Based on an earlier project written and briefly released for MS-DOS back in the year 2000, Evowok Breeder has spanned several incarnations, and was finally released in its current form in 2017, with help and support from many helpful friends and collaborators.

• Fixed bug causing evowok wearing barding to be invisible in the encounter screen when on an encountered breeder's left-hand side.
• Fixed scripting bug preventing rematches against Abigail in Feldspar.
• Prevented encountered breeders sometimes fielding evowok with no useful moves.
• Added ability to switch between evowok from the evowok stats screen using the directional keys or mouse.

• Fixed minor bug causing main menu selection to be incorrect when exiting the Options menu.
• Removed opportunity to learn non-existant move and included update for existing occurrences.
• Revised interactions with Fergus in the highlands.
• Burglars now only steal valuable items when raiding chests.
• Added a slider in the Options menu to increase or reduce overall sound volume.
• Tidied savefile junk data from previous updates.

• Fully revised evowok barding! All barding can now be purchased from all armourers, but can only be produced if the player is in possession of the correct blueprint! Evowok no longer grow out of barding once fitted. Blueprints for existing and new barding can now be found throughout the game!
• Damaged evowok nets can now be repaired by several characters!
• Wearing some barding can now cause non-chionophilic breeds to suffer reduced capabilities due to overheating in hot environments.
• Barding weight now reduces flight capabilities.
• Added new traders to two towns.
• Added three new special encounters.
• Added eight new barding designs for seven evowok breeds.
• Altered behaviour of Pietas in South Opal Village.
• Damage to attackers from bioelectric defenses is now correctly increased by conductivity from barding or moisture.
• Fixed bug causing bioelectric discharges from attacking evowok to damage more than one opponent when striking multiple opponents with a single attack.
• Fixed bug causing characters to purchase items in which they should have no interest.
• Fixed bug causing a crash when purchasing a character's last item.
• Fixed bug causing crash in inventory interface when carrying broken evowok nets.
• Fixed capitalisation error in the inventory interface.
• Fixed swapped descriptions for thermophilic and chionophilic evowok breeds.
• Fixed evowok encounter chances when exploring locales.
• Fixed incorrect behaviour of storyline relating to Guido in the Southern Isles.
• Corrected colouring issues affecting three evowok lineages.
• Minor interface improvements.
• Miscellaneous code and efficiency improvements.

• Major revisions to existing gameplay:
  • Revised evowok healing system!
    • Evowok injuries no longer heal naturally over time, or have a requirement to do so; instead, healing injuries by first-aid can now fully heal injuries up to 100% (depending on the First-Aid Skill of the practitioner!), and there is no limit to the number of times healing can be applied to a particular injury.
    • Removed carapace filler from the game; evowok shells can now be treated by first-aid as with other injuries.
  • Fully revised the effects of different events on player Bravado throughout the game:
    • Bravado is no longer affected by most trivial events.
    • Effects on Bravado during a match now vary depending on the size of the spectating crowd!
    • Bravado totals including modifiers are now shown in the character details window.
    • Altered alcohol tolerance handling, and changed the way that alcohol and drugs affect player Bravado to improve their usefulness.
    • The player now pines for good food after wandering the wilderness for some time without a hot meal, losing some Bravado. Eating consumables will stave off this sentiment (as will good food in any of the dining houses the Kingdom has to offer!)
    • Changes to Bravado and Luck are now fully notified throughout the game.
  • Fully reworked timekeeping functions for accuracy and consistency across local and world settings:
    • Revised scaling of time passage whether travelling on the world map or exploring towns and other localities.
    • Time now passes consistently during non-gameplay events, or when engaged in activities such as evowok matches!
  • Holding the Shift key while travelling on the world map now allows the player to actively hunt for wild evowok, travelling at a slower rate but with an increased chance of evowok encounters!
• Updates and changes to existing content:
  • Pills, body grease and ablative venom now last for a more consistent range of time.
  • Added crowd sounds for spectated events outside the Arena!
  • Modified visual effects of alcohol and powder.
  • Gave more descriptive names to elixirs in the inventory.
  • Updated graphics for several common inventory items.
  • Minor characteristic tweaks to certain breeds.
  • Added one new Other Achievement.
• Fixed (many!) existing bugs:
  • Fixed bug causing crash before the title screen.
  • Fixed bug causing serious erroneous post-match behaviour following some matches against a single opponent.
  • Fixed obsolete effects of coagulant and antidote potions.
  • Fixed colouring issue for heesquees wearing barding.
  • Fixed bug causing erroneous text when kicked by a horse.
  • Fixed bug causing incorrect behaviour upon removing The One Ring.
  • Fixed bug causing incorrect behaviour in dealing with Werner and Manfred under some circumstances.
  • Fixed bug reducing poison damage when travelling on the world map.
  • Fixed bug potentially causing reset of NPC evowok fatalities during the first play session for new players.
  • Fixed potential incorrect behaviour when a player's evowok was killed by a dangerous wild evowok under some circumstances.
  • Fixed bug causing the player's final Luck point not to be counted when attacked by a dangerous wild evowok!
  • Fixed bug causing fire damage to non-sensitive locations to cause injury and Endurance loss.
  • Fixed bug preventing body grease from functioning correctly.
  • Fixed bug causing some properties not to be correctly cleared when becoming a chrysalis.
  • Fixed bug in conditions for entering display matches at the Wrestling Stadium.
  • Fixed bug causing the Hibernate skill to cause a crash.
  • Fixed bug causing evowok to be capable of sleeping while still standing.
  • Fixed incorrect challenge markers for characters in multiple maps.
  • Fixed bugs causing incorrect behaviours in several scripts.
  • Fixed incorrect evowok information for Johnny in Jasper.
  • Minor typo corrections in several scripts.
• Under-the-hood improvements:
  • Improved efficiency of on-load savefile update functionality and included tidying to remove obsolete data for existing savefiles.
  • Implemented support for ambient environment sounds in location maps.
  • Miscellaneous code tidying and efficiency improvements.

