Producer Corner:

Hello everybody. This month we’ve got the just-announced Alraune come out and play. She’ll at the moment be solely in Endless Mode.
The complete saving characteristic has been absolutely revamped, together with a standard saving display, eradicating auto-saving within the dungeon, the Emergency Save and so on.
All these adjustments had a substantial influence on the game’s database, which may even have an effect on your previous save recordsdata. If something goes fallacious, please give us a heads-up.
More options might be added through the prepartion interval for the following main update.

Now for one thing sort of irrelevant. Recently we ran into some feedback suggesting that what we’re working without delay is not ok each lewd-wise and gameplay-wise, and there are higher video games on both spectrum.
I’m certain this wasn’t the primary time I heard this sort of remark, and this would possibly not be the primary time I clarify it, however right here it’s:

Originally the plan was to release the game on Steam, so we want to up the game on gameplay to make it on par with the vast majority of Indie video games.
However, after our undertaking underway for fairly a while, Steam introduced that creators can release adult video games immediately. At that time, if we would like to alter our path to cling to Steam’s new coverage, the complete undertaking might need to start out all yet again, and we cannot have what we’ve got gathered up to now.
Even with the brand new coverage, we’re assured that with the underlined restrictions it is not that straightforward to simply release the complete adult content on Steam. Some kind of patch is certainly needed.
The Live2D animations and the voice performing are each a relentless problem to each me and my fellow members whereas making an attempt to make Cursed Blacksmith a greater expertise.

I really feel like I would like to indicate that this title has already been an amazing leap since my final game, The Succubus’ Cage, whether or not it is on gameplay or artwork/animations.
Sure, if I intend to make this game extra lewd, all I would like to do is make the enemies have some sort of sexual assaults through the battle, not only whenever you’re defeated, proper? But we merely simply do not have that a lot sources to make this reality.
Sprites for 20+ enemies’ H-attacks aren’t straightforward.

Some would possibly say that we made the game not arousing sufficient as a result of we would like to have it on Steam, however the reality is extra like the alternative. It’s as a result of we do not have a lot manpower to do what we would like to do for now.
I hope this rationalization might reply among the doubts in direction of us. And if sometime we’ve got sufficient… something we’d like, and followers nonetheless like us, I consider we will do one thing even better, extra enjoyable, and possibly hornier.
As lengthy as this work helps our residing, we’ll hold on bettering ourselves “Ason style.”

Now that is out of the way in which, I shall announce that I’m formally vaccinated. The fever was devestating. Not to point out my lingering again ache.
I would like to train a bit extra if I intend to make it go away. Let’s simply hope I’ll have sufficient time even to rise up.

FULL UPDATE LOG / 更新內容一覽

New Content:
・New Monster Girl added to Endless Mode:
Alraune (VA: Megumu Morino https://twitter.com/mmegumu)

・New object added in Safehouse: Dummy
Attacking the Dummy with weapons, Skills and throwing weapons at it gained’t have an effect on its sturdiness.
Please be aware, nonetheless, that throwing and utilizing objects and supplies at it can nonetheless trigger them to vanish.

・Functional save characteristic added.
・Emergency Save characteristic added for short-term suspending the game. Can be accessed by the Settings menu.
Please verify the in-game textual content for more information.

Balance Adjustments / Changes:
・Adjustments on forging and Skills:
> Thunderbolt: Damage elevated. SP value decreased.
> Raging Impact: Minimum length of flames decreased.

・The game will now not auto save your progress between flooring. Auto save will now ONLY proceed each time you come to the Safehouse.
・Various system optimization.

Bug Fix:
・Fixed the bug that falling into pits beneath sure circumstances will trigger the game to softlock.

・New Memories for Monster Girls: Memories of Succubus
・1 new random Memory.
・2 new entries within the Forging Journal, each will be learn within the Forging Journal B.
・Temporary save characteristic carried out. You can now save on the church by “talking” to the diary.

Balance Adjustments:

・Adjustments on the 2nd boss:
> Weakness added for toes, with visual support which parts are their weaknesses.
> Frequency of utilizing the beam assault decreased.
> Frequency of all different assaults aside from summoning elevated.
> When its beam assault hits OTHER ENEMIES, the injury now doubles.
> Enemies summoned may have extra selection, with weaker enemies probably showing.
> Broken Metal Scrap and Magic Stone will now not be thrown by the boss. Additionaly, the prospect of potions thrown to interrupt is decreased.

