Version 6.0.1

Fixed: Broken items menu during battles

Version 6.0.0

Added: Full Unity 6 support
Added: Stackable items and equipment in the inventory
Added: Skills can now trigger unique battle animations
Added: Items can now trigger unique battle animations
Added: Custom Enemy Positions for full control over battle layouts
Added: Party Modifier component as a new robust system for adding/removing party members
Added: Quest Journal (open with Z key; quests appear when marked as started and update when marked as completed)
Improved: Item Checker component can now also remove items when found in the inventory
Fixed: Wrong turn indicator highlighting after retreating
Fixed: NPC interactions showing “item given” message even when the required item wasn’t in the inventory
Fixed: Giving away an item causing inventory slot data to break

Version 5.0

Fixed: In mobile mode, after equipping or using an item, character slots not showing in main menu
Fixed: Certain UI elements in mobile mode not fully clickable
Fixed: Highlighted item button not setting activeItem correctly after equipping in mobile mode
Fixed: Incorrect character stats used in battle after switching party members
Fixed: Background music not changing correctly via Common Events script
Fixed: Shop button switching broken after buying an item
Fixed: Shop/Inn touch input triggers multiple times in mobile mode
Fixed: Item highlighter not resetting to first button after use/equip in mobile mode
Fixed: Unable to get past “Press Start” screen in mobile mode
Fixed: Continue button not updating based on presence of save data
Fixed: Save point menu not opening properly
Fixed: Game menu allowed loading without existing save data
Fixed: Secondary character slots not deactivating when entering other menus
Fixed: Pressing enter in empty inventory with secondary characters breaks menu navigation
Fixed: “Goodbye” message after staying at inn needs two button presses to close
Fixed: Inn menu not showing current gold amount
Fixed: Player facing direction can change during title screen
Fixed: Cancelling item selection in battle closes the whole menu instead of reselecting
Fixed: Item description missing in battle menu
Fixed: Battles triggering simultaneously with teleport events
Fixed: Shop buttons unresponsive with multiple shopkeepers
Fixed: Item icons missing after selling all inventory
Fixed: Broken navigation in load screen
Fixed: Multiple Event System objects causing conflicts
Fixed: Inactive switchable layer causing unnecessary collisions
Fixed: Items disappearing when equipping with full inventory
Fixed: Incorrect axis binding for controllers in Input Manager
Fixed: Lag caused by certain enemies when added in bulk to a team
Fixed: Poison damage bug when attempting to retreat
Fixed: Dialog starter’s default rotation save not working
Fixed: Strength debuff causing negative values
Fixed: Defense debuff causing negative values
Fixed: Autosave overwriting manual saves
Fixed: HP and SP not increasing upon level up
Fixed: Multi Quest Object Activator not functioning
Fixed: Turn order not entirely based on agility
Fixed: Event Object Activator sometimes not firing Unity Events
Fixed: Quest Object Activator sometimes not firing Unity Events
Improved: Demo game updated to include all bugfixes

Version 4.5

Fixed: Editor script not showing items reference
Fixed: Button navigation in items and equipment inventories
Fixed: Warning appearing when using dialog choices
Fixed: a bug for facing options in common events component

Version 4.4

Fixed: Bug for saving status data of party members for the new save system.
Fixed: Agility stat saving bug

Version 4.3

Fixed: Bug for saving status data of party members.
Added: Revive ability to skills.
Added: Duration for status effect skills.
Feature: Enemies can now cure their own status effects using skills.
Feature: Support for multiple save states.
Fixed: Bug where the game menu couldn’t be opened after loading a save.

Version 4.2

Fixed a bug in the dialog progress button
Separated dialog progress button into desktop and mobile version
Fixed a bug for saving party members

Version 4.1

Fixed an error in the CharacterStatus script.

Version 4.0

Bug Fixes

Inventory Menu Lock: Resolved an issue where players could not exit or go back in the inventory menu after selecting an item to use or discard.
Dialog Choices Activation: Fixed a bug where dialog choices were only functional when the dialog was triggered by a button press, now allowing for more flexible dialog interactions.
New Game Post-Credits: Addressed a problem where starting a new game after the credits would not work as intended.
Skill Level Bonus Assignment: Corrected a bug where a skill level bonus could assign an empty skill, ensuring proper skill allocation according to level progression.
EXP-Boosting Items: Resolved a bug where items intended to raise EXP could disrupt level progression.

