Patch 18 - Productivity, Performance & Pets

Hello again Levlans, it's been almost 5 days since the last patch, and it's time for another banger of an update.

Since the last patch, I've been hard at work improving the app for everyone, going through an insane amount of bug reports, suggestions and crash logs, and it has finally arrived!

This is the patch of Levla that I'm the most proud of so far. I've reworked a lot of things to make sure using Levla is as good an experience as possible for all of our users.

Alright, let's get into it, but in all honesty, please grab a drink or something to snack on, because this is probably the biggest patch notes yet. Lots to go through!

PSA: Update From Testflight & Playstore

Before you get into these patch notes, remember that to get access to the latest version of Levla you need to update the app from the Play Store or Testflight if you're on iOS!

The updates that show up in-app are so called "Content Updates", and only updates the game world like items, npcs, quests and so forth!

Welcome to Levla, newcomers!

Since our official Android launch, Levla has grown from a stable core of about 60 playtesters to over 300 daily active users, which to me is completely crazy. I am so happy to see that what me and the playtesters have been working on has resonated with people outside of our inner circle.

If you're new here, hello! I'm Mod Ed, and you're going to see me quite a bit, as you might notice from the older patch notes, since I tend to get yappy about what I'm building.

Together with my very talented art director cousin Mod Back, we build Levla!

I hope you newcomers will enjoy your stay here in the world of Levla, and that you might be just a little bit more productive in your day to day life!

Pro Levla Tip: If you stumble upon any bugs or feel that something might be missing, pop into our Discord. I read every single suggestion and bug report there, and I update the app on a weekly basis, sometimes even daily!

Note: I understand that communities aren't for everyone, but we are super duper friendly in here, so come say hi!

Side Note: An Important Upcoming Change

For those who may or may not know, Levla is heavily inspired by RuneScape. We grew up playing it together and it's always been a part of us.

Because of that, we wanted our art style to feel close to RuneScape, like a nod to where it all started for us. The creators of RuneScape have reached out, though, and asked us not to do that.

Which is totally fine! We take it very seriously and respect them, so over the coming days there will be some changes to our early progression gear and some cosmetics so they resemble our own universe instead of RuneScape's.

It's truly for the better, and we're grateful to the great people we spoke with over at Jagex!

Alright, enough of this, let's get into the update!

Patch 18 - Levla just Level'd Up (get it now?)

I really mean it when I say this patch touches every feature of the app, so there's some risk going into this deploy. The goal was to polish the app to be smoother, faster and more performant, and to slash all of the annoying bugs that followed us out of the playtest.

But as usual in our patch notes here at Levla, we start with the stuff that's fun!

Pets are here!

In today's update we introduce our new Pets system! As of today, pets act as collectible companions you can show off next to your character.

Our resources are very limited at the moment, so only one pet rolled out today, and that's the pet promised to our playtesters. Shortly after these patch notes go out, all playtesters should receive Gort, The Capybara along with a Companion's Tag that can be used to rename Gort (personally, I picked the name Pontus).

For the non-playtesters, don't worry! We plan on releasing a new pet that every user can unlock by staying consistent with Levla, already this week!

Pets, and "recolors" of them in the future, will be collectible from many different places in Levla: Habits, Guilds, Consistency, Dungeons, Gathering / Skills, and much more!

Hope you'll enjoy this one!

Productivity just got more productive

For this update, I decided to put some extra focus on the productivity side of Levla, which is just as important, if not more important, than the game world.

So this patch brings a lot of new features and changes that were suggested in our Discord server. Thank you so much for making Levla better by letting us know how you want to use it!

Periodic Habit & Todo Scheduling (v1)

A new scheduling configuration option is available now when setting up habits or recurring todos. This is our first version of it, so if you'd like to see improvements, please let us know in the Discord!