・Adjustments on forging and Skills:
> Black Veil: Chance to trigger Blind elevated. SP and Durability value decreased. Damage decreased.
> Cyclone: Damage elevated.
> Valiant Slash: Damage and stat increment when leveling up elevated.
> Wildrush: Durability value decreased.
> Water Blade: SP value increment when leveling up decreased.
> Instant Strike: SP value elevated.
> Shadowkill: Damage and Critical probability decreased.
> Charging Slash: Damage decreased.
> Transpierce: Stat increment when leveling up decreased.
> Cutthroat: Stat increment when leveling up decreased.
> Forging Poison Fang will now grant the weapon Jump Strike.
> Forging Flame Rapier or Noble Rapier will now grant the weapon Dash Strike.
> Forging Pickaxe will now grant the weapon Hit And Run.
> When forging or enhancing weapons with component injury, the Magic in chosen supplies will now solely have an effect on the parts ALREADY within the weapons, and gained’t create new parts.
(Added impact will nonetheless work)
> Forging, enhancing or enchanting utilizing objects with the added impact “???????” will now have a probability to grant objects with uncommon added results.
> Normal enchant stations will now grant “Max HP,” “Max SP” and “Base Block Rate” as an alternative of “HP Recover Amount,” “SP Recover Amount” and “Block Rate Accumulation.” Effect elevated.

・Now after defeating bosses, all weapons, equipment and scraps on the map will mechanically go to your stock.
・??? will now seem solely after 22F of Endless Mode.
・Damage from thrown supplies elevated.
・Damage from thrown wepaons elevated. Critical Rate will now additionally have an effect on their throwing injury.
・Element Defense adjusted for varied enemies.
・HP decreased for varied ranged enemies.
・HP and assault decreased for Cap-type enemies.
・Range for Exp. Weapon Type-S decreased by 1.
・Formula for additional supplies offered by the scrapper revised.

Other Changes:

・During boss battles, the digicam will now pan in direction of the Horizon Light when it first seems on the map.
・Accessible maps within the Safehouse will now have arrows for indication.
・When utilizing target-locking Skills, you’ll be able to now change between your goal diagonally.
・Rules for buying random Memories revised.
・Defeating objects that may’t transfer like treasure chests or barrels will not grant you Memories.
・Various visual enhancements.

Bug Fix:

・Fixed the bug that after coming into the Journal menu throughout boss battles, transferring will trigger the game to crash.
・Fixed the bug that after studying the Forging Journal within the church and triggering the H-Scene, progress within the Safehouse will short-term rewind again to Chapter 2.
(We have acquired stories that triggering Skewer’s H-Scene may even spawn this subject, however the trigger is unknown.
If you encounter this subject, please go into the Dungeon and come again as soon as.)
・Fixed the bug that enemies dying of poison after attacking will trigger the game to softlock.
・Fixed the bug that Ore Pile will disappear when despatched flying.
・Fixed the bug that enemies will generally mysteriously die after utilizing Soul Drop.
・Fixed the bug that coming into Endless Mode with objects which improve Max Carrying Weight outfitted will trigger your unique Max Carrying Weight to diminish.
・Fixed the bug that dying when utilizing Skills will trigger the game to softlock.
・Other miscellaneous fixes.

First, a fast be aware.
When we develop this battle system, our intent has been (and most likely will all the time be) to encourage gamers to attempt totally different weapons, mixture and so on., and study from each failure.
For the uninitiated or those nonetheless struggling to storm by the phases, we’ll progressively present strategies and/or programs, similar to the tutorial part within the final update.
Please sit up for these adjustments, and all the time be at liberty to ask for advices with one another!

On the opposite hand, we’ve got acquired a number of phrases from gamers saying that the complete game will be crushed with an enormous weapon with big numbers on it, and simply hitting with regular assaults.
Well I’ll simply say this… Be adaptable to new ways, or you may undergo greater than the others…

With that out of the way in which, I’ll introduce to the brand new map objects simply a bit bit, and depart the exploring to you!

