v0.8.4 - New Aspects and skills, art/writing improvements

As announced yesterday, Minerva Labyrinth will release on November 5th, 2025! Today I'm also releasing the most up-to-date demo, which features new Aspects, new support skills, a nicer-looking subway, and a major editing pass over writing (some of these edits made it into the v0.7.9 release).

There may be a few more tweaks in the final release, but this is pretty close to what it will look like. Here are the highlights:

Character Creation

• Two new Aspects:
  • Aspect of the Sea, an evade tank and utility fighter.
  • Aspect of the Stars, an offensive caster with some varied utility skills.
• Four new support skills:
  • Abundance: Items have a chance to not be consumed. Greater benefit with more users.
  • Economy: Reduces the cost of rest and recovery. Greater benefit with more users.
  • Itemancy: Allows using items as a free action once per turn, but consumes two items.
  • Zeal: Revive items and skills restore double HP.
• Slightly relaxed stat minimums for more flexibility.
• Added a new skin tone.
• Revised aspect descriptions in character creation to cover detailed pros and cons, rather than tersely explaining specific skills.
• Aspect descriptions now make it more clear whether an aspect is primarily oriented towards weapons or magic, which is relevant to stat allocation.
• Many existing support skills have been renamed, but most function the same.

Gameplay

• Weight penalties have been simplified to impact only Speed and Defense.
• Momentum (now Alacrity) has been changed to provide a large initiative bonus.
• Commander (now Authority) has had the Speed penalty and defensive components removed.
• Having two characters with Scout (now Vigilance) reduces trap damage by 75%.

Graphics and Text

• Improved subway textures and added more color and variety to the area.
• Improved some visuals in HQ.
• Added a new portrait for Diana's calls in the subway and hospital.
• Many text and dialogue revisions.