NEW: Periodic frequencies for habits and todos are here. You can now set a target of X completions per week (want monthly too? let me know in the Discord!)
NEW: Periodic habits are normal habits with a frequency set, but without fixed dates or days. Battle habits can be periodic too
NEW: Two modes to choose from:
- Days - the habit leaves your Today view once completed for the day
- Completions - the habit stays on your Today view until all completions are done
NOTE: Sticky habits cannot be periodic

Members Only: Habit / Todo Completion Types

Previously, habits and todos were completed simply by checking them off. I'm now introducing a new completion type configuration, which requires an action to complete a habit or todo. Here's what I got time to squeeze in for today's patch:

NEW: Standard - the default, classic completion type (check it off)
NEW: Stopwatch - starts a stopwatch and logs the time for analytics. When you stop it, the habit is marked complete and the result is logged
NEW: Timer - starts a timer you've set. When it finishes, the habit is marked complete and everything is logged

Habit Groups (previously Time Slots)

The time slot system is used by a lot of you, and we've wanted to expand on it for a long time. So today, we're renaming Time Slots to Groups. Groups act as containers that hold a bunch of habits, which you can use to build routines or just sort things better.

CHANGE: Time Slots are now called Groups. All of your current groups carry over and are fully backwards compatible
NEW: Multi-completion habits can now be split across multiple groups (e.g. "Brush teeth 2x")
NEW: The default groups can now be reordered however you like
MEMBERS: Members can create any number of custom groups

NEW: Task of the Day

A new concept called Task of the Day has been added! Every new day you open Levla, there's a 1 in 3 chance that one of your todos or habits for the day will be shiny and golden.

Completing that specific task grants you a 1.5x bonus on all its rewards, and in an upcoming update it will also give you a care package with some supplies for your next adventures!

Focused Adventures are now minimizable

Focused Adventures are used by a lot of you, and we heard how it was a bit annoying if your goal was to work through your habits or todos during one, since you couldn't leave the screen.

To fix this, we made Focused Adventures minimizable. You're limited to your Home Screen while minimized, though, so you stay focused!

Big Performance Enhancements

Another huge part of this update was making Levla feel much smoother, especially on lower-end devices. So today I rewrote pretty much every part of the app that was resource heavy. There isn't much to say about each one individually, so the full list is below. If you've had issues with any of these areas before, give them a try after updating!

PERFORMANCE: Huge boot time improvements on both Android and iOS
PERFORMANCE: Huge inventory performance boosts on first open
PERFORMANCE: Character screen performance boosts on first open
PERFORMANCE: Improved Home Screen performance
PERFORMANCE: Lowered CPU and battery usage
PERFORMANCE: Improved our Dialogue Engine, along with its UI/UX
PERFORMANCE: Improved the Daily Check-In dialog (performance plus minor tweaks)
PERFORMANCE: Improved the Inventory screen (performance plus small UX things)
PERFORMANCE: Improved the onboarding flow (performance, UX and bug fixes)
PERFORMANCE: Improved all of our reward overlays (UI, UX and performance)
PERFORMANCE: Improved the Analytics tab in the Todo / Habit overlay
PERFORMANCE: Improved the analytics screen on habit / todo details
PERFORMANCE: Improved performance on the Crafting screen
PERFORMANCE: Improved performance on the Shop screen
PERFORMANCE: Improved performance on the Trading Post
PERFORMANCE: Improved all of our confetti's performance, esp on habit & todo completions

Let me know how the app feels after these changes!

QOL

And as always, with every patch comes a lot of QOL updates which I also collect straight from our #suggestions channel in discord!

Combat Forecast (important)

The combat forecast system, which helps you understand how much food to bring, has been unified into a single system. Everything should be much more aligned and connected now, so let me know how it feels!

Alongside this change, we removed the fallback system that used to pull all of your food out of your inventory if you entered a combat adventure with no supplies selected. You must now always enter with supplies, otherwise you'll bring nothing!

