Alpha Testing Notes

5.1.5

Build 4

What’s New Since Build 3

Tester changelog since Build 3. Prepared for the next TestFlight release.

Added Select Your Campaign after the opening Begin Adventure button.
Create and name multiple campaigns, continue an existing Company, or delete a campaign with confirmation.
Each campaign has separate characters, progression, gold, supplies, equipment, cosmetics, and saves.
New campaigns start fresh and retain the existing opening prologue.
Existing saves are imported into the campaign system without requiring an intentional reset.
Campaign lists scroll as more campaigns are created.

Added a central Game Menu for Resume, Save/Load, Campaigns, and Settings, plus Quit on desktop.
Return to campaign selection without closing the application.
Choose Save & Leave, Leave Without Saving, or Cancel.
Leaving without saving discards progress back to the last loaded or explicitly saved checkpoint. Quick and manual saves remain intact.
Autosaving still protects against unexpected interruptions.
Cleaned up redundant menu controls, headings, and campaign notification placement.

Added an illustrated Adventure Library, reached through Venture Forth in town.
Adventures appear as vintage book covers featuring the Tales from Oddwater logo.
Forsaken Woods displays the campaign’s difficulty and offers Start Adventure or Resume Expedition.
Added an unavailable Adventure 2 preview. No second playable adventure is included yet.

The map remains available while exploring, including midway through a location.
Opening the map does not automatically grant travel access.
Travel and Return to Town become available at valid entrance or completed-exit travel points.
Closing the map returns you to the same location and position.
From a valid travel point, revisit unlocked locations without needing to move through every adjacent location.
Travel between locations is free and places the party at the destination’s entrance.
Cleared encounters, collected treasure, and other location progress remain preserved.
Improved current-location indicators, available routes, and new/completed destination states.
Navigation actions use clearer red TRAVEL buttons.
Return to Town retains its existing provision/gold costs and confirmation.
Viewing the map during combat pauses the encounter behind it and does not allow travel.

Xov’s Vanish: her equipped appearance becomes a solid black silhouette instead of fading nearly out of sight. Normal artwork returns when stealth ends.
Dialogue portraits: the Company portrait now shows the forward living party member with their equipped attire. The existing head crop and portrait layout are unchanged.
Level-up sounds: rapid Guild Hall level-ups play overlapping dings rather than skipping sounds.
Party selection: fixed lingering hover shading on town character cards, including touch interaction. The selected character remains highlighted normally.

Completed the full rules regression suite, including 100 complete adventure runs.
Passed campaign/save isolation, recovery, migration, and save/discard checks.
Passed 180 controller checks across four aspect ratios.
Verified exploration movement, ground alignment, and scenery coverage.
Standalone Windows build completed with zero errors. Physical iPad validation remains part of the Mac build process.

Create two campaigns and verify that their progress and saves stay separate.
Test both saving and discarding before switching campaigns.
Try Adventure Library Start/Resume and back navigation.
Open the map midway through exploration, then compare travel availability at an entrance or completed exit.
Revisit cleared locations and confirm content stays cleared.
Check Xov’s stealth, dialogue portraits with different party orders/attire, rapid level-up sounds, and touch selection highlights.