• Fixed silly bug preventing new characters from accessing their inventory.

• NPC breeders whose evowok are killed now replace their evowok with a new catch before their next match.
• Markers are now shown above characters who have challenged the player to a match but have not yet been defeated!
• Added a new tidal rock-pool habitat type.
• Revised post-match messages across different contexts for consistency.
• Added more appropriate text upon failure to affect an evowok using a telepathic Ability.
• Replaced one existing environment backdrop.
• Renown is now earned in the Sardonyx Pits for defeating all present breeders (rather than one large pit fight).
• Fixed bug causing non-targetted moves to have an erroneously high failure chance.
• Fixed bug causing a crash when entering a fight after suffering an evowok fatality in a previous match.
• Fixed bug causing some evowok to appear in incorrect habitats under certain circumstances.
• Fixed bug causing player renown not to be increased correctly when playing matches with breeders encountered on the world map.
• Fixed bug potentially switching the player's entered evowok during a tourney.
• Fixed bug causing the wrong backdrop to occasionally be displayed for one environment.
• Corrected strange behaviour of match information texts when entrants' evowok had already been killed.
• Corrected wild waggels and wampedes being encountered with the Ram Ability.
• Corrected three Stadium Masters who would challenge the player before all of their Trainers had first been defeated.
• Corrected lack of a Power statistic for the ai, sorai and ogler.
• Corrected mouse cursor behaviour on quitting from the update check dialogue.
• Minor adjustment to Renown requirement for the Star Breeder award.
• Minor habitat population and encounter chance revisions for certain breeds.
• Minor breed characteristic revisions for certain breeds.
• Minor interface tweaks and improvements.
• Data directories are now checked on loading rather than created at install.
• Miscellaneous code tidying and efficiency improvements.

• Fixed a silly bug introduced in last update causing Psyche scores to be incorrectly calculated.
• Fixed bug allowing Gentle Lick to be learned by evowok without a tongue.
• Truffles now correctly count as a perishable item.
• Revised some early-game interactions with characters in Jasper to avoid undesirable consequences.
• Renamed several existing Other Achievements and added two new Other Achievements.
• Added a new EBA trainer to one Stadium.
• Changed the Ability taught by one character.
• Completed versatility improvements to population and encounter chance calculations begun in previous update.

