Evening! Hope everyone had a lovely holiday!

While I would love to constantly provide new h-content, this update is a little thin on that front since there's been some issues I needed to focus on and iron out to make the game play experience better overall. On top of that, December has been a busy month. It is what it is. 

But enough talk.. :)

What's new in 0.24? 

♥ Key prompts displayed in game now change depending on whether you use a keyboard or a controller and not whether or not a gamepad is connected. 

Changes to the first level:

♥ Spikes are now easier to see and have been removed from certain places to make it more fair to the player. 

♥ One room in the first level has been reworked entirely to allow for less frustrating game play and hopefully better level design. 

♥ A new room has been added to the second level. 

♥ A save point has been added right before you fight Ira/Wrath so you can skip the platforming sequence if you die during the fight.

♥ Lise has recieved a slight portrait update, with a few variations depending on how she likes your gifts. 

♥ After dying you are no longer sent back to the main menu, instead the game continues from your last save point. Visually it may not look as smooth as I'd like it yet, but it is something I'll add polish to in the future. Most importantly for now, it does the job. 

//Bug fixes and other corrections: 

- Changes to controller support:

Some issues with the controller support has been brought to my attention. 

I've gone over the code and adjusted it so that it should not only recognize gamepads in slot 0, which it was hardcoded to initially (please bear with me, I'm still learning) and should now cover other slots as well. For anyone using an Xbox 360 controller, everything should be working smoothly.  But please notify me if you're still having controller issues.

The other issue with the controller pressing in any direction by itself should now also be solved with the deadzone. 

Note: The default controllers for Windows are Xbox controllers and therefor the game will display the Xbox equivalent in the key prompts.
Please notify me if you're still having controller issues. 

- Fixed a bug causing the game to crash whilst pausing or opening the inventory during the tutorial.
(Pause is still a little unstable in some regards, pause with care. 

- Fixed a bug causing more than 1 Liber Umbrarum boss to spawn. 

A few notes:

♦ Hearts have no use yet, but are consumed when the player uses the kiss ability. 

♦ Much like the hearts, the kiss ability has no use yet. 

♦ Gifts can be given to Lise to either increase, decrease or leave the relationship stat unchanged.

♦ Parry is necessary to beat Wrath. The Shadowbeast is parryable, but it's not yet very consistent.

♦ Too many dust particles occasionally spawn. (Purely visual and has no game impact.)

Thank you so much for the feedback and bug mentions!

I wish you all a happy new year and as always, thank you for playing! ♥