Posted October 21, 2022 by DarkDemarley
Hey everyone,
I"m happy to say that the Halloween Update is now officially out! I was able t power through the work over the last few weeks and get what I wanted to get done.
With this update, I have tried to improve a lot of thing for the game. There were still holdover bugs from the transition to the new inventory and I"m hoping to have fixed a lot of those in this update. Also, some quality fo life features like "Sell All" and "Refine All" which have been brought back and overhauled to work better.
Most importantly, this update bring the Halloween Event! True to this update cycles name, I have now completed Events for Persona H, which can happen during random triggers and are available to player whenever they would like. Think of these events like the Camping Trip or Ski Vacation in Persona 4 Golden.
The Halloween event is a party the includes the main cast. There is branching dialog, multiple characters to talk to and also osme collectibles to find. There are 2 sex scenes available within the event, if you can find them!
I"m really happy to say that now with this update, I have only one smaller update to do in the 0.8 update cycle, and then I'm moving onwards to the 0.9 update cycle. 0.9 is all about Yasogami High and will deal wwith some newer characters to add, so I"m really happy to start working on that soon!
If you haven't already, don't forget to enter for the free Persona 4 copy I'm giving out on Halloween. It's free to enter and anybody who does has a chance of winning the steam code for it. Just head to the Persona 4 discord and check otu the contest channel.
https://discord.com/channels/945417804318928927/1028471385540010004/103023498369...
I want to give a special shoutout to all the new patrons on Patreon, as well as all the new people who have joined the discord server. Our little Persona H community is ggrowing and it's really fun to see. Not only do I enjoy talking wiht you all, but you inspire me to have more ideas for these updates! Also, due to the newer patrons, I have been able ot get more voice acting included in the game, which has been really fun for me.
Speaking of, I would like to welcome the voice actress VioletVA who is featured in this new update. She provides the voice for Yukiko and Marie. She works really hard on getting some new dialog for this update, so if you have a second, please go and show her some support :
Violet | NSFW VA🔞 (@_VioletVA) / Twitter
I also want to point out how the patreon voting works and the future of updates in Persona H, it was brought to my attention that people were confused.
Each update is within an update cycle. This update, Halloween Update, is within the Events update cycle. Eah update cycle corrosponds to the number of the update, 0.8 being EVents and 0.9 being Yasogami High.
As we transition into newer Event Cycles, there's now an opportunity to vote on what's next over on patreon. Patrons have voting power over what the topic of teh enxt Event Cycle will be about.
Hopefully that makes more sense, if not I can try and make a flow chart and daigram for all of you :D
Alright, here are the dev notes :
0.8.3 Halloween Event
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Bugs:
* Tried a new technique to fix the Yukiko Hair comb issue.
* Tried another new technique to fix Ai's love collar scene if it didn't trigger.
* fixed bug where Steak Skewers wouldn't stack and Couldn't be gifted.
* fixed a bug that crashed the game when talkig to Marie with her Goth outfit.
* fixed bug that caused chie to float in her room.
* Fixed a bug where selling items to slime wasn't showig correct quantity
* Added back in the Sell All button at the Slime Miner.
* Fixed the Rfeine All button not giving correct experience.
Features:
* Add new patrons to end screen
* Created Community unlock for 1000 Collections on itch
* Designed all halloween costumes for major characters in-game.
* Added in music for Halloween Event
* Created the beginning of a Morality system for Spicy and Sweet (More on this in future update)
* Designed Margaret Blowjob Scene
* Implemented Margaret Blowjob Scene into the game
* Designed Character Models for the PArty
* Worked on Ticket System to collect during event
* Designed Marie's Footjob Scene
* Implemented Marie's Footjob scene into the game
* Implemented a system to allow you to repeat the Halloween Eent whenever you would like
* Changed dialog system to allow for Branching Dialog
* Changed Dialog system to allow for Event-like Dialog.
* Coded it in so that you can keep your own Halloween Outfit
Great, with that, I'm going to start getting organized and ready for the transition into 0.9!! I hope you all enjoy this update, and let me know if you come across any bugs or problems.
Happy Halloween!
~DarkDemarley