• Fixes for existing bugs:
  • Fixed serious bug causing the player to retain dead evowok after matches.
  • Fixed serious bug causing NPCs to retain dead evowok after matches (or for surviving evowok to die erroneously!)
  • Fixed bug causing potentially serious incorrect behaviour when evowok died from residual poisoning after a match.
  • Fixed bug preventing critical failures for some non-targetted attacks.
  • Fixed bug preventing bioelectric attacks from functioning correctly.
  • Fixed bug causing excretions to provide no protection.
  • Fixed bug causing Angus in Jasper to give multiple first-aid kits to players with high Bravado; he now gives the player three first-aid kits when defeated, regardless of player Bravado.
  • Possibly fixed a mysterious graphical bug causing occasional frame-drop for at least some systems.
  • Corrected aesthetics of the Soundtrack window to account for long tracknames.
  • Corrected mistakes in abilities and statistics for the mandala, mandrogon and monstroscolops breeds.
  • Corrected default fallback targetting of attacks to headless evowok.
  • Corrected potential textual issue for one attack.
  • Preparation now correctly increases hit chances for attacks targetting multiple evowok (and is noted in the relevant Glossary entry).
  • Corrected, updated and expanded hit-chances and other information given in the Ability details screen.
  • Minor corrections to anatomical data for three evowok breeds.
• Gameplay revisions & changes:
  • It is now possible for projectile attacks that miss their intended target to hit another evowok in the fight (friend or foe!)
  • Redesigned move success calculations (increasing base success/hit chance for all Abilities).
  • Pinning moves are now automatically successful against an already-pinned evowok upon successive uses (although they may still fail to continue to pin the victim that turn).
  • Removed permanent defensive excretions from all evowok breeds.
  • Brain injuries now reduce Psyche.
• Updates to existing content:
  • Renamed the Thunderstorm Ability to Thunderblast (and updated for all existing evowok).
  • Transfix now does its full damage only on first impaling an evowok, and reduced damage on subsequent turns.
  • Edward in Jasper no longer reserves charity for players with low Bravado, and will always aid players with low funds.
  • Revised which Talents are possible for all Abilities.
  • Revised sounds for claw-based and ejaculatory attacks.
  • Revised graphics for one lineage.
  • Minor revisions to in-game texts.
• New content:
  • Added three new Abilities: Claw Spin, Aura Of Confusion and Thunderstorm (and new EBA Trainers to teach the new Abilities!)
  • Added in-fight graphic for defensive excretions.
• Interface improvements & changes:
  • Standardised stat-bar information throughout the game interfaces.
  • Replaced the in-battle "Speed" bar with a more detailed "Agility" bar for clarity.
  • Changed colour of the details key hint on in-battle Skill bars to make it more visible.
  • Holding the Tab key on your evowok's turn in the battle interface will now display Abilities' current success/hit chances rather than raw Skill Level information.
  • Standardised frame-delays throughout the game engine.
• Under-the-hood improvements:
  • Improved versatility of population data and rarity calculations.
  • Miscellaneous code tidying and efficiency improvements.

• Added three complete new evowok lineages!
• Added two new Abilities!
• Added in-flight graphics for all flight-capable evowok breeds.
• Added new colour variants for three lineages.
• Modified one character to teach a new Ability.
• Injuries to bodyparts causing additional attack and defense damage are now taken into account in calculating damage bonuses.
• Adjusted and corrected breed characteristics and injury models for several existing evowok breeds.
• Fixed bug causing a crash when attempting to view music information before loading a career slot.
• Fixed potentially serious bug causing some characters to interact incorrectly when the player is extremely drunk.
• Fixed non-functioning flight abilities for electricoms and stormicoms.
• Fixed minor graphical issues for nine evowok breeds.
• Added capability for pinning attacks to do increased damage on first hitting a target.
• Added capability for evowok injury models with no core body.
• Better specified body location data for certain anatomies.
• Miscellaneous code and efficiency improvements.

