Spirit of the North is a single-player 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland. Play as an ordinary red fox whose story becomes entwined with the guardian of the Northern Lights, a female spirit fox.
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[h2]We are happy to announce that our biggest update yet is now live![/h2]
[h3]We have added, improved, and overhauled so much in this update based on feedback from our awesome community. A BIG shoutout to everyone that tried the beta![/h3]
Here is a video we put together showing some of the new features.
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[i]Also, consider joining us on the Spirit of the North Discord Server to chat with fans and the devs, plus we have custom fox emojis![/i]
https://discord.gg/sDhpZSg
[h3][b]Update 1.04 Release notes[/b][/h3]
[b]New Features[/b]
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[*]Photomode - Press 1 on the keyboard and D-Pad Down on the controller to enter Photomode and take awesome screenshots with ease!
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[*]3D Prompts UI - Instead of 2D prompts on the bottom left of the screen we now have 3D prompts that show up on a usable object.
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[*]Wisp Overhaul - the Wisp is now much more helpful to the player by chirping near objectives and leading the way.
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[*]Spirit Dash - now leaves a glowing trail behind.
[*]Fox Stamina - You can now run as long as you want without having to slow down.
[*]PC Controls - We have added Bark/Spirit Bark to Left Click on the Mouse and Tail Wag to Right Click when using a keyboard and mouse on PC. This makes it much easier to move while barking and tail wagging.
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[h3]General[/h3]
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[*]Improvement - Music selected in each Chapter now appropriately fits the mood. Playlists offer more variety throughout the whole game.
[*]Improvement - Checkboxes on the options menu are now easier to see.
[*]Improvement - Player can no longer Jump when in the “Sick” state.
[*]Improvement - Dying in Chapter 1, 2, and 6 now drops staff if you are holding one.
[*]Improvement - Fox can no longer Sneeze while dying in Chapter 1.
[*]Improvement - Xbox control images have been updated to better ones.
[*]Improvement - Blueprint optimization overhaul, the game is overall much more optimized in terms of what is always loaded into memory.
[*]Improvement - Change Music can no longer be triggered while in Spirit Form.
[*]Improvement - Change music trigger won't change the music if the desired loop is already playing (won’t randomly turn it off and back on).
[*]Fixed - Issue that caused all shaman icons to show up on Chapter 7 and 8 where there should be none on the chapter select screen.
[*]Fixed - Japanese localization issues.
[*]Fixed - Issue that caused the foxes' mouth to be stuck open if the player was holding a Staff and entered Spirit Form.
[*]Fixed - Releasing Spirit Bark while transitioning back to foxes body from spirit form would cause player to get stuck "charged up". Spirit Bark is now automatically released when spirit form ends.
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[h3]Chapter Specific[/h3]
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[b]Chapter 3[/b]
[*]Fixed - Removed L_thumbstick prompt at end of Chapter_03
[b]Chapter 4[/b]
[*]Fixed -Part 4 now loads much more efficiently, causing less stuttering.
[*]Fixed - Part 5 ground pressure plate jump gate was broken.
[b]Chapter 5 [/b]
[*]Fixed - Issue that caused music to stop playing at the start of the chapter.
[b]Chapter 6[/b]
[*]Improvement - Dramatic changes to the music in Chapter 6.
[*]Fixed - Dashing at certain times could cause the Wisp to not progress through the level correctly.
[*]Fixed - Wisp returned to fox during the middle of the chapter.
[b]Chapter 7[/b]
[*]Improvement - Shaman Spirits are less likely to get stuck while walking around.
[*]Improvement - After healing spirit fox in Chapter 7 large stone gate opens, (players can no longer open it and go through without healing spirit fox).
[*]Fixed - Issue with some tree shadows disappearing at certain camera angles.
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