layout for clear and easy usage and understanding of the hallmark. 2. Combat Switching Animation: Now, when you enter combat, there will be a small 3-4 second animation that plays before the start of combat. 3. Auto Travel: Now you have the option to enable auto-travel. You either single-click on a tile and click "auto-travel", or, you double-click on a tile which will take you to a confirm auto-travel pop-up - and the board page will show the path your character will follow. Getting into combat though will break the auto-travel. 4. Quest start page revamp: When you click on a character to start a quest, that page has been revamped. It should give you a more polished feel now. Small (quality of life) Changes: - Added volume control: You will now see a volume control bar in the lobby-page and in the settings-page. - Green success banner: Now, whenever a green message shows up in your action log, it will also show up as a green banner (or toast) message up at the top of your screen. - Settle pause after combat: After combat is over, the screen should switch back a bit more smoothly, followed by a brief pause to allow for the game to catch up with all the changes. - New logging file: We now start logging your game at the very beginning. That way if your game crashes before you actually start playing, you can send us over the file in your AppData folder to help us debug. Bug Fixes: - Combat leveling bug: Once you were level 8 in a combat attribute, leveling/priming beyond that was buggy. That has been fixed. - Hermit + Wizards level bug: Hermits should have had 12 cunning when fighting and Wizards should have had 12 hit points. That has been fixed. - Temporary HP Boost bug: If one of your temporary boosts was in HP, and you took that hit, then the HP would not come back. This is a bug that has been fixed. - Smithing charge bug: If you hired a smith, the coins would be taken out of your coin_pouch in the backend, but not show up in the front-end. This has been fixed. - Reputation repitition bug: If you leveled up in reputation, you would often get the same messaged repeated several times in the action log. That has been fixed.

I am excited for this release - there are plenty of new changes! New Features 1. Kubani Hallmark UI: The Kubani hallmark page has been built. Interacting with the ancestral order hallmark should now be much more intuitive. 2. Combat UI Redesign: I have redesigned the initial combat screen. The goal was to create a cleaner, more readable interface while keeping the core mechanics identical. Additionally, if you start a fight manually, you can now transition to a simulation to finish it. 3. Action Panel Updates: The HP bar, energy bar, and coin display have been relocated to the action panel. 4. Trader Adjustments: Some items previously sold for zero coins; traders on the road will now purchase these items for at least 1 coin. 5. Capital & Reputation Update: New buttons have been added to streamline gameplay: you can now start quests directly from the reputation detail page and purchase a home or market from the capital detail page (provided you are at that location). Bug Fixes - RAM Leakage: I implemented a fix that addresses 60–80% of the game’s RAM leakage issues by ensuring animations and widgets close properly. - Loading bug: A few players were failing to load the game. I haven't been able to recreate the problem, but I added some comprehensive checks that may fix the issue. Please let me know if it doesn't help! - City Screen Switch Bug: Fixed an issue where transitioning from the city screen to the board screen (e.g., via teleportation) would cause an unresponsive pop-up to persist, obstructing your view. - Investing Bug: Resolved a data contradiction occurring between two screens when investing in village production. - Enemy Excavation: Previously, excavating an enemy failed to deplete the tile. I have adjusted this so there is now a 60% probability of the tile depleting, which prevents it from being exploited for infinite combat training. - Main Menu Bug: Clicking "Return to Main Menu" sometimes failed to clear old variables, potentially corrupting subsequent game sessions. This has been resolved.

The right panel has been completely revamped! First, you will notice a completely new nav-bar on the top to help you get to your "play", "help", "info", "settings" and "exit". Second, you will notice the round and season banner have been modified. Now reading them both should feel cleaner - and next to it we added your action menu - where you can clearly see your current action state. Third, you should notice that the activity panel now has a new Armorer panel, Crafting panel, and a VP panel. These three panels deprecate the need for the old "Player Track" as it was called (you can still get to the old Player Track through settings if you wish - but we will be sunsetting that feature on the next release). Lastly, you may notice that your coin pouch is now located on the left-hand of the screen under your energy bar. Please check it out and let us know if anything is difficult to get around, view, or use!