• Gameplay revisions, changes & new features:
  • Carrying firewood now increases travel speed on the world map (but gradually depletes the firewood!)
  • There is now a limit to the amount of weight that can comfortably be carried in the inventory. Being overloaded causes a reduction in travel speed and reduced Bravado!
  • The player's horse can now be optionally saddled as a mount (increasing travel speed) or as a packhorse (decreasing encumbrance).
  • Traders now carry a limited amount of money with which to purchase items.
  • Items sold to traders now appear in their inventories (and can thus be rebought if desired!)
  • The player's coin-purse now appears in the inventory, and money can be discarded if desired (to save weight when overburdened, for instance).
  • Nets torn or burned by evowok now become damaged rather than destroyed, and can still be used until replaced (but with a reduced chance to catch evowok).
  • It is now possible to carry multiple nets of the same type.
  • Improved accuracy of timekeeping while travelling.
  • Evowok no longer need to prepare poison in advance for defense or for venomous attacks.
  • Slightly reduced the amount of poison received from venomous attacks or attacks on poisonous evowok.
  • Sachets of evowok venom can now only be applied to claws.
• New content:
  • Added three complete new evowok lineages!
  • Added one new Talent!
  • Added new music track for Fight Commissioner Morton's office in the Arena (reintroducing Bill Finlay's Pre-Action Intermission menu music from the Evowok Breeder V2 Evowok Arena addon!)
  • Added a character to teach one move not previously available outside of a specific storyline.
  • Added a character to teach better travel packing, increasing the player's encumbrance capacity.
  • Added a storage chest in Room 2 at the Tooth & Claw Inn.
  • Added two new bank branches, in Feldspar and Peridot.
  • Added four new Other Achievements.
• Updated & removed content:
  • Removed the evowok merchant from Peridot.
  • Removed pouches of nails from the game.
  • Removed carriable copies of the rules of Shithead from the game.
  • Removed Poison and Venom abilities from the game in line with new poison/venom system (updating all existing evowok trained in these abilities).
  • Revised one evowok lineage, replacing one instar with a new evowok breed!
  • Renamed Gunk Squirt to Mucus Squirt.
  • The evowok pit in Diamond Villa now gets the player's attention on passing, and matches encountered here now feature a wider range of evowok breeds, with scaled antes.
  • Randomised matches are now available at the evowok pits in the basements of the Black Quag Tavern in Sardonyx and the Mandrake Root in Port Alexandrite.
  • All banks now offer safety deposit boxes, in which items can be stored for later retrieval.
  • Reduced Bert's debt to Luciel.
  • Bert will now eventually repay his debt to the player instead of offering hospitality dividends.
  • Doctor Foster in Tiger's Eye is now sometimes available to ply his trade.
  • Revised random evowok naming possibilities.
  • Modified evowok population types for some environments.
  • Updated anatomical models for several breeds.
• Interface updates & new features:
  • Added additional information to the evowok breed details window for known breeds.
  • Worn items are now marked in the inventory window.
  • The view mode for the inventory window is now remembered.
  • Inventory items can now be reordered when choosing items to store or sell as well as from the main inventory interface.
  • It is now possible to sort and reorder items stored in chests.
  • The Escape key can now be used to cancel teaching an Ability from the evowok details interface.
  • The list of teachable Abilities and Talents now displays Abilities and Talents separately and the total number of Abilities or Talents not yet learned, and can be sorted by name (ascending or descending).
  • The list of teachable Abilities and Talents is now accessible from the character details interface.
  • The character details interface no longer lists the player's Coins (which are now viewable in the Inventory).
  • Improved notification texts in trading screens.
  • Updated and reordered glossary information for the character details interface.
  • Venomous attacks are now marked with an icon in an evowok's Abilities list.
  • The Ability details interface now lists attacks as venomous.
• Fixes for existing bugs & issues:
  • Corrected inconsistent use of terminology for Abilities in the evowok details interface.
  • Fixed bug in the inventory interface causing selection to move outside the visible part of the list when switching between view styles while buying, selling or storing items.
  • Fixed bug in inventory interface allowing items to attempt to be moved past the end of the list and to behave differently depending on the number of items in the inventory.
  • Fixed bug exploiting which allowed items to be duplicated.
  • Fixed potential major bug causing the player to disappear into a dark void while traversing the world map!
  • Fixed minor bug causing incorrect price to be reported when buying firewood in one location.
  • Fixed bug preventing completion of task to collect tourniquets for Doctor Lazarus in Diamond Villa.
  • Fixed update bug causing some removed items to potentially persist when they were not carried by the player.
  • Fixed bug causing chest to be closed following retrieval of items rather than returning to the menu.
  • Fixed text in prompt for number of items to drop when discarding items.
  • Fixed nonsensical interface behaviour asking for confirmation for selling/discarding items when not possible anyway.
  • Fixed bug potentially causing a crash if the player were to be eaten by a grindel.
  • Fixed bug causing eye injuries to have no effect on vision for several breeds.
  • Fixed bug causing applied venom not to work correctly.
  • Fixed bug causing evowok with large tongues not to always receive additional poison when licking a poisonous evowok.
  • Fixed bug potentially allowing duplicate player names to be created.
  • Fixed bug allowing numerics in evowok names.
  • Fixed minor scripting bug in one random encounter.
  • Corrected proportional information for body layouts for several breeds.
  • Corrected centering of character details interface.
• Under-the-hood improvements:
  • Implemented the ability to store items in multiple locations.
  • Implemented the ability to wear multiple items of the same type.
  • Unified code for all inventory management interfaces and made additional minor text and aesthetic tweaks.
  • Removed duplicate data in evowok statistics module.
  • Combined breed data stored across multiple files to a single file.
  • Various other miscellaneous code tidying and efficiency improvements.

