Nimian Legends: BrightRidge HD Hack 8.1 + Redeem Codes

Big and Beautiful: Added fullscreen iPhone X, iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max support

Material bug fix
Code update

FROM 7.9
FIXED
Y axis for gamepad - now one setting works for Gamepad an touch
Resolution and Texture Quality options now work with Gamepad
To load saved settings goto Options > Quality and click “Load Custom Quality” button
Touch controls work after attaching/detaching gamepad
NEW / CHANGED
Sound alert when attaching/detaching gamepad
Display name of attached Gamepad in Controls
Red dot warnings on CPU heavy option buttons
New loading screen
Reorganized Controls options

FROM 7.8
NEW
+ Full Gamepad support
+ iPad Pro resolution fix and increased detail
+ Auto saves and Auto Loads your customized control options
+ Auto Saves custom Quality profiles
+ Single Load Quality Button : Goto Options>Quality to load you saved quality settings. + Quality settings auto save when you change them, but do not auto load to account for different hardware setups
+ Left Joystick Move, Right Joystick Look, A: Jump X: Attack Y: Open options, select option B: Back, Left Bumper: Zoom In, Right Bumper: Zoom Out, Left Trigger Draw Bow/flight speed boost, R2 Melee or Ranged attack, Bumpers Zoom in/out
+ Gamepad plug and unplug auto detection
+ Expanded custom resolution options
+ Default settings buttons have small green dot
+ Over Shoulder View
+ Autocenter camera with strength slider
+ Linear, cubic (new default), and exponential Joystick force type options
+ Touchpad control option for looking and flying
+ Hover button for Dracozid shape change
+ Enable / disable auto center
+ iPad 2018 support

CHANGES
+ First Person view moved to Camera options
+ Reorganized layout & Optimized Option Screens
+ Increased up/down range of view
+ Controls and Quality moved to Main options screen
+ Increased default First Person View height
+ Removed slight pause on hitting creatures
+ Minimum zoom distances for shape changes
+ Removed titles from many screens / prep for translation update
+ Removed options screen blur for now
+ Moved Shadow strength into light options - not quality dependent, more visual
+ remove reset quality from splash screen - you load quality inside main game now
+ larger slider in controls
+ move gameplay into cheats
+ Moved Chapters into settings
+ Noon light color is warmer, more natural - original cool color selectable in LIGHT options
+ Longer weapon reach
+ Removed 2 handed flight option
+ Hi resolution logo screen
+ Improved flying control
+ Autocenter and visible joystick on by default at start

FIXED
+ Black lines in water on iPad pros (thank you Gregory Garça)
+ Optimized default quality for iPad Pro 1st ten (thanks Ashley:)
+ Fixed bug where jump button is missing before or after zipline
+ Camera tilting when arrow hits enemy
+ Camera intersecting with Dracozid body
+ When you use one hand flight control and use two fingers on the right side you move four times as fast and can get stuck
+ And many more additions and bug fixes
+ Fixed iPad 12.9 and 10 inch detection
+ Bad pose at end of long jump
+ Crash when attacking merchant
+ Autocenter now works with flying
+ Improved Autocenter now smooth when looking down
+ Limited extreme flight twisting bug in higher resolutions
+ Gamepad controller now working with in game jump pads correctly
+ Dozens of bug fixes and improvements

FIXED
Y axis for gamepad - now one setting works for Gamepad an touch
Resolution and Texture Quality options now work with Gamepad
To load saved settings goto Options > Quality and click “Load Custom Quality” button
Touch controls work after attaching/detaching gamepad

NEW / CHANGED
Sound alert when attaching/detaching gamepad
Display name of attached Gamepad in Controls
Red dot warnings on CPU heavy option buttons
New loading screen
Reorganized Controls options

FROM 7.8
NEW
+ Full Gamepad support
+ iPad Pro resolution fix and increased detail
+ Auto saves and Auto Loads your customized control options
+ Auto Saves custom Quality profiles
+ Single Load Quality Button : Goto Options>Quality to load you saved quality settings. + Quality settings auto save when you change them, but do not auto load to account for different hardware setups
+ Left Joystick Move, Right Joystick Look, A: Jump X: Attack Y: Open options, select option B: Back, Left Bumper: Zoom In, Right Bumper: Zoom Out, Left Trigger Draw Bow/flight speed boost, R2 Melee or Ranged attack, Bumpers Zoom in/out
+ Gamepad plug and unplug auto detection
+ Expanded custom resolution options
+ Default settings buttons have small green dot
+ Over Shoulder View
+ Autocenter camera with strength slider
+ Linear, cubic (new default), and exponential Joystick force type options
+ Touchpad control option for looking and flying
+ Hover button for Dracozid shape change
+ Enable / disable auto center
+ iPad 2018 support

