Update 0.4.0

Woof… this was quite the self-indulgent update. I’m quite proud of how the Queen is coming along…

New Stuff:

• Added The Grove to the dungeon- a Boss arena after Floor 5. I believe this will be the last major update to the dungeon itself until the game’s full release
• Added a secret enemy and a secret item.
• Added a new shop where you could upgrade certain elemental powers
• 5 new recipes
• 3 new growth stages for the Queen, this may also be the last update to those until the full release
• Added the ability to watch the Queen grow, if you’ve fed her enough. (basically, after feeding her, she gains 1 pound per frame- if she passes the weight threshold, her sprite will update as many times as needed until she meets her new weight)
• Added burping, eating, and digestion sound effects. You could turn them on or off at the start of the game. They become louder and more frequent the more she eats in 1 sitting.

Changes:

• The Queen has 11 levels of fullness now- capping at 1537 pounds of food in 1 sitting. (I can be quite the sadist and in later stages she does become quite uncomfortable and even mentions the fear of bursting- rest assured it WILL NOT come to that 👍)
• Enemies can no longer do critical damage
• Changed some food icons
• Changed the auto save prompt to be after difficulty selection
• Reduced rate of Potion and Ether drops

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed some inconsistent attack animations

SPOILERS:

• When you defeat the Mystery Man for the first time, make sure to kill all the enemies in the area, because when you interact with his “corpse”, a cutscene will start and I haven’t figured out how to halt enemy ai for stuff yet.