Hey guys! I fixed some a few places where messages were mixed up or in the wrong places. Additionally, some optimization went into this build, so the game should be a bit easier to run on lower powered devices.

Recently, I finished upgrading the Store and Inventory systems to allow for characters accessories and purchasing stuff like Furniture, Outfits, and etc :D I also made a ton of headwind on fast travel (finally, thanks to the new worldmap) and will be adding that in soon! It's been a long wait for this, so I thought I'd add a cute little side quest to go along with unlocking fast travel, and we'll use the remade worldmap for it!

I also want to announce that I'm back to working on Nuumonsters regularly again^^ I have a bunch of artists making new stuff for Nuumonsters, and personally I'm currently in the process of breaking down and rebuilding the house (or, "secret base") customization tool it has, since that will be coming to Dokimon: Quest asap^^

Additionally, there has been progress made on a "Battle Tower" which will be one of the final additions to Dokimon: Quest, including a Steam Leaderboards, where you can compete for the highest rank(?), most consecutive wins, and etc. I think it will be really fun!

I have some more really cool announcements coming up soon too, both for Dokimon: Quest and other projects, and will also make attempts to bring Dokimon: Quest to more languages via Localization (as well as improving the Japanese localization) once the final planned updates are in and polished :)

That's all for now! If you can, check out our discord for updates on all of our projects, or give the Nuumonsters X page a follow, since we'll be sharing Nuumonsters progress there starting soon:

Official Discord ( @everyone mentions are kept to a bare minimum):
https://discord.com/invite/4YUaYNvVHD

Nuumonsters X:
https://x.com/nuumonsters

Hey guys~ Quick patch today. Here's some things that were fixed or added recently.

One of the biggest fixes we've been waiting for is losing a move in double battles when your partner monster fainted. There was also a couple small bugs we got in the update a couple days ago which just got fixed.

Here's the full changelong:
ADDED - We added a "unique" roll to all the overworld and cutscene encounters (starters, mythics, etc) however you won't know if it's "unique" until the battle starts (look for the stars on enemy mon spawn!)
ADDED - A "stock" of 1x to some items to prevent multi-purchasing (however leaving and coming back to the store will let you purchase it again if you REALLY want to)

FIXED - Sometimes your monster would lose an attack in double battles when your partner died
FIXED - Starters were temporarily getting sent to your PC instead of your Party
FIXED - Form change issues existed on some monsters (press "A" button to revert to their original form!)
FIXED - Some monsters were crashing on their movepools screen
FIXED - Some monsters could select a third or fourth move despite being under leveled
FIXED - Stat change messages weren't always reflecting all of the stat changes (though they should now)
FIXED - Some rare issues with player getting stuck after entering a portal too early or losing to "final boss" (if this was you please try battling them again, the game will recognize this issue and fix your save automatically)

Currently there isn't any known issues so I'm working on adding some new items, trainers to "new region", and other features I've mentioned in past updates :)

Cheers! ♡

Hi guys! Form changes are finally back. To perform a form change, simply press your "A" button on your default "party info" screen, the screen after selecting your monster and hitting "info" from your party.


If you monster has previous forms, or, is of a high enough level to evolve (and you've already unlocked this form in your Dokitech), a short animation will play, and your character will display it's new form in battles. For example, this will let you use Burnsby's cute sprites, but with Braveheart's better stats and upgraded movepool. Note, you can cycle through all forms (so if the monster has 5 forms, and you've unlocked all of them, you can cycle through them by pressing A each time at no expense)
*This feature is still being polished, but it's working without any major issues at the moment.

Another notable change this update is unique palettes on mini sprites, yesss, finally! If you have a unique palette monster, it will now show up in your PC, beside you when you're walking, and everywhere else!


**STEAM DECK USER** : Play the game in Desktop Mode, idk why, but Gamer Mode is.. problematic
**CONTROLLER USERS** : Make sure steam input is on, I'm still perfecting *some rare weirdnesses with controllers when steam input is turned off


Here's the full list of changes:
ADDED - Form changing re-enable with a new animation
ADDED - Unique palettes are now reflected on your monsters mini sprites (ui, overworld, pc, etc)
ADDED - I added a "levels" indicator to the double battles. It looks a little crowded but it's better than not having it
ADDED - You can now cycle through your party monsters by pressing up and down in the info screen
ADDED - Added better explanations to monsters typecharts (the last menu in party info screen)
ADDED - We have added a counter for trainer battles. Once you surpass 10 battles/re-battles, a number will appear in the top left corner.

