Cardiac Event Recorder - Update #49 - And Roadmap!
Hello it's me, Angel!
This update mainly sets up story mode to handle all those final bosses that are just waiting to be added! There is also finally a stat page to view all the numbers the game has been tracking!
Early Access updated game version to v7.1
Content Added -
New branching path choice at the end of a story run if any alternate final bosses are unlocked
Each story path has new types of medals to earn
Added a stats page in the main hub where you can watch all your numbers go up
Updates and tweaks -
Some tracked story records had to be reset due to the new story path structure (this will not affect any dream progress)
Changed the file completion percentage to exclude all medals that are beyond the scope of any dreams (A new marker will be added to denote completion of these soon)
Adjusted the amount of blessing generated in the radiant garden
The amount of blessing generated by each action will diminish as you do more in a single visit
Added an upgrade to the garden that allows you to overpay for a gift and fill the blessing bar more
Upgrading the garden will now also fill the blessing based on amount of tetrids spent
Set a limit on donations to Blot's Gallery per visit
Added an upgrade to Blot's Gallery to allow her to accept up to 5 donations
Tagged more gifts as "art" for Blot's gallery
Solara's shop event will not end if you buy all the gifts, allowing you to check upgrades before leaving
All events that have upgrades will now show an alert icon if you can afford any upgrade
Bug Fixes -
Fixed a bug where the Quickplay equip menu could incorrectly show that panics are equipped when they weren't
Future Roadmap!
It's time to spill the hearts on what exactly I have left to do in order to be able to call this game finally finished!
New Monsters
First Lets review the list of 8 missing normal monsters:
Shanx (Guardian)
Alter Shanx (Guardian)
Guardian Soul (Guardian)
Dendrohai (Glyph)
Chionotoh (Glyph)
Ventra (Zaramech)
Veyeral Quartet (Veyeral)
Storm Veyeral (Veyeral)
The newest monster, Shy Momo, was also on this list the last time I posted it. This means that now all the Shambles and Glass Flora are done! (The normal, non-final bossy ones anyways ːveyeralː)
I'm going to keep the amount of final bosses a secret until the big day when they are all put in, but I will say that there is at least one per category!
New Monster Events
There will be one other shop type event similar to Blot's Gallery. The catch is that only one of these can appear per run. The first one you fight will be the one who opens their shop.
There is also another type of event planned! They will be gift trading events with several of the monsters. Each monster will offer different types of gifts and different amounts of them. They will each have their own quirks about what and how they want to trade. None of these will have any type of upgrades or anything like that as there will be several of them.
Only one of these events will appear per run and they will only happen at the end of a three battle chapter. If multiple trading monsters have been defeated, it will pick one of them randomly.
There may be other limits placed on amount of events that can appear per run. We will see how the balance feels.
Altered Story Extended Event
An event will be added to Altered Story mode that will take place just after the "Altered Nowhere" chapter. It will allow you to extend the run by up to 3 extra battles! But you will have to make sacrifices such as giving up gifts or panics to make the rest of the run harder. This event will also not appear if you took any gifts from the link synapse at the start.
This will be the ultimate challenge to earn the biggest score possible!
New Music
As I worked on the music for all of those secret final bosses, I made many many drafts. I cut lots of cool Ideas that didn't quite fit. Lots of cool ideas that you will never ever get to hear...
OR! I can put all those cool ideas into a 3rd set of songs for each monster family! What's that? Three whole songs for each monster group is not enough? Wouldn't you know it, I went ahead and made a 4th set of songs for them too!
But I can't just use all these songs just anywhere. No, monsters need special occasions to pull these out. So you're going to have to be a little patient as I get those special occasions ready.
The Towers
A new game mode where you must climb a tower while only battling monsters of a specific type. There will be 6 of these towers to unlock, one for each of the monster families. There will also be some surprises in each tower, that I won't go into just yet.
Unlocking each tower will have something to do with the newborn monsters. Reaching a certain goal in all 6 of these towers will also be the true way of unlocking Endless Nightmare!
Ultimate Tower
The final challenge! Can you climb a massive tower while battling every single monster in the game? I won't give away all the mechanics of this yet, but heartbreak will not necessarily mean starting over from the bottom. But I'm sure some of you will be able to do it in 1 life!
Story
This update just added the "Choose Her Path" event. This will always come right before the "Nowhere" chapter that currently sits at the end of every story run. Each of the 4 characters can choose which of the 3 available final bosses to fight. If you look closely, you will notice that each path says it contains "1 battle," but that's not always going to be the case!
