Hey everyone!

HIAW v0.35 will be released later today for the Mega Fan tier on Patreon, members of the Fan tier will then get access a week later and it will be posted publicly to itch a week after that. I will also be posting a new sketch for the super fan tier later today.

Mild spoilers for characters and scenes in the changelog fyi

Only a small amount of main quest progress in this build, mostly focused on updating combat and implementing the new intro art. To start the new side quest explore the cave under your castle.

v0.35 Changelog:

• Main quest continued, can now explore desert temple
• Two new art pieces for the intro
• New faceplate art and emotions for Ruth
• New party member Ruth, Able to move boulders
• New side quest, explore under house with new party member
• Two new scenes, temple scene animation added soon
• Updated combat-Combat now flows better, rather than clicking through it plays automatically. It also has new custom numbers and should feel more engaging.
• Combat options-Players can now adjust the speed of combat between Default/Fast/Ultra fast to do this there is an item called "Combat options" in your inventory. If playing an old save interact with the stone sign on the right hand side of the bridge outside your castle to get this item.
• Added combat option to auto heal. With this on your character will automatically use an available health potion when in one shot range
• Added healing and shield effects to combat
• Starting health increased by 20%
• Health bar is a bit buggy when playing old saves with the new starting health but this is only cosmetic
• Desert difficulty decreased, removed around a third of the scorpions
• Beer game difficulty selection better built in