Howdy, everyone!

Surprise, a new patch for DF CONNECTED has released! While most of our time has been put towards v2.8.0 recently, we still wanted to release another little patch for 2.7 while y'all continue to wait!

In this patch, the highly-requested costume for Temmie with her Undertale appearance has been added! Joining her are two other new costumes: Snowy the Snowdrake as a costume for Monster Teen, and... Pipis... as a costume for the Rock vessel. I'm still not sure why I added it...

Besides these, this patch also introduces automatic save file backups for online saves. From now on, every time you save while playing online, a copy of that save will be saved locally on your device. These backups aren't used for anything right now, but they serve to ensure that your hard-earned progress isn't lost in the event that something unforeseen happens to the server. Hopefully that doesn't happen, but it's better to be safe than sorry!

There's also plenty of quality-of-life improvements and helpful fixes in this patch, but I'll just let you read the changelog for yourself!

But first...

Status Update on DF CONNECTED v2.8.0

I just want to share a quick update with you all on how DF CONNECTED v2.8.0 has been doing.

I know a lot of you are really excited about the next update, and are eager to hear more about it. Believe me, I really want to share more about it too!

I also know that I had promised a November Progress Report back in October, but in the end it didn't happen. You might be wondering why that is.

The reason for this is that unfortunately, towards the end of October, a close family member of mine passed away. It was incredibly sudden and unexpected, so it's been a very hectic time for me and my family ever since. We're doing a bit better now, but we're still taking things day-by-day.

I've been able to resume development of v2.8.0 over the past couple of weeks, and the team has been doing an excellent job keeping up development as well, so a huge thanks to them. Despite this, I'm sure you can understand that we're a bit behind schedule.

I can't guarantee that v2.8.0 will release before the end of the year. For now, we'll just continue development at the pace we're going, and we'll see how things progress. I hope you can understand.

On the bright side, we will have more 2.8 news to share with you later this month! I can't wait for you guys to see it! There are also plans for a December Progress Report as well, so you won't have to wait too long to see what we've been cooking!

Anyway, that's all I wanted to say regarding 2.8. Thanks as always for your patience.

Now then, here's the changelog for v2.7.8:

DF CONNECTED v2.7.8 Changelog

• Added Temmie's appearance from UNDERTALE as a costume for the Temmie vessel.

• Added Snowy (the Snowdrake from DELTARUNE) as a costume for Monster Teen.

• Added Pipis as a costume for the Rock vessel (reluctantly).

• Added a pose for the Monster Teen vessel.

• Added a brand-new PvP theme for Noelle, titled "Holiday Spirit", composed by 3DSquare.

• Added automatic save file backups. Whenever you save your progress online, the game will now automatically create a local backup of your current online save file. You can find these backups in the game's local appdata directory on your computer.

• Added a new starter manual, which provides useful information about DFC's features for beginners. This new manual is available in the starting area, and replaces the old manual from previous versions.

• Added a dance floor that appears in Grillby's when a holiday event is active.

• Added a link to the DF Discord Server as an option in the Extras menu.

• Certain Daily Quests have had their maximum requirements reduced. For example, the "Encounter X number of enemies" quest will no longer require you to encounter more than 10 of the specified type of enemy to complete it.

• The World Machine costume for Niko now uses the robot typing sound from OneShot.

• You can now use the right mouse button to reload in Free-For-All mode.

• Changed the "Treasure Hunter" Trial Quest so that it now only requires you to obtain all weapon/armor chests up to LV 20/2k spares (13 weapon chests, 7 armor chests), rather than every single weapon/armor chest.

• Weapon and armor chests will now permanently appear open after you've unlocked them.

• The sound effects for opening a chest and equipping a weapon/armor have been changed.

• Moved the positioning of the Tem Armor chest on the EQUIP menu so that its now in the correct placement (it was previously the second armor chest, which didn't make sense).

• On the First-Time Setup screen, you can now press up and down to move between the options.

• Local chat history will no longer update while you're looking at it, making it easier to take screenshots if needed for reports.

• The button to open the local chat history has now been changed from CTRL to TAB.

• Improved the sprite for the Daily Gift box.

• The location of the "ending" has been moved from the starting area to the Judgement Hall.

• The local chat history now uses a different font which supports cyrillic characters.

• Papyrus' font has been changed to now include cyrillic characters.

• You can now loop through the area options in the warp menu, for quicker selection.

• Gasterbot's ACT options will no longer rapidly change when the Simplify VFX toggle is set to ON.

• Reduced the ATK stat of late-game enemies specifically on the pacifist route (temporarily until new equipment is added in v2.8.0).

• Fixed an oversight where you couldn't use a custom name color if any of the values were below 20. As long as at least one value is above 20, it should work now.

• Fixed a bug with the Annoying Dog partner where its costume will revert back to the default appearance when leaving a room.

• Fixed a bug where World Machine Niko's emote is faster than regular Niko's emote.

• Fixed a bug where players would always respawn in the same spot in Free-For-All mode.

• Fixed a bug where enemy locations in Free-For-All mode weren't displaying on the map correctly.

DF CONNECTED v2.7.8b Changelog

A small hotfix for v2.7.8 has been released. It's not a mandatory download, so if you're not having issues with v2.7.8 then you don't need to download this version!

• Fixed an oversight where cyrillic characters were not showing up when using the ACT option in PvP.

• Fixed an oversight where cyrillic characters were not showing up in the latest messages on Undernet profiles.

• Fixed an oversight where the soul started in the wrong position when going into the Extras menu.

• Fixed an oversight where the vessel menu didn't state that the Temmie vessel had a costume.

• Fixed an oversight where World Machine Niko's text sound didn't play on the SFX ONLY setting.

• Fixed an oversight where the gift-opening sound effect didn't play on the SFX ONLY setting.

• Fixed an oversight where the manual didn't display the mobile controls on the Android port.

Conclusion

Well, that about wraps up this post!

Thank you all again for your continued support and patience as we continue to develop this game. I really can't wait to show you what's in store for you guys!

Anyway, thanks again for reading, and as always, stay determined!