So we heard you want gachas.
Need some new equipment? Find this mysterious statue and give in your soul (Literally) to search out some helpful objects!
Legend says that with nice luck you may even obtain one thing you could not even get but…!
Come on! Spin that wheel and… wait, you are broke already?

Well do not you are worried! The melting station can turn your objects again into souls for you!
Please be certain to spend your souls responsibly, okay?

Think, participant, assume! You’re a blacksmith, keep in mind?
By throwing your present weapon and some souls into the scrapper, you may give you the chance to get a greater scrap than regular counting on the weapon’s parts and sturdiness.
Having a claymore getting ready to breaking? Why not “lose some weight” and carry the higher aspect of it to your subsequent creation?

Of course, there may be a ton extra of recent contents in your Adventure. We hope you get pleasure from in no matter method you’ll be able to, when you know what I imply…
Finally, this is our regular program of Leader Speaking!

Sorry for the wait, however we’ve got lastly readied all we’d like for this main update.
There is simply too a lot coding to do that time, together with the addition of the occasion maps, each visually and gameplay-wise.
We spent the previous couple of days on testing and pinched out as many bugs as we will, so hopefully there’s not some game-breaking stuffs now.

That being stated, there are nonetheless some issues we omitted on this update, and will come out in subsequent small updates:

1. Succubus’ memory
2. New talents from Doroelle’s Soul Imprint
3. Changes on standing illnesses
4. Improving battle messages
5. Improving saving characteristic
6. New forging guide
7. Unique interactions in occasion maps

As all the time, thanks all a lot on your endurance.
For now, I would like one or two days to repair my damaged again whereas writing one other dev diary concerning this update, which must be out in just a few days.
Feel free to check with us any element with the title! We hope you get pleasure from!

FULL UPDATE LOG / 更新內容一覽

New Content:

・New important character for Chapter 3: Skewer. (VA: Rio Fujimura)
・New H-Event for Rezia and Skewer.
・New time-exclusive dialogues for all important characters whenever you first triggered their H-Event.

・New Monster Girls added to the Labyrinth:
Lady Fencer (VA: Rikka Mizutani)
Priestess (VA: Akisora)
Angel (VA: Akisora)
Succubus (VA: Rikka Mizutani)

・New Monster Girls added to each the Labyrinth and Endless Mode:
Thief (VA: Yui Otokura)
??? (TBA)

・New recollections for Monster Girls:
Memories of Thief
Memories of Lady Fencer
Memories of Priestess
Memories of Angel

・New Boss in Chapter 2.
・New phases in Chapter 3.
(From this point ahead, “Event Maps” could seem throughout labyrinths)
・16 new weapons and Skills.
・5 new weapons, Skills and supplies from Monster Girls.
(Thief, Lady Fencer, Priestess, Angel, Succubus)
・10 new equipment.
・7 new objects.
・5 new supplies.
・3 new map objects: Melting station, scrapper, mysterious statue.
・23 new recollections. (Some of which will be obtained by chapters 1 and 2)

Balance Adjustments:

・Scraps from damaged weapons will now have Tenacity, Magic and Skills based on the unique weapon.
eg.
A weapon with a Tenacity of 12 and a Magic of 8 can have a scrap with a most Tenacity of 4 and a most Magic of three.
A weapon with its personal Skill on Lv3 can have a scrap with its personal Skill on Lv2 max.
Additional Skills could inherit onto scraps as nicely.

・Adjustments on Cursed Armor:
> HP barely decreased.
> Threshold to enter Break mode barely lowered.
> Damage taken from participant’s Cursed Sword assault elevated.
> Damage dealt for charged assaults in 1st section elevated.

・Accessories would possibly now have extra attributes when first proven on map.
・When troubled with Blind, characters will now have a 30% improve in taking vital injury.
・Turns length for participant when troubled with debuffs adjusted, principally based on enemy ranges.
・Monster Girls summoned by Rock of Chaos and so on. will not duplicate, besides when those summonable are all on map.
・Mechanics for Rock of Chaos adjusted so you will not must face waves of enemies when the earlier ones should not cleaned out but.
・Entering Endless Mode will now briefly deactivate all of your upgrades from Doroelle’s Soul Imprint, reactivating upon leaving.
・New Soul Imprint added solely for Endless Mode.