Hi everyone! I noticed manual combat was broken - I went ahead and fixed that. Along with the fix, I have created a HP and Energy bar that shows up on the top-left of the screen. This will eventually replace the one in the right panel, but for now is simply a duplicate view of it. I have also created a UI for the Glaser Peace Embassy hallmark. Thanks for being patient guys - I may restart making some updates! All the best, Magic Sword Team

Hi everyone, It’s been a while since the last patch, and I wanted to take a moment to share where things stand and where I’m hoping to go next. Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to optimize the backend, especially around memory usage. After many tests and investigations, here’s what I’ve found: 1. Backend limitations – I originally built the game in Python using Kivy, which is not really designed for game development at scale. 2. Memory issues – Text in Kivy is rendered as images, which eats up memory. Even worse, widgets often don’t clean up properly unless manually killed. 3. Animations – These add a lot of silent memory strain, especially when loops are involved. 4. Hard limits – Realistically, fixing this deeply would require months of rewriting core systems. That said, I’ve made a couple of improvements: - Widgets now clean up a bit more often (a small 2–5% reduction in RAM). - You can now toggle the Seasons overlay animation off before starting the game, which gives another ~3% reduction. These fixes are admittedly modest, and I’m sorry I couldn’t bring bigger improvements here. Over the past year, I’ve also run into some other challenges with Python/Kivy: 1. Sound paths – If your computer used Mandarin paths, some sound files wouldn’t load. 2. Frame timing – Sometimes fast machines outpaced the loading frames, causing crashes (rare but frustrating). 3. Image quality – Rendering, especially when shrinking assets, often didn’t look as sharp as I wanted. So why am I sharing all of this? Because I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of this project. I love what we’ve built together, but I want to push the game further than this engine realistically allows. Which is why I’m leaning toward ending active support for this version (keeping it free), and instead focusing on building a Version 2. Here are a few ideas I’m considering for Version 2: 1. A new backend – Built in Godot, a proper game engine. 2. Real-time gameplay – Instead of rounds, time flows in 60-second “days” (possibly with day/night cycles). 3. WASD movement – Think classic 2D Pokémon style movement, exploring and traveling across the map. 4. Map interaction – Roads, resources, and city travel would feel more like exploration rather than clicking tiles. 5. Combat – Still debating between turn-based and real-time. In a real-time system, enemies could pop up and fights would use keyboard/mouse inputs with varied moves and styles. The core objectives and aptitudes (Combat, Knowledge, Capital, Reputation, Fellowships, Titles) would remain, along with the same world, cities, and characters. But the feel of the game would be very different—more immersive, more fluid, and hopefully more fun. To be clear: I haven’t started building this new version yet. Before I do, I really want to hear your thoughts. Does this sound exciting to you? Would you prefer I keep working on the current version, or should I take what I’ve learned and rebuild from scratch in a way that better supports everything I’ve always wanted to add (like NPCs and global servers)? It’s a lot to take in, I know. But I wanted to be upfront about where my head’s at and where this journey might go next. As always, thank you so much for playing, supporting, and sharing your feedback. This community means a lot to me, and your input will help shape where the game goes from here.

Hi all! Thank you for your patience. I know it has been a while since the last update. The latest update brings diverse changes: 1. The current season will now display directly ontop of the city and board pages. 2. If you receive an ally to battle with you, it will now show-up on the ally tab. 3. Mandarin language updates: two individuals, Wren and Inori, have graciously volunteered their time to improve the Mandarin language. Please give them your thanks! 4. Rule changes: - Instead of wilderness requiring 3 "clearances" to revert back to normal, it now only requires one. - Now, if you excavate a foe, the tile will not be emptied. This allows for longer combat training in the same tile. - Now, you can always choose which combat attribute to level up when you get to 100xp. Note: we may slightly modify this rule in a future update. 5. Bug fixes: - In multiplayer, some players were getting stuck at the character choice page. This has been fixed. - Fixed fighting with a group in multiplayer - Fixed glitchy technique hit-box sizing - Sometimes the game tried to randomly harvest plants that didn't exist, crashing or bugging out some players' games. This has been fixed. - For stage 2, mission 3 - the blue highlight would not be removed if you failed the quest. This has been resolved.

