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Castlevania - Dawn of Dissonance
By: Serbagz
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Castlevania - Dawn of Dissonance is a small fan-made Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow ROM hack
that aims to modify most of the game's content. It has been crafted by fans of the series
for fans of the series since 2019. Included is an xdelta patch that must be applied to your
dump of Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow.

    File: Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (USA).nds
  CRC-32: 135737f6
     MD5: cc0f25b8783fb83cb4588d1c111bdc18
   SHA-1: 47530ff87e608f88105a314fdf36dc385f8dec94
 SHA-256: 3ddc8b0eac841b6005ff4c38a184b517fa8225ac905aad951b0572850358d8b0


xdelta UI:
https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/598/
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Version Differences:

Belnades Blood Edition:
- Juste sprites, batform, and all his portrait colors are flipped to blue
- Juste's overcoat is blue and has a new description
- A cutscene where Sophia mentions Juste's face being red as his jacket is redone
- Intro credits are blue
- Bat Familiar has blue eyes
- Langolier Familiar's outline is blue instead of red
- Iron Impacts eyes are now blue
- Fuma's Armor is now blue
- Tunic of the Hero is now blue and resists ice
- Hyrulian Archer wears a blue tunic and fires ice arrows
- Union Confodere is blue and does ice damage
- Four 7s is now blue
- Berserker Armor has a blue aura
- Merman and his bestiary portrait are purple
- Demon familiar (spell) carries a blue spear
- Juste's Summon Doves are now blue instead of pink
- Juste's Dragon Tail has blue eyes
- Magic Vacuum now has blue eyes

Level 1 Mode:
- Disabled the ability to gain experience
- Juste's starting HP raised from 150 to 300
- Just's starting MP raised from 100 to 200
- Juste's starting STR raised from 6 to 12
- Juste's starting CON raised rom 5 to 10
- Juste's starting INT raised from 10 to 16
- Juste's starting LCK raised from 7 to 20
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Changelog:

v1.0.5 - August 11, 2021
Serbagz:
- Drastically improved Juste's Dash spell (big thanks to Devanj!)
- Fixed money in front of Hell Boar sprite in the Demon Guest House
- Corrected the HP text on Rice Ball
- Added a hitbox to Juste's fist when using Seiryu's Charge
- Fixed Spear Familiar's unwanted status flags
- Removed the "Soma-Sama" line from Sweet Jail
- Fixed a slightly misaligned door in one of the Abyss rooms
- Alucard's outline is now set to black
- Fixed the snap on Sonia's hard landing animation
- Added the proper casting skill in air animation for Sonia
- Buffed Spirit Shot's base damage (no longer scales with soul level)
- Cleaned up details on Juste's jumping gun animation
- Cleaned up Juste's Throw/Bullet Spell animation timings
- Cleaned and improved some animations on a few more weapons
- Replaced Familiar Sword with a new weapon
- Renamed Familiar Sword +1 and adjusted synth tree slightly
- Replaced Capsule Monster #47 with a malphas styled Dark Lightning
- Adjusted a couple of enemy placements
- Nerfed the damage output on several enemies
- Death can no longer be frozen in time using Stopwatch
- Lowered the volume slightly on a few themes
- Fixed tiling issues in a few rooms
- Added a secret room, making the map completion an even 106%

DeadSkullzJr:
- Fixed the header related issues
- Resized the ROM image to match the proper size standards
- Added custom game icons for both versions of the hack
- Created a tweak to enable Dual-Slot Mode without requiring Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow in slot-2
- Created a tweak to disable the ability of gaining experience in Level 1 Mode

v1.0.4 - July 24, 2021
Serbagz:
- Remapped several areas throughout the castle
- Adjusted enemy placements in a few areas
- Cleaned the hitboxes on a couple of weapons that needed refinement
- Reworked the Rahab boss fight and area around Rahab's boss room
- Blood across the game is now properly red
- Cleaned the collar on Juste's backdash sprites
- Fixed the horizontal flip of Juste's downkick sprites
- Added Stopwatch as a fifth sub-weapon for Sonia
- Stopwatch now effects more enemies
- Changed Sonia's Axe sub weapon in to Spirit Shot (Stab/Holy)
- Byakko's Spirit is now a proper a white tiger cub (Slash/Lightning)
- Flame Breath spell is now Dragon Tail (Strike/Fire)
- Needles across the game have become Frozen Needles (Ice/Stab)
- Tome of Gorgon was replaced with a new upgrade to the final tome (Ice)
- Buffed the Chaos Ring replacements MP regen speed from 1MP per frame to two MP per frame
- Juste's starting HP is raised from 120 to 150
- Juste's starting MP is raised from 80 to 100
- Juste's starting INT raised from 6 to 10
- Justes starting LCK raised from 3 to 7

