Halloween update (v0.5.7) release notes!

Spooky season is here! One of my favorites, and with that, the Halloween event is back in HTopia!

For new players I hope you enjoy the halloween event and meet our lovely seasonal character.

For players that have already played the halloween event in the past, you can now unlock the gallery events for it so that you can make memories of it properly :)

Alongside the halloween event comes some interesting updates such as new ore types Zinc and Copper, and of course this leads to new tools and weapons.

We have knuckles, spears, new swords, new pickaxes!

The weapons have been rebalanced a bit so that it makes sense for the type of weapon.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the Halloween event and this new content!

Remember to clear your browser's cache before playing the new update, just in case.

Here are the release notes:

HALLOWEEN

+Enabled the halloween event

+Play the spooky short story and meet Yure!

+Find pumpkin treasures around town.

+Unlockable entries for the Halloween event have been added to the gallery. (Thanks to Timmy)

+Adjustments for halloween theming on Main Menu.

+Newsfeed is now themed as well with halloween Neruko.

+Added button to toggle between seasonal theme (Halloween) and regular theme on Main Menu.

NEW ITEMS

+Added Zinc Scraps item.

+Added Copper Scraps item.

+Added new zinc/copper/iron knuckles weapon items.

+Added new zinc/copper sword weapon items.

+Added new zinc/copper/iron spear weapon items.

+Added new zinc/copper pickaxe items.

+Added Ruby Fragment item.

+Added Saphire Fragment item.

+Added Emerald Fragment item.

GAMEPLAY

+Reworked mining to work with other mine types such as Zinc and Copper and each ore now requires a different type of pickaxe to mine.

+Mining exp is now provided based on the type of tool you use.

+Added hint dialogue when you don't have the right tool for the ore mine type.

+Updated Iron ore vein image.

+Added images for Zinc and Copper ore veins so you can identify them easily.

+Added more iron and the new zinc and ore veins in more locations.

+Mining iron with an iron pickaxe now has a small chance of yielding gem stones.

+Rebalanced all weapons' stats and prices.

+Money bags found on dungeons now provide more money.

CRAFTING

+Added crafting blueprint for zinc/copper pickaxe.

+Added crafting blueprint for zinc/copper/iron knuckles.

+Added crafting blueprint for zinc/copper/iron spear.

+Added crafting blueprint for zinc/copper sword.

+Readjusted blueprints required materials.

+Blacksmithing 101 book now provides crafting blueprints for some of the new items.

+Blacksmithing 101 book no longer provides the iron sword or iron pickaxe crafting blueprint. You should be able to figure out the rest ;)

EVENTS

+Added new CG for one of the events at the Cafe waiter job.

+Added new CG for one of the events when working out at the Gym.

SHOPS

+Selling a broken tool will now be sold for 0, sorry guys! :P

+Combat Gloves are no longer sold on the grocery store (moved to Latisha's store).

+All the new weapons and tools are available for purchase at Latisha's store.

UI

+Mining/Chopping button is not as distracting anymore.

+Several UX and grammatical fixes/improvements on the UI and Arane's first event dialogues. (Thanks to Timmy and Leinathan on discord)

+Several grammatical fixes/improvements on the activity events (workout, jogging, etc). (Thanks to Timmy)

BUG FIXES

+Fixed bug where Dine-N-Drink location would sometimes not have any owner (no shop available). (Thanks to SponteaneousHiccup on discord for reporting this)

Cheers!

-Hayashi