Hey everyone! First off—huge thanks for all the support, bug reports, and suggestions. It means a lot. I've been steadily rolling out changes based on your feedback, and there’s a lot more in the pipeline. 🔄 What’s Coming Next? Victory Point Level-Ups: The next update will focus on making leveling up more responsive and immersive. Guided Tutorials: Many of you have asked for these. I held off because the UI kept evolving, but once things settle, expect proper walkthroughs to ease new players in. Hallmarks System: Still in progress! Each one needs its own action page—I'm going alphabetically, so Glaser is up next. 🛠 Known Issues Late-Game Lag: Things get choppy around Round 200—yep, I’ve noticed too. Suspecting memory leaks. Fix is on the roadmap. 🔮 What’s After That? NPC Opponents: Play solo or fill out multiplayer games with bots. Dedicated Servers: Matchmaking needs a serious upgrade. I’d love to eventually host weekend tournaments too! 🚧 Short Break Incoming I’ll be away from my dev machine for a bit—so don’t expect updates for the next couple of weeks. I might get a laptop while I’m gone, but no promises yet. 🙏 Thank You Thanks again for sticking with the game and helping shape it. I’m trying to hit every milestone on my list and stay responsive to yours. Would love your thoughts on the roadmap—anything you'd like to see prioritized or added? Drop a comment below!

This update lays the groundwork for upcoming UI improvements: Unified Messaging: The Action Log and Chat Messenger now share the same space. You can switch between them using tabs. New Item UI: We've introduced a redesigned item interface where the Action Log and Action Widgets used to be. The original item bag in the Player Track tab is still accessible—for now. Please try out the new system and share any feedback before we fully transition away from the old one. Room for More: We’ve prepared space for future UI additions—stay tuned for what's coming next! Thanks again for your patience and continued support!

Hey everyone! We're really excited to roll out the next batch of changes. Full transparency: this update includes a feature that’s still a bit experimental. It’s not 100% polished yet, but we wanted to get it in your hands early so we can hear your thoughts and adjust quickly. 🔄 Say Goodbye to the Action Button Grid The biggest change you’ll notice is that the Action Button Grid is gone—and in its place, you’ll now find Action Cards at the bottom-center of your screen. These cards are your new way to interact with the game. Give them a try and let us know how they feel! Aside from aiming for a better interaction experience, these Action Cards also help reduce lag—especially for players using the Mandarin language setting, where the old grid system caused small but noticeable performance issues. 🧭 New Single-Player Architecture Previously, even when playing a "Single-Player Game," your system was actually acting as both host and client, simulating a multiplayer environment by sending internal data packets. Now, when you choose single-player, the game runs entirely in a single local process. This should reduce overhead, simplify saves, and help with stability. 💾 Auto-Save Indicators You’ll now see a small icon appear in the top-right corner when the game auto-saves. ✅ A green check means everything saved correctly. ❌ A red X means something went wrong. If you see a red X, please let us know—this will help us catch and fix issues faster. 🌐 Language Selection Moved Language choice has been moved to the launcher screen, before you choose single-player or multiplayer. We’ve temporarily narrowed it down to English and Mandarin (as those are the only fully supported ones), but we still plan to expand language support in future updates! 🐛 Bug Fixes & Tweaks

• Fixed a crash that could happen during screen auto-resizing due to a rare 0x0 window issue (added a delay to help prevent this).
• Fixed an issue enchanting Starfex Cloth.
• Resolved a bug in the Rare Artifacts Minigame when retrieving a Magic Sword Fragment.
• Adjusted build point behavior and other small patches throughout.