Notes:
All starting stat buffs apply to Sonia Mode too

MaskedDedede:
- His guide on editing Chaos Ring regen speed
- His guide on adding a 5th ability to the Julius character slot
- His guide to editing blood color in Dawn of Sorrow
- Provided palettes for Puppet Master and Paranoia blood splashes
- Provided new icons for the Sonia Mode abilites Hellfire, Spirit Shot, and Soul of Bat
- Beta testing lots of this update

Darkaiden95:
- His guide on editing DSVania in-game starting stats

DeadSkullzJr:
- Fixed the header related issues
- Resized the ROM image to match the proper size standards
- Added custom game icons for both versions of the hack
- Created a tweak to enable Dual-Slot Mode without requiring Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow in slot-2

v1.0.3a - May 19, 2021
Serbagz:
- Added Sonia's new uppercut and downkick sprites along with the proper animation fixes by Masked Dedede
- Fixed the buggy Mollusca and Slugs in certain areas
- Fixed the song Ecclesia being incorrectly named in the sound room
- Fixed an incorrect doorway tile on the Abyss map
- Fixed the boss music randomly playing in Sonia Mode in Abyss rooms with Stolases that are set to not be summoned

DeadSkullzJr:
- Fixed the header related issues
- Resized the ROM image to match the proper size standards
- Added the game icons to both versions of the hack
- Created a tweak to enable Dual-Slot Mode without requiring Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow in slot-2

v1.0.3 - May 17, 2021
!!!IT IS RECOMMENDED TO START A NEW GAME TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS UPDATE!!!

Serbagz:
- Fixed the main menu background, added por style shaded text, and menu bracket
- Fixed a floating invisible standable tile in Demon Guest House
- Fixed the glitched wall in the Abyss
- Fixed one of Juste's in air attack sprites head being clipped
- Fixed a black line that appeared during Juste's bat transform animation
- Fixed a slowdown that occured when killing a certain Disc Armor in the Violet Tower
- Fixed the scaling on LCK Boost
- Fixed the palette of all Delicious Curry levels
- Fixed a text box during the Abyss Gate scene where Alucard says one of Sonia's dialogue lines
- Fixed Alucard's double jump wings clipping through the transition room ceiling
- Fixed Sonia saying Julius's old "YURUSE" line after killing Dracula
- Fixed Alucard not appearing in the scrolling credits of the best ending
- Fixed and replaced spike traps that were behind map layers
- Fixed the slowdown that occured during the Zephyr fight
- Updated Sophia's room to feel a bit more Velvet Room- y
- Maxim's Reports have slightly different dialogue now
- The Skeleton Key's description has been updated to be more accurate
- The Dead Crusader sprite and bestiary portrait have been recolored to match Portrait of Ruin
- Buffed STR bonus from Berserker Mail
- The time between Abaddon's Locust Swarms has been reduced
- Zephyr's idle and swing recovery frames have been greatly reduced
- All spear weapons have been reworked to be faster weapons
- Cleaned up several Falcis animations
- Replaced the Unrivaled Spear spell animation was fixed to appear as a Spear Familiar instead
- Sophia's Blue Splash and Holy Lightning spells are now obtainable by Juste
- Trickster now has cards for Maxim, Sophia, and Lydie
- In honor of the new announcement, Fuma's Armor has been added to the game
- Added cake
- Noticable general balance, enemy placement, item placement, and weapon synthesis changes
- Reshaped and retiled several rooms throughout the game
- Added two new rooms to the game for new acquisitions
- Added new ending credits background images
- Reworked the shop's buy and sell prices
- Potions are now balanced in the same style as Order of Ecclesia
- Drinks now restore MP
- Reduced the spawn locations of Metroids
- Gave Metroid's death effects portal a more fitting palette
- Edited and fixed up a few story cutscenes
- Added a Kojima styled portrait for Darius, original image hand drawn by Acediez https://www.deviantart.com/acediez/gallery/all
- Made a new portrait for Sophia to compliment the others
- Changed several character voices throughout the game
- Due to quite a few complaints, a few songs were changed
- Created a Belnades Blood version of the cover art made by DevianBelmont
- Edited and implemented many contributions made by EchidKnux and MaskedDedede

- Alucard
* He will now only address Juste as "Belmont" in main story scenes
* Buffed his run speed to match Sonia's
* Added a more SotN like backdash
* Changed inner cloak color to match Twilight Cloak from SotN
* Fixed weapon positioning to better fit his new unscaled sprite
(This has to be the same weapon for Juste too so there is some compromise.)

