🛠️ Development Update - November

Hey everyone!

We've taken a short break on development recently to ensure we're taking the right steps for Hell's Bells, but now we're back.

What's been in the works:

Cruelle's Ritual is now wired end-to-end. Six cards. One choice. A path that does not forgive.

We've tuned the reveal so it sits inside the scene so no menu, no break, just breath and consequences. Keyboard input is clean (1-6), rollback is disabled at the moment of commitment, and repeat attempts now shift the ground beneath you.

What changed this week:

• Ritual flow: Cards remain visible during dialog, choice overlays pause input cleanly with no more accidental skips.

• Variability: Mapping for Cruelle can be shuffled per attempt, increasing replay variance without breaking the pace.

• UI Clarity: A major UI overhaul has taken place to introduce a new reactive main menu, thematic dialog box, and much more. Text prompts and timing windows are sharper.

• Stability: Fixed edge cases with screens eating clicks and misbehaving. Cleaned up route indexing and label scoping to prevent softlocks.

Currently in progress:

• Sister Chastity and Sister Mercy will inherit the same ritual framework, just tweaked to suit their characteristics with new plates, new paths, and distinct flavours.

• Writing Passes: Dialog tightens where it should cut, making the sisters meaner.

We're not hurrying the descent, we're making sure the floor holds when you step.

If you haven't yet, wishlist to hear the next call. If you have, there's many more updates beneath the surface.

— Team Hell’s Bells