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This post reviews the change changes and new features added to Lute Hero from the Kickstarter demo to the latest beta release. More detailed patch notes can be found in the previous Update Summary threads.
UI
- Updated main menu
- Update options menu with custom key bindings, graphical options and separate volume sliders.
- Updated and standardised HUD
Aesthetics
- Completely redesigned textures, most notably terrain and buildings.
- More varied character creation
Gameplay
- Travel to different cities
- Redesigned fretboard and input for playing songs
- 3 difficulties for each song
- Ability to unlock songs and combat abilities with purchasable items
- Seating/sleeping
- Minimap/World map
- Keys and Locks
- Optimised lighting and sprite sorting
- Advance time by sleeping in beds
World design
- Each city has it's own set of unique NPCs with their daily routines
- Each city has random NPCs that stay in the inn and visit the tavern in the evening
- Seasons with dynamic sunrise/sunset times
It's been a while, but this is a fairly big update and will pave the way nicely for future world building.
Features
- New city: Zothos (capital of Luthar)
- Complete building interiors in Ashmar
- Full set of persistent NPCs in Corthold and Ashmar
- NPC pathfinding
- NPCs have their own daily routines (e.g. wake up, walk around town, take a seat at the tavern, return to bed in the evening)
- Random NPCs that stay at the city's inn and join the tavern crowd in the evening
- Updated light cycle system, includes seasons and current day in season with changing sunrise/sunset times
- Can sleep in beds (in future can advance time this way)
- Several new hairstyles/clothing options including skin colour and beards.
Features
- New way of playing songs - see below for instructions or read The Lutist's Handbook available from the merchant outside the tavern in Corthold)
- New city: Qustax (exterior only)
- Removed clock and attached it to the minimap (mouse over for the time of day)
- 3 difficulties for each song
- Visit the backroom of the Corthold tavern to play imported songs (LuteHero_Data/StreamingAssets/Songs)
- Prompt popup when interacting with npcs/objects
- Separate song volume slider in the options menu
Issues
- Switching between fullscreen and windowed while playing a song causes some problems with the notes. Restarting the song is a temporary solution
The New Fretboard
- Notes move from right to left across each string. Untouched, the string picker will rest on the middle string. Hold the up and down keys to move the picker up and down by one string. Hold the left arrow with either of these keys to extend to the far top or bottom string. Press Q to pick the selected string (there will be a proper tutorial in the future).
- Bass notes only appear on the bass string, and show as a red bar across the entire fretboard. The bass string is picked with Z.
- There are also now indicators of the points you get from each note, and particles when a string is hit or held. Hammer ons, multipliers and rewards all work in the same way.
(Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is the only song properly charted for the new fretboard for all 3 difficulties. The other songs will work but are not optimised and do are not available in every difficulty)