FIXED - Some enhances were made to make crashes less likely on Steam Deck "Gamer Mode" (There are NO known crashes on Steam deck for users that play in "Desktop Mode")
FIXED - Typechart text not showing up for UI themes 1 and 2
FIXED - One area would not play the correct music or play two OSTs at once
FIXED - Some strange interaction boxes/windows when pressing A while running/stopping/quickly turning
FIXED - Some surfing shenanigans with the final portal were fixed (a while ago, but I never mentioned it here)
FIXED - Some spelling issues, confusing text/sentences, and incorrect collision/tiles
FIXED - Borderless windowed mode wasn't being saved and had to be selected each load up
FIXED - Some users skipped a couple of cutscenes by entering the end-game portal too early. If you were one of these people, simply loading into the game will restore those cutscenes and let you complete the main story as normal.

That's all for now :D the next big things on my to do list are this:
- Nicknames #1 will be next update I promise
- Rangers Guild thingy in the last town in Xelos region (practically finished)
- Still working on the hats / clothes system and special items for early supporters (sorry ;-; it's almost there)
- Upgraded shop system that lets you buy items with limited stock (like clothes, furniture etc)
- Underwater area under Aoi (tiles are done, area is done, new vehicles done, we're really close here)
- Last tiny little area in "new" region and post-story final boss (includes some new NPCs and rooms)

These are also on my to-do list, but will take a little bit more time to implement:
- House system. Where should I put the houses? I thought one in each region (or maybe 2 in Xelos?)
- Tenshou Tower: This is basically done I just have to finish the shop and house system otherwise this will be pointless
- "Bosses" and Steam leaderboards : This will be finished alongside Tenshou Tower update
- We are working on improving the localization system and the Japanese script, and have three languages we plan to add in once it is perfected

Thank you again for supporting my game !! I hope you're looking forward to the *free~ updates and additions as much as I am :D

After the above list is complete, I'll be working on new projects^^ Be sure to give the game a review in if you enjoyed this game, and check us out on X / Twitter, Bsky, or Discord for giveaways and news on new projects~

X : https://x.com/yanako_rpgs

All social links : https://yanako-rpgs.itch.io/


Cheers!

Hey guys~ This update only contains some minor bug fixes for rare instance cases. I was able to find and fix these bugs rather quickly thanks to reports in my discord server as well as some kind people who made a forum post about their issues in the Dokimon: Quest Community Hub~

Thank you everyone as always for your support on this and please look forward to further improvements and *free~* content additions into the new year :D

I believe we will be continuously updating the game until late February (but we WILL continue to do upkeep and patches if necessary).

If you're enjoying Dokimon: Quest, please help us out with spreading the word and providing us feedback and suggestions. This helps us not only improve this game but also gives us the ability to do better in future titles, and spreading the word or leaving reviews helps give us a greater fighting chance at making more great titles in the future^^

Additionally, we have already incorporated countless community suggestions (several people in our discord can account for this), so please be assured that your voice will be heard. Your feedback very well may make it in via an update or perhaps in a sequel. If you feel like you have been ignored, or maybe I haven't followed up in a while, please bump your post or double message me, your message may have gotten buried, or perhaps I got busy and your message escaped me.


What's next?
We also have plans to improve the localization system in January and February and incorporate complete localizations to other languages, including Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.

For a recap on the other features we are working on amongst general improvements, optimizations, and other QoL adjustments, please see this list we shared in a previous update:

- Tenshou Tower: This is a place where battle lovers can play against the odds for big rewards
- *Steam Leaderboards: A feature that plays hand-in-hand with Tenshou Tower (more below)
- Player Home: I will be adding a customizable home(s) / location(s) and items to fill them with
- Character Outfits: I'm going to be adding several "outfits" that you can get to change your looks
- Accessories: I want to add some cute accessories you can toggle on your characters, like hats or capes
- Fast Travel: The worldmap / quest log is being completely reworked, after it's finished we'll add "flying"

*Leaderboards will be a new system that will let you compete against other players online "highscores" in battles. There will be a range of different point systems, battle types, and difficulty settings, meaning there will be multiple leaderboards of different categories and you can play and compete in your favorite ones^^ This takes the Tenshou Tower to a far greater height than what was originally planned, but it's the least we can do for the community considering the enormous support we saw since the release just over 1 month ago.

