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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🌼 Patch v1.3.4 The leaderboard has been further polished up, and a few small things were added, changed, & fixed! #nnff #noneedforflowers

Patch 1.3.4

__Additions__
• Added the ability to sort the leaderboard by friends only.
• Added a new misc. option "Mirror boss HP to bottom of screen", which displays a darkened copy of the boss's HP bar at the bottom of the screen (makes a certain high-level technique easier).
• Added a few extremely obscure alternative flavor dialogues when certain conditions are met (likely not noticeable).
• Added more tips.

__Changes__
• Iron Dragon is now referred to as "IrDr" instead of "Ex Hard" in the replay menu (??).
• While playing as the lost priestess, the spell portrait that appears before the final boss fight starts has been changed to one that more explicitly communicates what is about to happen.

__Misc.__
• Screenshots are now handled by Steam when Steam Overlay is detected. This does not fix the issue with external screenshots not saving, but fixes them rarely not saving to Steam itself.
• All the non-dialogue text now loads from an external format. This should not affect anything.
• Pop in tips on the title menus now disappear after 20 seconds instead of 15.

__Fixes__
• The way the leaderboard detect non-English characters in names has been moderately improved. There should no longer be missing characters in _most_ Japanese and Chinese names.
• The extended font has been changed to one which supports a wider variety of Japanese characters as well as Chinese.
• Corrected a piece of outdated information in the Help Menu.

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🌼 Patch v1.3.3 As more people have been playing the game for score, it has been discovered Esther is unintentionally SUPER hard to score high with... So she has been buffed! Now, Poly is the easy gameplay character, and Esther is properly the easy scoring character! (as originally intended!!)

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Conly Basher @conlybasher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Something way more lighthearted, here's Lily dressed as another renowned frog wielder! Had Native Faith and Kero 9 Destiny playing in my head the whole time, and that made me happy. Thank you Mongo for making such cute characters! #nnff #noneedforflowers #touhou #fanart #cute

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

v1.3.2 ~ Minor patch! Changes: • The leaderboard now detects if a name is not in English and swaps to an expanded font. • The expanded font's character range has now includes a bunch of common Chinese characters, hiragana, katakana, and a bunch of common kanji. #nnff #noneedforflowers

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NNFF is highly rated, highly innovative, and highly accessible! If you've wanted to try out the bullet hell genre but don't know where to begin, this game is a perfect starting point!! store.steampowered.com/app/3337840/...

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No Need for Flowers on Steam

Dodge through colorful bullet patterns as you shoot down hordes of enemies in this arcade-style scrolling shooter bullet hell about magic dragon girls! Uncover a tragic story about acceptance as you…

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🍂 No Need for Flowers is 10% off for the Steam Autumn sale!! This sale ends on October 8th, so get it while you can!.. (Check it out now at the link here!!) ➤➤ store.steampowered.com/app/3337840/... #indiedev #gamedevelopment #GameMaker #furry #gamedev #nnff #noneedforflowers #shmup

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Update v1.3.1 Usernames have been added to the leaderboards! #nnff #noneedforflowers

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There will be a few QoL updates to the new leaderboard system over the next few days! The plan currently is to add visible usernames, and additional sorting options If you have anything else you'd like to see added or changed, feel free to share your thoughts here! ➤➤ noneedforflowers.com#feedback

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No Need for Flowers

An arcade-style scrolling shooter bullet hell game about magic dragon girls!

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is the first time I have worked with online functionality stuff, so if there's any bugs or oddities with it, I apologize! (I'll fix anything that comes up ASAP, though!!)

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🌸 NEW Update 🌸 Steam Leaderboard support has been added!- Now you have an easy way to show off your scores to everyone!! In the update post below, I go over the details and also go over the progress of the final remaining bonus features! Details here!! ➤➤ store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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No Need for Flowers - v1.3.0 ~ Global Leaderboards!! (& short progress update!) - Steam News

In this update post, I would like to go over the big new thing that was just added as well as catch you up on the progress of the final remaining bonus features!