Other Changes:

・Title display BGM modified to one thing ORIGINAL for our game.
・Title name now randomly options the important characters you’ve got unlocked in the bottom.
・Floor indications at the moment are available for Labyrinths as nicely, exhibiting you the place and how deep you might be.
・Enemies will now present expression bubbles and alerts after they discovered you.
・When troubled with buffs and debuffs, you’ll be able to now see what number of extra turns will every situation final.
・Endless Mode will now be unlocked after coming into Chapter 3.
・Improve some enemy sprites.
・Visual enhancements to the CRAP that we will’t keep in mind what we’ve got completed.

Bug Fix:

・Fixed the bug that being troubled with Blind exterior the Labyrinth gained’t have any impact.
・Fixed the bug that chance of inflicting debuffs will ignore Boss resistance.
・Fixed the atmosphere logic for Cursed Armor’s wall-breaking assaults.
・Fixed the bug that particular actions (like creating weapons) might ignore the debuffs you might be troubled with. (like Slow)
・Fixed the bug that beneath particular circumstances, leaving Journal menu will trigger the game to crash.
・Fixed the bug that being troubled with Drain would possibly trigger the game to crash.
・Fixed a number of English translations. (You get the purpose by now)
・Other miscellaneous fixes.

New characteristic: Skill Level system
Every talent may have a most stage of 10, with every stage will increase its injury, SP value and extra.
Enhance/enchant weapon scraps with the identical abilities to weapons/equipment to stage up the talent.
eg. Jump Strike + Dagger’s Scrap = Jump Strike Lv.2
Spin Strike Lv.3 + Bastard Sword’s Scrap *2 = Spin Strike Lv.5

If a weapon and an adjunct each comprise the identical talent, the extent for that talent will add up.
eg. Double Strike Lv.2 on weapon + Double Strike Lv.3 on acc. = Double Strike Lv.5

System Adjustment:
Endless Mode will now have a ground indication, exhibiting gamers what number of flooring they’ve explored at the moment.
(Temporary UI resulting from gamers’ request. Will enhance UI in future builds)
Every talent will get stability overhaul with the Skill Level system.
Leap Slash space adjusted to enhance usability.
When utilizing/altering abilities, talent information will present up on display.
When altering weapons by holding Z key, weapon information will present up on display.

Other Changes:
You can now diagonally transfer your cursor when deciding the realm for abilities similar to Thunderbolt, Black Veil and so on.
Adjust the impact for Water Blade to make it extra plausible.
Minor changes to visual results.
English translation overhaul for objects. (Yes this remains to be going)

Bug Fix:
Fixed the bug that Flame Arrow can goal hearth on the sector, inflicting the game to crash.
Other miscellaneous fixes.

• New voice and h-scene dubs for Amazon, Demoness, and Oni
• Gallery Mode revamped.

You can now enter Gallery Mode by the blue portal within the church.
Talk to the characters on this mode to revisit their respective H-scenes.
For important characters, see the H-scene as soon as to have them unlocked right here.
For Monster women, defeat them as soon as to have their H-scenes unlocked right here.
(We spent a enormous quantity of effort for this, hope you want it!)

Adjustments:

• Bump the decision to 1280×720 (16:9), Screen space and UI format is modified.
• Due to decision change, the H-scenes display has some adjustment as nicely.
• Adjustments to the Live2D of Elven Fighter’s important h-scene
• From now on, when HP will get to 0 and within the “struggling state,” your SP will lower progressively as you might be being attacked. And regain a small quantity of SP whenever you get out of wrestle state.
• Temporarily disable the purple haze impact when Erosion received to 60%. (We will make higher ones in future)
• Change the textual content in Stats display. BlackRate > Base Block Rate and Block Efficiency > Block Rate Boost
• Voice actress adjustments:
Amazon (VA: Ao Kuranami)
Demoness (VA: Ao Kuranami)
Oni (VA: Rio Fujimura)

Bug Fix:

