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A Lonesome Tale is a retro styled, 'pixel arted' roguelike dungeon-crawler/town builder, expected to be released into Early Access this October 2024!

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Update to v0.21.79a (Cave Cricket)

Oct 24, 2024

Hello, all my Fine People!

A Lonesome Tale is making steady progress and has reached yet another fabulous version! While my goal was to have the game out for STEAM NextFest (Which has come and gone), we're moving on to a new goal and a new timeline! With so much more needed to be done in order for the game to qualify (in my own mind) as ready for Early Access, I'm pushing the date further off into the future and, instead, releasing an official Closed Playtest of the game!

If you would like to be included in the Playtest, you can find out more detailed info on my Patreon Page[www.patreon.com]! Those who get involved will have a direct line to provide feedback, ideas and improvements to me throughout the process of what I am calling 'Phase 2'!

With that said, let's get on with the Changelog!

v0.20.68a (Cave Cricket) --> v.0.21.79a (Cave Cricket)

Features

Alert Box! It pops up to tell you important things, then slowly fades back into obscurity!

Changes

Updated the King's Letter I
Added crafting feedback
Put Calvin in bedroll at night & assigned some variables to NPCs in general for AI differences in day vs. night
Added Alerts for Levelup, Taking Items and Receiving/Completing Quests

Fixes

Enemies will now walk over other enemy bodies to chase hero/explore
Quests have some issues displaying entire text options
Made sure corpses and blood are destroyed between dungeon levels and visits
Fixed damage feedback (i.e. the numbers that pop up when you successfully hit something!)
Updated Save System to work with new traits and quests etc
Removed 'Missing-A-Thumb' from level up options and created a separate traits array for things you only acquire at character creation

That's all for now!

A Lonesome Tale

Update to v0.20.68a (Cave Cricket)

Oct 18, 2024

It's been some time since I've provided you all an update and, for that, I humbly apologize! Steady progress is being made, however, an October release is just not going to happen. I would love to get this puppy out the door and into all of your loving, testing hands, but it's just not there yet. However, I do have a slew of updates to share with you all as we move into v0.20.68a!

v0.15.44a (Cave Cricket) --> v.0.20.68a (Cave Cricket)

Features

A NEW Adventure Log has been added to the Book UI! Now you'll be able to look back on all your hero's past accomplishments and missteps!
Added Treasure Chests and filled them with loot! Each dungeon level has a chance to have a handful of treasure chests!
Added a new 'Quest' System! Now you'll have a goal vs just aimlessly adventuring around!
Changed 'buildable' system to a stationary 'blueprint/quest' system. Honestly, the buildable system was just a headache. Basically, I took away the ability for player's to dictate where major buildings will go when built. Yes, I know, I'm a damn animal.
Added Foraging! Hungry? Well, find yourself a bush!

Changes

Made it so NPC's turn to Right/Left depending on where Hero is when conversation is originated.
Added new Adventure Log entry types
Replaced old torchlight with a better/smoother looking one
Added new path sprite leading into the settlement area.
Added new dialogue options for Calvin and programmed in a dialogue tree to make it easier to do the same for other NPCs
Added 'Fire/Encampment!' Quest
Added flowers!
Added Overworld Water Tiles!
Started to add trees to fill out the Overland map
Added 'Food!' Quest
Added bedroll for Calvin
Added blueberries and barberries

Fixes

Made sure NPC Shoppe slots are reset to -1 when closed/exited. This was causing an issue where items were not re-appearing on subsequent shopping trips.
Unset 'Sold By' variable on newly created items to fix them appearing in NPC Shoppes accidentally.
Tweaked door so it doesn't ragdoll on destruction
Set hero's previous x and y as soon as entering dungeon to avoid pinging off into space
Error in Enemy AI (I used a greater than vs a lesser than when calculating next tile)
Fix error where chests were spawning ANY item vs ones tagged 'findable'
Page number inconsistencies/links not working as they should
Added +1 to mod to array.width that controls Traits to make sure only avail. traits appear and no new traits can be picked if all have been picked
Added stat_base value to hero to fix addition when adding stat_mod values
Fixed blood splatters to be more badass when enemies die
Fixed stick spawns to only be south of trees
Added blueberries and barberries
Fixed quest system to deal appropriately with stackable items

Anyway, I'm going to get back to it! Make sure you check out my Patreon page[www.patreon.com] (if you haven't already)!

Hugs and Smooches,

Sam

A Lonesome Tale

Update to v0.15.44a (Cave Cricket)

Oct 5, 2024

Welp, we're making steady progress!

Today's patch brings us one step closer to release day (either for the demo, the EA or both!)
Mostly, it's a lot of small fixes and patches, as well as another pass at reducing the amount of code and unused assets!

v0.15.27a (Cave Cricket) --> v.0.15.44a (Cave Cricket)

Changes

Change: Added an attribute_mods value to each hero's attribute in order to differentiate between the base roll and the gained modifiers.
Change: Combined the update_hero_hp_bar and update_bonus_rolls functions to one update_hero function.
Change: Added hidden luck attribute back in and applied to battle collisions
Change: Added is_broken variable to projectiles and a new animation if they hit a wall vs. destroying the object altogether
Change: Added door destruction animation
Change: Changed the way mouse-over text is displayed for attributes
Change: Improved on the Traits system by adding the traits to an array for tracking already picked traits for each hero
Change: Game now allows multiple 'level-ups' to be stored and used when a player wants to use them.

FIxes

Fix: Fixed mouseover text for afflictions - was showing the same description for all afflictions
Fix: Bug fixed where you could keep adding attribute points on level up, even if the 'add' buttons were invisible.
Fix: Fixed a bug that had Level UP Icons present at all times, even when Character sheet was invisible
Fix: Fixed bug where armor values were added twice upon game start for starting gear
Fix: Added initial x and y values to door's previous x and y so it doesn't fling off into another dimension when it's hit by hero.
Fix: Added variable to differentiate between newly dead enemies and past dead enemies to prevent death animation from replaying for all enemies every time one died.
Fix: Reworked collision systems entirely, as well as damage systems, to fit the new UI changes and Traits mechanics
Fix: Changed the formula for the HP Bar fill to match the new width of the HP bar on the Character Screen.
Fix: If a ranged weapon is not equipped, show "N/A" for the damage on character screen

A Lonesome Tale

v0.9.0a (Cave Cricket), Patreon & THE Discord Server!

Hello! So, we're entering about five months of development time and things are coming along amazingly! You can read about the progress of the game over on my Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/scribedskullstudios or under the recently posted Announcement here on Steam, here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2504730/eventcomments/4852155320354640483/ Also, If you haven't already, there is a Discord Server up! I'll post the usual '7 days active' link and update as necessary: https://discord.gg/fhMuT5Zk...

Sam Thul

Sep 23, 2024 @ 9:34am

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Sep 22, 2025 @ 9:35am

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