Hi friends!

This patch fixes a bunch of miscellaneous bugs that have cropped up. The big improvement this go around relates to Csaba's charity. Previously, giving her key charity items while a quest was pending could cause that quest to stall - she was really only designed to take those items once a critical NPC died, as a way for you to empty your inventory of unnecessary items. But since people clearly want the freedom to improve her disposition and access her other quests regardless, I wanted to make sure that it all works!

To that end, your journal and everyone's dialogue should update appropriately if you give a key quest item to Csaba from here on out.

Additionally, ALL of the music has been remastered by the wonderful Adrian. Revisit your volume settings to find a balance that you like, and grab your favorite pair of headphones to really marinate in some amazing tunes.

The Mac and Linux clients saw updates to the font, and some additional features that were missing like screen flash, depth transparency, and music fading. A memory leak has been fixed that should make the game MUCH more playable on Mac and Linux.

This is probably the last patch before Early Access is launched on 1/31! Early backers and players, please note - you will likely need to start a new game when Early Access comes out, and any save files made before that date will probably have some bugginess. Which sometimes is fun, but be warned ;)

We'll be at Playcrafting NYC's Winter Expo next Thursday. If you're reading these notes but don't have the game yet and want to try it out before 1/31, come visit us at Microsoft on 1/26 to come play the full game.

- Dean

Alpha 0.7.6.7

• Puzzle 18, Option 3 has been edited to add additional breaking ice (to prevent getting stuck in a loop)
  
• "Failed Quests" are now "Uncompletable Quests"; the journal font is now gray instead of red
  
• Fixed some reset issues regarding bases in the Ice Cave
  
• Your current location is now identified on the teleport menu
  
• The entrance to the wolf cave has been blocked until you have a specific quest to enter; exit is prevented if Etel or Groa are with you
  
• Key bindings now correctly work on in-game movement
  
• Fixed a Z-layering issues with a tree in Vidar West
  
• Fixed some resets in Ice Cave 4b
  
• Eating mushrooms no longer crashes the game on Steam
  
• The entrance to the Dark Cave is now less likely to spawn in a super weird place
  
• Giving away the pocketwatch will now properly hide the timer display
  
• Fixed some of Rebeka's dialogue
  
  A Little Something
  
• This quest now properly fails if Borbalo dies
  
  Bring Him Home
  
• Failing this quest will properly hide Groa and move Cail
  
• Tamas will no longer get stuck on this quest
  
  Bury the Hatchet
  
• Fixed some typos
  
• Fixed Arpad's movement a bit after the cutscene
  
• The axe is properly removed from inventory now
  
• Added a graphic to update when the axe is placed
  
  Hair of the Dog
  
• Borbalo's scotch no longer spawns if this quest is inaccessible
  
  Love Letter
  
• Removed a spawn point for the mural in the Dark Cave which was blocked by an oil barrel
  
  The Second Son
  
• The cave with Erik will now always close after day 3, regardless of the quest's status
  
  Wake
  
• Fixed Dorottya's dialogue during this event
  
• Fixed the Problem of Two Tomis
  
  War Never Changes
  
• Arpad will not crash the game on reminder
  
• Barnabas now talks to you
  
• Barnabas will now wait less time to open his door
  
• Fixed various cutscene typos
  
• Fixed Arpad's direction in the final cutscene
  
• Various journal fixes
  
• Various pathing fixes in Barnabas's house
  
  Charity
  Giving a key item to Csaba for charity will now fail the following quests appropriately, and will not freeze the relevant NPCs in a dialogue loop:
  
• A Brighter Tomorrow
  
• A Little Something
  
• Artifacts in Ice
  
• Bury the Hatchet
  
• Dr. Spore
  
• Faith in the Dead
  
• Hair of the Dog
  
• Light in the Dark
  
• Not a Thief
  
• Residue
  
• Sketched Out
  
• Threnody
  
• To Feed a Village
  
• To House a Village
  
• War Never Changes
  
• Wake
  
• What's Yours is Mine
  
• Words of Wisdom
  
  Mac/Linux
  
• Screen flash support added
  
• Font updates
  
• Fixed a memory leak related to scene changes
  
• Fixed some issues with water depth transparency and fish