• Attempted to repair the error “knockback random jump of null”, “setBlendColor of undefined”
(We hope we actually mounted it this time, and if it nonetheless occurs, please report back to us with particulars and specifics)
• Fix the bug the place talent is lacking / unusable when equipping equipment and weapons with similar talent
• Fix Priest summoning spree. If Priest had summoned an Angel earlier than she is being shocked or put to sleep, she might summon one other Angel as she received out of the debuff state. Now she gained’t give you the chance to summon one other Angel
• Fix the bug: When hit by “send you flying into the air” variety of talent and your HP received to 0, you’ll set off traps when you land on one. No Trap must be triggered if HP is at 0, however you’ll nonetheless get the “horizon light ball” on the bottom. (The ones which have objects or supplies inside)
• Fix the bug the place urgent Esc would exit fullscreen. You would give you the chance to change in and out of fullscreen by urgent F4

Words from the dev group:

We’ve spent fairly a little bit of time to create the Gallery Mode and change the decision to 16:9.
There could be extra interface adjustments and system adjustments in the longer term.

By the way in which, and lots of you may know this already, The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith now has a Steam Store Page!
Please assist us by including it to your wishlist and unfold the phrases! Here is a link:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1414910/

We are fairly busy this month, and nonetheless going to be quite a lot of stuff to work on subsequent week.
We are additionally engaged on tales. Due to funding subject, our productiveness has been fairly restricted all alongside.
Anyways, We hope we might stay until the game is formally launched.

• New weapon: Water Greatsword
• New Monster Memory: Vampiress’s memory, Lamia’s memory
• New merchandise: Blinding Potion
• New Mode: Endless Mode
• New Monster women unique to limitless mode:
Succubus ( CV: Rikka Mizutani)
Priestess, Angel (CV: Akisora)

About Endless Mode:

1. Find Mr. Cock after Rezia has cleaned the church, and ask for permission to enter the limitless mode in Arena. (Chicken is short-term he would possibly turn into one thing else in future.)
2. System will secure hold all of your objects until you die within the limitless mode, and they might be returned to you after. (But you’ll be able to’t hold something you received from this mode)
3. Monster women will progressively get stronger, however we haven’t discover an acceptable method to point out that simply but. So watch out when you’re on this mode.
4. We might be placing Monster women right here sooner than their supposed implementation schedule, as we release Monster women that’s finest becoming for the story. They won’t drop particular supplies, and you gained’t give you the chance to acquire their recollections.
5. As the growth goes on, we’ll make this mode extra full.

System Balance:

• Accessories sturdiness:
Randomly scale back 1 sturdiness to one in all the outfitted equipment when attacked
Change to ↓
All the outfitted equipment has 25% probability to scale back 1 sturdiness when attacked

• Danger Sense’s sensing adjustments, and add 1 sensing distance
• From now on, unintentional transfer, similar to being hit again, knock into air, or being teleported, and landed on a Trap, horizon mild, or portal. They will nonetheless come into impact.
• When utilizing Unknown Castle Ruin teleportation portal, the map will now not have the bell for returning to Safe House.
• When gamers are in Confused state and making an attempt to carry out regular assault, there may be 25% probability to maneuver as commanded (Friendly reminder, confused state doesn’t have an effect on merchandise utilizing)
• Enemies can nonetheless use talent when Confused, however the path might be randomized (Skills that locks on gamers and buffs should not affected)
• We added a teleportation Trap on every nook of the map for you, when preventing the boss Cursed Armor. So for many who assume the boss is simply too onerous, you should utilize it to flee if being cornered.
• Drowsiness and Stunned can cease Monster women’ charging time, and stops their Super Armor State. (Boss and Giant Shadow has passive Super Armor State, so they’ll not be affected)
• All the mushroom Monsters’ debuff probabilities is now lowered
• Elven Fighters’ Fire Kick can solely be activated when she is on the identical line with the participant
• Scorpion’s venom assault and Giant Spider’s internet assault at the moment are dealing 5 precise injury to HP.
• Spawning Stone’s HP recused
• Lower the elevated assault quantity to the extent up enemies. (Due to Monster women within the fort and forest are all stage 2, so their assaults are decreased too)
• Changes to some Monster Girl’s debuff resistance and elemental resistance
• From now on, weapon with “weapon damage” abilities would have its injury score
ex: When hit “Dash Strike”, “Heavy Strike”, enemies would take 1.3x injury
When hit with “Spin Strike”, enemies would take 0.7x injury (but we had decrease the SP value for Spin Strike)
We will embody injury score for each abilities in the longer term.
• Some weapon’s attribute are boosted (not for those that’s saved in previous save file, you would want to forge new ones)
• SP value adjustment to some abilities
• Poison injury buffed by 4 to Monsters. Furthermore, the participant will now die from poison.

