I did it! After 3 years, I updated!

Hopefully I don't regret not taking like 2 more days to check over it, but it's too late now!
I'm just going to copy and paste the updates from the last post, but this doesn't cover nearly everything that's been updated. And there is probably more to come!

Updates:

• Updated the faces to replace the upscaled VX Ace faces

• New Opening Cutscene

• Updated some maps

• Some Music updates

• Some Story updates

• Added difficulty modes

• Most cutscenes are now skippable

• Running sprites

• Weapon upgrades system

• Travelling merchant that sells things not sold in stores

Other things I've probably forgotten because I didn't play through the entire demo...

So, I've been working on the game quite a bit lately. It's still not ready for a real update, but I have been adding a lot of stuff and working on story for the past 2 months.

I feel like that is enough to officially take this game out of hiatus I think?
Yeah, let's do it!

Instead of just leaving you with a few words, how about some screenshots to PROVE I'm doing things!? Eh!?



Neccia is also purple now. Why is she purple? Well her design has been the same since I first designed her, and that was before I ever had an actual story for the game and now her design doesn't mesh quite well with what's been established. I was reluctant to change it since she's been like that for so long. But I decided now was as good a time as any. So here is the new Neccia!




Well, that's all I can say for now without going into any spoiler territory, so I'll just end it here and go take MoE off of hiatus. :D

Okay, so MoE is not off of Hiatus, but i'm hoping that I can fix that within the next few months if i can just kick myself into gear.

So I had the idea to ask for a bit of suggestions from the fans who I haven't lost yet.

What do you think I could do to make MoE more FUN?

I hear a lot of you mention how much you like my characters and are intrigued by the story, but I know for a fact the gameplay is pretty generic. I'm not a scripter or anything, so there's only so much I can do. I'm also not a really a game designer so I don't know much of the fundamentals (which is why there's constant balancing issues). But I thought that while I'm at it, fixing bugs, typos and trying to continue my story... maybe I could add some things to make the experience better?

Leave any suggestions in the comments and thanks in advance.

Welcome to Lilia, an island paradise full of life and wonder.
Lilia, where their national animal is rabbits. National bird? Rabbits. Favorite pet? Rabbit of course. Where clothing is made of rabbits and they adorn themselves in rabbits accessories and their houses in taxidermy rabbits.
Everyone loves it on Lilia. On Lilia, you have the protection of the Almighty Rabbit who keeps you safe and cool. Here on Lilia, you are happy. Lilia is where you will stay. When you come to Lilia, you don't leave.



WARNING Beware of Rabbits



For those people who are tired of starting from scratch. I provide you two options.
1) I added an option in new game to start from the newly added part of the game with money and experience. Just Select 'Play Lilia'.
and
2) Jelly has now set up shop in Port Town and will offer you a quick start to the game. Take it or leave it.



And for anyone who's played the original VXACE version of MoE, Granny is back! This time, she's willing to listen to you ramble on about your adventures and even give you things for spending time with her. You just have to find her first!



Change Log:

• New island

• Redrew menu portraits

• More Hidden Area

• Fixed problem with campsets

• Fixed problem with shopping for equipment

• Fixed problem with some quests not working

• Some dialogue changes in Mesq

• Added/Edited Some Sprites

• Optimized some maps

• Changed the mechanics for the Chicken Chase Minigame

• Fixed a bug with the Secret Spring

• Added better elemental damage
  

Alright! I am NOT dead! I'm totally working on this game and I'm not saying that sarcastically either! This isn't really a progress report, but more of me rambling to you guys. I'm going to categorize it to maybe make it less confusing.

Current Progress
I am about 75% done with the part of directly after the demo ends. There's still a few missing elements as well as fixing to do, but once it's finished then that marks the end of the linear part of my game and I can finally move on to OPEN WORLD!
That leads on to my next point.

Releasing the game
So I have no idea how I should approach releasing this game. I mean, I could either release it when it's 100% complete or I could release it in parts which adds new areas to explore in each update.
The obvious issue with that is that it can create problems between versions. It'd be more of a play testing thing than anything probably.

The Game Page
My game page has been a thing since 2014 and I haven't done much with it. I've been wanting to update it and make it pretty for the longest time but never got around to it. I'm probably going to start trying to add things like a banner, background, and screenshots.
I should also periodically update the twitter... but don't count on consistency with that.

A Suggestion Box
My game is a weird amalgamation of ideas and concepts from friends and myself. Usually when my friends give me funny or interesting ideas, I'll find a way to fit it into my game. It usually leads to pretty entertaining results, but those who've played MoE have a pretty good idea of that already.

So I've been thinking, what if I were to add a suggestion box so that other people could throw some ideas at me too?
That's where this suggestion box comes in. You could go and drop an idea and if I like it, maybe it can be implemented into the game. It'll be a much more varied world if many people have a hand in creating it after all.
But that's just an idea. If you guys also think it's a good idea, maybe I can actually implement it somehow.

Final Thoughts
I know progress has been slow but I really want this game to be done as much as anybody. I'll keep making progress, so I hope you guys can stick with me until the game comes out some time this CENTURY :D
that's not very encouraging, is it? orz