• Added three complete new evowok lineages!
• Fixed minor grammatical bug causing incorrect indefinite articles in catching chances for wild evowok.
• Fixed minor bug in evowok rarity calculations.
• Fixed bug causing NPC evowok not to use moves requiring the target evowok to be unconscious in some situations.
• Attacks which could previously only be used against unconscious or sleeping evowok can now also be used against stunned evowok.
• Reduced the average Strength characteristic for the gnirt lineage.
• Added additional possible pre-learned attacks for wild evowok of several breeds.
• Minor code simplifications/optimisations for dealing with certain injury locations.

• New content:
  • Added five new locations to the world map, complete with new facilities, characters and quests!
  • Added fifteen new random encounters to the world map!
  • Added four new variants to existing random encounters.
  • Added three complete new evowok lineages!
  • Added new barding for four existing evowok breeds.
  • Added various new general and task-related inventory and equipment items.
  • Added multiple possible conclusions to Ebany's storyline.
  • Added multiple possible continuations of storylines relating to Lord Hadley and Queen Gemma in the event of a coup.
  • Added new completionist objective to win an Arena Tournament with every evowok breed!
  • Added two new courier tasks available through Taniel in Sardonyx.
  • Added new missions related to the Church of Almighty Tup in the City of Zircon.
  • Added opportunities to learn skills which could previously become unavailable in particular circumstances.
  • Added one new battle music track!
• Added and modified game interface features:
  • Added "Other Achievements" list, accessible from the player's character sheet.
  • Added the ability to view the current music track information at any point by pressing # in-game!
  • Added icons in the breed details window to show breeds which the player has fielded successfully in Arena Tournaments.
  • Enabled use of the right mouse button to display the submenu for items in the inventory.
  • The new task notification now specifies if multiple new tasks have become active.
  • The breed details window now remembers the chosen list sorting style.
  • The task list can now be opened directly from the new task notification.
  • The in-battle evowok states list now lists exact values for relevant states.
  • Camouflage, excretions and preparation evowok are now included in the in-battle evowok states list.
  • Base chance to miss is now listed for sensory injuries.
  • Improved glossary entries for clarification and to include further information.
  • Added a glossary page for the battle interface.
  • The Skill details window now lists the current success chance for the Skill.
  • The targetting interface now lists calculated chances of hitting each location.
  • Updated and revised glossary entries for readability and consistency of terminology.
  • Expanded information given in initial controls dialogue to include all usable keys.
  • The Speed bar in the match interface now displays exact Agility values.
  • It is now possible to purchase multiple items from shops in one sale.
• Updated & changed content:
  • Changed music for two existing map locations.
  • Expanded and improved inventory trading system to add functionality for new features.
  • Increased the amount of stock potentially carried by traders.
  • Increased base success chance for all Skills.
  • Improved accuracy of calculation for move success, slightly increasing likelihood of success and making every Skill point count!
  • The Skill Level of an Ability no longer affects the amount of Stamina required to perform it and no longer grants a bonus to damage dealt.
  • Endurance and Stamina are now restored automatically at the end of a match.
  • Standardised and reduced cost of barding repairs.
  • Failed attempts at haggling now slightly reduce Bravado.
  • Some traders will now offer better or worse prices for particular items.
  • Some trainers now impart a bonus to initial skill for a newly taught move.
  • Evowok suffering crippling injuries now sustain lasting damage to those body parts (in the form of reduced HPs) even if later healed, meaning that body parts with old injuries are slightly more likely to be injured in future.
  • Very drunk characters are now incapable of using inventory items or coherently conversing with NPCs.
  • Characters with injuries or other impediments now walk more slowly in local maps.
  • Bravado can now be temporarily limited by certain impediments, such as injury or excessive alcohol intake.
  • Using First-Aid Kits no longer increases First-Aid Skill with every use.
  • Evowok rods are now available in two new locations.
  • It is now possible to pry open hatches on the deck of a hulk when rusted shut.
  • Added additional speech to one spectator in Ruby Villa to give hints on the Scambur Dash minigame.
  • Harris in Zirconium will now purchase a wider range of jewelery items.
  • Frieda in Pyrite will now purchase all types of luminescent mushrooms.
  • Simon in Jasper now gives new characters first-aid kits, and additional first-aid kits are available around Jasper for new characters.
  • Cherry bushes no longer sometimes contain evowok.
  • Changed the location of the Telepathic Stadium.