Other Changes:

• If you might be downed and there is no such thing as a Monster women round, a random Monster Girl will seem to have her enjoyable.
• When you might be downed, and there are greater than 3 Monster women round, they’ll take turn to trip you.
• Adding new objects to Rezia’s store: Confusion Potion, Blinding Potion, and Slowing Potion
• Change the search for Rezia’s backyard (It’s not a bug if it’s empty )
• Minor changes to reduce scenes
• Optimized the soul bursting visual impact when enemies are defeated
• Temporarily took the treasure chest in Doroelle’s bed room.
(The accent on this chest is already in someplace within the dungeon. We will convey this chest again with new equipment!)

Bug Fix:
The following bugs have been mounted.

• Enemies walked into the wall
• Enemies chasing gamers whereas being blinded in the identical room. (When blinded, they need to solely chase you when you are inside 2 tiles)
• As your forging stage improve, weapon you solid would even have its tenacity attribute elevated. This didn’t come into impact.
• When there may be wall blocking, enemies nonetheless makes use of straight line directional abilities.
• When hiding at the tip of a wall tunnel or nook, enemies nonetheless makes use of shut distance talent to hit gamers diagonally (This repair dose not apply to lengthy distance abilities)
• Abnormal steady bouncing when gamers or enemies hit a wall after being attacked
• Item exhibits up bizarre when selecting what objects to hold after loss of life
• Gradually lags extra and extra when preventing boss
• Weird bug when boss Cursed Armor received into “Break State”
• Dungeon wall tunnel entrance blocked by Enchantment Table or chests
• Minor bug repair

Words from the dev group:

We stated that we wished to take a break, however we really didn’t…
After the massive update final month, we nonetheless stored working, and spent fairly a little bit of time writing tales for Monster women and the important storyline.
Fixed some system bugs and another stuff, however there remains to be fairly a little bit of different stuff we’d like to optimize on the system half. The new “Endless Mode” remains to be fairly tough, we’ll discover time to make it higher.

Sigh… There is simply a lot stuff to be completed. When can we actually have lengthy sleep? Like these sleep-ins whenever you get up, and it’s already within the late afternoon, ?

Anyways, Hope you guys just like the new demo!

Words from English translator (This half solely exhibits up in english):

I noticed Halo Infinite being delayed to 2021, and I believe it’s factor.
Aside from the apparent graphic subject, I see it as they really hearken to followers.
It exhibits that they care, and wished to make great things.

Honestly, I see that in Ason too.
We actually are only making an attempt to create good video games, and we actually hearken to followers’ feedbacks.
Some of the followers would possibly criticize us not having new women each month or solely making minor bug repair for brand spanking new demos, however that’s simply what it takes.
Fixing smaller bugs early would assist us keep away from catastrophic/unfixable bugs later.
It would possibly outcome in game taking an extended to complete growing, however we cannot hand over.

Thanks once more for sticking with us all this time!

v0.09
• Added new animations for Doroelle’s conversations
• Added new Voiced traces for Maid and Vampiress throughout H Scene. (CV: 浅木式)
• Game beginning engine optimization
• Fixed some textual content displaying bug
• Fixed some map bugs that gamers have been stepping into tiles, which was purported to be blocked
• Fixed merchandise throwing bugs that they could get caught within the wall
• Changed the fonts for English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.
• Using talent exterior of dungeon will gained’t lower SP anymore, and weapon’s sturdiness won’t lower. MC hitting the wall exterior of dungeon won’t lose HP
• When bag is over weight, participant can now see the merchandise at their toes by opening their stock, and handle objects
• Player’s motion might be disabled when bag is over weight, however can nonetheless carry out different duties • Inventory UI adjustment
• Adjusting key press. Switching going through path button was modified from Q key to C key, and going through diagonal directing key was modified from W key to Ctrl key.
• Added “wait for one turn” perform. Just press Ctrl key + C key
•Minor bug repair
• Fix saving bugs for utilizing previous save on new demo recordsdata