I´m really, really tired, but despite everything the new version of Treasure of the Rudras is ready! I must say that it looks absolutely fantastic and is a huge step up over the old version; if you tried it before and loved it, you´ll like this one even better, and if you couldn´t get into it before because the writing fell a little flat then prepare to be amazed. Be absolutely sure your emulator is hires-enabled, though; otherwise the text will look extremely nasty!

Features in the initial version:

• 740 kilobytes of English script!
  
• Item names expanded from 8 letters max to 13!
  
• Monster names expanded from 8 letters max to 10!
  
• Spell name sizes DOUBLED, six letters to twelve!
  
• A fully hacked-and-translated Mantra magic system!
  
• Location names expanded from 12 characters to 16!
  
• Battle menu expanded to fit six letter commands in!
  
• Battle data squished over, menus expanded and moved to accomodate 10 letter enemy names!
  
• Character names expanded from 6 letters to 8!
  
• Enemy attack names expanded from 8 letters to 16!
  
• Elemental affinity highlighting reprogrammed to work with horizontal words instead of vertical icons!
  
• ALL areas of the subscreen, shop menus, and save/load menus expanded to fit in the new long character names, item names, spell names, etc.
  
• Items-per-menu reduced to 4 during battle, pages doubled from 3 pages to 6!
  
• Spells-per-menu to 4 during battle, pages doubled from 4 pages to 8!
  
• 32x32 font shrunk down to 16x32 so "textual" spell effects don´t look hugely blocky!
  
• Area name display font width halved!
  
• Combat attack display font width halved!
  
• Backgroundless text display font width halved!
  

The new version includes:

• A completely redone opening sequence!
  
• Full variable-width support for the main dialogue font, with support for dynamic centering of text and automatic indentation! The font remains in hires, so none of the original luster of a 512-pixel wide text window is lost, so long as your emulator supports hires!
  
• A fully rewritten and polished script!
  
• Battle screen hacked a bit to allow two MORE letters in enemy monster names!