Hello Doppelgangers!!

The Heart Strings Update is OUT NOW!!

Please check our video showing off the new update!!

Here are the Patch Notes:

New Backer Weapons:

• Lunaris

• Transcendence

• Sledgeamour

• Saw Waves

• Fantasia

• Cl-Ferric Op

• Backscratcher

• Gu’Oui

New Romanceable NPCs

• Patricia

• Nahilys

• Knitting Prodigy Jester Girl

• Sargon

• IC-Bot

New Feature - Jam Session

• The Concert Minigame can now be played directly from the Main Menu

New Feature - Quest Maps

• Maps with Quest specific markers can now be accessed via the Quest Menu

New Feature - Black Holes

• Battle through Randomized Encounters in the new Black Holes, accessible through Laplace’s Place in the Palace, with new entrances scattered across all Zones.

• Traverse through four randomized maps, each with an increasing Danger Level Encounter in order to challenge the Black Hole Boss Encounter.

• Access the Black Hole Shop to purchase equipment you might have otherwise missed, or stock up on necessities like Milkshakes or Oil.

New Languages

• Portuguese Brazilian

• Simplified Chinese 

• Traditional Chinese 

• Korean

New Hats

• Dealer's 2nd class hats

• Rocket's secret hat

Zone specific changes:

Prologue

• Fixed a graphical error with shadows on Prologue - Hacker 2

• Fixed an issue with being able to swap loadouts before the first combat tutorial

Scrapyard Zone

• Added more equipment to find across the Scrappyard

  • Added a new Item Chest in Circuit Barricade (Post-Carpet)

  • Added a new Item Chest in Kymel Desert

  • Added two new Item Chests in District 9

• New Quest - Ophelia’s Fashion Crisis

• New NPC - Glitch

• New Dateable NPC - IC-Bot Event Chain Start

• New Dateable NPC - Nahilys Event Chain Start

• New Dateable NPC - Patricia Event Chain Start

• Adjusted Simon event in Icey’s Shop to require gifting

• Improved Small Boxes Parade event

• Adjusted Sequencer Desert Cleric Quest in Kymel Desert

• Removed invisible collisions at the Desert

• Fixed issues with Samurai Hat Quest (Vulture Lord)

• Small overhaul to the enemy Samurai from the Reese Quest

• Decreased Desert Dungeon BPM

• Removed a missing string in Icey’s Shop

• Fixed graphical issue on Watts Alley

Sewers Zone

• Added a new Item Chest in Sewers 1

• Added Backer Monument for Reese

• New NPC - Gu’Oui

• New Quest - Gu’Oui’s Request

• New Dateable NPC - Knitting Prodigy Jester Girl Event Chain Start

• Added Laplace’s Hideout Entrance near Tethys’ Ziggurat

• Fixed an issue with Tethys & Mimas Boss Encounter Triggers

• Added music on Subway Platform map

• Updated RIVAL encounter on Subway Platform Map

• Adjusted Subway Platform Event with Prince and Dealer to have Mimas stay out of the way

• Added SFX for Horseman Statuization

Soundwave City

• Adjusted Dateable NPC Gifting events in Subway Map

• Added a Sign to indicate Icey's new Shop

• Fixed a missing string during Bank Robbery Event Chain

• Fixed an issue with Attorney only Bank fight

• Added a new Item Chest in Barrel Brother’s Secret Hideout

• Added Backer Monument for Ophelia

• New Quest - Ophelia’s Fashion Crisis 2

• New NPC - Drea

• New Quest - Drea’s Delivery

• Added new Cannon weapon to Workshop Shop

• New NPC - Sonder Cypher

• Added Backer Monument for Gu’Oui

• Added Laplace’s Hideout Entrance near SWC Center

• Fixed Jester Girl Milkshake Quest in Epimetheus Palace

• Fixed issues with music desynch in Epimetheus Palace

• Significantly updated and adjusted Senpai-Sama’s Apartments Encounter

• Updated Musashi’s Animations

• Updated SWC Route Quests to display correctly

• Updated Clericone Rooftops Chase Sequence with new SFX

• Updated Gamma 3 Prince Event graphics

• Fixed Music Desynch related to Gamma 3 Prince Event

• Getting Sliced on Apartments rooftop now appropriately clears Gamma Route Quest

• Updated Janus Event in Palace Laboratory

• Improved some Janus animations

• Removed Freezetime during Janus EDEF

• Added new BGM to Epimetheus Palace Ending Scene

• Added “Give Up” option to Puppet Dance Minigame

• Added new Main Story Quests to SWC

• Fixed an issue with one of the Blockers on SWC Center not disappearing correctly

• Fixed a crash related to Marionette ability in Epimetheus & Janus Bossfight

• Updated Patricia’s Head Replacement Event in Beta Workshop

• Fixed a potential Soft Lock caused by excessive Elephant Petting

• Added translation to the Janus Doors names

Forgotten Technology

• Added a new Item Chest in Zone Zero

• New NPC - Nikara

• New Quest - Nikara’s Challenge

• New NPC - Sully “Skully” Walker

• New Dateable NPC - Sargon

• Fixed Cemetery Shortcut - can now access the Road's End map from the Cemetery, as the Whale intended.

