❊Translation in development. The English and Japanese versions of certain missions and elements of the game will be added before the content is available in the main version of the game.
Optimization
Special effect optimized for the spell Inferno
Special effect optimized for normal attack
Bug Fixed
Fixed a bug that makes Flying Swords disappear under the water
Fixed a bug that makes monster doesn’t appear on the collection manual
Fixed a bug around Mana after breakthrough
Fixed a bug that makes you can’t receive the artifact from the Main Quest
Fixed a bug that makes the quest “居身之所” unlocked. (If you trigger that quest, we strongly suggest you use your backup, the current save might crash your game in the future)
Fixed bugs that make Cloud Bridge building material, time totally wrong
Fixed a bug that makes the color from the well look not right
Fixed a bug that category Brother Xie into the wrong position
Fixed a bug in the Mine 8F
Fixed a bug on Female Character Model
Fixed a bug for the Yuhua Mystery Realm camera movement
Alpha Branch Update 0.5.12
❊Translation in development. The English and Japanese versions of certain missions and elements of the game will be added before the content is available in the main version of the game.
Known Bugs
We have known the bug that makes you can't invite Brother Xie to the banquet table
We have known the bug that makes you can't get the weapon from one of the Main Quest
New Content
Starting from 0.5.11 update, we will keep extending our Main Quest, Please stay tuned :)
Brother Xie finally woke up from his bed now, are you ready to become a friend of him?
We added the personal story of Chen, which you could unlock by leveling up your friendship level
The East Side bridge of Guiyun Sect could be repaired now, and you could take a little exploration at the East Side after you rebuild the bridge.
You could now visit Chen’s house!
New Spirit Orb Series decorations were added, and you could now get more quests from Yang
Yang finally manages to clear up the Stone which stops you from visiting Mine 8F, but be careful, there’s a powerful monster!
Optimization
Normal Attack Redesign: You developed your own kind of way to battle, but as a Cultivator, Brother Xie can’t accept such an indelicacy way of fighting. With Xie’s help and guidance, you now start using a new way of battle!
Map Redesign: We redesign the map and change the angle of view for our redesigned battle system
Monster AI Redesign: We redesign the monster AI for our redesigned battle system
Main Character Status Optimization: We adjust the Character Status for the redesigned battle system
As the training time Chen used for himself to grow, he would now take his time to rest. You would now find out Chen would go home at night time.
We rearrange the mine 5F portal location
Optimization based on player’s feedback
You could now buy Orange Jasmine from the pharmacy.
Sunset Inn Messageboard Vol.7
Hello there, dear brothers and sisters:
We can’t believe that Summer is almost over. It seems like only yesterday we were telling you about how much we love zongzi and cold noodle soup, the rainy season, the humid heat in China, and all the new things that would come to Immortal Life with this season. Fortunately, we can gladly say that we are satisfied with all the work done in these months and the direction the project is taking, partly thanks to how much you are helping us with your feedback.
But this is not just a “thank you” note — you came here looking for fresh information about the content planned for late August, and some other changes we said we’d work on… and that’s what you guys will get! Let’s get down to business:
Upcoming contents for Alpha Version:
Battle System Redesign: As we’ve detailed a few times before, changing the whole battle system will take a long time since all these modifications are not limited to animations and sound effects, but also the way the enemies behave and where they usually hide in each map. In this Alpha update, we are optimizing the normal attack, giving it a new look, and the spell system.
New Main Quest Added: We're giving the game storyline the push forward you were expecting. The new events related to the main quest will be detailed in our future updates.
Become a friend of Brother Xie: As if by miracle, Brother Xie has been able to get up from the bed. He will feel very proud of the efforts you all made to start from scratch and rebuild the Guiyun Sect headquarters. You'll definitely become stronger together with his help and guidance!
Personal Story of Chen: Have you ever wanted to ask Brother Chen why’s he fishing all the time? He has his own business to be concerned about and very interesting stories to share with you, so why not spend some time with him?