CHANGES
+ First Person view moved to Camera options
+ Reorganized layout & Optimized Option Screens
+ Increased up/down range of view
+ Controls and Quality moved to Main options screen
+ Increased default First Person View height
+ Removed slight pause on hitting creatures
+ Minimum zoom distances for shape changes
+ Removed titles from many screens / prep for translation update
+ Removed options screen blur for now
+ Moved Shadow strength into light options - not quality dependent, more visual
+ remove reset quality from splash screen - you load quality inside main game now
+ larger slider in controls
+ move gameplay into cheats
+ Moved Chapters into settings
+ Noon light color is warmer, more natural - original cool color selectable in LIGHT options
+ Longer weapon reach
+ Removed 2 handed flight option
+ Hi resolution logo screen
+ Improved flying control
+ Autocenter and visible joystick on by default at start

FIXED
+ Black lines in water on iPad pros (thank you Gregory Garça)
+ Optimized default quality for iPad Pro 1st ten (thanks Ashley:)
+ Fixed bug where jump button is missing before or after zipline
+ Camera tilting when arrow hits enemy
+ Camera intersecting with Dracozid body
+ When you use one hand flight control and use two fingers on the right side you move four times as fast and can get stuck
+ And many more additions and bug fixes
+ Fixed iPad 12.9 and 10 inch detection
+ Bad pose at end of long jump
+ Crash when attacking merchant
+ Autocenter now works with flying
+ Improved Autocenter now smooth when looking down
+ Limited extreme flight twisting bug in higher resolutions
+ Gamepad controller now working with in game jump pads correctly
+ Dozens of bug fixes and improvements

NEW
+ Full Gamepad support
+ iPad Pro resolution fix and increased detail
+ Auto saves and Auto Loads your customized control options
+ Auto Saves custom Quality profiles
+ Single Load Quality Button : Goto Options>Quality to load you saved quality settings. + Quality settings auto save when you change them, but do not auto load to account for different hardware setups
+ Left Joystick Move, Right Joystick Look, A: Jump X: Attack Y: Open options, select option B: Back, Left Bumper: Zoom In, Right Bumper: Zoom Out, Left Trigger Draw Bow/flight speed boost, R2 Melee or Ranged attack, Bumpers Zoom in/out
+ Gamepad plug and unplug auto detection
+ Expanded custom resolution options
+ Default settings buttons have small green dot
+ Over Shoulder View
+ Autocenter camera with strength slider
+ Linear, cubic (new default), and exponential Joystick force type options
+ Touchpad control option for looking and flying
+ Hover button for Dracozid shape change
+ Enable / disable auto center
+ iPad 2018 support

CHANGES
+ First Person view moved to Camera options
+ Reorganized layout & Optimized Option Screens
+ Increased up/down range of view
+ Controls and Quality moved to Main options screen
+ Increased default First Person View height
+ Removed slight pause on hitting creatures
+ Minimum zoom distances for shape changes
+ Removed titles from many screens / prep for translation update
+ Removed options screen blur for now
+ Moved Shadow strength into light options - not quality dependent, more visual
+ remove reset quality from splash screen - you load quality inside main game now
+ larger slider in controls
+ move gameplay into cheats
+ Moved Chapters into settings
+ Noon light color is warmer, more natural - original cool color selectable in LIGHT options
+ Longer weapon reach
+ Removed 2 handed flight option
+ Hi resolution logo screen
+ Improved flying control
+ Autocenter and visible joystick on by default at start

FIXED
+ Black lines in water on iPad pros (thank you Gregory Garça)
+ Optimized default quality for iPad Pro 1st ten (thanks Ashley:)
+ Fixed bug where jump button is missing before or after zipline
+ Camera tilting when arrow hits enemy
+ Camera intersecting with Dracozid body
+ When you use one hand flight control and use two fingers on the right side you move four times as fast and can get stuck
+ And many more additions and bug fixes
+ Fixed iPad 12.9 and 10 inch detection
+ Bad pose at end of long jump
+ Crash when attacking merchant
+ Autocenter now works with flying
+ Improved Autocenter now smooth when looking down
+ Limited extreme flight twisting bug in higher resolutions
+ Gamepad controller now working with in game jump pads correctly
+ Dozens of bug fixes and improvements