Improvements

EXP Calculation: Enhanced the calculation of gained EXP, particularly for high values, ensuring a more balanced progression.
Layer Change Mechanism: Added a feature for changing layers, allowing characters to walk under or over bridges, enhancing environmental interactivity.
Battle Character Animations: Introduced animations for battle characters, enriching the visual experience during combat.
Enemy and Character Placement: Improved the code related to enemy and character placement in battles, facilitating easier animation integration.
Dialog Choices Flexibility: Enhanced the dialog choices mechanism, now supporting any number of dialog options for more dynamic interactions.
Drag-and-Drop Functionality: Implemented drag-and-drop functionality for various components such as the Game Manager and Battle Manager, streamlining the setup process for inventory items, skills, shop items, and more.
Inventory Check Component: Added a component to verify the presence of certain items in the inventory, allowing for more complex game logic.
Quest Completion Requirements: Expanded the quest completion system to support multiple requirements, offering more depth to quest design.
Critical Hit Mechanics: Introduced a critical hit rate for battle characters and integrated critical hits into battles, adding an extra layer of strategy to combat.
Complete Overhaul of Documentation: The documentation has been thoroughly revised and updated to ensure clarity, comprehensiveness, and ease of use for developers. This overhaul includes detailed guides, examples, and best practices to help you maximize the use of the 2D RPG Kit in your projects.

Version 3.5

- Added Unity Events to various components

- Added dialog during battle

- Reworked dialog system to use scriptable objects

- Added party management system

- Added a battle celebration screen

- Bugfix - Attack all hits target enemy twice

- Bugfix - Status Menu not showing correct party members

Version 3.0

- Removed warnings introduced in newer Unity versions

- Bugfix - Active party members not resetting when starting new game after game over

- Bugfix - Error in skill menu

- Bugfix - Error in character status during battle after party member was removed

- Bugfix - Error in enemy target menu

- Bugfix - Error in choosing character for item during battles

- Bugfix - Error in saving learned skills

- Corrected a dialog in demo scene skills

- Updated demo game based on version 3.0

- Added shortcut to UI in 2D RPG Kit menu

- Shortcut for adjusting path in CreatePrefabsMenu script

- Divided invincibility into infinite HP / infinite SP

- Parallax scrolling

- Game manager now can hold more than three party members

- Improved adding new party members

- Character now automatically disappears from scene after joining

- UI message for receiving item from NPCs

- Receiving item from NPC message when inventory full -> receiving item still possible when inventory has space

- Give items to NPC

- Dialog choices

- Quest completed UI message

- Change player size in common events component

- Set new position for player when changing scenes with common events component

- Change player appearance

- Replace player

- Show skill description in menu

- Show skill description in battles

- Skill now usable in menu

- Heal skills

- Battle notifications for attack/skill names

- Battle notifications for item names

- HP bars for enemies

- Unbeatable battles

- Agility/speed attribute

- New item - Fast Apple (permanently raises agility)

- Status effects for characters and enemies:

- Buffed strength

- Lowered strength

- Buffed defense

- Lowered defense

- Poisoned (damage each turn)

- Silenced (unable to use skills during battle)

- Skills to inflict status effects:

- Lower strength - Decreases strength of an enemy during battle

- Lower defense - Decreases defense of an enemy during battle

- Poison - Inflicts poison

- Silence - Inflicts silence

- Heals Status - Cures all status effects

- Items to inflict status effects:

- Strength raiser - Temporarily raises strength during battle

- Defense raiser - Temporarily raises defense during battle

- Elixir - Cures all status effects

- Types and effectiveness:

- Normal

- Fire

- Water

- Ground

- Flying

- More types can be added!

Version 2.1 - 2.2

- Added dialog portraits

- Player Start facing direction selector

- NPCs look at player when interacting

- Learn skills with level

- Teleport facing options

- Updated NPC sprites

- Adjusted demo game according to update

- Bug - Uninteractable chests

- Demo Game now fully mobile compatible