New Map - East Side of Guiyun Sect: East Side of Guiyun Sect is now open for you in this upcoming Alpha update, the rebuilding work would open to you in the future update.
Map redesign for Mine and Yuhua Mystery Realm: For a better gaming experience under our newly-designed battle system, we’ll update the Mine and Yuhua Mystery Realm. The amount of work to do is huge and we’re going to need some extra time for optimizing the Mine. At the same time, if you have any feedback for us, don’t forget to join our discussion on our Discord Server!
Monster AI redesign: For a better gaming experience under our new battle system, we also do some work on your enemies’ AI.
As usual, we plan to push all these changes into the Official version once the major bugs are fixed and our test job is done.
❊Translation in development. The English and Japanese versions of certain missions and elements of the game will be added before the content is available in the main version of the game.
Developing plan for September:
New Main Quests: After the awakening of Brother Xie, it’s about time to work on a further rebuilding of the Guiyun Sect — a new stage of the journey is about to begin!
New System - Spell Training System: Brother Xie isn’t satisfied with your current way of casting spells, so he decided to train you in gratitude for what you have done for your brothers and sisters.
New Sect Facility - Training Ground: Here’s where you’ll train your spell casting skills with brother Xie!
New Sect Facility – Sect Apartment: There will be a new lounge area for Brother Xie and Yang, so they can leave the Sunset Inn and have their own room now.
New Mystery Realm – Flower valley: Same as we did in Yuhua Mystery Realm, in Flower Valley Mystery Realm you will discover new monsters, collectible items, quests, fishing spots, and new recipes! Of course, you would need to unlock this new map by completing certain quests.
Personal Story of Ji Yaohua: How could Ji achieve such great success with her business in the Qiongzhen Pavilion? Now she may teach you her best-kept secrets if you spend time with her and become close friends.
Personal Story of Yang Ziqin: When that unfortunate disaster destroyed everything you had, it was Yang Qizin who led you all to rebuild the sect. Maybe it’s about time to find out his own story.
New Facility – Ji’s Mansion: A new fancy house for Ji and Li.
Map Redesign for Mine: We’re now at 60% of the Mine redesign and thinking about how we should push this redesign forward. Your feedback would be very appreciated!
As always, we’re open to listening to your thoughts on any update listed here, so don’t be shy and share your opinion here so we can start a cool discussion in the comments section. Your ideas are likely to appear in upcoming updates. Also, remember that your bug reports will help us build a cleaner, better game for everyone.
Thank you for believing in Immortal Life, see you in the next entry!
YiFang Studios & 2P Games
Alpha Branch Update 0.5.10
Optimization
Add special effect for Sect Kitchen
Temporarily remove the third personal painting from the game
Optimized the Dishes Rating Menu
Optimized the Mouse Indicator when choosing the Doll
Bug fixed
Fixed a bug that would crash the game when cooking on a dish
Fixed a bug that would make the dishes not have enough exposure
Fixed a bug that makes Mu Xia set IN the chair when she’s on the Banquet table
Alpha Branch Update 0.5.09
Bug fixed
Fixed a bug that cause bugs after entering battles
Added icons for items and dishes
Fixed some Typo
Fixed sound effects from the Sect Kitchen
Fixed special effects from the Sect Kitchen
Alpha Branch Update 0.5.08
Bug fixed
Fixed a bug that makes the water pot from Sect Kitchen can’t interact.
