Alpha v0.2 Release

The much delayed, long awaited alpha v2 is officially ready. After that lengthy post late last night/this morning.... bragging about how it was done and just needed compressed.... TURNS OUT I WAS VERY WRONG. So I will take you on the journey I went through today. I woke up started compressing the game. Finished the itch.io compressed version only to realize. While I thought everything was coded. I completely forgot to code the extra 2 boss battle missions..... Which then led to me realizing in my rush, while I did create all the animations and renders, as well as coding them. None of that matters when I forgot to code the ability to have Linia actually move into the house and forgot to code in her room entirely. That also led to me realizing some of the image buttons were not coded to display properly... They call that operator error... My bad... But that led me into looking deeper into the coding. Where I noticed that the new boss battle 3 was vs Ariel and a dragon... Hmm... Wasn't that boss battle 2... Whats going on here... 3 hours later that too was fixed. So then back to compressing. Then uploading and compressing again. 1 version for itch. 1 version for standard compressed version. Why 2 version because itchs 1gb limitation they still have not lifted from me. The second compressed version just needs to be smaller than 2gb so it works for those mobile user homies. Which side note. I also noticed this game has more mobile users than PC+Linux+Mac COMBINED. Rise up mobile gamers! I see you. Now I am not going to lie and tell you I sniffed out EVERY BUG there is. I can almost promise you I missed a couple. But thats what the alpha tag is there for. Most people think alpha tag is only to be used when there is very little content when in reality the full size of this game only using 1080p images and videos is still at 8gb already. This game has a metric fuckton of content. Most of it is just hidden and you gotta find it. To solve that issue though here is a nifty list for you all of some of the improvements and additions that this version brings to the table.

1 - Linia Story  - The first half of it anyways. (Part 2 is for when we get Pursena so make sure you vote pursena for the next poll....trust me it will make my life easier if you do lol)
2 - 3 new special battles.
3 - A bunch of random conversations with some named NPCs (NPCs are all named after you guys. I took the names from patreon and discord. Msg me if you want to be an NPC in the next update!)
4 - Some new story segments. (Mostly world building and Linia stuff.)
5 - A helper NPC - I finally found a use for the NPC just chilling in the Rude Merc Group HQ he helps you know what to do next now - He can tell you how many of each battle you have completed, how many more you need to complete to rank up and how much money you have on you.)
6 - Pre-Fixed a bug? Um... IDK what to call it. So to try to explain it in an easy to understand way. When you start a new game it loads the monsters, battles and all that jazz right? Well it was originally ONLY doing that on a new game. Not a big deal right? WRONG with it being that way that would mean that whenever I add a new battle or a new monster or character to the game you would have to start over from the beginning on your save. No one wants that. So I found a nice loophole so it runs those checks in the background now everytime you open the Quest Board. So fixed a bug before it even became an issue that anyone would notice.)
7 - Ability to rename your character.
8 - I did not keep track of exactly how many bug fixes I made just know it was somewhere in the double digits. So quite a few general overall improvements. Which is what I am going for. When I feel like there are no bugs left then I will remove the alpha tag. For those who actually read this far that is a little secret between me and you. Let's see how many people comment about it over the next couple updates.


I think that covers most of it. So also while I was waiting for uploads. Because I am uploading the full 8GB versions to patreon as I type this which has 40 minutes left and started around 3 hours ago... Not the point.. The point is I was hard at work in KKS creating a new character to eventually add to the game. An adult version of Kishirika! So she will be coming to the game eventually let me get you all an image to see. 

I think she came out quite well. So now for the news people have been apparently waiting for. 

What are my more long term plans for this game. A roadmap of sorts.
Well some characters are going to be locked behind different regions. I don't want the entire story to take place in Ranoa. I want to have multiple cities across multiple continents. There are going to be some characters that will only be coming to the game once we reach those areas. So here goes the big news part. While I am still going to be letting you all pick where we go and the characters that come out next. The polls will only be based on the continent we are in and who is left for that continent/city.

The Areas we will be going and who is confirmed already to be picked up there.
Ranoa - Pursena, Nanahoshi
Millis - Elinalise, Zenith(There will be a decently long quest involving her.)
Asura Kingdom - Ghislaine, Hilda
Demon Continent - Kishirika, Rokari Migurdia(Roxy's Mom), Atoferatofe Rybak aka Atofe.

So there will be a bit of a longer wait in between the sections that we go to new areas. As I will be creating an entire new town and codiing it all to work together and all that so theres no way in hell I could do all that as well as making the story getting the renders and animations and all that on my own in 2 weeks just not possible. But there will are still 2 releases for this region minimum. Why minimum? I could decide to make an update that adds Lilia/Aisha/Norn content.
Plus I will also be making and entire new opening to the game before the tutorial. To add some back story for the players that are not familiar with the universe. Also a note that I have seen brought up a LOT on F95. While this game takes place in the world of Mushoku Tensei it is a completely separate fanmade story. That is not connected in anyway to the story of the anime so you do not have to worry about getting spoiled with the game aside from the fact that Rudeus ends up with 3 wives in the story and in the anime he only has 1 so far. 
So yes for the anime onlys that is a spoiler but if that is the only thing keeping you from playing this game then come back after season 3 because he will have all 3 wives by then anyways. But yea I have been toying around with an idea for the opening of the game to involve some sort of dream where the Mangod forces someone else into Rudeus's body which is how you are able to change his name. Which also conveniently makes it so "IF" I made content involving Rudeus and Aisha/Norn/Zenith/Lilia it would no longer be technically classified as incest because you are no longer playing as Rudeus its someone completely different possibly named bob... or john... or idk Rudy... you know something completely different.....

Alright well I will catch you all later let me know what you think of the release so far. You know tell me if there is anything in particular that you want to see. Or maybe don't want to see added to the game. Also be sure to vote the next vote will be up soon Though with that sweepinig change it will only be between Nanahoshi and Pursena. But the vote after those 2 are out will be a BIG DEAL because thats when you all decide where we go next. Maybe your favorite girl is in Asura or Millis make sure you vote for what you want.