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Welcome To Spooky Town

Halloween has reached Castle Town! Explore a beautifully frightening version of Castle Town during the Halloween Event, which will last up until November 30th!

Enter Moonlight Brambles

Moonlight Brambles marks the newest dungeon theme we are bringing to Quest Master! We revamped Dewdrop Roots to make it more appropriate for Halloween, including gravestones, spiders, gargoyle statues, falling leaves, and more! It also boasts a chilling rendition of Dewdrop Roots' OST. The theme will be available forever, not tied to the Halloween Event itself!

From the Lore Master: The Legend of Moonlight Brambles

They say that deep within Aetheria lies a place untouched by the sun, where the moon never sets, casting a cold, silvery glow over an ancient forest known as Moonlight Brambles. Travelers whisper of a haunting beauty within its twisted trees and winding paths, but they warn that few who enter ever return the sameif they return at all. For as long as anyone can remember, Moonlight Brambles has been cloaked in mystery and dread, its roots steeped in the arcane and its air thick with the scent of earth and forgotten things.
The forest is littered with eerie remnants of a long past: skull torches with blue flames that flicker in the windless night, stone gargoyles that seem to watch with unblinking eyes, and cemetery headstones marked with names worn away by centuries. Some say these graves belong to ancient Aetherians who wandered too close to the realms of the dead, cursed to roam the brambles in search of rest they can never find. Phantom figures, known as the Lost Ones, are rumored to drift through the fog, their hollow eyes glinting like starlight, bound to this place by powerful forces beyond mortal understanding.
In the deepest parts of Moonlight Brambles, giant spiders weave webs that shimmer under the moonlight, catching not just the unwary but whispers from the underworld itself. Ghostly Zorbs float between the twisted trees, their forms fading in and out like dying embers, guidingor perhaps luringthe curious ever deeper. And then there are the pumpkins that grow wild here, twisted and gnarled, each with a leering face carved as if by invisible hands. Legends claim they were planted by a shadowy figure who once tried to claim the brambles as their own, and though the figure is long gone, the pumpkins remain, a mark of the forest's dark past.
The Moonlight Brambles are more than just a forestthey are a threshold between the realms of the living and the dead, where magic runs wild, and the spirits of the past find no rest. Those who venture too close are warned: tread lightly and keep an eye on the path, for the forest has a way of closing in on those who dare disturb its ancient slumber.

Earn The Exclusive Halloween Badge

Show everyone that you've been there! Play Quest Master during the extraordinary Halloween Event to earn a time-exclusive name badge that will show on your user profile.

Jack the Reaper

Rumors are going around that Jack the Reaper supposedly shows up sometimes in Castle Town... what horrors might be bring? But be quick! He will unlikely persist after the Halloween Event has ended.

Logic Update

As promised in last week's post, we are also shipping a major update to the conditions and logic!

Inverting Shapes

Each Shape can now be inverted! For example, rather than having the shape trigger when the enemy is defeated, it will trigger while it is still alive!

This chest will stay visible as long as all enemies are alive.

Condition Variants

Most Conditions have been given multiple variants to enhance usability. All Shape Conditions have options for checking for Any or None instead of just All instances of a given shape.

The chest appears when any of the bats are killed. Other Part Conditions have also been given similar treatment, for example, a condition variant for when No Enemy Has Yet Been Defeated!

Cycle Through Part Variants In The Book

You can now cycle through the variants of a given part by right-clicking! (We haven't yet found an excellent way of doing this on the controller, so we'll add that next week!)

Sliding Arrow On Part Book

It wasn't very clear before that you could move your mouse cursor to the left edge of the screen to bring up the part book again after it slid awaywe now show an arrow indicating that it's possible, which should fix that!

Going Backwards In The Context Menu

You can now go backward in context menu properties like the direction using right-click (gamepad bindings coming next week!). This is a much-requested quality-of-life improvement!

New Banner Decoration

Looks pretty nice, eh?

Closing Thoughts

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Happy Halloween from the Quest Master Team!

[ 2024-10-25 23:31:19 CET ] [ Original post ]