I've wanted to add an introduction to the game. Something that fits the theme, but isn't too long.

I don't like long cut-scenes and lots of story in stealth games. So I made sure my intro is about 14 seconds long, and that's it.

The main character's stomach growls as they feel hungry. A guard passes by their locked door and remarks how the main character stole some bread. Suddenly, a click sound comes from the door and a note slips underneath. It tells the character to stay in the shadows and meet them outside. Signed: a friend. The door is unlocked and it is up to the player to guide the character out of the building without getting caught. Fortunately there are many places to hide from the guards.

This first mission starts without a tutorial. Just a few in-game tutorial messages. But this mission has a dynamic difficulty. Anyone will be able to beat it eventually. After this mission, the player is trained by the thieves guild and expected to perform well. The bonus objectives become the "dynamic difficulty" then.

For this release, I also added some simple weather effects, such as rain and fireflies. One evening I looked out my window and saw mist everywhere. So I took a walk outside in the mist and noticed how all the lights appear to have a bloom effect. I tried to get this atmospheric weather effect in my game as well, and it's in there. But I don't think it look good enough yet, so this effect is disabled for now.

For the next release v0.6.0 "skills & skins", I will change the player selection screen. Each character will show their base skill stats for stealth, speed, field of view and action speed. In-game, the character can pay guild members to improve their skills of choice. Also, I want to include a Thief Rank, which will unlock new playable character skins. So that's the next plan. Onto the next release! ^^