Quality of Life Update

Two big announcements:

• A free demo to raise awareness of Aldriak should be available next week.

• Update 1.1 is now live!

Quick summary of the update:

• Redesigned combat sprites + weapons visible on the back.

• Kyoko and Tsuneo have changed weapon styles. Don't worry if you have claws instead of hammers, for example, the new weapons will be converted automatically. However, I cannot modify equipment that has already been acquired.

• Faster movement and combat.

• Lots of visual improvements for better combat feedback.

Feel free to give me feedback on the official Discord, Steam discussions, or by rating the game! Your steam review means a lot to a small game like Aldriak.

Version 1.1 patchnote:

New things:

• Two new words have been added: “Effective” and “Resists,” depending on the element of the attack and the monster's resistances.

• It is now possible to abandon a fight to quickly return to the main menu and reload.

• Each character has their weapon equipped on their back during combat.

• Each weapon has 10 different designs, one per element. Thus, all Fire swords look alike but do not resemble Ice swords.

• After a battle, characters automatically return to the row they were in before the battle. No more forgetting after an enemy pushes you!

• Added an animation that distorts the screen when an entity (player or creature) lands a critical hit.

• Added a shockwave animation when an entity takes 0 damage.

• Added a new dodge animation.

• Added a small glow after healing (even passive at the start of the turn).

• Added an animation when a status is applied or removed.

• Added a better description for equipment that gives new skills. No need to create the equipment to understand the associated spell.

• The wheel used to choose actions in combat has been removed to make it easier to select a target.To make it easier to choose a target, characters and enemies that cannot be targeted become transparent.

• Added Richard next to the boat to board the deck without sailing.

• Added a new NPC who explains that some monsters give much more gold than others (to encourage the player to look in their bestiary if they are short on gold).

• Added new NPCs to Telkoal, related to the Kokoalas' hammers.

• Added a visual clue so that the player understands that there are still things to discover in the pyramid.

• Added an NPC to solve the puzzle that allows access to the door of Thuncient.

Changes:

• The combat speed has been increased by default (camera movement and actions). If you have already started a game and have never changed the combat speed, it will be set to 50% in the options. You can change the combat speed (from 50 to 200%) whenever you want in the options.

• The movement speed on the map has increased by 40%.

• In the area where you have to breathe with bubbles, I added dialogue to make it clearer that the player is allowed to save on the bubbles. There's no question of completing the entire area without saving!

• All character sprites have been redone and enlarged by about 50%.

• Characters and enemies take up more space on the screen during combat; they are more spread out.

• The size of the portraits that display the turn order in combat has been increased.

• The Oxygenated Air spell, which used to give physical and magical attack, has become a healing spell that also gives agility.

• The duration of damage displayed on the screen has been extended.

• Gold gains from