  • Changed location of one character previously only available in a random encounter.
  • Added explicit starting tasks for new characters starting in Jasper.
  • Changed breeds and lowered Prowess levels of some evowok encountered by new characters in Jasper.
  • Filter cloths can now only be used once the player has learned their purpose from Harid in Tourmaline.
  • Some fissures in the volcanic wastes now require a filter cloth to enter.
  • Removed all matches from the game which were limited to two-evowok-per-side.
  • Removed stimulant and analgesic potions from the game entirely (replacing these with antidote and coagulant potions respectively for existing characters).
  • Minor revisions and clarifications to some dialogue with characters from the Western Empire.
  • Minor revision to dialogue with Taniel in Sardonyx to clarify conditions for one courier task.
  • Minor improvements and expansions to several scripts relating to the Priests of Tup.
  • Minor modifications to evowok populations and rarities.
  • Small tweaks to existing breed statistics, capabilities and injury models.
  • Renamed one existing evowok breed.
  • Added additional morphological traits and corresponding statistics and capabilities for some breeds.
  • Modified and expanded character achievement descriptors.
  • Increased starting Skill levels for evowok purchased from Simon in Jasper.
  • Updated Renown and Training Skill statistics for existing PCs.
  • Miscellaneous graphical optimisations and improvements.
  • Miscellaneous code and scripting tidying and optimisation.
• Fixed existing bugs and issues:
  • Fixed bug causing barding to continue to appear in an evowok's injuries list even when destroyed.
  • Fixed two bugs causing incorrect text to be shown regarding damage to barding in an evowok's injuries list.
  • Fixed bug causing physical defenses to be calculated incorrectly, with the result that many evowok could catch fire far more easily than intended!
  • Fixed display bug affecting display of the inventory scrollbar when discarding or expending items towards the end of the inventory list.
  • Fixed potential bug causing a crash when walking on particular surfaces.
  • Fixed potential bug affecting colouring for one breed.
  • Fixed bug causing some messages to be displayed incorrectly when a character was killed by a dangerous wild evowok.
  • Fixed bug causing some damage notifications to be incorrect when attacker received penetrating wounds from defender's physical defenses.
  • Fixed bug preventing learning of "one-legged kick".
  • Fixed bug preventing access to injury list for evowok whose only injury is damaged barding.
  • Fixed bug causing some attacks to inflict poison damage even when blocked by armour.
  • Fixed bug causing woknip not to degrade correctly in all circumstances.
  • Fixed bug causing additional comma in one message during matches.
  • Fixed bug preventing player injury in one situation.
  • Fixed bug causing some traders' stock to be incorrect, and expanded engine to allow for stock-tracking of more traders in a given location.
  • Fixed bug causing evowok Endurance and Stamina bars to be drawn incorrectly under some circumstances.
  • Fixed bug causing incorrect message when certain attacks caused the target evowok to slip over.
  • Fixed bug causing Bravado not to be correctly adjusted upon winning/losing games of Shithead.
  • Fixed bug causing colours to display incorrectly for weabels when wearing barding.
  • Fixed bug in display of targetting interface.
  • Fixed bug causing playtime to continue to be displayed for erased career slots.
  • Fixed bug causing chrysalises to sometimes display incorrectly.
  • Fixed potential bug causing Speed bar to over-extend.
  • Fixes for several pluralisation bugs.
  • Added preload workaround for unidentified issue causing some music tracks not to play correctly on first load.
  • Prevented keystrokes on loading screen from skipping update notifications.
  • Fixed scripting bug causing filter cloths not to function correctly in one encounter.
  • Fixed scripting bug affecting pricing of armour repairs for one armourer.
  • Fixed scripting bugs affecting two characters when receiving evowok as gifts.
  • Fixed scripting bug causing strange behaviour under one circumstance when the player was killed during a robbery.
  • Fixed scripting bug causing one task to be erroneously cancelled upon discarding a particular item.
  • Fixed scripting bugs causing Stadium display matches to be unavailable until all trainers had been defeated.
  • Fixed scripting bug causing Taniel to become aware of mail interception erroneously in one circumstance.
  • Fixed bug allowing entry to Peridot without a Gate Pass!
  • Fixed minor scripting bug with no current effects in one task.
  • Fixed several potential minor scripting bugs relating to one storyline.
  • Fixed mapping bug causing odd behaviour of the Pits doormen in Aquamarine Docks.
  • Fixed issue causing incorrect Skill Training levels for evowok in the care of NPCs.
  • Fixed minor graphical issue affecting unconscious weabels.
  • Corrected evowok fielded by Barker in the Brawling Stadium.
  • Corrected prize amount displayed for Bronze Tournaments at the Arena.
  • Corrected ante amount for one breeder in Jasper.
  • Removed potential dead-end from one task.
  • Minor typo fixes in various scripts.

