Magic Academy 0.8.3 (Rosarium): Rose's finale and New Game+

In 0.8.3 (Rosarium) we’ve brought Rose’s romance storyline to its finale, put a lot of work into build size and memory usage, and kept refining Journey after the big 0.8 update.

Subscribers can already play the 0.8.3 alpha. Here’s what’s changed since 0.8.

Quests and scenes

• The final quest in Rose’s romance storyline, with new dialogue, illustrations and a scene with several variations.
• A new illustrated scene for the first test of the portal ring.
• Gallery entries for the new scenes with Rose and Audrey.
• Proofread dialogue and updated translations.

Shops and outfits

• 5–6 outfits each for Tom and Grace. Yes, Tom’s turn has finally come!
• Four more options in Lillian’s wardrobe.
• The clothing shop no longer keeps all of its assets in your device’s memory.

Journey map

• You can end a run from the map at any time outside combat and keep your rewards. Walking back to the portal felt like a chore, since the route was almost always safe. We’d love your ideas for improving this mode.
• Reworked terrain generation. For now it applies only to the ice and pixie worlds.
• New hex tile variants for the ice and pixie worlds.
• Fixed path generation for quest locations that could get cut off by obstacles.
• No more pause when revealing fog on the map.
• Fixed minor bugs in the adventure selection panel.

Balance and gathering

• Gathered material requirements for quests and construction are roughly halved.
• You can leave Match-3 early and keep the resources you’ve gathered.
• The Match-3 results screen and the resource window show resource names.
• No more extra delay before collected resources fly to the counter.
• Fixed crystal behaviour and tile flight animations.

New Game+

• Unlocked Journey cards, recipes, acquired equipment and your equipment selection carry over to a new playthrough.
• Your current deck, saved builds and last selected difficulty are kept.
• Purchased outfits and completed tutorials carry over.
• Remaining resources and compensation for quests and projects are kept. Outfit costs are no longer refunded as resources, since the outfits themselves carry over.
• The story, relationships and world unlocks start over.

Saves and interface

• In the browser version you can save the game to a file and load it from a file through the in-game menu.
• On Android you can export a save to a separate file for easy transfer.
• Fixed incomplete save files and added handling for damaged saves.
• Fixed speaker names and text colours in dialogue history. Narrator lines are no longer attributed to characters.
• Fixed the inventory window size that made panels overlap.
• Chibi characters (everyone except Audrey) on the loading screens.

Audio

• Almost every Journey enemy now has its own sounds for effects, taking damage and attacks.
• New and refined sounds for selecting, spawning and discarding cards, rewards and deck editing.
• Journey ambience; the mode’s music now starts on the rewards screen.
• More sound design in the opening days, the meetings with Elizabeth and the dialogue with Audrey and the mentor.
• Refined audio in Rose’s and Lillian’s scenes and in the ice elf monk scene.
• Fixed repeated sounds when choosing rewards and sounds on already-used map events.

Fixes and optimization

• Reward rerolls now consider other options when every card in the preferred selection has already been shown.
• Fixed the initial discard counter in battle.
• Fixed the first line when starting a scene from the Gallery, and audio after the scene ends.
• Fixed some transitions after story battles that could break the dialogue sequence.
• A possible fix for a Live2D animation issue on ARMv7 Android devices.
• Characters, scenes and worlds now load as needed. Updated asset packaging, UI and character atlases and texture compression.

Thank you for your support, and enjoy the game!