Fixed a bug that unlock the wrong Personal Painting of You Jinghe
Fixed a bug that would crash the game when getting the review on the Banquet Table
Fixed a bug that accidentally unlock a work-in-progress new map
Fixed a bug that makes MC face in the wrong direction
Optimization
Optimized the special effect of Mystery Valley River
Sunset Inn Messageboard Vol.6
Greetings, cultivators: We’re back to welcome August! It's been a month since the last update of the Sunset Inn message board and it's about time to turn the tables, don't you think? Mostly because you'll be eager to know what kind of content is coming to Immortal Life this month. First of all, we must admit that adjusting the battle system is coming with a great number of difficulties we never imagined. Even though you'll notice huge changes in our current Alpha testing version, there’s still a lot of work to be done to bring it up to the level of other features of the game. In the upcoming months, we'll keep introducing better battle sounds and visual effects, developing an enhanced enemy AI, and planning how to relocate monsters all over the map. In other words, we haven't forgotten our promise! We just need a little more time to create a combat system that feels natural, fun and, of course, full of magic.
Mission updates for July
With all that said, here’s a short summary of the new features, content and gameplay enhancements we worked on last month. They’re now part of Alpha branch to be tested before reaching the main game:
Overhauling the battle system: 1. There’s no need to draw and sheath the word to activate/finish the combat anymore. 2. Now you can attack or cast a spell while moving, jumping, climbing or collecting items. No need to sheath your sword! 3. WASD keys can be used for moving. 4. From this version of the game, you’ll decide the direction of our normal attacks and spell casts with your mouse. 5. Use Left Click for a normal attack and Right Click for casting spells — we even have created a spell menu for choosing which one to use. 6. [Temporary] MP consumption per spell will be reduced as a part of a temporary design we will change this very month. In the meantime, you’ll also find there’s no spell cooldown.
New building: Clan Kitchen In our current Alpha version, you can invite Mu Xia to join the Guiyun Sect and rebuild the Clan Kitchen. It’s way bigger than Sunset Inn’s kitchen, with new cookware (Deep-Frying Wok, Pot...), recipes and, of course, challenging mini-games to put your cooking skills to test!
New solar term mission: Help the Clan Kitchen for each solar term After you unlock the Clan Kitchen, y this special mission will appear every solar term. It will allow you to earn new rewards and increase your friendship level with the cult members. Don't worry about the ingredients, they're all provided by the sect.
New map: Deep in the Mine The map's almost finished, except for a few details we need to adjust for a better experience. Soon we'll give you an official update on the status of this area.
New map: Mystery Valley Lake Island After fixing the Lake Pier, you'll be able to visit the Mystery Valley Lake Island from the docks. Guess what: on that island, you can invite your fellow Sect Members to enjoy the dishes you made!
New Feature: Banquet table On Misty Valley Lake Island, you can invite your fellow Sect Member to enjoy your dishes at the Banquet Table! Everyone has their own taste, so they would give you unique reviews on different dishes. A good score could help you unlock gifts!
House renovation Starting now, You Jinghe will help you with the house renovation after rebuilding the Main Hall. That means you can get new Floor, Wall, Stair, and Corridor recipes from him!
More character stories We started working on personal stories for the secondary characters you like the most. These sub-stories will help you improve your relationship with them and learn new interesting information about their pasts after reaching certain Friendliness requirements. We’ve just introduced the personal story of Mu Xia in our Alpha branch. Stay tuned for future updates!
Making Spirit Orbs We’re now allowing everyone to make a new decorating furniture, the Spirit Orb.
Plus, we’ve worked on the following changes:
Adjustments on the Mine We’re rebuilding the Mine to suit our new battle system, which includes a redesign of certain levels and a relocation of its monsters and collectible items.
Adjustment on the Yuhua Mystery Realm As the combat system also influenced the design of the Mystic Realm of Yuhua, we are including some changes to the map and the location of enemies and collectibles — we hope you like it!
Redesign the Spell System Redesigning the battle system also means that we had a job to do on the Spell system. It evolved so much that you can easily identify the changes. This rebuild is way bigger than what it looks like on the surface, we also changed some parts of its code and redesign the structure deep down in our game build foundation. But the good news is, this would give us more space for introducing new features on the Spell System, please stay tuned.
Monster AI redesign Same reasons as the others, yes, the battle system redesign also requires us to do changes on the Monster AI, and we did that, period.
