Selena and the Strange Tower v0.9c update

Hello all! Thank you for playing my free RPG project! This game was made for the Trans Joy Jam which lasted 22 days. Me and my friends started this project a few days late in (so 19 days of gamedev work) and it was a miracle we got so much packed into a game in less than a month!

With that said, I've spent an extra week after the launch of the game to touch it up a bunch. The changelog is kinda big! Many visual improvements and all softlocks and crashes has been finally fixed. But there's way more to the update!

Here's what to expect:

Selena and the Strange Tower v0.9c (3/4/25)
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Menu:
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-Mugshots added.
-Main Menu UI has been redesigned to show pronouns and mugshots of characters.
-Victory screen has been revamped to allow mugshots.
-Level Up screen no longer crops out several stats such as AGI and LUK.
-Shop screen's buying equip menu now shows Jen's equip status.
-"open menu.ogg" is now actually properly used for its intended purpose.
-Equipping items now uses the confirm sound instead of open menu sound. (oversight??)
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System:
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-All SFX and jingles are converted from wav to ogg. (.nsf files are kept as is)
-And the Gothic font has been replaced by a NES styled font.
-The above two changes drastically reduce the overall file size of the game's zip file from nearly 5.6MB to around 2.1MB.
-GamePad support now supports Xinput and you can use both analog/d-pad however you want.
-However, due to scripting problems: A plugged in gamepad renders the keyboard controls not usable for the game. In order to play with keyboard, unplug the controller.
-Game Over music now plays properly.
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Map Design:
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-Several floors in Dungeon 2 has been fixed up that holes aren't misleading in the fog of war system (where explored areas are lit up)
-Floor 13 requires only the blue key now, making the floor much less tedious of a trek.
-All warp softlocks and errors has been fixed.
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Game Balance:
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-Several enemies, especially in Dungeon 3, has been rebalanced.
-Some in Dungeon 2 such as Kannonneer and Ratty are a little less lethal now. Felinegeist has more HP and has been buffed a bit.
-Clara starts at LV6 instead of 5.
-Clara learns moves such as Cheer On, Heal 2, Revive and Party Heal much sooner.
-The above change has been addressed for save files from 0.9b, where Clara instantly learn the moves based on her current level. (Example, a LV14 Clara from a 0.9b save will now learn Heal 2 in 0.9c instantly, as it was a LV16 learn move previously.) This change occurs when you're outside.
-Clara's final attack has significantly boosted attack power but at the cost of higher SP usage.
-Final Boss's two all-party hit attacks' ATK has been adjusted.
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Cutscenes & Text:
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-Several typos has been fixed.
-Intro cutscene has slight rework.
-Certain cutscenes and mentions of color keys text are now colored.
-Jen's stats has been rebalanced where HP and DEF are their weakness but AGI, SP and SATK are their stengths.
-Healing pads does a little fade screen cutscene instead of just doing a healing sfx.
-Ending scene has more polish to the scene.
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Items:
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-Several enemies will now drop valuable items: Green Gem, Blue Gem, Red Gem & Gold Gem. Their purpose is to be sold at shops for: $100, $250, $500 and $2000 respectively.
-"GUN" has been renamed to "BLASTER".
-Fire and Elec Cloak are now available in the shop earlier, after defeating Dutchman (Boss 2).
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Visuals:
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-Tileset all around has general improvements. Most noticably: Dungeon 1 has darker floors for better contrast.
-Selena and Jen's overworld sprites has been fixed up.
-Fragmas now displays their timer animation properly.
-Title screen pixel art logo is now done from scratch.
-Status effect pop ups are now properly pixel art.
-Buffs/Debuffs no longer display due to issues with the code allowing images to separate buffs from debuffs.
-Turtleturbot's SPEED UP now has an animation.
-The game now lets you know when you've hit a weakness.
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Crash Fixes:
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-Party Heal no longer crashes the game.
-Game no longer crashes if you press Q/W or Page Up/Page Down (GamePad: L/R) outside of battles/menus.