v0.45
“Damsel in Debt” (Tsunade), significantly progresses the main story of the game, necessarily including Naruto’s relation with Tsunade.
This quest is unlocked upon completing the previous main storyline quest, “Emergency Call”.
Introduces 2 new minigames and several new maps.
“Ino the Medic” (Ino, Sakura), progresses Naruto’s relations with Ino and Sakura.
This quest is unlocked upon completing the most recent Ino quest, “A Close Call”.
Introduces 1 new minigame and several new maps.
For this update, I wanted to try something different with the scenes. I experimented with several new animation techniques and presentation styles, and I’m very happy with the results. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed creating them.
Some of the less important illustrations included in this update are still unfinished. We will continue updating and polishing them over time, as it would have been impossible to complete everything and release the update on schedule otherwise.
This update includes a total of:
84 new illustrations for the new events
6 new animations (15 frames, 7 frames, 5 frames, 5 frames, 12 frames and 10 frames, a total of 54 draws for all the animations)
4 new maps
1 new enemy
3 new mini-games
From version 0.44 to 0.45, there are a TON of new changes to improve player experience, including, but not limited to:
- Introduction of the Computer Mode, a central hub for cheats, gallery, tutorial, and more. This can be accessed inside of Naruto’s room.
- Introduction of the Visual Novel dialogue system, beginning with Naruto and Tsunade’s dialogue. Pending player feedback, we may fully transition to this style of dialogue for the whole game and create character sprites for everyone.
- Every animation in the game has been updated to play smoother, and most of them also now have sound!
- Text size in the game has been increased, especially for android players. We haven’t come across a perfect, universal solution yet, but we are constantly evolving the game UI.
- Other various improvements to the UI, including android touch-based buttons for hiding images and opening/closing the menu.
- A new savefile migration system, which should enable players to safely re-use previous version save files in future deployments. Manually managing event unlocks has been tricky to program, but we are confident in this solution going forward.
A message to android players regarding poor performance
We understand that the game tends to run in low FPS on certain android devices, particularly those with lower-end GPUs (e.g. Xiaomi/Redmi devices, especially older ones). For many of you affected, it can be frustrating to play the game in certain areas, especially in battles, where the graphics processing dramatically increases.
In the game’s previous iterations with RPG Maker MV (before version 0.43/0.44), this was less of an issue due to engine architectural compatibility with the aforementioned android devices. Unfortunately, in addition to our current RPG Maker MZ engine being less android-friendly, the current APK build process involves the introduction of at least one additional game wrapper that further complicates the problem.
We have been rigorously investigating this issue since the beginning of the year, and continue to test various solutions with limited success. In the meantime, we have introduced a few temporary workarounds for affected players, such as the ability to skip battles (can be toggled in options). Thank you for your patience while we work on this.
