Ponpai Update 17 - Bumbleton Rumble!

Hey everyone! Despite the unfortunate happenings of itch.io right now, I've come with a brand new update!

• BRAND! NEW! CHAPTER!!! That's a whole new adventure with a whole new boss fight! Head to the brand new burger shop Grub Rustlers (in the middle of Bumbleton) to get started!
• New ponpai!
  • Tabanoise, a bell-like fly-like creature that sings!
  • Toxinator, a pest control assassin!
  • Treatoll, some kinda mole thing that grows delicious rocks on their back!
  • Annelatu, a sneaky bloodsucker!
  • Captain Crash, a superhero straight from the silver age! They will absorb damage that would otherwise defeat one of their teammates!
  • Fungloom, a sad mushroom creature who emits a gas that makes you cry!
  • Punchin' Beat, a boxing punching bag that always ends up KO'd!
• New sidequests!
  • Stray Cat Alert: You have to search all of Bumbleton for cats to try and find the stray! A certain fan-favourite ponpai may be at the end of this one...
  • God Save The Princess: Find an escort for a Princess Poisomme to get safely back to her grocery store! Unlock this after completing Intelloct's sidequest!
• Tons of additions to Bumbleton (the big city to the north)!
  • Keep heading northeast to find the residential area! There's a traffic jam going on, though...
  • North of the swimming pool is Sybils (formerly named Island), a full grocery store with all the overpriced food you'll ever need!
  • There's a new movie theatre in the center of town, next to the shopping tent!
  • If you get lost, there's a city map outside Grub Rustlers! It may also help you out with Chapter 6!
  • Bumbleton has its own unique overworld music!
• There's a stats page in the menu! Track how much of the game you've completed! In addition, I've learned how to make progress bars grow from one side (turns out it was a built-in node this whole time!), so I've updated things such as the HP bars and EXP bars to fit this.
• There's a new screen transition into battles!
• After four years of procrastinating, I've finally added a proper design for the dialogue box! Not sure I'm fully happy with it, though, so it's subject to change.
• The sidequests app now colour codes your sidequests, based on if they're unseen, active, or complete!
• Cars can come in yellow and silver!
• You can no longer befriend ponpai that are exclusive to boss fights or sidequests twice using the raw potato!
• Tripping is much less likely (an average 5% chance now).
• A whole bunch of behind-the-scenes refactoring. Hopefully you won't notice anything breaking!

I've also started a Bluesky account for Ponpai! I'll be posting small updates and bestiary entries there. Hopefully I can keep it up!

As always, I hope you enjoy!