• Updated Pumpkin NPC Graphics

• Updated Lilibug NPC Graphics

• New Quest - Find a Floppy Disk for Akira

• New NPC - Johnny the Naked Frog

• A new Gunpowder Flower eventually grows near the Greenhouse

• Added Laplace’s Hideout Entrance in Zone Zero

• Removed a missing string in Forgotten Technology intro sequence

• Added special Black Hole Akira Encounter

• Updated Lilibug and Fenrir Sprites

• Fixed an issue with Fenrir AI being unable to target player on certain tiles

• Changed Fenrir AI Tags

• Added new Main Story Quests to Forgotten Technology

• Fixed Felix Lover event in Lake map

• Adjusted Collision on Lake map

• Reduced screen shake during Mother Tree scene

• Carpet item is now removed at the end of Forgotten Technology to avoid Dome problems

• Fixed an issue with a climbable vine on Greenhouse Exterior pushing you out of collision

Basilica of the Hymn

• Added new dialogue at the end of Polydeuces’ introduction

• Updated graphics for Polydeuces’ introduction

• Updated Polydeuces’ Battle Animations

• Polydeuces now recovers all LP and EP on his final phase, takes reduced damage

• Fixed missing enemy palettes in Polydeuces bossfight

• Added Laplace’s Hideout Entrance in Main Hall

• Removed Freezetime during Polydeuces EDEF

• Added new Main Story Quests to Basilica

• Added Dealer's 2nd class hat chest to Pillars map

• Adjusted collision on Pillars map

• Updated Judge Combat SFX

• Updated Oligarch enemy Animations

• Updated enemies in Polydeuces’ Boss Encounter to use Church Palette

• Updated Polydeuces Attack SFX

• Added more Milkshake Rewards to Basilica Encounters

• Adjusted a conversation on Pillars map outside of Basilica

• Polydeuces now full heals when the 7th Seal is triggered

• Polydeuces stats have been increased

• Added an idle animation and drumming animation for Yu during Basilica Concert

• Gates locking access from Basilica Main Hall to Doppelganger Breeding Grounds are now angled correctly

• Simon is now correctly displayed in his Instrument animation during Basilica Concert

Doppelganger Breeding Grounds

• Added Laplace’s Hideout Entrance on Outside DBG map

• 3 new quest chain events around the DBG

• Fixed an issue with repeating dialogue during Clayton fight on Assembly 3

• Updated Pan & Daphnis Combat Animations

The Eternal Dome

• Fixed Ending NPCs accidentally appearing too early in The Eternal Dome - Chateau

• Fixed Dealer speaking when not present on The Eternal Dome - Temple

• 3 new quest chain events conclude at the Dome

• New Quest - Ophelia’s Fashion Crisis 3

• Decreased Blue Elite Horseman survivability

• Added a Combat Softlock Fail Safe - Turns will automatically proceed if attack execution halts for 10 seconds (prevents the mysterious Horseman Soft lock - please report to us anytime you see these long turns)

• Implemented a fix for situations where enemies using LDEF with no EP available end up in a broken animation state (should actually fix Horseman Soft lock - but the fail safe is there too in case it didn’t)

• Updated Dissonance Ending scenes for text visibility and graphical polish

• Added Laplace’s Hideout Entrance in Temple of Saturn

• Laplace can now only reset the stats of characters present in the current party

• Added Felix Combat Animations for ending encounter

• Added correct Turn Order Displays for all Romanceable Characters

• Golden Gates RIVAL NPC now gets removed if Rocket is no longer in the party

• Added more Milkshake Rewards to Eternal Dome Encounters

• Added more laugh SFX to Prometheus encounters

• Adjusted Simon Romance Ending hair color

• Added Chateau mapname

• Fixed an issue where a missing string is displayed when talking to First Dingus after Riddle Completion

• Adjusted a Director string to remain inside the bounds of the text box

• Cameramen photographing Bobo during Concert event on the Avenue Map now have SFX

Miscellaneous

• Added SFX to all Skill Program Effect Animations

• Added Dealer Secondary Class Portraits

• Added Dealer Secondary Class Helmets for Cyberwalker, Terminator and Jester

• Fixed Dealer Kanabo

  • Updated animations on all Dealer attacks, including but not limited to:

  • Kanabo, Scythe, Longsword, Greatsword, Battery, Gun, Throw

  • Added SFX to Dealer Battery Attack

  • Fixed an issue with Dealer’s Gun hitframes

• Polished Bobo and Dealer Mancer animations

• Polished Nail Effect animation

• Fixed an issue with Bobo’s Harpoon Attack not having freezetime

• Updated Bobo Wind Instrument animation

• Fixed Rocket Guarding Animation

• Fixed Rocket’s Arms not being visible during Flamethrower Attack

• Attack/Onhit popup icons in battle are now colored by their Attack Type

• Fixed start-up crash from opening menu while game is loading

• Added instrument sounds for rhythm moves

  • Harp

  • Bagpipe

• Updated many Item Images

  • Added an item image for Macross Item

• Laplace’s Hideout has received a visual update

• Fixed issues with Senpai-Sama’s romance route

• Updated all RIVAL battle Animations

• Added Idle animations for

  • All Developer NPCs

  • All missing Backer NPCs

  • Yu

  • Sista

  • Generic Metalhead NPC

  • Sniperboss and Maskboss

  • Generic Terminator NPC

  • Akira

  • Dr Hax no-computa

  • Dione

• Added Drummer Yu sprite

• Adjusted Pioneer LDEF

• Fixed Madman EDEF Effect

• Adjusted Apodemossy Counter Freezeframe

• Added Freezetime to Pioneer Drill Attack

• Added new effect to Clericopter pistol attack

• Fixed an issue with Apodemossy Counter

• Made Fabricant Chainsaw Attack easier to block

• Updated Clericopter EDEF SFX

• Updated multiple hardcoded strings to be localized

• Fixed an issue with Milkshake Limits resetting on game load

• Adjusted special player-enemy to use hats

• Removed color tags from places where color tags don’t function

• Added a new expression for Nahilys

• Added a new expression for Rocket

• Added a secret new NG+ hat for Rocket

• Added new Main Story Quest Texts

• Fixed Items sometimes being in an invalid equip state

• Multiple UI Adjustments to accommodate new Localizations

• Added at least 1 stat up item to all shops

• Added SFX to Detective Alligator events

• Adjusted Bobo’s feet during Warping Sequence

• Fixed Turn Order Display Palette issue

• Updated Portraits:

  • Sargon

  • Generic Attorney

  • Birdman

  • Saci Perere

  • Catapulteer Grumbler

  • Fenrir

  • Glitch

• Patricia’s portrait now changes after her head replacement in the Acquaintances Menu

• Fixed using the Dpad to select options in the battle pause menu

• Fixed a rare issue with the Horsemen enemies

• Fixed an issue with some portraits appearing incorrectly for one frame

• Adjusted Lover Heart gain from events and gifting

• Changed Amplitude effect name display color

• Friendship levels are now displayed correctly in messenger windows

• Dealer now gains or loses hearts depending on your actions throughout the game

• Bobo now starts the game with Simon as an Acquaintance

• All lovers can now reach max hearts

• Fixed Relationship Statuses not being cleared when starting a new file or NG+

• Added ability to “Give Up” during Concert Minigames

• Added ability to “Autoplay” during Concert Minigames

• Added Venue Selection to Jam Session minigame

• Fixed 2 instances of missing strings in Japanese Localization

• Fixed last save/load slot not animating correctly

• Reduced size of Chained Prince’s name

• Added a new check to ensure battle and area music are always synced

• Fixed an issue with Choice Events crashing the game when there are too many choices

• Added a familiar BGM to Laplace’s Hideout

• Achievements are now backfilled when continuing a Demo Save in the full game

• Fixed an issue with NPC Culling and Item pickup on non-standard viewport size maps

• Non-player Character Allies now show their sprite when trying to move around the GRIDS

• Arrow Timed Hit now appears with a delay and an animation to help players see which Timed Hit is starting

• Line Timed Hit now appears with a delay and an animation to help players see which Timed Hit is starting

• Nana the Alpaca is now blue

• Nana the Alpaca will now have a christmas hat when playing the game in december

• Fixed a Textbox memory leak

• Rhythm Minigames encountered during exploration are now affected by Timing Difficulty (and are more lenient in general)

• Added support for Steam Deck Resolution (1280x800)

• Added black areas to cover unrendered parts of the screen for various resolutions

• Changed Jam Session Result screen Song Name Font into one that supports all localizations

• Fixed an issue with Synergy Activations sometimes appearing as a blank string

• Fixed an issue with followers appearing out of position when swapping Party Leaders

• Beamdog Blade is now cool

• Fixed an issue with Jam Session percentage only going to 99.99%

• Added a crying SFX for Stray Kids suffering (quite a few events across the whole game)

• Fixed an issue where increased Item Limits were not being stored correctly when loading saves

• Fixed an issue where the DPad on controllers was not usable inside of the in-battle load menu