I deeply apologize for the three-month long wait, friends, but at long last the new version of Bushido has been released! We're very close to the finishing like - just three small missions, one big one and then - the end! I hope to able to finish the game before New Year arrives, if not, then I'll commit seppuku! Pf-f-ft, just joking.

The long wait for the update was caused by multiple reasons. First off is many other people requiring help from me, and although I despise my good side I still ventured out and provided art, feedback, mapping or translation for their stuff. For now I mostly got everything out of the way so I'm free to work on my own stuff! Hell yeah! However, I don't feel as much of a spirit for Bushido as I did before - that's mostly caused by me looking forward to my next game - Draconia 2, or, if we go by it's real title, Chronicles of the Wilderlands. I have a lot of ideas for it that I can't wait to begin implementing, but, alas, I have to finish this game first.

I could always just drop Bushido, say it's cancelled and allat but that wouldn't be right. I've invested a lot of time into it and I would like to see it made - it's a big game unlike any other on gamejolt. After all, what other RPG lets you give birth and then side by side with your offspring, or, even better, have your own child replace you as the party head in case of your untimely demise? I don't know any other game that lets you die of old age like Bushido does, either! My biggest inspirations for the game are certainly Blade of the Immortal and Samurai Deeper Kyo - both are complete and majestic stories. I could never achieve the same level of greatness, of course, but it's good to aspire to something. And as such, I aspire to make Bushido a finished, good game.

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With allat yapping out of the way, here's the patchnotes for this update:

• The game finally has Game Over music! The track is Miszu Ki by Marc Teichert.

• New artifacts have been added! A windy drum and a magic-sealing sword, both references!

• If your main character dies but they have a child the child will replace them as the protagonist now!

• The five elemental Shield spells now have more strengths and weaknesses! See the Wuxing's generative and destructive cycles for more info!

• Bludgeoning weapons finally have skills!! You can learn them at the Kofu dojo.

• Sonjo at Asamimura can tell you his backstory now!

• A peculiar mercenary is now staying at Tanomo village - he's up for hire if you got the money for his services!

• The battlesite of Dan-no-Ura now hassome crabs.

• Quite a long fetch quest made it into the game, involving a series of trades across most of the game's current missions!

• All defensive skills have received an upgrade, now putting you into a Parry stance!

• Learning rates have been added - the more Will and Will your character has, the faster you'll learn new skills!

• Defensive skills as well as Body Blow and Flowing Crescent now have proper weapon requirements!

• The Fire School's Flaming Doom and The Way of Fire spells got new animations!

• You can now actually enter the tool shop at Akita.

• Vases no longer rely on the previous Roll value and now work properly.

• Double Iaido skill got a new animation!

• Now if you kill the Oni at Sakumi village's Storehouse he will come back later with revenge!

• Acting has actual usage now!!

• You can now die of old age in the game if you sleep too much!

• A small encounter has been added to Uchinada Village with some foreshadowing for later.

• Yawara previously occupied the head slot for some reason - no more!

• The Water Shield state has a proper icon now!

• Yutaka now actually teaches you Painting instead of Medicine.

• Fixed a bug with the nameplate persisting if you choose to fight the Tadaka samurai in Sakumi.

• Vacuum Death Song can now be properly learned.

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  It is like treasures in the dark, cannot be seen without the light; With no one to explain the wise teachings even the intelligent cannot comprehend it.