Let us know how these changes feel, and thanks as always for playing and helping us shape Magic Sword into something special!

Hey everyone! This update focuses primarily on improving the user interface. 🔹 New Icon Style We’ve redesigned the in-game iconography to feature a cleaner, more minimalistic art style with thick lines. Our old pixel art icons—while nostalgic—often lacked clarity, so we made this change to improve readability during gameplay. Don’t worry though: we’re keeping the pixel art for items, characters, and maps! This marks the beginning of a larger UI overhaul we plan to roll out over the coming months. 🃏 Character Selection Revamp We’ve introduced a brand-new character selection screen! It’s designed to feel like you're choosing from a deck of cards. Give it a try and let us know what you think—whether it’s awesome or awful, your feedback helps us keep improving. 🏰 New UI: Fodker’s Defenders Guild We’ve also updated the interface when you visit Fodker’s Defenders Guild. It should now feel more cohesive with the rest of the new UI direction. 🐞 Bug Fixes & Known Issues This update includes several background fail-safes and minor bug fixes to improve stability. One persistent issue—Invalid Frustum—continues to pop up occasionally. Unfortunately, we still haven’t been able to reproduce it ourselves. If you’ve noticed when or how it happens, please reach out. Any details would help a ton! Thanks for all your support and feedback!

Interacting with the Grand Bank (Demetry) and Reaquisition Guild (Enfeir) will now hopefully be more intuitive. We have also increased the reward for doing quests from the reaquisition guild (from Enfeir) and the hunters guild (from Tutalu) by roughly 1.5x - I believe it is roughly more fair for the effort you put it. I am sure things could still use adjustsments and fine-tuning- so please let me know if you find any opporunities to tweak things! I also fixed a couple of bugs - You weren't able to gather bark or fruit from wilderness, this has been fixed. - Someone got a ZeroDivision error- I honestly don't know why it happened but I put in a fix to avoid dividing by zero. Thanks for all your patience guys! There is certainly more planned, just takes a while to implement.

I am going to start improving the way the player interacts with the hallmarks. I have started with Anafola and Benfriege. Hopefully now interacting with the Castle of Conjurors and the Grand Library will be more intuitive! 12 left to go! I also fixed the a problem someone had with enchanting old cloth; there was a spelling error in the code. Also, unfortunately, we will officially stop supporting Mac due to the following reasons: 1. Too few users. 2. Mac requires notorization for it to work properly, which has a recurring cost of $100 USD. 3. I only have access to an old Mac, which doesn't generate an App that is compatible with the latest versions. I have friends that only play on Mac, so I am a bit saddened. If anyone knows how I can make it easier to solve the above problems, let me know!

The battle for the land begins! Strange magic is seeping into the world, causing the wilderness to spread across the map. You’ll now notice tiles slowly transforming into the dangerous wilderness tiles. But fear not—you have four ways to reclaim the land: 1. Defeat the wild vine monsters lurking within, 2. Spend coins to restore the area, 3. Use build points to revert the area, 4. Excavate rare items successfully. This is just the beginning. Future updates will uncover the mystery behind the wilderness expansion and its deeper implications. At the heart of this creeping chaos, you may spot a new tile—for now, it’s just a placeholder, but something significant is coming soon! Performance & Fixes - I’ve done some major backend cleanup to optimize action processing, meaning the game should run much smoother with less lag. - A critical bug fix: Previously, training outside the city—on mountains or other non-city tiles—caused the game to crash. That’s now fixed! Stay tuned for more updates as the world of Magic Sword continues to evolve!