NEW
+ IPhone 8 / 8Plus / X detection, shadow and resolution fixes (Thank you Curtis and Benjamin for testing)
+ Improved default quality for iPad Pros (Thank you Nullzone)
+ performance increase across platforms
+ Reduced memory usage by 50%
+ Updated 3d Engine core
+ Feet splash in rivers
+ Multi world project structure for new games to share BrightRidge architecture (for sequel Nimian Legends : Vandgels)
+ over the shoulder camera view option
+ New camera control settings: camera tightness and camera follow
+ improved occlusion performance removing occludees
+ added Moon Jump and Classic Jump options
+ updated ambient intensity to work with skybox colors
+ Added higher x16 Texture resolution option
+ Show Region names
+ Soft Particles: Options > Settings > Quality > Effects > Soft Particles
+ New Loading Screen and App Icon
+ Stats Component : Set animation speed independent of Running speed to account for different humanoid sizes
+ Added detail sub texture to barbarian head statues
+ Using Numbers and Icons for quality level buttons - more universal that text
+ Upgraded Ambient Intensity options to work with new game engine - now operates on Sky, middle, and ground light sources
+ Increased default texture resolution x4 for iPhone 8, iphone 8 plus, iphone 7, iphone 7 plus, ipad 2017, ipad pros 2016, ipad air 2
+ Increased default texture resolution x16 for iPhone X and iPad Pros 2017
+ Increased default resolutions for most devices
+ Setup Multi-Language framework in prep for translations
+ Microsplat height blending improves terrain textures
+ NEW expanded BLOOM Options > Playground > Bloom settings - HDR, samples, blue, threshold, intensity, quality and active
+ New Quality component - can now set default quality per device in project file using menus - much faster - feedback on best settings for each device is appreciated
+ Fixed anilogo fade out at start
+ fix underwater turning top too bright and also changing to wrong fog

CHANGES
+ Added back camera height options
+ Audio controls now logarithmic
+ Removed lens distortion from spirit view
+ Removed trail in spirit view - will replace with hunt target
+ Sunlight Intensity changed 2 > 1 for more realistic lighting and less blowouts. Compensates for changes in light treatment in new engine
+ Lens flare default brightness increased to compensate for reduced default sunlight intensity (effect appears the same)
+ Removed Toon Outline Filter - Broken in new engine - will look for replacement
Simplified water to 6 types, now controlled by WaterManager
Renamed and moved PhotoMode to playground and removed watermark
Rope ziplines replaced by magic transporters
Known Issues - Changing to a flying animal or camera mode breaks carriage ride - temp solution is to disable camera mode until after carriage ride

OPTIMIZED
+ All rivers share one texture and river flowing manager
+ Removed master reflection probe from scene - will add back to rivers and puddles independently
+ Shadow quality options now control directly - allowed removal of redundant quality levels
+ Huge texture memory optimization - reduced startuptextures from 33mb to about half
+ Disabled occlusion on Iphone 8, 8+ and X by default (faster - thanks Stu Mitchell)
+disable tween animation on options screens - faster and performance and broken in next upgrade anyways

MORE
+ Removed redundant titles and warning text from several options screens - simplify translation and declutter
+ Add visual indicator small green dot to show default buttons in options
+ Replaced text with icons for international audience: Sun intensity, ambient intensity, color filters, watercolor brush size and intensity, sun color, map location, contrast, slow time,
+ Moved Playground / Quality shortcuts between them to top right and enlarged for better usability
+ IPhone 8 plus shadows increased to medium shadows / iPad Pro 12 2017 increased default to high shadows
+ Enlarged MUSIC and SFX Volume sliders, replaced titles with button icons

+ Device detection now by device model - more accurate
+ Game will set different default qualities depending on device. You can check if your device is recognized in Options > Settings > Quality > Resolution at the bottom
+ Autodetect device and set appropriate quality for iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 plus, iPhone 6S plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 plus, iPod Touch 6th gen, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad 2017, iPad Pro 12.9 inch, iPad Pro 9.7 inch, iPad Pro 10.5 inch
+ Auto detect does not change resolution yet - need to test good values to set per device first
+ reduced memory for GUI Lines graphic
+ removed mip maps and read write for default black texture
+ Modified settings low - high icons to be clearer
+ Fixed change story option - overlapping gui
+ Updated screenshot