Content developed for August
New realm: Flower Valley We know that adventure lovers hate to sit still for too long, so here's good news: the Flower Valley is open to visitors! You will have to complete a specific mission to unlock this new location, in which you'll find new monsters and fishing spots, more collectible items and, of course, new recipes.
New personal story: Chen Yuanzhou We've heard you loud and clear, dear cultivators. Some of you have fallen in love with our favourite fisherman and need to find out more about him, so with this new mission you are going to discover his story. We can hear your heartbeat from here!
There are some other elements of the game we’ll start working on this very month. However, the development team might need extra time to polish them depending on how things go with the redesign of the battle system.
New events in the main questline
Becoming friends with Xie Wentian
New sect facility: Garrison
New sect facility: Training Ground
New system: Spell Updates System
Personal story: Ji Yaohua
We'll share new photos and videos as soon as these designs look more like their final versions. If you have any suggestions for us to improve the game, don’t hesitate to share your thoughts in the comments below or join our Discord Server to share your ideas! We'd definitely give it a chance after a proper discussion inside our team. After all, everything in Immortal Life is subject to change, please wait for future announcements for disclosing the details.
Thank you for your support, wish you enjoy your time in the Misty Valley and find your way to become immortal.
YiFang Studio & 2P Games
Alpha Branch Update V0.5.06
Hi everybody!
A new month has come and we’re here, as usual, to introduce you to the new missions and special events, features, and game improvements you’ll be able to test these days through the Alpha Version (commonly known as the beta test branch) of Immortal Life. Our localization team is still working on the translation and you’ll probably find some parts of the build in Chinese, but we expect this to be fixed soon. In the meantime, we hope you’re able to enjoy at least a part of what the development team prepared for you! Here’s a little preview:
Major changes in the combat system
We’ve made great progress in perfecting the battle system — with the new design now in development, your battle experience will never be the same. However, you probably won't notice the difference for a few months because we will introduce the changes gradually (sound effects, battle animations, improved enemy AI, monster relocations). Of course, all of them will come to the Alpha branch to be exhaustively checked before reaching the main game, so get ready for testing lots of new things!
As for the current update, here are the changes we’ve made so far:
There’s no need to draw and sheath the word to activate/finish the combat anymore.
Now you can attack or cast a spell while moving, jumping, climbing or collecting items. No need to sheath your sword!
WASD keys can be used for moving.
From this version of the game, you’ll decide the direction of our normal attacks and spell casts with your mouse.
Use Left Click for a normal attack and Right Click for casting spells — we even have created a spell menu for choosing which one to use.
[Temporary] MP consumption per spell will be reduced as a part of a temporary design we will change this very month. In the meantime, you’ll also find there’s no spell cooldown.
New content
A new map area has been unlocked! After fixing the Lake Pier, you'll be able to visit the Misty Valley Lake Island from the docks.
Have you always dreamt of having your friends over for dinner? Now you can invite them to join you on the Banquet Table and taste the delicious dishes you learnt to prepare. Of course, they will review them and give their verdict.
Sometimes, Mrs. Ye will drink along and enjoy the view of the moon at midnight, maybe you could talk with her? (This event will be triggered after rebuilding the Main Hall at the Guiyun headquarters or recruiting the lecturer)
Yang asks you to recruit more people, and there’s someone you know that will love joining your clan — of course, we're talking about Mu Xia! Try recruiting her after completing Mrs. Ye's questline.
After Mu Xia joins the clan, you will unlock the Clan Kitchen! The New Cooking Mini Game is waiting for you with lots of new tools and dishes to unlock.
All these new recipes will be held by Mu Xia, so don't hesitate to ask her to teach you how to prepare them.
After unlocking the Clan Kitchen, you will unlock special dishes that Mu Xia prepared for everyone on the [Pickup Counter] every solar term.
After unlocking the Clan Kitchen, you can activate a special quest called [Help the Kitchen] every Solar Term to prepare dishes for everyone in the clan.