This update brings a major new feature—the ability to develop cities! Now, when taking actions in cities, you may earn Build Points, which can be spent to improve the city based on your strategy. Any player can contribute to city development, provided they meet the home/market requirement, reputation threshold, and have enough Build Points. There are four key areas you can invest in: 🛡 Security – Strengthen the city’s defenses. 💰 Market – Boost trade and economic growth. 🌾 Agriculture – Improve food production and sustainability. 🔨 Artisans – Support trainers, sellswords, and the sparring area. Plan your upgrades wisely and shape the world around you! New Skirmish System Skirmishes now play a more critical role in the game! Victories and defeats will be recorded, and these records can influence market behavior and even lead to the stealing or capturing of Build Points. If you want to make an impact, joining skirmishes is now more important than ever! Or, if combat isn't your style, you can fortify your city's strength to help secure victories—or be wary of those who may try to sabotage your progress! Fixes & Improvements 🌀 Teleportation issue fixed. 🐫 Caravan movement issue resolved. 🌟 Starfex minigame is now functional. ⚙️ Several backend optimizations to address reported issues. Thanks for your feedback and support—keep sharing your thoughts as we continue improving the game! 🚀

Seasons are here! ❄️🌸☀️🍂 Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall now affect gameplay—some tasks become easier, while others get more challenging. Adapt your strategies and plan ahead! Markets have also been revamped: instead of appearing at random, they now follow a predictable seasonal cycle, allowing you to plan your trades more effectively. 🎮 New Board Controls Click & Drag Panning – Move around the board seamlessly with your mouse. Scroll Wheel Zooming – Get a better view by zooming in and out with ease. ⚔️ Movement Just Got Smarter No more guessing what lies ahead! Now, when moving to a new tile, a pop-up will preview potential hazards, enemies, and opportunities before you commit. Plan your moves wisely! 🐛 Bug Fixes & Improvements Fixed an issue where attempting to drop an item with 6 or more items in inventory could cause the game to freeze. Various other tweaks to enhance gameplay and stability. ------------------------ This update brings a major shift in strategy, and we’d love to hear what you think! Drop your feedback, and join our Discord for more discussions and behind-the-scenes insights.

This update gomes with two new additions: 1. Community Garden - Each city now has a community garden where you can plant crops, grow them, and harvest them later. Be mindful though, the community garden is shared- so the things you plant may not be there when you come back to collect them! Part of this update is the addition of a new item, "vegetables". Eating them will reduce your run-away fatigue by half when running from combat, for 2 rounds. It can be stacked up to 10 rounds. 2. Boost Display - Similar to the quest display we added in the last version, there is now a "boosts" display which will show the boosts crops give you, along with armor, weapon, elixirs, and enchantments! This way you can quickly see which boosts are active and how long they are active for. We also made minor bug fixes here and there.

I deeply apologize guys. Alpha.19 had a critical bug that was causing combat to crash. I fixed this. Also, someone was having trouble loading a previous save? I added some sanity checks to prevent load failures. I also forgot to mention in the vAlpha.19 update that female characters were added. 非常抱歉，各位。Alpha.19 版本中存在一个严重错误，导致战斗时游戏崩溃。我已经修复了这个问题。 另外，有人遇到了加载之前存档的问题吗？我添加了一些完整性检查来防止加载失败。 我还忘了在 Alpha.19 版本更新中提到，已经添加了女性角色。

1. New Active Quests Banner: A handy new feature to help you manage your quests! Alerts and step-by-step guidance will ensure you’re always on track. You can now click a banner in the top-left corner to view your current active quest lines and plan your next moves easily. 2. Level-Up Drop-Down: Gain XP in Knowledge or Combat and enjoy a new visual drop-down that dynamically displays how much XP you’ve earned, making leveling up feel more interactive. 3. Performance Optimization: For both Mandarin and English players, we’ve streamlined runtime mechanics by preloading label widgets. This reduces the need to open large .ttf files during gameplay, ensuring smoother and faster performance. 4. Faster Startup Times: We’ve transitioned from a single .exe file to a directory-based system. While this results in a larger game size and a bigger update to download, it significantly reduces startup costs, so you can dive into the game more quickly. Let us know if this change improves your experience! 5. Bug Fixes: Hidden Lair issues at high classes have been resolved, NPC attack mechanics at higher combat difficulties have been corrected, and crashes caused by loading a previous Mandarin build into English have been addressed with additional sanity checks. We’ve also squashed a few smaller bugs to make the game more stable.

