Hello everybody! I'm a bit late this month but I wanted to push through completing the 2 sub-dungeons for the final area of the game. So that means the actual building/scripting for the final dungeon is complete but I still need to complete the final encounter and wrap up the story. I also added moving platforms, new skills, and made tons of bug fixes and optimizations to keep up on things I notice as I test. On top of that, I launched a Discord server for the game, so if you want to chat, give feedback, or just hang out, come join in! Exciting times ahead as I get closer to the finish line! You can join here: https://discord.gg/BRGAEkHxh4

Here's the updates since last month:

• Completed, scripted events, added spawns and monsters to sub-dungeon 1 of the final dungeon
• Completed, scripted events, added spawns and monsters to sub-dungeon 2 of the final dungeon
• You can now level to 20
• Adjusted stats gained (not spendable points) at each level
• Fixed various item descriptions
• Fixed various item prices
• Fixed some shop UI displaying erroneous data
• Normalized volume of shopkeeper music
• Normalized volume of menu sounds
• Selling items now accounts for stack size. You no longer have to sell an item stack individually
• Added a "current gold" indicator on buy and sell screens
• Began producing a game manual 
• Completed first draft of game manual (20+ pages!)
• Completed first draft of current world map (may add more later??) 
• Fixed typo and some grammar in the intro game text
• Sourced multiple components for a physical edition
• Fixed skybox seams on several maps 
• Received manual, physical map and doodads for physical edition. Physical box is proofed, but company is waiting until after chinese new year to print and ship
• optimized some maps to improve performance
• fixed some weather that wasn't pre-rendering on map load
• Moving platforms are now a thing 
• Potions now appear on the quick slot bar on game startup
• Added a new magic skill and associated scripting (how to acquire still being worked out)
• Added more consistent environmental assets to the snow zones 
• Updated media kit assets to match the recent art updates
• Updated startup dialogue
• Began work on final encounter/end of main story
  
  I press forward and hope to have the final encounter completed by next month. If you like what you see wishlist on Steam:
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2467200/Realms_and_Ruins_Abencor/