0.1.22s-1 is now live for Snorkelers+

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Hey everyone!
Worked as much as I could through to uh... incident and I'm recovering.
First off, we've got Seras in the game along with our most recently designed Grimnr. You can meet them both in the revised opening. There is still more work to do here, as you'll probably see if you play the current snapshot. But you will get the gist of what we are doing to improve the opening sequences this patch cycle.
Our second major addition is the first iteration of the blacksmith mini-game. I ended up figuring out a way to do something similar to what I had designed on paper. It awards silver based on how well you do and is fully playable. 
There is no tutorial for it yet but it should be pretty straight forward. You'll be able to play 6 rounds total. 3 as a practice run on the old swords and 3 with silver on the line!
We are open to some feedback here but we'll probably replace it with our originally envisioned mini-game in a future patch.
We've also begun the larger lore/dialogue/bust update. We've talked a little about this before as far as the busts go and reducing the game's overall filesize. However, since every scene needs to be manually updated we are also going to be revising every line of dialogue in the game to make it all flow better and patch any existing holes.
Full patch notes below!
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For the next snapshot we'll continue revising the opening sequence of the game as well as giving every line in the game a once over to ensure there are no mishaps with the lore. And we'll finally get the prologue side-quests in for Kazuma and Cross.
Work is also proceeding on the next CG set, the winning sprites from the recent poll, and some more updated maps.
Estimated Upcoming Release Schedule:
0.1.22s-2 | Snorkeler+ | ~3/29/24  
0.1.22 RC | Snorkeler+ | ~4/12/24
0.1.22 RC | Toe Dipper | ~4/19/24 
0.1.22 RC | Public Release | ~5/3/24
Changelog 0.1.21s-1 Snapshot (Reminder: This is a WIP update!)
  • Added a new CG set
  • Added playable blacksmith enchanting job
  • Added new "Battleground" scene
  • Added Seras's bust
  • Added Grimnr's bust
  • Added new expressions for Emma's bust
  • Added new Lyra Sprite
  • Added new Cassandra Sprite
  • Added new Lucian Sprite
  • Updated Finding Cross Scene
  • Updated Camp Fire Scene
  • Updated Kazuma Talk Scene
  • Updated Garland Talk Scene
  • Updated Cross Talk Scene
  • Updated Garland's bust
    -Also added new props
  • Updated Kazuma's bust
  • Updated Cross's bust
  • Added a tiny amount of zoom which should help reduce shimmer.
  • Updated plugins
  • fixed several lines that repeated in the first visit to the Golden Barrel innroom
  • fixed a typo in the merchant quest
  • fixed a repeating line in Cassandra's Training CG
  • fixed a missing word in the butler's text when visiting the mansion
  • fixed a pathing issue on the camp outskirts map
  • fixed a freeze when doing the pot cleaning quest
Save . zip Included
Save 1= Day 1 Morning
Save 2= Day 2 Evening 
Save 3= Day 4 Morning 
Save 4= Day 5 Morning
Don't eat the raw batter. (Unless it's edible.) Now... I sleep.