Hello thar, Meinos Kaen here... And the Road to Emerald begins.

What that means? It means that this is the first of the updates which will bring us to JPDE 5.0, which will include Emerald's Custom Ending and bring Sonata of Fire ever so close to its FINAL FORM.

This is a first step! This update, 4.6, contains a LOT of bug fixes -thank you, Renpy god, for the constant updates that make life so much easier!- and a much requested feature: YOU CAN NOW SKIP ALL THE BATTLE CONTENT IN THE GAME WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE STORY!

That's right! While we are reworking and updating the battle system to something more humane, helped by the experience we've gained in developing JPDE2 [which is A DIRECT SEQUEL TO JPDE1, it seems that a lot of people were confused about that!] you will now be able to skip everything, making repeated plays much quicker! Right now, you can only choose to battle or not battle at the beginning of the game but that will also disappear once the new battle system is in place.

More features are coming! A fully functional gallery, music player, and MORE! JPDE2 may be the future, but JPDE1 is not done just yet!

- Meinos Kaen