• Fixed bug causing reduction to the force of some multi-hit attacks.
• Fixed bug allowing attacks to knock over or stun an evowok even when successfully blocked by a forcefield.
• Fixed bug causing two breeds to be encountered in the wild with training in a move of which they are not physically capable.
• Fixed bug causing the Tooth & Claw Inn to be erroneously closed when entering Old Amber Town for the first time.
• Fixed bug causing the player not to receive a reward correctly from Queen Gemma.
• Fixed bug causing Bert to receive additional threats after his debt has been paid, and included fix for existing characters.
• Fixed bug causing time not to pass correctly when commissioning a map from Anthony in Amethyst City.
• Fixed dialogue bug in conversation with Francis in Tiger's Eye.
• Corrected behaviour of the door to Room 2 at the Tooth & Claw Inn.
• Corrected typo in the description for jackroot.
• Tweaked in-battle notification for Forcefield.
• Changed evowok fielded by Trainer Potter in the Psionic Stadium.
• Horses will now sometimes kick when approached from behind!
• Miscellaneous code and script tidying, fixes and improvements.

• Fixed bug causing incorrect pluralisation when purchasing a single item from some traders.
• Analgesic potions are now available to new characters from several characters in Jasper.
• Added one new inventory item, tourniquets, and edited existing maps and scripts accordingly.
• Added one new minor task in Diamond Villa.
• The drug dealer in Sardonyx now sells a wider range of products.
• Minor and miscellaneous script updates.

• Fixed bug causing injuries received in particular situations not to be healed correctly by medics or using first aid.
• Fixed minor bug in one encounter.
• Autoplay mode is now available during opponents' turns in all matches.

• Removed obsolete item causing a crash when viewing the inventory, and included a fix for existing characters.
• Miscellaneous code optimisation.

• Fixed serious bug causing a crash when speaking with Millaria in Zirconium Market.
• Fixed serious bug causing a crash on completing one prize-fight in Old Amber Town.
• Fixed serious bug causing one unique item to become duplicated under certain circumstances, and included fix for existing characters.
• Fixed scripting bug in dialogue with Jai in Jade Island Town.
• Fixed bug in dialogue with Reed in Paste Commune.
• Fixed two potential dead-ends with regards to earning Renown.
• Made improvements to prevent accidental failure of one task for Taniel in Sardonyx.
• Modified certain Renown rewards and included updates for existing characters.
• Limited item availability for some traders.
• Changed display of maximum Renown in the character statistics window.
• Corrected minor typo in one dialogue.
• Minor modification to improve existing fix for one previous bug.
• Additional minor scripting improvements and optimisations.
• Minor aesthetic improvements to game interfaces.
• Miscellaneous code and scripting interpreter optimisations.