NEW in 7.5
+ Expanded realtime Day/Night cycle - replaced preset times with slider to control time of day Options > playground > Time of day
+ Can set Sun Direction and DayCycle smoothness in Explorateur Mode
+ added travel option to past, present and future in objects panel options > playground > objects
+ added fireworks to objects panel
+ Add ruined setting in to objects
+ Can skip night in day cycle
+ Falling Damage : can be enabled or disabled in options. Disabled in BrightRidge by default for legacy - options>settings>gameplay
+ Underwater depth scattering changes with new time of day
+ Completely divorced World data from main adventure engine for multi world design

FIXES
+ fixed Crashing on Ent shape change / Footsteps
+ Fixed Presets option screen alignment
+ Fixed errant camera positions after certain puzzles
+ Dungeon disappearing after Supernova cinematic
+ fixed map camera fast travel bug
+ Bug where you could shoot arrow through second sentinel shielding

OPTIMIZATIONS
+ Removed unnecessary blend probes
+ Deleted legacy quest code - now fully AdventureGen Engine 3.0
+ Cleaned up and reduced size of Projects folder
+ Created multi-world project structure in preparation for Vandgels
+ Removed garbage generation from footstep splashes
+ Remove shadow casting from ParticleSystems
+ Hide Birds (cpu heavy) by default on earlier devices
+ Separated jump/grunt sounds into separate function
+ Decreased or removed garbage allocations from AlignToSlope, Treant foot puffs (now pooled), time of day slider icons, eagle shape change, butterfly animations, day cycle and water reflections
+ Disabled some objects (fish, …) on early devices iPhone 5s, 6, 6+, ipad mini 2 by default
+ Removed shadow casting from lights that don’t need it
+ Reduced size of some fish schools and hide fish when not underwater / separated fish schools into separate locations

POLISH
+ Added UI highlight to Options button when needed
+ Improved quest target positions for Love and Tin
+ Improved lighting in Dungeon
+ Hide atmospheric scattering at night
+ Object panel includes a warning about story mode
+ Time of day slider updates icon and position with cycle
+ small fixes and consistency to UI screens
+ Updated Slider UI graphics
+ Added hard landing grunt sounds

CHANGES
+ removed walk barriers from Libertesse and lookouts
+ Separated global objects from world specific data
+ Removed Sun up/down - replaced by Time of Day slider
+ No falling damage if you shapechange in air from flyer to humanoid
+ Added NL url to splashscreen
+ Removed FX and Water Particles On/Off from Effects options
+ Brighter nighttime
+ Replaced button texts with icons where possible. This is to prepare for translated versions and be more universal in meaning
+ Removed target arrow and options - redundant with Target marker
+ disabled corrupted npc toggle option and corrupted characters from game - too unstable. will replace with new characters in future update
+ ambient intensity to always 1 for more visibility and light bounce effect - can still change it in settings
+ Reduced default shadow distance in iPad Air2 (can be changed in options)

NEW
+ Expanded realtime Day/Night cycle - slider to control time of day Options > playground > Time of day
+ Can set Sun Direction and DayCycle smoothness in Explorateur Mode
+ added travel option to past, present and future in objects panel options > playground > objects
+ added fireworks to objects panel
+ Add ruined setting in to objects
+ Can skip night in day cycle
+ Falling Damage : can be enabled or disabled in options. Disabled in BrightRidge by default for legacy - options>settings>gameplay
+ Underwater depth scattering changes with new time of day
+ Completely divorced World data from main adventure engine for multi world design

FIXES
+ fixed Crashing on Ent shape change / Footsteps
+ Fixed Presets option screen alignment
+ Fixed errant camera positions after certain puzzles
+ Dungeon disappearing after Supernova cinematic
+ fixed map camera fast travel bug
+ Bug where you could shoot arrow through second sentinel shielding

OPTIMIZATIONS
+ Removed unnecessary blend probes
+ Deleted legacy quest code - now fully AdventureGen Engine 3.0
+ Cleaned up and reduced size of Projects folder
+ Created multi-world project structure in preparation for Vandgels
+ Removed garbage generation from footstep splashes
+ Remove shadow casting from ParticleSystems
+ Hide Birds (cpu heavy) by default on earlier devices
+ Separated jump/grunt sounds into separate function
+ Decreased or removed garbage allocations from AlignToSlope, Treant foot puffs (now pooled), time of day slider icons, eagle shape change, butterfly animations, day cycle and water reflections
+ Disabled some objects (fish, …) on early devices iPhone 5s, 6, 6+, ipad mini 2 by default
+ Removed shadow casting from lights that don’t need it
+ Reduced size of some fish schools and hide fish when not underwater / separated fish schools into separate locations

