This week focused on expanding the main story, improving progression flow, and continuing world expansion alongside technical improvements.
👥 New Guest Companions Added
Added Joan and Yarel as new companions
Integrated them into party interactions and dialogue systems
Added portraits and dialogues for both characters
🖼 Character Portrait Updates
Updated Mikaria’s portraits
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Added portraits for Joan and Yarel
Continued improving visual consistency during dialogue scenes
📖 Main Story Progression
Added multiple new main story quests
Continued development of the primary narrative path
🎵 New Class – Herbalist Bard for Astro! 🍄
Added a new class: Herbalist Bard, combining nature themes, spores, music, and supportive magic for Astro!
New Skills:
Spore Launcher
Resonant Draught
Hermit Purple
Hermit Purple & Hamon
Lingerie Tonic
Symbiotic Pulse
Last Requiem
Blooming Crescendo
Grand Concert
This class focuses on status effects, support abilities, and magical performances tied to plants, hamon magic and spores.
🌍 World Expansion – Thamora
A large portion of this week went into expanding Thamora:
Added multiple new scenarios across the region
Introduced two new towns!
Expanded exploration and future quest possibilities within the area
🐝 Quest Flow Improvement – Willo’wisk
Added a new quest that triggers after completing the Queen Bee questline
Prevents main story progression from stopping after finishing this arc
Helps maintain narrative continuity toward upcoming content
🎨 Hand-Drawn Art Progress
Work on fully hand-drawn artwork continues.
This week we expect to start sharing progress previews including:
Micah illustrations
Gina artwork
Dovelan illustrations
All Zendaria scenes
More previews will be shown in upcoming devlogs.
⏭ Early Game Improvement
Added “Skip to Thamora” button at the start of the game
This allows returning players to reach newer content faster without replaying early sections.
⚙️ Performance Improvements
Implemented multiple corrections and optimizations to the RPG Maker MV base scripts
Focused on improving overall performance and stability
Part of ongoing technical cleanup as the project grows larger.
Thank you all for your support!💜 More progress coming next week!