Feeling Nutty

Welcome to the Embassy (V0.3.1)

What's New:

(Not) A Tough Nut to Crack

New species: Tree Scampers

• Tree Scampers can be encountered in the forest 
• Tree Scamper ambassadors will arrive at the embassy

In designing the Tree scampers, I envisioned a species that lives in close family groups, high up in the treetops. This idea expanded into a species that are foragers by nature, and have the rustic rural charm that may be associated with farmers or small-town hospitality. 

This carried their development into a culture that, in true squirrel fashion, spends most of the year working hard to gather food for the winter. Their close-knit family units are collectively formed into a clan, governed by a council of elders. The council will make the ultimate decision if ambassadors are to be sent back to the embassy at your bequest.

Additional Sitting Room

New Embassy room: Conservatory 

One of the consistent features since the very first Monster Ambassador game has been that as you recruit new species, they will send representatives back to your home base. Even in first game, Monster Ambassador: Original, where those representatives will little chibi-fied versions, the ambassadors quickly ran out of space and needed new areas to exist in. This was an even bigger problem in Redux and continues to grow as a factor in Welcome to the Embassy; the question 'How many ambassadors can you fit in a space before it feels awkward' keeps getting reduced as the intent to make the Embassy feel real and alive grows. 

But each new space shouldn't just be a blank room; from the original game the ambassadors have always moved into spaces that the characters themselves would prefer. With the introduction of the Tree Scampers and the immediate need for more spaces, it became a question of 'where would Tree Scampers want to spend their time, if they had to be indoors?' 

Where's the Exit?

New QOL: Main content tracker

• Notification will appear when the player has completed all mainline content

While the eventual goal is to have a full-fledged quest tracker, it already felt important to provide a way to tell if there's more to discover if you keep playing, or if you've seen all the current content. This new popup will fill that role!

Full Changelog:

(Content)

• Encounter - Tree Scampers
• Character - Hazelroot Runner (Zelly)
• Character - Cedarshade Leap (Cedar)
• Event - Tree Scamper intros
• Embassy Room - Conservatory

(QOL)

• Main content tracking & notification

(Bugfixes)

• Fixed fullscreen toggle messing up resolution if resolution not previously set
• Aiden's text box is properly colored
• Patience bar shows again in Piper's tutorial battle
• Fixed only one sprite appearing for female lamias
• Transitions in intro scene play at correct speed
• Background during overheard conversation and Tree Scamper intro blurs properly
• Intro sequence doesn't flicker when moving through quickly

(Balancing)

• Increased XP needed to reach level 3
• Lamias appear more frequently while befriending them
• Reduced Tree Scamper conviction

(Internal)

• New event system for (much) faster embassy content building
• Debug tools for faster testing