Athenian Rhapsody News

Rhapsodogs!!! I'm so glad that so many of you are enjoying the game! I've been working hard to iron out all of the quirks, bugs, and strange happenings you guys have found. Here's a list of what's currently been patched in 0.96.22, and what's coming in future updates:

What's been fixed:

• The crash happening when being caught in the Avalanche
  
• The tea being added to the player's inventory when full
  
• Doug (not Thunder Goober) not disappearing after befriending everyone in the Tundra/Fixed All Befriended Biomes Badges/Postmark
  
• Fixed an issue where if encountering the hero but Scrut'nhaus'r was defeated, it won't be recognized
  
• The crash happening in player's Rhapsodies when their connected was Scrut'nhaus'r or GirlCat
  
• Taking Steam screenshots
  
• Chill Mode Menu crashing if you have a Munchkin and have never activated Chill Mode
  
• Nerfed Richard's Lasers
  
• The oversight where you can exit the Long Cat room early
  
• The issue when reloading after dying during the Orazio fight
  
• The overlapping text in the Franklin Balloon Fight
  
• Aerosol's achievement not unlocking during Lullaby route
  
• Steam Screenshots not registering
  
• Battles not progressing after eating the Golden Frisky
  
• "Nevermind" option not working in Main Menu object
  
• Out of bounds Horatio Basketball oversight
  
• Weird cutscene trigger outside of Athens in the cave
  
• Pause menu being re-openable after immediately closing it, allowing players to do weird stuff
  
• Shield Invincibility in Horatio fight
  
• Made the text when Richard sends the dog away clearer
  
• Two games in a row Tutorial crash
  
• Horatio Double James bug
  
• Tundra Gottheil Armor Crash
  
• Various collisions
  
• Other small oversights or minor things you found
  

What I'm still working on:

• Horatio's Basketball Hitboxes
  
• Steamdeck Achievements
  
• Potential softlock in Lullaby Route when spamming BEFRIEND
  
• Dying immediately after fighting the fly without saving or hitting an autosave can result in a softlock
  
• Standing in a weird spot during the Cattail Beach cutscene can push you out of bounds
  
• Richard's chase music won't play after death
  
• Various other small quirks, oversights, or things I didn't think you would do!
  

Through you're help, I'm going to make this game AIR TIGHT!!! It's much different having thousands of you guys run through this game as compared to my few testers, thank you for your patience and help. THOUSANDS of Rhapsodies have been created thus far!!!

I'm so excited to keep growing and building this game... I have new content coming sooner than you think! Stay tuned Dogs!

Hello Rhapsodogs - thank you for the immense support on Athenian Rhapsody through launch... This has been insane!!! This post is about the update that just went live, patching some bugs you have found. I'll be updating this post with small build changes that fix things you find!

[h3]0.96.22 Update[/h3]

• The crash happening when being caught in the Avalanche
  
• The tea being added to the player's inventory when full
  
• Doug (not Thunder Goober) not disappearing after befriending everyone in the Tundra/Fixed All Befriended Biomes Badges/Postmark
  
• Fixed an issue where if encountering the hero but Scrut'nhaus'r was defeated, it won't be recognized
  

[h3]Emergency 0.96.21 Update[/h3]
Due to an issue, I had to update this version to 0.96.21 - if you experience a crash during the LEGEND CUTSCENES, ensure you're on this version. If you are and you are experiencing this issue or any others, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!

This emergency patch also fixes...

• The crash happening in player's Rhapsodies when their connected was Scrut'nhaus'r or GirlCat
  
• Taking Steam screenshots
  
• Chill Mode Menu crashing if you have a Munchkin and have never activated Chill Mode
  

[h3]0.96.2 Update[/h3]
This update fixes...

• Nerfed Richard's Lasers
  
• The oversight where you can exit the Long Cat room early
  
• The issue when reloading after dying during the Orazio fight
  
• The overlapping text in the Franklin Balloon Fight
  
• Aerosol's achievement not unlocking during Lullaby route
  
• Steam Screenshots not registering
  
• Battles not progressing after eating the Golden Frisky
  
• "Nevermind" option not working in Main Menu object
  
• Out of bounds Horatio Basketball oversight
  
• Weird cutscene trigger outside of Athens in the cave
  
• Pause menu being re-openable after immediately closing it, allowing players to do weird stuff
  
• Shield Invincibility in Horatio fight
  
• Made the text when Richard sends the dog away clearer
  
• Two games in a row Tutorial crash
  
• Horatio Double James bug
  
• Tundra Gottheil Armor Crash
  
• Various collisions
  
• Other small oversights or minor things you found
  

Things I'm still working on...

• Horatio's Basketball Hitboxes
  
• Steamdeck Achievements
  
• Potential softlock in Lullaby Route when spamming BEFRIEND
  
• Dying immediately after fighting the fly without saving or hitting an autosave can result in a softlock
  
• Standing in a weird spot during the Cattail Beach cutscene can push you out of bounds
  
• Richard's chase music won't play after death
  

Please let me know if anything is now broken, you cannot progress, or any other change was made that was not intended and I will roll it back and fix it - Thank you for all of your reports, and happy Rhapsody chasing!!!

The Playfab servers were also reportedly down momentarily but should be working again!

I have a couple of takes on Nico Papalia's new RPG Athenian Rhapsody, which launched on Steam yesterday and still has a demo. The first is that it's a brighter, glitzier version of Toby Fox's Undertale that looks like it belongs on Gameboy Advance - a retro parody created in GameMaker whose turn-based combat houses many an inventive minigame, and whose writing doesn't so much break the fourth wall as moonwalk along the parapet, showering the player in poop, anime tropes and off-colour mental health advice.

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It's been real, it's been fun. I may even say it's been real fun

It's finally time for YOU to embark upon YOUR Athenian Rhapsody! Please enjoy the game in all its glory, its quirks, messages, aspirations and all it tries to accomplish - I tried my very best alongside great support to make this a game that really, really stays with you for a lifetime. I hope this story really impacts you in your heart for years to come.

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