Hyperclink's July 2025 Update Logs

UPDATES

Date: July 22, 2025

[ NEW COMBAT GEAR TYPE ] - Chestplate can now drop from chests as wearable combat gear.
[ NEW ITEM ] - [KNOWLEDGE] Combat Gearing IV - Lets you add another slot for gear.
[ CHANGE ] - Expanded substats available in combat gear.
Previous: Health, Strength, Agility, Magic, Intelligence, Physical Damage, Magical Damage, Critical Chance, Critical Damage, Dodge Chance, Accuracy, Physical Damage Reduction, Armor, Momentum Chance.
New Additions: Counter Chance, Block Chance, Life Steal, Reflect Chance, Ferocity, Execution.
[ NEW ENEMY ] - Swashbuckler - Higher rank than Deckhand Drifter. Savage and confident, and can back it up.
[ NEW SYSTEM ] - A flexible and optimized particle system has been implemented in the game engine.
[ NEW VISUAL EFFECTS ] - Rain effect replaced with a new version.
[ NEW VISUAL EFFECTS ] - Snow now affects Northice.
[ NEW VISUAL EFFECTS ] - Sandy winds now occur in Evergreen Mirage.
[ NEW VISUAL EFFECTS ] - Cloud effects have been updated.
[ NEW VISUAL EFFECTS ] - Sea wave flickers now appear in Shimmerleaf Key and Nowerhir Isle.
[ NEW VISUAL EFFECTS ] - Falling leaves added to Rainbowveil Forest.
[ NEW VISUAL EFFECTS ] - Lantern effect appears in Nubazaar.
[ NEW VISUAL EFFECTS ] - Embers now seen in Molterra Veinlands.
[ NEW VISUAL EFFECTS ] - Sandy glitters now occur in Glownight Caverns.
[ NEW VISUAL EFFECTS ] - Stars now appear in Karmic Statue.
[ VISUAL & OPTIMIZATION ] - Special effects for vorting now use the new particle system.
[ SOUND ] - Additional game sounds has been added.
[ OPTIMIZATION FIX ] - Optimized code to address memory leaks and lag.
- Improved sound logic for health bar movement with minimal overhead.
- Optimized animation transition logic.
[ FIX ] - Ghost hands re-positioned to match the new arm system.
[ FIX ] - Buff skills now always display their icons correctly on enemies and players.

UPDATES

Date: July 15, 2025

[ NEW COMBAT GEAR TYPE ] - Sword - Sword can now drop as combat gear when opening chest drop.
[ CHANGE ] - You can no longer equip the same type of combat gear twice (e.g. 2 helmets or 2 rings).
[ CHANGE ] - You now start with 1 available combat gear slot. This mean at most, you can have 4 combat gear slot.
[ CHANGE ] - Meteor chest now drops from enemies as early as Day 1.
[ NEW ENEMY ] - [ CRAZY ] Angry Farmer - Mistakenly accuses you of a crime but too angry to listen.
[ NEW ITEM ] - [KNOWLEDGE] Parkour - Increases your chance to flee from enemies.
[ NEW ITEM ] - [KNOWLEDGE] Intermediate Parkour - Increases your chance to flee from enemies.
[ NEW ITEM ] - [KNOWLEDGE] Advance Parkour - Increases your chance to flee from enemies.
[ NEW ITEM ] - [KNOWLEDGE] Weak Spot - Increases your critical damage.
[ NEW ITEM ] - [KNOWLEDGE] First Strike - You always act first in combat.
[ OPTIMIZATION FIX ] - Optimized the healthbar animation greatly increasing performance during combat.
[ VISUAL ] - Item bubble is now animated.
[ SOUND ] - Removed second crafting sound.
[ UI ] - Research category in Quick Crafting menu now shows unlocked craftable skills.
[ UI ] - Quantity is now highlighted when viewing [DNA MIX] and [ COMBAT CLASS ] info.
[ CHANGE ] - General animal encounter chance reduced by 5%.
[ FIX ] - [ Gold Skull ] Rookie and [ Gold Skull ] Senpai no longer change clothes mid-combat.
[ FIX ] - Clothes that cover the neck now render correctly.
[ FIX ] - Corrected speech for Deckhand Drifter.
[ FIX ] - You can no longer buy multiple copies of the same trait in Karmic Store as intended.
[ UI ] - Animated action buttons.
[ FIX ] - (Silent fix) Treasure collection animation in Shimmerleaf Key now uses new arm system.
[ FIX ] - (Silent fix) Wood sanding animation for male characters fixed.
[ FIX ] - (Silent fix) Writing, feeding animals, shaking tube, drinking potion, activating skill and other animations fixed.
[ FIX ] - (Silent fix) Missing image for blacksmith skill merchandise restored.
[ FIX ] - (Silent fix) Outfit no longer disappears when vorting.
[ FIX ] - (Silent fix) Crafting reputation no longer gives warnings when no rep is earned.
[ UI ] - Break chance is now visible when inspecting affected items.

Major Update

Date: July 6, 2025

[ MAJOR CHANGE ] - A new arm system has been implemented to replace the old system. This means more expressive arm gestures for interactions and combat, and arms that match clothes' color and pattern.
[ VISUALS ] - Redesigned/Adjusted ALL costumes to accommodate the new arm system.
[ VISUALS ] - Reanimated most of the action animations. Special effects will be added in future updates.
[ CHANGE ] - [SKILL] Palm Zap now gives 5% Critical Chance and 10% Critical Damage, changed from 5% Dodge Chance. Damage lowered to -20 to -30 from -20 to -40.
[ CHANGE ] - [SKILL] Lightning Throw no longer gives 5% Critical Chance and now consumes 3 Electro Charge, up from 2.
[ VISUAL ] - Slightly redesigned enemy templates to include affiliation info.
[ CHANGE ] - Slightly edited enemy names to reflect new affiliation information.
[ CHANGE ] - Merchants will now have their own unique attire.
[ FIX ] - [KNOWLEDGE] Whole Saler Contacts is now working as intended.
[ FIX ] - Hostile NPCs no longer change appearance after dodging.
[ CHANGE ] - Some guards now patrol the town of Wolfvanden.
[ CHANGE ] - Character pose during creation/edit is now locked.
[ FIX ] - [COMBAT CLASS] Jomsviking skills no longer have infinite turns.
[ CHANGE ] - [SKILL] Thorn Whip now has a 50% chance to hit all enemies.
[ UI ] - Skills with AOE are now indicated in their descriptions.
[ BALANCE ] - Reordered how armor is calculated in combat:
Before: Damage > Armor Reduction > Damage Bonuses > Critical Bonus > Physical Reduction
Now: Damage > Damage Bonuses > Critical Bonus > Physical Reduction > Armor Reduction
This makes armor less overpowered and gives other stats more value.
[ NEW ENEMY ] - [ Bloody Gem ] Deckhand Drifter — the lowest rank of the infamous Bloody Gem pirates.

Hyperclink's July 2025 Update Logs

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