Hi!

It’s been 7 days since the launch of NAIAD! Over the past week, I’ve been fully focused on addressing your valuable feedback and lovely comments, quickly fixing bugs with small patches so you can continue the game as soon as possible.

Since the launch, I have made 6 patches! These are some of the improvements:

The most common fixes were related to achievements and collectibles:

Ep5: Missing Poem 1.

"Fish Master", "Duck Master" achievements.

"Oceanid" achievement.

"Guardian of the River" platinum achievement.

Some glitched fauna: Bear, Crocodile, Fox, etc.

Fishes not following Naiad in Ep11-4 due to a pathfinding bug.

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I have also made some design improvements and added new options:

Ep6.2 - Windmill / Gate: I’ve improved this puzzle so it’s now easier to understand what needs to be done to open the gate.

New "Sharpen" accessibility option in the settings: This lets you adjust the level of visual sharpening/chromatic aberration (post-processing effects). You can choose between 3 levels: [off/half/normal], in case these effects cause any issues.

Frogs now won’t follow Naiad when transitioning to the next level, providing visual feedback that they should remain in their area, unlike the fishes.

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There was an unusual bug reported by a player who couldn’t play the game at all due to no input response from the player character at the start of the game.

This was caused by a missing xInput library on Windows 7. Thanks to the player’s cooperation, sharing log files and recorded videos, I was able to quickly fix the issue! I really appreciate their involvement and patience!.

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I have taken note of all your feedback. But unfortunately, I haven’t been able to address all of the suggested changes yet. Some suggestions require more development time and testing thoroughly to ensure nothing else gets broken. I will continue working on future updates with all of this in mind:

Sun-Rays spots: Always show the growing sequence (even after completing the game).

Input remapping and support for non-QWERTY keyboards.

Guitar puzzle improvement.

Input: Tank controls.

[*]And more to come...!


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Thanks for all your positive and helpful reviews!

I have read all the reviews, paying special attention to suggestions for improvement.
It really means a lot!

It's really exciting to see that some players have already completed the game with all achievements. That's simply amazing!

All your positive reviews, comments and feedback support me a lot to keep working on creating games.

THANK YOU! <3
Elwin