All characters will have several paths to choose from and different amounts of battles in each. Some paths will even have whole extra chapters like the one in Altered Story mode. Each heart will also have battles with final bosses that others will never meet in their story. And of course, each of these paths will have ending scenes!
Altered Story is where all characters be able to battle every single final bosses in a story-like run.
Fifth Character
This character has still not been added for a very simple reason, she will unlock when all the other characters advance to a certain point in their stories, but those stories aren't done yet. She would be somewhat of a spoiler if I add her too soon. Especially for the few of you who are too good at piecing things together with those gift memories!
I have confirmed that she will be some sort of helper based character. And yes, she will also have an alter.
New Gifts
Everything above is set in stone, but this is the most tenuous section.
Most of my gift ideas are already done, but there are a few more that will be sprinkled into updates along the way. I still need to do that Toxic Aura gift.
I'm still deciding if I want to add the starting effects of the alter characters as some sort of cursed gift. A set of gifts with big gains, but also big drawbacks. If I do add these "cursed gifts," they will be added in a way that makes them completely avoidable at all times. They would also definitely be called something other than "cursed gifts."
There is also another type of gift that I've always had in the plans, but they may be cut depending on how hard they are to implement. They would be used immediately in the battle where they are offered and wear off after. Sort of like an auto quick gift, but it's used before the battle and not received at the end.
The effects of these wouldn't be direct buffs, but rather they would create objects to shoot during the battle that would trigger some effects. Like pop them for karma, pop them to create a small panic in place, stuff like that. They would also hold the combo while you try to break them. It's almost as if the monster is using these gifts to attack, but you know they secretly want you to win.
Timeline
I will not make any promises on how long any of these will take, but I can give an outline on what order I plan to finish these.
Early Access v7.X
First, I will finish all the events including the big Altered Story one. These will be spread out over a few updates. I will also be adding a few of the missing monsters including the newborn, Guardian Soul.
I don't expect this to take very long compared to the other main versions.
Early Access v8.X
With all 6 newborn monsters done, I can finish up "The Towers" mode and advance up to version 8.0. This will also be where I add in the 12 new battle songs! All the remaining common bosses will be added here as well.
After that, I can work on all the remaining final bosses. Expect a long wait between the last v8.X and v9.0.
Early Access v9.X
Once all the story scenes and final bosses are ready. It's time for a BIG update that will have ALMOST all the story and ALMOST every final boss. This is where playable heart number 5 will be added too! There will only be one last thing to tackle.
v1.0!
Adding The Ultimate Tower will finally take this up to v1.0! The Early Access tag will finally be removed!
One Last Gift!
I recently posted a sneak peak at one of the future final boss battle themes. It's right here if you want to listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5yMMKZaubE
Thank you all for continuing to support me in this madness! ːradiantheartː ːradiantheartː ːradiantheartː
v7.0d
v7.0d - February 22nd, 2022 -Bug Fix: One of the new songs was not set as a dream reward and unlocked by default -Bug Fix: Stacking multiple Friend Spirals did not multiply the helper chain correctly -Bug Fix: It was possible to start charging a friend beam while one was active from the pause screen -Bug Fix: Exploding Tox Polyps did not do warning flashes if damage flash was disabled -Bug Fix: Some of Sentinel's questions would rarely have 2 identical correct answers -Added a tint to the background of Nix Polyps battle while the blackout BG option enabled -Changed the outline of safety bubbles to appear more clearly against lighter backgrounds -Due to the discovery of an exploit, having increased focus shot rate will no longer allow you to fire shots at a greatly reduced rate while charging and focusing at the same time
v7.0c
v7.0c - February 18th, 2022 Added a quick flash effect on the heart when a charge shot is fully charged Fixed a bug that caused gifts to be incorrectly marked as if taken from the link synapse Adjusted the score medal goals for some of the new hearts Unity's "One For All" dream allows you to break her wings now The goal for the "Power Creep" dream was set back to 50 karma
v7.0b
EA v7.0b - February 15th, 2022 -Fixed a bug that caused your \"most loves\" stat to save incorrectly in altered story -Fixed a bug that let you see revealed upgrade gifts while the \"Forgetful\" effect was active -Fixed a bug that would make upgrade gift previews invisible on the final stage of altered story -Rebalanced some attributes of the new hearts -Friend Spiral is now limited to duplicating your first 10 helpers -Friend Spiral now affects helpers gained with the \"Stone Magnet\" effect -Gifts that extend the combo timer will not appear if the \"Rage\" effect is active -Disabled screenshake when using the Heartbeat gift"); -Fixed some typos -The Bizzard gift card was incorrectly showing +1 damage instead of +0.5
Cardiac Event Recorder - Update #48
Heya Voids and Voidettes!