What else? You tell me! Let me know what you would love to see, either in this game or in a game continuing this series :) Don't forget to leave a review if you haven't yet :D

Happy New Years! Cheers~ ♡

Hey guys! Thanks for your patience on these, lots of big new changes and improvements this time around :D

As for moves, well, there's really not much to say (or show, rather) but I have manually gone through and individually triple checked each move and it's attributes and fixed any errors. I made an entirely new system in my engine to help streamline this process and make it quicker and easier for myself to make and modify moves, so we shouldn't run into any more major issues or discrepancies with moves moving forward.


In other news, the worldmap and quest tracker rework is finally here :) I literally completely remade both of these from scratch, and they're (in my opinion) 10x better than what we had before. Check it out:

The new and improved worldmap lets you use your WASD (or arrow keys) to fly a cursor around the map, to which you'll get to read the names of towns and areas you're hovering over. You might've noticed that I also added some additional points of interest in the map to make it more accurate too^^

By default, you'll have your character locked onto a single location on the worldmap (be it a route, town, or point of interest) and the worldmap is now completely hardcoded with its locations, meaning it is now dead accurate unlike before.

Similarly to before, pressing space (or any "enter" key or input) will open your quest tracker tool, which has also been rebuilt from scratch:

The new quest tracker now gives you the title and a description of your current objective, as well as the title of all the objectives you've completed recently. Since I'm working with extremely limited time, this has been kept quite simple, and despite being significantly better than the previous quest tracker, I am considering it a placeholder system. Meaning, I will be revisiting it and improving it further in the near future.

Unfortunately I'm (still) struggling to find computer time during my holiday so updates have slowed profusely, however I will be back home and working at full speed again in less than 2 weeks :)

Lastly, I'm working on a huge "changelog" like I included in most of the previous updates, which is missing from this (and the previous) update, which I'll hopefully be able to include in the next one (which will have some fun new stuff, like outfits and accessories you can purchase and wear) :D

If you wanna know more about what's coming soon to Dokimon: Quest, be sure to check out the last update blog we posted about a week ago, that delved into some new features coming to you via free updates^^

Hi guys! I've been super hard at work on adding this new region to the DQ map and I believe we've finally ironed out enough to start spreading the word.

I'm also extremely excited to say that achievements have been fixed and confirmed working by several players. All achievements should fire upon loading into your save, however, there is 1 or 2 that you may need to do again to complete (however, thankfully these two achievements can be completely very quickly).


With the addition of this map, we can find a lot of new characters that we weren't able to discover in the Xelos region. Additionally, rare monsters have been made more accessible as a reward for making it to the new area~

You will find lots of fun surprises here, including over 20 "new" trainers, some new items, and countless new NPCs with flavorful text.

The new map also adds several new areas, including both routes and towns, and music. The area is accessible after the main story is completed (when your save file reads 98%) and you must collect 4 specific monsters to unlock the portal.

These monsters are special monsters that can only be found in pink grass and may need to be trained and leveled and evolved to meet requirements.

You can keep track of which monsters you have (or don't have) based on the crystal surrounding the portal. The gemstone inside the crystal's supporting pillars will be lit when the corresponding monster has been obtained. When all four gemstones are lit, the portal will be enterable.


I'm still working on adding some trainers and NPCs to some areas, as well as some other additional content (and various QoL tidbits) that I have planned for the game in general, but over all I'm quite proud of this update and thought it would be decent timing to make an announcement^^

It's been difficult to find the time to work on Dokimon: Quest since I left my main home on December 8th, but I've been doing what I can to squeeze in dev time here and there during my little vacay ;)


I'll be continuing to work when I can like I have been, and also returning home on January 8th where I will be returning to working full time.