POLISH
+ Added UI highlight to Options button when needed
+ Improved quest target positions for Love and Tin
+ Improved lighting in Dungeon
+ Hide atmospheric scattering at night
+ Object panel includes a warning about story mode
+ Time of day slider updates icon and position with cycle
+ small fixes and consistency to UI screens
+ Updated Slider UI graphics
+ Added hard landing grunt sounds

CHANGES
+ removed walk barriers from Libertesse and lookouts
+ Separated global objects from world specific data
+ Removed Sun up/down - replaced by Time of Day slider
+ No falling damage if you shapechange in air from flyer to humanoid
+ Added NL url to splashscreen
+ Removed FX and Water Particles On/Off from Effects options
+ Brighter nighttime
+ Replaced button texts with icons where possible. This is to prepare for translated versions and be more universal in meaning
+ Removed target arrow and options - redundant with Target marker
+ disabled corrupted npc toggle option and corrupted characters from game - too unstable. will replace with new characters in future update
+ ambient intensity to always 1 for more visibility and light bounce effect - can still change it in settings
+ Reduced default shadow distance in iPad Air2 (can be changed in options)

NEW in 7.2 - Fixed: Fast Travel camera bug
NEW in 7.0
•AdventureGen Engine 3.0 - a huge behind-the-scenes upgrade. Adventures are now built using modular, object oriented blocks. This is to allow building new adventures and new environments in a fraction of the time. It also allows dynamic re-ordering of quest objects, making changes to adventures simpler. The previous version contained a hybrid adventure manager that has now been fully moved to a single system.
•Map Hover mode - Options > Map > Hover
•Splash screen option to use default or saved custom quality settings. Use this to reset quality to default if you choose quality settings too high for device
•Start message saying game autosaves
•Several quality settings are now saved during sessions. Added option to reset saved quality settings to default
•Change Music - Options > Playground > Music
•Popup tooltip shows options (previously many player did not know it was an options button)
•Very experimental GamePad support - currently works with joysticks and single button only. Will work toward full support for version 8. Activate gamepad support in Options > Settings > Controls > Gamepad
•Adventures are now divided into checkpoints and chapters. There are many more checkpoints so your progress is saved more frequently. Checkpoints are grouped into chapters, which can be accessed anytime in Options > Chapters
•Skippable Cinematics added to Ballad Of BrightRidge adventure
•Save settings : Shadow distance, tree distance, terrain quality, draw distance, grass density, grass distance

CHANGED

•neutral textures for buttons and joysticks
•Removed time slow-down when hitting objects
•Separated Quality from Playground effects - each now has its own dedicated options panel, with a shortcut to switch between them. Quality relevant settings are now located in Options > Settings > Quality
• Spawn override points allow setting of separate respond points after death per checkpoint (previously death would respond you in the same position - the new default will respond you at the beginning of the checkpoint or at custom spawn point)
•Ocean is now global (in anticipation of new environments which will now share a global ocean, simplifying future upgrades to water)
•Reduced number of flowers to pollinate in Pollination quest
•Joysticks now invisible by default. Can be turned on in Options > Settings > controls > show joysticks (thanks rrvirus and nullzone)
•Less intrusive Skip Cinematic button
•Moved Show/Hide corrupted into Options > Playground > Objects > Corrupted
•Objective marker design
•Shapechange harsh clicking sound removed
•Love and Tin is now the primary adventure
•loading image from posters to nature scene
•Solar system hologram now remains after supernova cutscene
•Removed slow walking when speaking with characters or running through Info Dots
•UI buttons now have ‘mouse over’ effect - for future gamepad integration
•auto centre view off default - you can look up down (thanks rrvirus) - you can re-enable it in Options > Settings > Controls
•Name is now Nimian Legends : BrightRidge (removed the HD)
•Skrall has world space explosions, so it doesn’t move once scrap is deactivated
•Reorganize Shapechange options screen to be more logical - group humanoids, land animals, and flyers by the and size
•Moved Change Size button to shape change options - more logical Options > Shapechange > Size
•Restructured several options screens to be more logical
•Added more accessible platforms to dungeon Power Up level
•Signposting - Options button now glows green when the story asks you to use the options

