Audio Remixed and Remastered. Happy holidays!

 

Hey folks!

 

Happy to put out a chunky update today - I just finished remixing and remastering Slay the Princess' audio. Voice lines in particular should have far less variation in loudness with the new build. As part of the remastering process, we also switched voice and non-looping SFX over to FLAC, which shaved about 2.5 gigs off the total install. I don't think we'll be taking things any further on that front, since we'd like to keep both audio + visuals lossless.

 

If you run into any bugs front this update, please verify your install before reporting the issue. Steam sometimes has some trouble trouble with larger patches for Ren'py games, and there's enough of you saving the world that a few of you are bound to get corrupted installs from the patch.

 

While mixing should be much better overall, please let me know if you run into issues, particularly around any specific voices being too loud or quiet on their given routes. Some of the softer voices were tough to find the right level for, since bringing them too close to the baseline most characters use made them sound far too loud (hunted, cold, and paranoid were the biggest offenders.)

 

Aside from any bug fixes over the next week or so, this will be the last update the game is getting before The Pristine Cut some time next year.

 

And as one last added note, there are 8 days left to pick up a Thorn poster!

 

 

 

Extras will go up in our shop after we're done printing, but they'll be a little more expensive then, and I'm not sure how big a print run we'll be doing outside of pre-orders.

 

Here's the link: https://topatoco.com/products/ah-stp-thorn-pr

 

All the best, and happy holidays!

Tony and Abby