Some things I currently have on my to-do list before I finish up with updating D:Q and move on to new projects:

- Tenshou Tower : This is a place where battle lovers can play against the odds for big rewards
- Player Home: I will be adding a customizable home(s) / location(s) and items to fill them with
- Character Outfits: I'm going to be adding several "outfits" that you can get to change your looks
- Accessories: I want to add some cute accessories you can toggle on your characters, like hats or capes
- Fast Travel: The worldmap / quest log is being completely reworked, after it's finished we'll add "flying"
- ????

What else? Who knows~ maybe I'll end up adding in some more nice things! For now, this is everything on my horizon for THIS game. I will be working on other projects (new and old) starting in January when I expect all of these items to be completed, tested, and in the final game :)

That's a wrap! If you guys have any feedback or suggestions on other things we can include, let me know! Perhaps I'll add them in :) and if not... maybe they'll make it into the next game!

If you enjoyed my game, I would love it so much if you left a positive review :)
Thank you always for supporting me and playing my games, you guys are the world to me!

Cheers ♡

こんにちは～

昨日と今日、25時間以上頑張って、漢字からかなに変換するシステムを作ろうとしましたが、私の力では無理かもしれません。

ですが、良い漢字があり、ドット絵のフォントを見つけたので、今はそれを使っています。

下のスクリーンショットをご覧ください。

今日はずっと寝ていなくて非常に疲れているので、最近新しく書いたスクリプトはほとんど自動翻訳になってしまいました '';-;

今後、もう一度かなのシステムを作ってみたいと思っています。しかし、その前に、ちゃんとスクリプトを人手で書きたいです。現在、50％は自動翻訳だと思います。少しずつ100％人手で書くつもりですが、今のところ自動翻訳は仕方ないです。

日本語で遊びたい方、お待たせいたしました。

Hey guys! Great news, I pushed well over 10 updates over the past 2-3 days, but I didn't wanna do any announcements until I had more time for me (and some select people) to test it... All of the major things have been fixed, including countless minor things.

I will now be focusing all of my time working on some of the minor bugs that have been on my to do list while going through and fixing the Japanese localization system in all it's (un)greatness :)

Likely I'll be updating several more times tonight before I sleep (despite it already being past 3:30am in Japan and my eyes starting to feel the sting D:) but I think this version is pretty solid !!!!

See also the bottom for some extra goodies I decided to add into the game which will be coming this and next week :D

Thanks again everyone so much for the patience while I've done my best to tackle all these bugs and other issues all by myself, it's been a great journey chatting with everyone and see everyone's reactions to my game !!

if you find any bugs not mentioned in this list please let me know in the discord, cheers :)
https://discord.com/invite/4YUaYNvVHD

Major fixes :
FIXED - Aki cutscene in Xelos city has been patched
FIXED - Some shenanigans that only occurred in double battles (still not perfect but 10x more playable than before)
FIXED - Some sounds playing at louder volumes during cutscenes
FIXED - Some areas that we blocked off due to having issues with characters, events, or scenes in them have all been opened up

ADDED - Achievement check (seems to be working?)
ADDED - Fairy display on player overworld
ADDED - Overworld sprite for undercover player (female version)
ADDED - New "hospital" type, the onsen! Which lets you heal up alongside your party
ADDED - Several new NPCs and signs to explain some systems of the game or provide new / more hints on how to progress the games story
ADDED - Wild "bound" monsters to the Wicked Woods area which is right before the final area
ADDED - Added a new cutscene in between the Wicked Woods and the Tenshi Twins to provide a little more flavor and build up to the final area
ADDED - (2) new merchant types, one to the third last town (2nd town after Xelos but before Choi's town and before Yor city) and one has been added into the final area
ADDED - More items, NPCs, and Trainers to some routes / towns that were reported as being lacking in one area or another
ADDED - Masters Battle house to the final town (village) as a bonus, coming soon feature
ADDED - Realtors house to Yor City (which has been overtaken by Xer's! D:) which will let you buy houses and furniture (coming soon!)