NEW
•AdventureGen Engine 3.0 - a huge behind-the-scenes upgrade. Adventures are now built using modular, object oriented blocks. This is to allow building new adventures and new environments in a fraction of the time. It also allows dynamic re-ordering of quest objects, making changes to adventures simpler. The previous version contained a hybrid adventure manager that has now been fully moved to a single system.
•Map Hover mode - Options > Map > Hover
•Splash screen option to use default or saved custom quality settings. Use this to reset quality to default if you choose quality settings too high for device
•Start message saying game autosaves
•Several quality settings are now saved during sessions. Added option to reset saved quality settings to default
•Change Music - Options > Playground > Music
•Popup tooltip shows options (previously many player did not know it was an options button)
•Very experimental GamePad support - currently works with joysticks and single button only. Will work toward full support for version 8. Activate gamepad support in Options > Settings > Controls > Gamepad
•Adventures are now divided into checkpoints and chapters. There are many more checkpoints so your progress is saved more frequently. Checkpoints are grouped into chapters, which can be accessed anytime in Options > Chapters
•Skippable Cinematics added to Ballad Of BrightRidge adventure
•Save settings : Shadow distance, tree distance, terrain quality, draw distance, grass density, grass distance

CHANGED

•neutral textures for buttons and joysticks
•Removed time slow-down when hitting objects
•Separated Quality from Playground effects - each now has its own dedicated options panel, with a shortcut to switch between them. Quality relevant settings are now located in Options > Settings > Quality
• Spawn override points allow setting of separate respond points after death per checkpoint (previously death would respond you in the same position - the new default will respond you at the beginning of the checkpoint or at custom spawn point)
•Ocean is now global (in anticipation of new environments which will now share a global ocean, simplifying future upgrades to water)
•Reduced number of flowers to pollinate in Pollination quest
•Joysticks now invisible by default. Can be turned on in Options > Settings > controls > show joysticks (thanks rrvirus and nullzone)
•Less intrusive Skip Cinematic button
•Moved Show/Hide corrupted into Options > Playground > Objects > Corrupted
•Objective marker design
•Shapechange harsh clicking sound removed
•Love and Tin is now the primary adventure
•loading image from posters to nature scene
•Solar system hologram now remains after supernova cutscene
•Removed slow walking when speaking with characters or running through Info Dots
•UI buttons now have ‘mouse over’ effect - for future gamepad integration
•auto centre view off default - you can look up down (thanks rrvirus) - you can re-enable it in Options > Settings > Controls
•Name is now Nimian Legends : BrightRidge (removed the HD)
•Skrall has world space explosions, so it doesn’t move once scrap is deactivated
•Reorganize Shapechange options screen to be more logical - group humanoids, land animals, and flyers by the and size
•Moved Change Size button to shape change options - more logical Options > Shapechange > Size
•Restructured several options screens to be more logical
•Added more accessible platforms to dungeon Power Up level
•Signposting - Options button now glows green when the story asks you to use the options

New in version 6.1

+ IMPROVED : Reduced texture memory usage by 25%
+ IMPROVED : Optimized shadow casting particles that didn't need it
+ IMPROVED: Reduced animation memory usage

New in version 6.0

+ NEW: New Adventure - Love and Tin
+ NEW: Options - Double texture resolution option for newer devices
+ NEW: Options - Filter Presets let you change atmospheres and effects at once
+ NEW: Option - show camera zoom shortcut ui in options>settings>interface
+ NEW: Options - show/hide pet, skrall, BOT and Spirits in explore Mode
+ NEW: Options - Switch soundtrack
+ NEW: character BOT
+ NEW: Cinematic Engine - ads skippable cinematics to game
+ NEW: Soundtrack - new music
+ NEW: Grab / Drop certain objects
+ NEW: animal Skralls
+ NEW: Mushroom Gnome home - just up the road from the Inn
+ NEW: Adventure titles at start
+ NEW: More character animations
+ NEW: Lumines - nature spirits
+ NEW: Pet Dog - Timber

+ IMPROVED: Speed and Mesh optimizations
+ IMPROVED: New AdventureGen Engine 2.5 Object Oriented quest engine
+ IMPROVED: separated checkpoints from actual chapters (thanks Queenballucci)
+ IMPROVED: much more frequent and redesigned autosave system
+ IMPROVED: User interface improvements
+ IMPROVED: Choose adventure from splash screen
+ IMPROVED: Separate chapter saves for each storyline
+ IMPROVED: Changed droid models to match BOT
+ IMPROVED: Redesigned Map system - MAP is now one camera and optimized,
+ IMPROVED: Multiple zoom levels for map
+ IMPROVED: Arrow off by default - redundant with objective marker
+ IMPROVED: tween sun - time of day sun position now interpolates in options - setting ground for fully procedural sky and time of day
+ IMPROVED: Refactored music system
+ IMPROVED: Explore mode is now a separate “adventure” called Explorateur
+ IMPROVED: The original adventure is now called “The Ballad of BrightRidge”