- Sophia
* Now uses Alucard's old run speed which is much faster than her old run speed
* Nerfed Holy Flames damage slightly and greatly increased its range
(This effects Juste's Holy Flame also.)

Masked Dedede:
- Fixed up most item icons and recreated new ones for weapons like the Holy Sword, Spectral Sword, and Alucard Sword
- Changed the palette of the Postitron Rifle EX to match Aria of Sorrow
- Improved the shading on this hack's succubus palette and improved the shading on the SotN palette for Dracula
- Improved the shading on their bestiary portraits as well
- Provided better sprites and color palettes for the Cross and Holy Water flame which will effect both Juste and Sonia
- Furthur improved coloring and shading on both versions of the Vampire Killer
- Improved some of Sonia's general movement animations
- Added additional Cosmetic changes on top of Serbagz's to improve the UI, spell and fire effects, and other small details

EchidKnux: https://www.deviantart.com/echidknux/gallery/all
- Created a completely new custom made sprite for Lydie. Color palette and head were made by Vydartz (https://www.deviantart.com/vydartz/gallery/all)
- Provided a recolored Dawn of Dignity Celia Portrait originally hand drawn by Acediez (https://www.deviantart.com/acediez/gallery/all)
- Touched up the details on Cecilia Bartley's sprites

DeadSkullzJr:
- Fixed the header related issues
- Resized the ROM image to match the proper size standards
- Added custom game icons for both versions of the hack
- Created a tweak to enable Dual-Slot Mode without requiring Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow in slot-2

v1.0.2 - April 8, 2021
Serbagz:
- Fixed Sophias last few attack frames and added a headsmash animation
- Added the final frame to Juste's up animation
- Cleaned up several weapon animations which includes greatswords
- Aguni slightly less bugged now? (Please report)
- Reimplemented enemy #47 (Bouncing Frog) so it is now possible to obtain the new "Chaos Ring" item
- Bugbear now uses the palette from Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia.
- Updated Bugbear and Dracula Bestiary portraits to match the new palettes
- Magic Armor added to Maxim's shop
- Flying Sword was ugly so it has been replaced with a chair
- Lots of general balance and enemy placement changes compared to v1.0.1
- Soul Eater Ring is on a 50k discount special
- Changed the Power Throw soul description to be more accurate

DeadSkullzJr:
- Fixed the header related issues
- Resized the ROM image to match the proper size standards
- Added custom game icons for both versions of the hack
- Created a tweak to enable Dual-Slot Mode without requiring Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow in slot-2

Notes:
Belnades Blood Edition (v1.0.2) now includes Juste's top screen portrait, Juste's Overcoat, and
Sophia doesn't mention how his face is "red as his jacket" and instead says something else.

v1.0.1 - April 4, 2021
- Fixed Juste and Sophia banter portraits that contained an accidental spoiler
* Fixed several typos and item descriptions
- Touched up several areas that had bugs/annoyances like enemies clipping and reintroduced Bugbears back to the game as later game enemies
- Rewrote one of Maxim's banter scenes
- Dracula now uses the palette used from Castlevania - Symphony of the Night
- Added a Belnades Blood Edition variant of the hack

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- Sinister Greatsword was too long, renamed it to Flying Greatsword
- Ring of Vlad no longer says DO NOT SELL as you cant sell it anyway
- Rapid Fire Shots description should be more accurate now

DeadSkullzJr:
- Created a tweak to enable Dual-Slot Mode without requiring Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow in slot-2

v1.0.0 - April 2, 2021
- Initial release
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Known Bugs:

- Aguni's sprites may bug out a bit during his fight, his cutscene is fine however.
- The Medusa Head level nine soul has the wrong graphic
- There may be some typos (contact me if that is the case)
- Some death effects use the wrong frame at times.
- The hack has known issues with TWiLight Menu++ and is not supported currently.
- The ending after killing the secret boss is slightly bugged.