Combat & Loadouts

NEW: A new battle report sheet has been added to combat overlays and the adventure log, with much richer details. More to come later
NEW: You can now "Save To" a loadout, which overrides it with whatever you currently have equipped
NEW: Loadout items now return to their proper tabs (requires a save-to / loadout update)
NEW: Items that are part of a loadout now have a special badge in the inventory, Trading Post, item detail sheet and shops

Inventory & Crafting

CHANGE: Inventory tabs are now reordered by drag and drop
CHANGE: To edit a tab, make it active, then press it to open the edit view
CHANGE: If you can only craft one item, it no longer instantly starts the crafting session. It now opens the bottom sheet instead

General Changes

NEW: You can now reorder your todo lists
NEW: Added a reminder notification if you have an unclaimed adventure after 24h
NEW: You can now start quests directly from the Quests screen
NEW: You can now disable the in-app Trading Post notifications
CHANGE: Private profiles are now a thing! "Hide from leaderboard" has been migrated into this. Visiting a private profile isn't possible from any page
CHANGE: Fixed some coloring in the time pickers on Android
UI: Many design improvements to our welcome / login screen
UI: Changed some animations in the Todo / Habit overlay
UI: Changed some animations in our bottom sheet scaffolding
UI: On iOS, the splash screen now fades out
UI: UI and UX improvements to the Trading Post
UI: Small design improvements to the compact create overlays
IOS: Improved our Siri implementation slightly
ANDROID: Switched to native Android haptics
PRIVACY: Fixed deletion of accounts for users who signed up using social auth

Bug Fixes

FIX: Permanently fixed the 422 error when completing todos from the Daily Check-In
FIX: Permanently fixed the 422 error when starting dungeons and monster slaying
FIX: Permanently fixed the 422 error when completing habits quickly after creation on slow networks
FIX: Permanently fixed the 422 errors when crafting
FIX: Fixed an issue where the guild passive stamina effect was forgotten after leveling up Agility
FIX: Fixed an issue with bartering requirements
FIX: Fixed an issue where recurring todos wouldn't show on the Home Screen (foundational change)
FIX: Fixed an issue where skipped habits would show up on the Daily Check-In
FIX: Fixed an issue where the Sources tab would show "???" even though the source was discovered
FIX: Fixed an issue where quest adventures that were cancelled after consuming items wouldn't refund the quest items, leaving users in a deadlock
FIX: Fixed an issue with loadout rules, and reworked how priority is handled
FIX: Fixed an issue where gathering nodes would be displayed twice
FIX: Fixed an issue where disconnecting while collecting rewards would leave it in a broken state
FIX: Fixed rate limiting issues with the leaderboard
FIX: Fixed an issue where announcements linked to the wrong Play Store
FIX: Fixed some issues with quest and tutorial tracking
FIX: Fixed auto-equip rules
FIX: Fixed a bug where you couldn't view your own profile when it was private
FIX: Fixed a bug where deleting tabs didn't work properly
FIX: You can now add subtasks to saved todos from the edit overlays
FIX: Changed the item type of the Frozen Key from material to key
FIX (ANDROID): Fixed our floating buttons becoming unclickable
FIX (ANDROID): Fixed the Focused Adventure overlay getting stuck
FIX (ANDROID): Fixed an issue where, with the monster screen open, pressing the back button would navigate the screen behind it
FIX (ANDROID): Fixed a few different crashes on Android devices
BALANCE: Made O'Gleeb premium, as non-premium users could interact with him and attempt to start his premium-only quest
FIX: Fixed an insane number of weird issues that weren't reported but were caught in the logs
FIX: Fixed probably 50+ more bugs not listed here through general cleanup

Alright, that wraps up the biggest patch notes yet! Thank you all so much for being here and for helping make Levla better every single day.

And as always, there will be a follow-up patch 18.1 coming within the next 2 days which fixes anything that got broken in todays patch and anything that was left out!

See you in the next one! 🤎