Heavenly Peaks Version 2.5 [Tech update]

Hello fellow Daoists.

 For months I've been telling you about new features and quality-of-life changes to the project.  It's also been months since the public version of the game has been updated, but today that changed.

Today I decided to divert from the normal process of updating.  The public build is far outdated and many of the old methods and mechanics no longer apply. That's why I decided to go ahead and push the latest version, version 2.5( formerly 2.0.9)  to public status.

Paid, Patrons and free players will have access to it.

This can be considered one huge tech update. As a result, older save files may experience issues. If you do, don't hesitate to get in touch with me with the errors over in Discord so I can try to sort them out.

Anyway, as for what you can expect:

• New Turn-Based Battle System
• Fixed some lingering issues with story progression.
• Updated Meditation and Training mechanics.
• New World and Zone Exploration Mechanics.
• Updated inventory management.
• Gear (weapons or accessories) added.
• Guobei "Shop" now has some new features (Qi storage).
• Foundation Field, Breath Arts system added (and accessible).
• Hidden Weapons, Flying Swords (not accessible until Chapter 1).
• Various QOL improvements to make playing the game less time-consuming or painful.

Many other things I'm probably forgetting. (Overall, I've made about 300 changes to the project most minor, some major in the past few months).

Visually, I'm using some placeholders, which may look a little rough around the edges.  This is intentional, as starting next year the main focus for Heavenly Peaks will be creating story/gameplay content and replacing old visual assets.  Still, any feedback is appreciated.

I'll try to release version 3 before year's end - try being the operative word. We'll see how it goes!

- My Big "Little" Brother