Ponpai Update 8 - Ladder Stacks


Hello! I have a fairly big update this time around! It's taken me at least a year of on-again-off-again work to get the titular Ladder Stacks running, but I've finally done it! Take a look!

  • There's a new area north of the main hub area: The coast! This will be open from the start of the game, and I'm going to add more to it as the updates go by.
  • A brand new sidequest! Talk to the Egg Lad in the upper right corner of the coast to learn about a Ladder Stacks arcade cabinet that's seemingly on the fritz, and play through the Ladder Stacks game! By the end of this quest, you'll befriend a secret brand new ponpai!
  • Speaking of new ponpai!
    • Pawnoid, conspiracy nuts that refuse to listen to anyone!
    • Xomlar, fungus creatures with hand-shaped tails!
    • Icelug, living sheets of snow with icicles sticking out their backs!
    • Intelloct, octopi who won't hesitate to show off their knowledge!
    • Ballotouls, collections of lost souls who must vote before every action!
    • The Queen's creations, Nari, Qwite, and Contari, will help her in her boss fight!
    • Treasure chests will randomly appear in the cave and the abandoned town! Open them by running into them!
  • When checking the bestiary, the overworld sprites will change direction to look at your mouse!
  • The new ponpai Intelloct brings a new type of stage trap: The Slippery Patch! Ponpai that step on it will slip over to the next tile, assuming there's nothing in the way! It's classified as a barrier, though you can get on it with careful positioning.
  • Boss fights have a new song!
  • There's a new item, the McShwimbles Small Meal! It's a held item that heals the holder for 5 hp after their turn. Medium and Big Meals will come later!
  • There's some more visual indication of where in the overworld you can travel to another location.
  • An Intelloct will appear in your bathroom in the first chapter, and will let you skip to the postgame. All the areas will be unlocked, and all the bosses will be defeated, but everything else will remain untouched.
  • Some more ponpai have full directional sprites!
  • The hurt animation is faster.
  • The Pendle dancers on the title screen have gotten a bit sillier!

I hope you enjoy! Happy Halloween for once that comes around!

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