Minor fixes:
FIXED - Some bushes not having monster spawns
FIXED - Some signs not having a message
FIXED - Some NPCs missing their dialogue
FIXED - Lots of typo's and tile / tile depth issues
FIXED - Player being displayed incorrectly on worldmap
FIXED - Purification moves (stats / status) have been fixed
FIXED - Some moves attributes / descriptions not lining up
FIXED - Mismatchig name / text for Wonder Fruit berry
FIXED - Rare issue with monsters getting negative experience after a level up
FIXED - Some beds weren't initiating the healing event properly
FIXED - Some incorrect / mismatching types on monsters, overlapping text, typo's, etc
FIXED - Forced autosave on some saves
FIXED - Some missing / strange areas you could (or couldn't) fish in :^)
FIXED - Some tiles not drawing properly in night mode
FIXED - Some broken doors

CHANGE - Balanced some items and some monster / move stats
Change - Moved the "Master Rod" to a MUCH later area and made buying a rod replace your current rod (in case you wanna go back, or forward a rod (Yeahhhh I VASTLY underestimated how much money you guys would have at that point of the game lol)

Known issues :
- Evolving monsters overlap when evolving many times on the same playthrough
- Names are sometimes mixed up / incorrect in double battles (it's just the name (string) only, all of your EXP and etc is being distributed properly)
- Some moves still can't be chosen in the movepools
- There's still a rare case where enemy monsters will get an extra attack in on deaths (though not anything like it was before)
- When using certain items your Affinity point stats can get reduced below 0 (does not result in a crash)

*Notes : Currently only features not working that were planned in the original game are the quest log (it's broken and crap so I'm gonna remake it from scratch, similar to how I did with battle speed-ups) and the fast travel system, which will be available in Xelos City after the completion of some pre-requisites in Yor City.

**More notes : I'm currently working on adding in some additional features that I did not intend to include in the final game on release:
- Battle tower (Tenshou Tower)
- House shop (realtor)
- Dokimon Ranch (in Coralwood)
- Furniture for decorating your home
- Accessories (alt clothes, hats, bunny ears, etc)
- Some new towns (my map maker made something too big for me, I planned to cut them but have since decided to add them into the game with side quests and other stuff)
- Pickaxe
- New portal

Hoping this is the last of the bugs ;-; now I can go back to content updates :D (Aki before I sleep, I promise)

The battle speed-up function has been completely reworked so it should work for everyone now. It's also slightly faster than it was before :)

ADDED - Battle speed-up has been remade from scratch and should work on ALL monitors
ADDED - built-in Steam screenshot functionality with F12
ADDED - Girl sprite for the undercover player outfit when playing as a girl character
ADDED - Party heal-up after a certain [redacted] fight
ADDED - ♡ small heart character to the 5x5 font
ADDED - Overworld visuals for fairies (will let you turn them off later)
ADDED - Type effectiveness helper in [redacted] battles target selection screen
ADDED - 3 new battle backgrounds for wasteland, and fairy forest (has night)
ADDED - Doubled PC boxes from 6 to 12

FIXED - Error with "contact" global variable
FIXED - Incorrect name when defeating an enemy in certain battles
FIXED - Conversation with Prof. Rena after talking to her with both the ember soul and fairy stone
FIXED - Depth issue with [redacted]'s storage capsule in [redacted]'s base in Xelos
FIXED - Missing category pages in items UI menu
FIXED - Log path blocking obstacle
FIXED - Missing BG lines on yellow party ui preview
FIXED - Enemy's getting a second chance to attack in [redacted] battles
FIXED - Some rare issues with the exp system
FIXED - Various other issues with [redacted] battles
FIXED - Battle starting on cave exit doors glitching character out of map
FIXED - Lots of misplaced tiles or tiles with incorrect depth and improved collision in some areas
FIXED - Some monsters had repeating moves in their movepools
FIXED - Lots of typo's, NPCs with duplicating text
FIXED - Dakutan not attaching to kana properly
FIXED - 1st turn moves
FIXED - Logs

CHANGE - Updated Dartarget's sprite to an improved version
CHANGE - Some cutscenes have been improved
CHANGE - Some monsters and moves names, descriptions, and stats have been edited


Please also see past small patches for other fixes and patches we processed recently :

Hot fixes 1 : https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/news/app/2019300/view/4477236636060483593?l=english
Hot fixes 2 : https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/news/app/2019300/view/4477236002110310997?l=english
Hot fixes 3 : https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/news/app/2019300/view/4477236002110310607?l=english