+ FIXED : UI positioning bugs
+ FIXED : Size changes now change speech bubble size too
+ FIXED : Walking animation sometimes playing during jump
+ FIXED : More than 100 bug fixes and optimizations

+ NEW: New Adventure - Love and Tin
+ NEW: Options - Double texture resolution option for newer devices
+ NEW: Options - Filter Presets let you change atmospheres and effects at once
+ NEW: Option - show camera zoom shortcut ui in options>settings>interface
+ NEW: Options - show/hide pet, skrall, BOT and Spirits in explore Mode
+ NEW: Options - Switch soundtrack
+ NEW: character BOT
+ NEW: Cinematic Engine - ads skippable cinematics to game
+ NEW: Soundtrack - new music
+ NEW: Grab / Drop certain objects
+ NEW: animal Skralls
+ NEW: Mushroom Gnome home - just up the road from the Inn
+ NEW: Adventure titles at start
+ NEW: More character animations
+ NEW: Lumines - nature spirits
+ NEW: Pet Dog - Timber

+ IMPROVED: Speed and Mesh optimizations
+ IMPROVED: New AdventureGen Engine 2.5 Object Oriented quest engine
+ IMPROVED: separated checkpoints from actual chapters (thanks Queenballucci)
+ IMPROVED: much more frequent and redesigned autosave system
+ IMPROVED: User interface improvements
+ IMPROVED: Choose adventure from splash screen
+ IMPROVED: Separate chapter saves for each storyline
+ IMPROVED: Changed droid models to match BOT
+ IMPROVED: Redesigned Map system - MAP is now one camera and optimized,
+ IMPROVED: Multiple zoom levels for map
+ IMPROVED: Arrow off by default - redundant with objective marker
+ IMPROVED: tween sun - time of day sun position now interpolates in options - setting ground for fully procedural sky and time of day
+ IMPROVED: Refactored music system
+ IMPROVED: Explore mode is now a separate “adventure” called Explorateur
+ IMPROVED: The original adventure is now called “The Ballad of BrightRidge”

+ FIXED : UI positioning bugs
+ FIXED : Size changes now change speech bubble size too
+ FIXED : Walking animation sometimes playing during jump
+ FIXED : More than 100 bug fixes and optimizations

+ NEW: Grimlin Shapechange character
+ NEW: Size Change presets from Gnome sized to Giant and larger (explore mode or cheats only) Options > Actions
+ NEW: Size change in increments up and down in options > actions (explore mode or cheats only) Options > Actions
+ NEW: Algorithmic camera control auto zooms depending on character size
+ NEW: Option to switch sides left/right Look and Move joysticks (thanks Joseph Orsak from YouTube)
+ NEW: Loading screen shows BrightRidge propaganda posters
+ NEW: Customize - Action, Jump, Firebreath and Options buttons can be dragged anywhere on screen
+ NEW: Invert Look joystick - left/right and Up/down independently (thanks Joseph Orsak from YouTube)
+ NEW: Detail Manager - adds extra vegetation to landscape. Off by default. In Options > playground > effects
+ NEW: Custom button positions saved automatically
+ NEW: Algorithmic Jumping adjusts jump height depending on size of character
+ NEW: Algorithmic animation speed scaled with character size
+ NEW: Algorithmic step offset scaled with character size
+ NEW: Dedicated Joysticks options Options > Settings > Joysticks
+ NEW: Reset User Interface buttons to default posotions
+ NEW: Growth Power tower added to Explore mode
+ NEW: Resize able buttons (thanks Jack Hay) options > settings > controls > buttonsize
+ NEW: Saves button size between sessions
+ NEW: Alorithmic camera height set according to player size
+ NEW: Detail Triggers - add custom plant types to environment based on location
+ NEW: Terraced boulders on Fairy Circle hill
+ NEW: Animation speed self adjusts based on player size
+ NEW: Adjust camera height - you can now make ‘diablo’ style camera options > camera > camera up/down
+ NEW: New App Icon