New Features 🌟 1. Main Menu Button You asked, we listened! Now you can return to the main menu (single-player or multiplayer selection) even after starting the game. No more relaunching needed! 2. Drop Items Faster Dropping items just got an upgrade! Instead of removing them one by one, you can now specify how many to drop in a single action. Streamlined and efficient! 3. Item Overflow Option Worried about a full bag? When your carrying capacity is maxed out, a new overflow page will pop up, letting you decide which items to keep and which to drop in favor of new loot. 4. Dynamic Drop Page Click the "Drop" header in the player item menu to access the new overflow page. It’s a faster, more dynamic way to manage your inventory on the go. Bug Fixes 🛠️ 1. NPC Attack Bug Fixed an issue where NPC attacks sometimes caused boxes to mysteriously disappear. No more vanishing loot! 2. Multiplayer Coin Bug Resolved a bug where fighting other players in multiplayer turned coins into decimals instead of integers. Coins will now stay crisp and whole. 3. Multiplayer Completion Bug Fixed a bug where completing the game in multiplayer caused unexpected behavior. (A big shout-out to Laolu and their compatriot for finishing the game and helping us track this down!) 4. Tour Crash Bug Addressed an issue where clicking away from the game while the tour was active could cause a crash. Smooth sailing from here on!

Looks like my previous update caused critical multiplayer bugs- I am sorry for not testing it before deploy! I fixed these bugs in this version and confirmed it was working through a multiplayer playthrough. Thanks for your patience guys! 看起来我之前的更新导致了严重的多人模式错误——很抱歉在发布之前没有测试！我在这个版本中修复了这些错误，并通过一次多人游戏测试确认了一切正常。谢谢大家的耐心！

This update introduces an Investment Page, accessible by visiting a village and clicking "Invest." The goal is to make your options clearer and more intuitive. It also includes several refinements: Drop-down menu items now feature an "x" for deleting records, with a confirmation prompt to help manage and clean up save files. A fix has been implemented to address issues with corrupted save files containing invalid numeric values. Additionally, five new achievements have been added to test functionality, and an in-game animation will now appear when an achievement is earned.

This update might sound simple, but it was quite complex on the backend for me—getting the Steam overlay to work. You should now be able to press Shift+Tab and see the overlay, just like most other games on Steam. Please note, this currently only works on 64-bit Windows machines. Additionally, I’ve added a single test achievement, “First Payment,” to see if achievements are functioning correctly. During development, I couldn’t get the achievement status to show as "successful," but I’m curious if deploying it in production might make the Steam API behave differently and update the achievement as expected. Let’s see how it goes!

This update focuses primarily on backend changes related to how movement is handled. My hope is that it will address many of the issues you’ve been experiencing. For example, previously, clicking multiple tiles in quick succession could crash the game. This was especially common when players clicked on the Ruins and quickly clicked away before completing the movement. With the new update, the "click away" action won’t be registered until the initial movement is complete. Additionally, this update improves animations for when your character faints or becomes paralyzed. You should notice that the messaging and pacing are much clearer and smoother now (or so I hope). We’ve also fixed an issue where failing to connect to an IP address would crash the game. Now, if the connection fails, you’ll have the option to go back and try again.

This update introduces significant new features and fixes several key issues: Major Changes

Training Page Enhancement

• Clicking the training button in the action grid now opens a dedicated training page.
• This page organizes and summarizes all available actions into one intuitive interface, streamlining the training process.