Today marks our fourth anniversary since entering Early Access on Steam and to celebrate we are having a twenty percent off week long sale on Steam as well as a surprise update!
We are so happy to hit this milestone and look forward to releasing the full version *very soon*. Thank you all again once more for all the support and help you’ve given us through the years. We really couldn't do it without you.
With version 7, a whole new game mode and you also get 69 new dreams to fulfill. ːawooːːnekoheartː
As a reminder, if you want to catch up with us in real time our discord link is down below: https://discord.gg/DMKtbgzMsR
Here’s the full list of changes we’ve made-
Early Access updated game version to v7.0a
Content Added -
A whole new game mode to unlock!
69 new dreams to fulfill! (Total: 552)
2 new songs.
3 new dreamscapes.
Updates and tweaks -
Story: Lowest level monsters now start with the same amount of fear across all difficulties.
Endless: Rebalanced the allocation of stat increases for highly overlevel monsters.
Endless: monster level is now reset to the cycle's minimum level at the start of the first 4 cycles.
Endless: Increased the rate that gift prices increase after buying more than 20 of each type.
Increased the goal for the "Power Creep" dream to buying a 60 karma gift (was 50).
Added more questions to Sentinel's Quiz.
Slightly increased the damage of the feather ball charge attack.
Added alternate versions of radiant monster bullets that are used against lighter backgrounds.
Bug Fixes -
The name and card art for a potential Upgrade Gifts is revealed if a matching card was radiated before.
Fixed a rare crash when finishing a battle with a new medal.
Coldest Wishes, The Void
ːawooː
Cardiac Event Recorder - Update #47
Hello it's me, Angel! It's my birthday today! Which means it's time for my yearly birthday update!
What better way to celebrate than to give you all a pop quiz on the lore of my world. Well, Sentinel 4X is the one who likes giving quizzes, so I'll let her do it in her new event!
Early Access updated game version to v6.10
Content Added -
1 new story event to discover
6 new dreams to fulfill. (Total: 483)
Updates and tweaks -
Reduced the speed of Shy Momo's saw blooms with overleveled attack speed
Blot will now accept gifts taken out of the link synapse as a donation
Bug Fixes -
Fixed a bug that caused gifts taken out of the link synapse to lose their "starting gift" status when resuming a run
ːradiantheartː ːradiantheartː ːradiantheartː
v6.9a
Bug Fix: Breaking Chroma's barrier did not count as a broken part Bug Fix: flags for the Scrambla and Boiler events were not loading correctly when resuming a run
We are posting today to announce a surprise update! Happy Holidays to everyone and hope you’re having a wonderful festive season.
As we reflect over what was a very difficult year, we have overcome so many obstacles and challenges, and a lot of that was down to the amazing support that we have received from you. We cannot thank you enough for that and with the growth and success we have had this year, we are really looking forward to our future together.
This is our way of saying thank you.
2022 will be a much better and brighter year. We have so many good things planned and cannot wait to share more with you. Until then, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year.
As a reminder, if you want to catch up with us in real time our discord link is down below: https://discord.gg/DMKtbgzMsR
Here’s the full list of changes we’ve made-
Early Access updated game version to v6.9
Content Added -
1 new monster to love! (Total: 82)
2 new dreams to fulfill. (Total: 477)
12 new Quick Gifts. (Total: 73)
Updates and tweaks -
Monsters with 2 or more stat reductions will now have their level reduced by 1.
Level 0 monsters are now possible to encounter.
The level range on Mist Rain has been changed to Level 0-6.
Base Level 7 monsters can now appear in Mist Rain, but they will be underleveled to 6 through stat reductions.
The save file menu will now start selection on the file that was last used.
Bug Fixes -
when rerolling monsters, some challenges assigned to their gifts could become impossible (Rerolling a monster with a breaking parts challenge into a monster with no breakable parts).
Gift Rebalances -
Determination: All damage +25% -> +27.5%.
Platinum Star: Critical star rate +12% -> +24%.
Wrath of Pride: Max star rate +5 -> +6.
Love: Crit rate +10% -> +8% (nerf).
Apathy: Heart damage +1 -> +1.2.