+ IMPROVED: Narrative tweaks
+ IMPROVED: Action, Options and Jump buttons are now resolution independent (same as all other buttons)
+ IMPROVED: Removed legacy User Interface code
+ IMPROVED: Longer wrench and Hammer reach
+ IMPROVED: Deleted unused legacy textures
+ IMPROVED: Crisper, more colorful grass texture
+ IMPROVED: Spiritview can now switch between animals easier
+ IMPROVED: Spiritview HUD allows you to exit direct to Spiritview scene
+ IMPROVED: Exiting Spirit view automatically shape changes back to hero
+ IMPROVED: Wolf howl now distance based
+ IMPROVED: Removed occlusion from wood beams to improve performance
+ IMPROVED: Better performance for map and fast travel

+ FIXED : Splash screen fade out before Story/Explore select
+ FIXED : Tower climbing Float Pad available in Explore mode
+ FIXED : Flame Sentinel missing lasers and flame column when loading chapter directly
+ FIXED : Spelling fixes in dialogue
+ FIXED : Mismatched object colliders
+ FIXED : Holes in Ruins meshes (thanks Liam Laville)
+ FIXED : Puddles stretching to sky in certain locations
+ FIXED : Black screen when watercolour is on and bloom is off

+ CHANGED: Removed flip jump - too shaky
+ CHANGED: Removed iPad button alternate layout - redundant now that you can drag buttons anywhere
+ CHANGED: Removed Adjust Buttons screen - unintuitive and redundant now that you can drag buttons anywhere
+ CHANGED: Renamed Items to Actions to reflect expanded options
+ CHANGED: Removed invisible barriers from First bridge - inconsistent with open world experience

I’m proud to present BrightRidge 4.0 which brings a number of under-the-hood performance optimizations and polish.

+ IMPROVED: Performance increase across all devices
+ IMPROVED: Object Oriented quest design. This allows new quests to be added in future version (thanks Nullzone)
+ IMPROVED: Increased Hammer and Wrench attack distance
+ IMPROVED: Texture Optimization
+ IMPROVED: In Game Map performance
+ IMPROVED: Softer chapter select sound
+ FIX: iPhone 6S random crashing
+ FIX : Resolution fixes for iPhone 6+, 6S, 6S+, 7, 7+
+ NEW: Option to switch between Deferred and Forward rendering
+ NEW: Testing a new App Icon

NEW
Story Mode: Experience BrightRidge through the eyes of 2 young heros. This is a HUGE update with more than 2 dozen chapters to experience.
Effect - Oil Paint: Effect of moving through a living painting
New Camera Filters
Improved User Interface
Light, Filters and FOV now available in Photo Mode
New Locations and landmarks
New shapechanging
First Person View can look up
Can disable camera auto centering view
Expanded soundtrack
Audio controls
Customize flight controls, look sensitivity and UI
Antialiasing and Anisotropic Filtering options
10 new ocean water options / increased water performance
Dozens of bug fixes and small improvements

NEW

First person view option (thank you Gingerpanderbearfreakguy)
More detailed terrain with realistic erosion and undulation
Interactive Map
Orange Puffids - poisonous bulbous weeds can be cleared out with a hit
Global fog on by default - Global fog and Distace fog density can be independently set
Upgraded Road system to allow more flexible world design
Forest paths
Inn Architecture - the front stairwell
New “Alien” Terrapin Tower in preparation for storyline
Forest Veranda
Arrow size UI option (for quests in v3)
Improved combat animation - Make hit pause momentarily with Particle flash
New Puddle system for more flexible puddles
added terrain quality settings in options
Fairy Circles
Hammer for boy, wrench for girl
added eagle spirit view
Added FXAA3 Antialiasing in effect options
Brightridge Flag
New tree species - Empyrial Dashwood

FIXED and IMPROVED

Bloom filter causing bright white highlights
Map moved to main options
Hero starts embedded in ground
Bow and arrow / first person view too low
Touchpad doesn’t resize with resolution change
Global fog moved to ATMOSPHERE options beside distance fog
Separate global fog settings per time of day
collision in water columns (thanks youtube viewers)
Change to version 2, v3, v4 simplify
moved touchpad option into camera options
Faster deer and fox shapechanges
collider on chandelier
volumes dont affect rain and some sounds
removed joystick in spirit view
moved fast travel to map
Fixed broken animal swimming
shapechange animal sticks animation on exiting viewdot - sometimes deer shape doesn’t switch to idle from run or walk
Code, content and memory optimization