Song Summoner Revival v0.2.3

The biggest update since the first release: play the whole game with a
controller, a new Setup menu on both Windows and Android, your own
music library with a rebuilt iPod picker, and saves that survive an
uninstall on Android.

You still need your own copy of the game. The IPA is not included in
the download, the APK or the Windows build. You pick your copy the first
time you start.

Downloads

Platform	File
Android (arm64)	song-summoner-0.2.3.apk
Windows (64-bit)	The Windows zip: unzip it anywhere and run S.S.Encore.exe

Updating on Android: install over the old version. If you played the first
release, pick your old SongSummoner folder as the save folder and your
saves come along.

Updating on Windows: unzip over your old folder and your saves and options
stay put. The game is now called S.S.Encore.exe, so delete the old
touchHLE.exe, and point any shortcuts or antivirus exceptions at the new
name.

What's new

Controller support, everywhere

• Menus: every button menu, dialog, list, the title drum, the Options
  and Help screens, the card list and the shop. The D-pad moves by where
  buttons are on screen.
• Dialogs never wrap: left is always No, right is always Yes.
  Up and down still wrap in a column.
• Battle: a free tile cursor, move and attack select with the game's own
  previews, the command ring, deploying troopers, L1/R1 to step through
  your units, L2/R2 to zoom the map, Start for the battle menu.
• World map: move along the roads, cycle locations, and choose from the
  location and town menus.
• Cutscenes: Start skips.
• Shop password: the game's on-screen keyboard works with the D-pad.
  You can also type it on a real keyboard (Windows, or a USB or Bluetooth
  keyboard on Android) or your phone's own keyboard. Pick which in Setup >
  Game > Shop password.
• Button icons match your pad: Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo.
• Pick which face button confirms: bottom (default) or right.

An easier-to-see cursor

Setup > Game > Cursor lets you choose how the controller's cursor looks:

• Look: Like the game, Outlined or Bold.
• Colour: Gold, White, Yellow or Sky blue.

Every colour sits on a dark edge, so the cursor stands out on any
background without needing to tell colours apart. It's friendlier for
colour-blind players and easier to read on small screens.

The Setup menu

One menu for both platforms, drawn over the paused game. It opens by itself
on the first launch; after that press F2, hold Select + Start on a
controller, or tap the gear on Android.

• Game: change the game file, button icons, FPS counter, fullscreen
  (Windows), the fading gear (Android), cursor look and shop password.
• Music: add and remove music folders, rescan, list scroll speed.
• Controller: move any action to another button, stick dead zone.
• Keyboard: two keys per action, all remappable. Now on Android too.
• Data & help: open the data folder, make a bug report, back up and
  restore saves, and a button tester.
• Credits: everyone this is built on, and a tip jar (below).

Touch works throughout: one tap chooses, and you can drag to scroll long
tabs like Credits.

Your music, your troopers

• Point the game at folders of your own mp3, m4a, aac, wav or caf files.
  Tags and embedded cover art are read; each subfolder becomes a playlist.
• The iPod picker is rebuilt in the style of the original, with the game's
  own art: Song, Artist, Album and Playlist tabs, an A–Z strip, and fighter
  portraits. It works by touch or controller.
• Your trooper's song plays from your file in the palace, in battle and on
  the results screen, and each play counts towards listening points.

Android: saves that survive

• The app no longer asks for any storage permission.
• On the first launch you pick your game file, then a save folder (for
  example Documents/SongSummoner). Saves, settings, backups and bug
  reports are copied there, so they survive an uninstall.

Other improvements and fixes

• The item list in Edit Troopers scrolls smoothly with the D-pad on long
  lists: it stops on a whole item every time, keeps up when you hold a
  direction, and no longer pulls back to the highlight when you scroll it
  by touch.
• On Windows the game is now S.S.Encore.exe and opens maximized, scaled
  to fit. Restore the window for the old size, or press F11 for fullscreen.
• Windows builds are assembled into a ready-to-run folder, and rebuilding
  never touches your saves or options.
• The game no longer has to be baked into the APK or the Windows build.

Known issues

• In battle, the attack cursor sometimes jumps up a tile on its own.
• Windows antivirus tools (Avast, AVG, Bitdefender, sometimes Defender) may
  flag S.S.Encore.exe. It's a false positive from the emulator's JIT; see the
  README.

Found something else? Setup > Data & help > Make a bug report creates a
file you can attach to an issue. It never contains the game or your saves.

Support the developer

Song Summoner Revival is free, and always will be. It's made by one person
in their spare time. If it brings you some joy and you'd like to support my
work as a solo developer, a tip is always appreciated but never required.
Thank you for playing!

Credits and legal

Built on touchHLE. Controller
button icons by Zacksly (CC BY 3.0). Full
credits are in CREDITS.txt, included with every download.

Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes Encore © 2009 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All
rights reserved. This is an unofficial, non-commercial fan project, not
made, approved or endorsed by Square Enix. It contains no part of the game.