DIALOGUES 

The dialogue interface has been completely redesigned. It now features:

• two dark bars that frame the screen,

• the camera zooms in on the player,

• the text appears on 3 lines (no longer 4) and is longer in width,

• the character name position has been adjusted in relation to the portrait.

MAPS

• Added the map of Keiko’s house, with the following sub-areas: entrance, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, hallway, Keiko’s room, Kokua’s room, small terrace, and main terrace;

• Designed the tilemap for Keiko’s house.

SOUNDS

• Footstep sound added when walking,

• Footstep sound changes based on the surface,

• Footstep sound becomes faster while running.

INTERACTIONS

• Reworked the interaction node for map changes,

• The interaction node now shows a small arrow when nearby,

• The interaction node has both a manual and automatic mode: in manual mode you need to press “Z” to trigger it, in automatic mode it activates simply by entering its area.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Removed the "interface size" setting;

• Added a "dialogue speed" setting with 3 levels to adjust dialogue speed;

• Fixed and restructured the map transition system, especially to improve micro-transitions between sub-areas of the same map;

• Added translations for the maps in Keiko’s house;

• Forced numeric volume values in the settings to be read as integers;

• Added entry and exit animations for interface elements in the following cases: entering a new scene, starting/ending a dialogue, entering the game for the first time;

• Slightly enlarged and adjusted the player's interaction range;

• Added temporary contextual dialogues in Keiko’s house map for Larou and Hako;

• The player now runs at a slightly higher speed;

• The project has been updated to Godot version 4.4;

• DialogueManager updated to version 3.4.0.

FIXES

• When the inventory, memory log, and memory album are empty, they are now correctly displayed with no elements.