• Fixed bug causing a crash when excavating a boulder using a pickaxe.
• Fixed bug causing a crash when trying to ascend or descend steps on the decks of some ships.
• Improved physical navigation of certain objects and surfaces.
• Removed two items of obsolete descriptive text from one location.

• Fixed serious bug causing the player to potentially erroneously die of thirst in certain circumstances, including a fix for characters already affected.
• Fixed several small potential bugs and made consistency improvements in the scripting engine.

• Fixed bug causing a crash when entering the Kennel Master's office in the Telepathic Stadium.
• Fixed contradictory trading possibility in one encounter.
• Fixed bug allowing one book to be read multiple times.
• Fixed two unreadable signs.
• Fixed bug causing taper-leaves not to satisfy cravings when chewed.
• Modified effects of taper-leaf cravings.
• Modified effects of powder withdrawal symptoms.
• Other minor and miscellaneous script updates.

• Fixed bug causing the game to hang when encountering a wild evowok under particular circumstances.
• Fixed bug causing a crash when examining details for the Severity Talent.
• Fixed bug potentially causing a crash when a character possessed an unusually high level of Experience.
• Added market valuation to evowok trading calculations (so that particular evowok breeds will decline in value if they are sold too often).
• Increased allowed injury level for an evowok to be able to practise Skills when spending Experience.
• Improved interface controls when selecting an amount of Experience to spend when training an evowok (and other sliding values).
• Improvements to evowok skill-practice interface.
• Corrected Derren in Jasper to purchase only young evowok as stated.
• Removed several items of incorrect/obsolete information from the glossary.
• Added commas to some numerical values.
• Minor code tidying and improvements.

• Fixed bug causing a crash when an evowok was injured when attacked by a wild evowok, and improved general handling of this circumstance.
• Fixed bug causing erroneous colouring of two breeds of evowok.
• Fixed bug causing certain shelves not to be examinable.
• Minor map update to Topaz Park.

• Fixed bug with evowok selection menu when entering certain fights.
• Fixed bug causing tasks for John Roebling to potentially become reset, and included a fix for characters already affected.
• Fixed two bugs affecting the behaviour of Jon Long in particular circumstances, and included a fix for characters already affected.
• Fixed bug in the guard's behaviour when exiting the Carnelian pump-house.
• Fixed minor typo in speech of one NPC.
• Removed possibility of revisiting the forest path in the Tiger Woods directly from the world map.

• All healable injuries (including teeth) are now treatable with standard first-aid.
• Increased natural healing rate of evowok teeth and claws.
• The "Swap Hands" menu option now only appears when the player is caring for two evowok.
• Rescripted existing dentists to offer standard first-aid.
• Fixed bug causing the inventory to crash after taking first-aid kits from the Carnelian pump room.
• Corrected glossary to remove incorrect note on evowok Agility affecting travel speed, and added glossary notes on evowok KOs and Kills statistics.
• Minor correction to information given by Doctor Gray's assistants in Jasper.
• Corrected and expanded infomation given by the breeders met in Alan Grant's shop in Sardonyx.
• Reduced level of donations made by Robyn Hoode.
• Removed possibility of losing access to two NPCs capable of teaching skills to evowok as a result of certain story paths.
• Minor map edits to Tiger's Eye.

• Fixed bug causing injuries not to be correctly handled by the healing system when exactly 50% of the total allowable damage.
• Fixed bug causing vagrants to erroneously thank the player despite not being shown any charity.
• Fixed bug causing Taniel to become disgruntled with the player upon successful completion of a courier task, and added fix for players already affected.
• Improved behaviour of doormen at the Peridot Evowok Pits.
• Expanded descriptive texts in Jasper.

• Fixed bug causing a crash when attempting to sell items to traders while carrying an outdated ticket for the Sardonyx evowok pits, and improved inventory routines to avoid similar bugs in future.
• Fixed a minor bug causing the correct terrain notification not to be displayed when entering the northern highlands directly from the coast.

• Fixed last-minute serious bug causing problems with the creation of new characters.

• First release!