Alpha Update 1.75

Finding Color in the Ashes » Devlog
2025-07-05 by MooncatcherStudios
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Hello! 

Here update 1.7 + hot fixes. Next update on itch.io will be in a few weeks, but the 1.8 update is already available on Patreon.

This build mostly focuses on the Dryad. Our new companion now has a name, some new art, some events, scenes, and a bunch of dialog. There are some quality of life changes and a huge rework of the combat sound effects as well.

Willow (the Dryad) still has a lot of content left to add, but she's in a much better spot now, getting close to on par with Scout and Eleanor.


The next Update (1.8) focuses on the next companion Deedra, the more vocal component to Lucy's Fracture.

Thanks for checking out our game, and stay tuned for more!

Alpha 1.75 Patch Notes

Added

  • Many new SFX
  • 3 new sex scenes with Willow
  • Willow portrait art
  • New morning action: Spend time in the greenhouse with Willow.
  • New dialog with Willow
  • New Events
  • New Monster, the Briarlord. A poisonous fey that will start showin up at level 23
  • 2 New mid-tier enemies - the dire wolf and the echo bear.
  • Dire wolves replace all wolf spawns at level 15+
  • Echo bears replace all echo spawns at level 19+
  • Once you seen all of a character's sex scenes, you will get a menu that lets you choose which scene you want to see the next time a scene would be triggered.

Adjustments

  • SFX adjustment
  • Enemy encounter chances modified
  • Enhanced Dodge level up now gives 1 bonus dice instead of 2
  • You can now start spending time with companions on nights with no guests right away (before the option only appeared after the army arrived).

Fixes

  • Can no longer go into negative exp with army special training
  • Possible for Scout to not increase level after killing the Wight
  • Various Typos
  • Lucy's hair decorations floating in rooftop cutscene

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zieg2745 days ago (1 edit)

Thanks for the update, I apologize in advance for the wall of text. First, Willow is great! It was fun to learn more about her and the fey wilds through the greenhouse conversations. Your world building is great and I'm excited to see where her story goes from here.

The Briarlord art was awesome and the fight was challenging without upgraded spells. The new direwolf and echo bear have great looking artwork as well. Quick question, does Lucy have dialogue for encountering the bear or dire wolf? I noticed she has some for the Briarlord, but not the replacement fights. Either way, it is interesting to see how the encounters will evolve over time. 

Here are some bugs and typos I found.

Bugs:

-The new calming tonic button doesn't check if Lucy has fracture to cure, or if the player has any tonics in their inventory. 

-The army guests do not give any reputation when interacting with them in their menus.

-When reaching 100 interest for Willow and choosing to flirt at night, all her scenes are unlocked.

-After unlocking dire wolves, it is still possible to run into regular wolves with Scout during night patrols.

-Blood vials are missing their description and materials needed in the potion crafting menu when hovering over them. They show the previous selected option instead.

-Monsters carry over the Wight's regeneration from its second phase until loading the save again. It shows up as a dummy skill in battle and doesn't do anything but it made me think dire wolves were tougher than they actually are.

Typos:

I found two misspellings in Willow's dialogues. When talking about fey capturing children, she says "raised as oen of our..." instead of one. When talking about what a fetch is, she says "they become everythign..." instead of everything. 

Anyways, thanks again for the update. I'm excited to see what Deedra is like when 1.8 releases publicly. Good luck with development!

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MooncatcherStudios45 days ago(+1)

Thank you! Cannot stress enough how much I appreciate your wall of text.

Calming tonics are fixed in the next update, all of Willow's scenes are intended to be unlocked immediately, and army guests give army reputation, not regular reputation (which needs to be properly signposted, so not your fault on that one).

The Wight issue I never noticed, that's a big one, thank you! The blood vial missing its description and the typos will also get fixed ASAP.

Thanks again, as always, spotting bugs helps a lot. 

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chaika5451 days ago(+2)

My man!

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