Auto Combat Mode

• A new Auto Combat option is now available for players who want to expedite the combat phase.
• While this feature is still undergoing testing in edge cases, it is functional and ready for use in most scenarios.

Minor Fixes

Teleportation Fix

• Resolved an issue where conflicting flags prevented teleportation from functioning correctly.
• Teleportation has been tested and confirmed to work as intended.

Multiplayer Drop-Down Bug Resolved

• Fixed a bug from Alpha v12 where color changes in the drop-down menu triggered an error: "Cannot change Kivy widget on non-main thread."
• This issue caused disruptions in multiplayer mode, but it has been addressed, and multiplayer functionality is fully restored.

此更新带来了重要的新功能并修复了多个关键问题： 主要更新 [] 训练页面增强

[] 点击操作网格中的训练按钮，现在会打开一个专门的训练页面。 [] 此页面将所有可用操作组织并汇总到一个直观的界面中，大大简化了训练流程。

[] 自动战斗模式

[] 新增 自动战斗 选项，适合希望加快战斗阶段的玩家使用。 [] 尽管此功能在某些边缘情况下仍在测试中，但在大多数场景下已经可以正常使用。

次要修复 [] 传送问题修复

[] 修复了一个因标志冲突导致传送功能无法正常使用的问题。 [] 传送功能已经过全面测试，确认能够正常运行。

[] 多人游戏下拉菜单错误修复

[] 修复了 Alpha v12 中的一个错误，该错误会在下拉菜单颜色更改时触发以下错误信息： "Cannot change Kivy widget on non-main thread." [] 此问题导致多人游戏模式出现故障，但现已修复，多人游戏功能恢复正常。

There are a few updates made:

• The biggest one is the introduction of personal records. Now if you click into the Info page, you will see a list of all of your saves for the username you are playing as - and your relative position compared to them. There is a also a graph table for a more visual representation. You get a table for both current round state and also all-time, so you can compete with your personal bests. We hope it will also serve as a foundation for global records / high scores in the future.
• Teleportation was still an issue with the Mandarin language, that should be fixed now.
• Mandarin usernames became buggy with Alpha.11, especially when connecting into multiplayer. That should be fixed now, it was because of the way Chinese characters are encoded into utf-8.
• Save details were not always updated because of a timer issue, that should be fixed.
• If you double-clicked the new drop-down button the game would crash- that should be fixed.
• If you entered an invalid username the game started crashing because the new drop-down input did not support changing colors- that should be fixed now.

• 最大的更新是引入了个人记录功能。现在，如果您点击进入信息页面，您将看到与您当前用户名相关的所有存档列表——以及您在它们之间的相对位置。还提供了一个图表表格，用于更直观的展示。您可以看到当前回合状态和历史记录的表格，这样您就可以与自己的最佳成绩竞争。我们希望这也能为将来的全球记录/高分榜奠定基础。
• 使用普通话语言时的传送问题已经修复。
• 在Alpha.11版本中，普通话用户名变得不稳定，特别是在连接多人游戏时。这个问题现在已经修复，这是由于中文字符编码为utf-8的方式导致的。
• 存档详情有时无法更新，这是由于计时器问题导致的，现在已经修复。
• 如果双击了新的下拉按钮，游戏会崩溃——这个问题已经修复。
• 如果输入了无效的用户名，游戏会因新下拉输入框不支持颜色变化而崩溃——这个问题现在已经修复。

We’ve added a drop-down menu for your previous usernames and save files, making it easier to find your last game. We also addressed a few issues, including problems with sneak attacks, teleportation, and glitchy quest alerts. Additionally, we improved multiplayer functionality by clarifying messages when players disconnect. 我们新增了一个下拉菜单，用于显示您之前的用户名和存档，方便您快速找到上次的游戏。 我们还修复了一些问题，包括潜行攻击、传送以及任务提醒卡顿的问题。 此外，我们优化了多人模式，当玩家断线时，提示信息会更加清晰。