Passion: Heart damage +1 -> +0.8 (nerf).
Elation: Heart Rate +2 -> +2.5.
Blizzard: Added the effect, "Shoot an extra feather" and removed the effect "feather rate +1.5".
Wildfire: Feather damage +1.4 -> +2.
Storm: Added the effect, Shoot an extra feather.
Rainbow Star: Min star rate +2 -> +2.5 and also Rate Bar Time -16% -> -20%
Shiver Star: Max star rate +4 -> +5
Nova Star: Max star rate +2 -> +3 and also Rate Bar Time -10% -> -15%
Protostar: Star damage +1 -> +1.2
Coldest Wishes, The Void
:awoo:
Early Access v6.8
After taking most of November off, I'm back with a new small update
The biggest change here is 5 new quick gifts that affect your choices before starting a battle. This was the final system that gifts are planned to affect, so expect a few more of these to be added soon.
-5 new Quick Gifts (Total: 61) -The "Heart Key" gift has an extra effect -Some monsters had their gift challenge goals adjusted -Sentinel 4X can't use some attacks if she is too far from the right of the screen -Flip Flap has new movement formations in their first phase -Forma's wall takes less damage (from 50% to 75% reduction) -Molten Veyeral's splitting shot attack has been changed -Scrambla and Boiler will comment on certain gifts in their events -Bullets that get stuck in an infinite vertical loop will despawn after 10 seconds
Devtober 2021 Summary and Future Plans
Hi, it's me Angel Polanco, like the one from the credit screen! Another successful year of devtober! One update for all umm... 32 days of October! And they were all on time this year despite my internet being down for almost a whole day at one point.
New Stuff
6 new monsters to love! (Total: 81)
15 new Power Gifts (Total: 198)
3 new Bonus Gifts (Total: 60)
1 new Quick Gift (Total: 56)
7 new Dreamscapes (Total: 29)
17 new dreams to fulfill (Total: 475)
2 new types of gift challenges
Other Changes
Rebalanced the effects of several gifts (Especially Auras and a few 3 star gifts)
Shuffled around a bunch of rewards from dreams
A bunch of other bug fixes and small tweaks
Future Plans
The monster goal has been set at 80 for a while and we just passed it, so now what's left?
Five of the Six monsters added during devtober were not planned to exist at all. They were each created within 2 or 3 days thanks to the mindset that this kind of challenge puts me in. They were all essentially alters that reused a lot of code from other battles. Voladrome is the only exception as she has been planned for years now. I chose to make her for devtober because she would be the fastest remaining guardian to make, and they've had the fewest battles for a long time.
With the addition of these new devtober battles, there will now be 13 "common" monsters for every category, except Veyerals and Specials. Veyerals will only have 12, but they will also have the most Final Battles.
I posted the names of the remaining 9 monsters in the discord just before devtober, but the spirit of devtober took over my body and added 6 more while I wasn't looking!
With Voladrome done and Alter Shanx now added to the list, these are the 9 remaining common monsters:
Shanx (Guardian)
Alter Shanx (Guardian)
Guardian Soul (Guardian)
Dendrohai (Glyph)
Chionotoh (Glyph)
Ventra (Zaramech)
Shy Momo (Glass Flora)
Veyeral Quartet (Veyeral)
Storm Veyeral (Veyeral)
There is also a top secret amount of Final Battles left
Okay, so you all know me by now. You know I can't keep my hands off the dang update button! So this is what I'm going to do. I'll keep on working on the secret story stuff, but every once in a while, I'll make a few of these remaining common monsters and release them as an update. Once all 9 of these are out, you will know that I am finally, for really real, close to finishing this game!
Other Work
Another thing to note is that I also work with team Moonana on some of their games. I worked on "Virgo Vs The Zodiac" and I'm working on their new game, "Keylocker." It just had a very successful Kickstarter and a we've also released a demo on steam! Please check those out as well!
sometimes, I have to take days or weeks off from Void Rains to help them out instead. This has and will continue to affect the release of this game, but it also keeps me from burning out on a single project for years.
I'm always talking about future plans and such in the Veyeral Games discord. So many of the quality of life changes have come from the lovely people in this server. They even convinced me to make Split Veyeral hold the combo, so I think they deserve at least some of the blame for v1.0 taking years to finish. Join us and throw me all your ideas so that I never actually finish this game! https://discord.gg/frFeep576y
Thank you so much for showing these monsters love! It means the world to me! ːradiantheartː ːveyeralː