You Jinghe will help you with the house renovation now. And it means that you can get new Floor, Wall, Stair, and Corridor recipes from him! (Only after rebuilding the Main Hall)
Yang learned a new trick. Ask him to make Spirit Orb when you have enough materials.
Optimization changes
The recipe menu has received several changes, including a beautiful preview in 3D of every furniture available to unlock in the game.
The menu for Trade Routes has been optimized too.
We've increased the maximum number of characters for your cultivator's name.
Bug fixes
Fixed the bug causing strange camera moves when you entered or left the Silkworm house.
Localization update.
HOW TO JOIN THE ALPHA BRANCH OF IMMORTAL LIFE
Step 1: For your safety, start backing up your save files!
This is the most important step as the files of the Alpha branch that will be saved in your Cloud storage will replace those you saved locally, damaging them permanently in the process. To prevent this, disable the Cloud Saving feature and visit the following path to copy the folder with your local saves to another safe location in your computer. Don’t switch to the Alpha test before taking this step.
Save Path: [Steam Library Path]/common/一方灵田/SavesDir/[A folder with numbers in its name]
Step 2: Switch the branch from your Steam library
Right-click Immortal Life in your Steam Library.
Choose Properties…
Choose BETAS tab in the Properties menu.
Enter the code, zhongtian2022 and click Check Code.
Click the select button and choose alpha – alpha test to activate the new branch.
You want to switch back? No problem, click the drop-down menu again and choose none – it will take you back to the Default branch.
And that’s all for today, dear cultivators. If you think there’s any feature, substory or recipe that should be included in the next version of the game, let us know and we will take it into consideration. Also, remember that we love seeing how much you enjoy testing the new content, so please share all your screenshots with us! We love to show people how creative you guys can be.
See you in the next update! YiFang Studio & 2P Games
Patch V.0.5.02 Update
Bug Fixed
Fixed a bug that would make the game crash after using Flower Honey Wine or Qingling Fruit Wine
Patch V.0.5.00: Foxes arrive in the Misty Valley
Good day, brothers and sisters!
We’re happy to be here one more time to announce that the content we’ve been testing in the Alpha branch is now available in the main version of Immortal Life. As you may know, it means that all the new features should be now working as expected, so we hope you have a great time enjoying them. Just in case you couldn’t read the latest installment of our Sunset Inn Messageboard, here’s the main list of changes you’ll find in version v0.5.00:
New Content
New story quests added for Song Yantong. Now you even can ask her to join your clan!
New Pet System. In this first version of the Pet System, you’ll be able to adopt a fox cub. If you take care of this little guy and let it evolve, the foxy will unlock new abilities to help you out!
New Bee raising system. You can now start raising bees and flowers for making honey! More dishes and features based on honey will be added to our game in the future.
New Silkworm raising system, which includes a facility to take care of them to get silk and make new clothes!
New recipes for dishes made with honey.
New map Deep in Sunset Forest added.
Bug Fixed
Fixed a bug that makes you can’t get your reward in the quest of Li Mengqing. If you don’t get the reward, you should get it now automatically.
Fixed a bug that makes the volume slider couldn’t adjust the music of Yuhua Mystic Realm.
Optimization based on players’ feedback
Fixed a bug that makes you can’t get the Deer Decoration Design and the Guqin –an accessory- after completing certain quests. If you don’t get the reward, you should get them now automatically.
Add a map for Sunset Forest.
Optimized the map of Ferry Stop.
Optimization
Optimized the English Localization with the support of our community.
Optimized the Collection Manual.
One more time, thank you everybody for keep believing in the magical world of Immortal Life and its bright future as the only farming sim inspired by Chinese Taoist mythology. We owe you so much in this regard! Remember that we’re open to hearing your thoughts and those suggestions that might increase the quality of the final game, so don’t hesitate to leave your comment on Steam or join 2P Games’ Discord server today. We’ll be gladly waiting for you!
