Key Highlights
- Chapter 4 is now fully playable
- Quest book added to view current quests
- Save games are now stored in the /Saves subfolder
Combat System
4 entries- ◆Primitive! and Ambush! removed as combat types
- ◆The professor now uses skills in combat, dealing slightly less standard damage but having more HP
- ◆Rats deal less damage, have less HP and give less EXP and gold
- ◆New, fitting combat backgrounds
New Features & Content
+9- •Chapter 4 is now fully playable!
- •Quest book added to view current quests
- •New beach section that will become important in future chapters
- •If John or the dog dies in combat and the other partner still wins the fight, the fallen one is automatically revived after the fight with 1 HP left (this prevents the player from controlling the dog alone while John is dead, and vice versa)
- •Interactions with even more objects possible
- •Enemies are now animated as well
- •New easter eggs added!
- •Lantern added as an item, including overworld texture and light effect
- •Sewer key added as an item
Changes & Improvements
25- •Various item descriptions were overhauled
- •Everything John says is now displayed as green text
- •Prices and effects of potions, elixirs and perfumes were adjusted
- •Status values of John and the dog were overhauled
- •Texts and dialogues were overhauled
- •Story was slightly overhauled and explained in more detail
- •The sepia image in the intro was changed (adapted to the current ship, new colours, new frame)
- •The last mine map was slightly overhauled
- •The area outside the professor's tent was overhauled
- •Class Fighter renamed to Castaway
- •Currency € renamed to Gold
- •The dog's Iron Knife renamed to Claws
- •Name input now works with WASD instead of arrow keys
- •Save game selection now works with WASD instead of arrow keys
- •Cuttable rocks (like on the first beach map) are now grey to distinguish them from the bombable rocks
- •Bronze sword replaced with Sabre
- •Bronze shield replaced with Wooden shield
- •Some maps in chapter 2 were overhauled (including the bar, the boss room and others)
- •Some sounds were overhauled/changed
- •The behaviour of some crates was changed
- •Some easter eggs overhauled
- •Improved HP/SP/EXP display in the menu
- •Improved level-up message after a fight (shows gained EXP, the new level, learned skills, stat increases)
- •Save games are now stored in the /Saves subfolder
- •Note: Anyone who still has older save games must copy them into the /Saves subfolder to keep using them!
Bug Fixes
6- •Various spelling mistakes corrected
- •Some texts were displayed at the wrong times
- •Partly wrong timings of events
- •Interactions with torches removed
- •Error when pressing W in the equipment menu fixed
- •The dog's Claws (formerly Iron Knife) can no longer be removed
Ready for the adventure?
Immerse yourself in the world of Cast Away - The Oddysee and accompany John Maynard on his epic journey.