Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia news & patch notes

- Updated Chinese localization. - Fixed a bug that caused dead Sleepers to be left with 1 HP but still have the "DEAD" status after reloading a save.

- Improved Japanese font. - Fixed an issue with the Chinese font that caused some characters to appear blurry.

- Japanese kanji script added. If you wish to change to the previous Japanese kana script, go to CONFIG -> LANGUAGE -> にほんご. The kana script also uses the font that was used prior to the 1.2 update. - Fixed a bug where Sumireko would sometimes appear at the wrong coordinates when starting a new game. - Fixed a bug where it would become impossible to select certain skills if the top left party slot was empty. - Fixed a bug that allowed to use Mortality Shield outside of battle.

- New skills: - Immolation - Increase all stats by 3 levels for the User. Leaves User with 1HP. - Mortality Shield - If User dies on this turn, restore 50% of User's HP and maximize Defense. - Helping Hand - Increase 1 Ally's damage by 15% for this turn. - Status Amp - Passive: When User's HP is below 30%, status effects are twice as likely to be applied. - Agni Amp - Passive: Fire attacks deal 15% more damage. - Acala Amp - Passive: Ice attacks have a chance to lower target's Evasion by 1 level. - Ajira Amp - Passive: Force attacks have a chance to apply Confusion. - Azani Amp - Passive: Electric attacks have a chance to apply Paralysis. - Yomi Amp - Passive: Mind attacks also absorb target's MP equal to 5% of damage done. - Concentration - Restore 5% of User's MP at the end of every turn and never miss when attacking. Taking damage ends Concentration and lowers Defense by 2 levels. - Yuddha-samira - On the next turn, User's next attack will ignore enemy's resistances and be guaranteed to be critical. - Resourceful - Passive: User acts quicker when using items in battle. - War Stance - Deal 50% more damage with Physical and Pierce attacks. Taking damage ends War Stance and applies Paralysis. - Vampire Stance - User becomes harder to hit, attacks deal 30% less damage but restore HP on hit. Vampire Stance ends after 3 turns. - Revenge - Passive: If any of User's Allies fall in battle, restore 25%HP and 25%MP. - Cleanse - Passive: Status effects disappear sooner at the end of the turn. Poison now also has a chance to disappear by itself. - Overbuff - Passive: When User applies a buff, there is a chance it will be applied twice. - HP Spring - Passive: Increase User's HP by 100. - MP Spring - Passive: Increase User's MP by 100. - Debilitating Aura - Passive: When User is hit with any element, lower attacker's Defense by 1 level. - Hiapahani-jala - Reflect magical attacks for this turn on both the User and 1 Ally. - Hiapahani-kopa - Reflect physical attacks for this turn on both the User and 1 Ally. - Last Resort - Passive: When User's HP is below 20%, User acts quicker and deals more damage. - Praying Stance - User's party gets healed at the end of the turn, but User takes 30% more damage. Praying Stance ends after 3 turns. - New item: Sleeper Alarm: Drain 2 SP per step to avoid enemy encounters. Effect runs out when SP hits 0. - Light Ball is now available at every H.E.L.P. point and had its price lowered to 600円. - Rocket Launcher had its price lowered to 300000円. - Most unique skills had their SP cost lowered. - Money is now being displayed in the overworld. - Saving the game now also saves the SP player had when saving. Old saves will assume player saved with 0 SP. - New Sleepers: RENKO and MARIBEL. - Improved Chinese font. - Improved Japanese font and localization. - New Youkai Grimoire: Negotiation: Instead of playing a danmaku minigame, Hijack is replaced with a random chance to capture a Sleeper. The chance is based on Sumireko's INT, LUK, and level difference of the Sleeper. - Grimoires can now be accessed from anomalies. Unlocking new Grimoires still requires the player to talk to Kosuzu. - Easy, Lunatic, and Negotiation Grimoires are unlocked from the start. - Player now loses some SP when enemies hit a weakness or land a critical hit. - Group skills now require target confirmation, same as single-target skills. - A successful Hijack now only removes the targeted Sleeper instead of ending the battle. - A failed Hijack now gives enemies a free turn. - Hijack now costs 25 SP by default. - Fast Hijack now costs 50 SP by default. - Upgrade "Hijack Defense" is replaced with "Better Hijack": a failed Hijack no longer gives enemies a free turn. - Upgrade "Hijack Discount" is replaced with "Emergency Power": Running out of battery will no longer return any summoned Sleepers, but summoning new ones will still not be possible. - Main menu cursor now defaults to LOAD GAME if there are any saves present. - New Game+: - After beating the game once, a new option will appear in the main menu. In New Game+, player has access to every Grimoire from the start and unique skills can now be transferred with Skill Transfer.

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Previous patches were just bug fixes, but this one focuses on some balance changes and QoL improvements: - Buffed money obtained from battles by 20%. - Highlighting an enemy with Hijack or Fast Hijack in battle will show whether they are already present in the database or not. - It is no longer possible to heal when target's HP is already full. Same applies to status heals, if the target is already healthy. - You can now press Strafe Left or Strafe Right at the terminal to skip 20 entries at once. This only applies to Party Fusion List, Database Fusion List, and Database. - New upgrades are available at the terminal: - HP Display: During normal battle, targeting an Enemy will show its HP values. - Affinity Display: If a targeted Enemy is present in the database, Target's affinity to currently selected skill's element will be shown. Keep in mind that to update the database with a newly captured Sleeper, you need to visit the terminal at least once. - New menu option AUTO HEAL: - Automatically heal your active party using skills from your unsummoned Sleepers. If there aren't any suitable healers, use skills from your active Sleepers. - Sumireko now always sits on top of STATUS and SKILLS lists. Changing the order of your stock will also change the order in those lists, after Sumireko. - Pressing left on the status or analyze screen will show target's skill descriptions. There is an arrow to indicate when you can press it. If there are any bugs, be sure to report them in the Steam forums, and I will try to fix them right away!