Update 2 is out!

Ta-da! I shadow-dropped a lovely hollyday update! Whats in it?! Well, lets see...

✩°｡ ⋆~CHAPTER SELECT / ARCADE MODE~✩°｡ ⋆

THATSRIGHT! I’ve added a new feature that lets you load from any major checkpoint/boss in the game! (Like Mega man or whatever...) This should be a real boon for browser players... No more softlocks! No more corrupted saves! Consider this a little gift from me to you.

To access this new mode, there is a new button on the main menu. It will let you choose from the icons of various bosses throughout the game, which will load you in to a savepoint right before that boss! (There are ten of them... The only one who isn’t actually a boss is Hi’do’ran. He’s just a convenient spot to load back to, for... other reasons.)

When you load in this mode, it doesn’t overwrite your existing save, until you go and save manually. After you save manually though, you can use it as your new save file as if you had played naturally up to that point! Basically it can help you recover progress on your save if your browser purged it or it got corrupted.

It also gives you other advantages such as a super-strong party and an inventory full of goodies.

✩~~OTHER STUFF~~✩

There are several quality-of-life tweaks here, including the ability to skip text (for speedrunners)! Also, a tiny bit of new content to help flesh out characterization for some of the characters.

TLDR. The full Changelog for 1.2:

-Added a chapter select: basically an arcade mode that lets you load from any major boss in the game. You can use this regardless whether or not you have ever beaten the game.

-You can now hold C to quickly skip text.

-Reformatted the way saves work. If you’re on PC and this corrupts your old save, please email me for a fix!! (You can find my email address in the help menu.) If you’re on browser and this corrupts your old save, you should be able to use Chapter Select to quickly get back to a similar place where you were before.

-Fixed a collision glitch that could permanently softlock you in the desert and in the volcano. (Note: I’m fairly certain these softlocks didn’t exist in the previous version and were caused by the gamemaker update).

-Added decorations in Ruby, Mandarin, and Gleam’s rooms. Added a little skeleton in the jail.

-Fixed more rooms where you can walk off the screen

-Fixed placement of some items in the Dream Realm

-Version number now shows on the menu screen

-A boss now has an idle floating animation that was missing

- Minigame where Hi’do’ran throws stuff in the supermarket now has animations

Well, that’s everything! Enjoy, and have “The Happy Hollydays!”