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Alpha Update 1.21

Finding Color in the Ashes
A downloadable game for Windows

Hello again! Sorry for the long wait on this update, but it's a big one. It includes the first iteration of Fall gameplay. Now, this update is mostly systems and honestly it's still missing a lot of the content. There's enough there to give everyone an idea of what's coming, but the next update will focus on really fleshing everything out. Just the same there's a handful of quality of life improvements, a new sex scene, and enough content in fall to give you something new to check out.

I'm still squashing bugs related to the godot point release update, so forgive me for the odd UI bugs that will show up here or there. I'll be sure to get them all eventually.

Let me know if anything breaks outright, and I hope you all enjoy the update! More coming soon.

Also! For anyone who wants to back up their current saves and use the new optional start, save files are located in: \AppData\Roaming\ForestInn


Alpha 1.2 Patch Notes

Added

-Fall Gameplay changes:

-The Capital's army is moving through the area, heading to the Ashlands.

  • Command staff will be staying at the inn for a while. This will use up to 8 of your rooms.
  • Lucy will stay hidden while fractured for fear of discovery.
  • The Army tracks reputation. Treating the soldiers and command staff well during their stay will increase this reputation.
  • Increasing your army reputation will give you access to passive bonuses, new events, and new skills to spend experience on.

-There are new army guests that can show up in the inn:

  • Army Veterans, Army Clerics, Army mages, Army Sappers, Army Infantry, Army Riflemen, Army Greatswords

-New Loot: Army Dog Tags. Sell them to the bounty officers for gold and army reputation.

-New Army NPCs - Runa, The Captain, and the Lieutenant.

-New Conversation topics with Lucy.

-New Sex Scene (Lucy)

-New Events while out on patrol.

-UI animations to draw attention to high road danger and low temperatures.

-UI Color changes to draw attention to low Wood, Food, Alcohol, Reagents, and Materials.

- Alternate Fall Start. You can start around day 65 with some skills, inn upgrades, and quests already completed. This will provide a softer start to the game, and drop you a little closer to the new content. 

- Full screen mode added. Press alt+enter to enable full screen (or toggle it back off). (note, it works once you are in the game, not from the main menu. for now. I'll improve the functionality in the next update)

-**1.21 specific** You can buy supplies from the quartermaster on weekends when serving command staff or soldiers at check-in.

Adjustments

-Optimized how events + sex scenes are handled on the back end. There may be new bugs associated with these changes, let me know if you encounter anything weird.

Fixes

-Fixed a visual bug where the correct potions might not show up when interacting with guests you've already sold potions to.

-Multiple UI fixes related to godot point release

-**1.21 specific** Cannot go over cap on army reputation.

-**1.21 specific** UI issue where army check-in UI would appear on top of events soft locking the game.

Files

  • FindingColorintheAshes120.zip 225 MB
    Mar 30, 2025
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