Ponpai Update 10 - A Very Buggy Update!


Hello, and happy new year! Hope you're doing well. I've made some big changes with this update, so please take a look:

  • In battle, you can only move twice per turn! I've done this to try and make movement more meaningful within battle. Without the ability to move across the entire field whenever you want, it's entirely possible to not be able to reach the target you want, or to be moved inconveniently by a movement-based attack!
  • There's a new sidequest in the park! Go talk to the Strawfish waiting for an autograph from a movie star, and help them get to the front of the line!
  • You can catch bugs in battle now! To get started, activate the sidequest by talking to the human Cobb in the forest. From there, one of three different types of butterflies (and two spiders) will appear in battle, and you can attack them to catch them! Do it quick, as the butterflies will fly away after the first round!
  • Once you've started catching bugs, you can see a list of them in the new Bugs app, along with real facts about the species you've found!
  • Wow, new ponpai!
    • Aphrosire, a remarkably sexy plant that can seduce anyone, of any species!
    • Epelp, an assistant who will copy the attacks of whoever came before them!
    • Fleebo, the master of running away!
    • Fizzaster, a ponpai that disguises themself as a bottle of soda!
    • Packaland, a bug that delivers packages across the globe!
  • I put my friend's dog, Nova, somewhere in the game! Also, there's a stray cat running around in the park! See if you can find them!
  • There's a new food, the pavlova, which will heal your ponpai for 40 hp! There's also a Holideer willing to buy it off you in the coast...
  • Enemy health bars now decrease to the left!
  • The text in the battle log is a little bigger now!
  • The skip button in dialogue works slightly differently. It'll skip dialogue, but walking animations will play out as normal. I did this to prevent some bugs that happened when there was a lot of moving during dialogue.
  • If you're in conversation, the borders of the screen won't advance dialogue if you click them.
  • Some more ponpai have full rotational sprites! Furthermore, enemies in the overworld will default to their up/down sprites when moving diagonally!
  • Fixed a huge issue where the bestiary wouldn't save properly! Hopefully there's no more issues regarding that!
  • I've changed the pictures seen below the game on the main page! It's been at least a year since the last pictures were taken, and it was time for an update.

I hope you enjoy!

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