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

THIS IS SO GOOD AAA (also super glad to hear you had fun with it!)

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thenicezombie.bsky.social @thenicezombie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What it feels like to play No Need For Flowers @mongosnow.bsky.social

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Hallow/DFGC @hallow-skarlet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Memes... The DNA of the Internet's Soul.. because that Ralsei smoking meme but Poly on bluesky and I decided we need more memes.. unfortunately, I tend to make things high quality.. whoops.... #noneedforflowers #memes #noneedforflowersmemes

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🌸 No Need for Flowers has tons of extra stuff to do after the main story! Unique for the genre, this game features a whole suite of achievements for clearing its hardest challenges!! ... Get enough, and you'll find something... "flavorless"? #indiedev #furry #gamedev #shmup #steamgames

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Mongo @mongosnowart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Lotus is the oldest character design out of everyone in NNFF. I made her over 14-ish years ago as a fakemon I'm glad she finally has a home #noneedforflowers #nnff

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New Update! The soundtest has been expanded to include comments from the game's composer! Along with this new feature come a few minor additions, and also some bug fixes. Details here!! ➤➤ store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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No Need for Flowers - v1.2.2 ~ New Composer Comments Feature & Bug Fixes! - Steam News

The soundtest has been expanded to include comments from the game's composer! Along with this new feature come a few minor additions, and also some bug fixes.

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Estrodog Valeruff @beetleslap.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

@noneedforflowers.bsky.social fanart of poly, please please please check this game out it rules so hard

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

That was definitely a part of it! Having it be 2D also let the colors and general composition of the sprites be a lot easier to control for the foreground visibility

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Most other bullet hell games with similar styles have backgrounds consisting of 2D sprites moving along a 3D plain... NNFF does not have this system because I literally had no idea how to do that (and still don't 🥺)

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here's some footage of the first prototype of this system all the way back from November 2022 (It was actually one of the first things I had ever coded!)

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The backgrounds in NNFF are made using a trick involving sprite scaling against the top of the screen as a horizon line + vanishing point to create a 1-point perspective illusion! #indiedev #gamedevelopment #GameMaker #furry #gamedev #nnff #noneedforflowers #steamgames #screenshotsaturday

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

All of the character designs in NNFF are all based on specific animals + dragon Some examples: Poly ➤ salamander Esther ➤ bighorn sheep Snapdragon ➤ snake ... (Plumeria is *just* dragon, though) #indiedev #gamedevelopment #furry #gamedev #nnff #noneedforflowers #dragons

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

(Text also now dims when you stand on top of it on any setting!)

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

NNFF v1.1.3 ~ More QoL! There's been a few updates over this weekend, the most important one being a brand new option which lets you dim or disable play area text for a smoother replaying experience! Details ➤➤

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

(Here's a few more of the raw vs rendered backgrounds!)

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

NNFF's backgrounds use post-processing shaders and lighting effects to give every scene a foggy, dream look.... but it was mainly done to better separate the foreground and background! #indiedev #gamedevelopment #GameMaker #furry #gamedev #nnff #noneedforflowers #steamgames #screenshotsaturday

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There have been quite a lot of people requesting an extra stage (it's perhaps THE MOST requested thing *by far*, actually). I have some specific thoughts about this, but I'll wait to share them next week in that aforementioned Steam update post... #noneedforflowers #nnff

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I just noticed the link links to the wrong update but the embed links to the correct one(???)

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This biggest improvement in this patch is probably the new story skip feature btw I hope this helps people who are trying to clear Hard 1CC and Iron Dragon!!

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

There's a lot of fun news and information related to future updates, new content, and current plans that I'd like to share with you... But I am planning on doing it in a more organized post either sometime this weekend or next week! (so look forward to that)

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

All of this week's planned changes have been completed early, so I went ahead and pushed them as a new update! (v1.1.0) It adds some of the most requested accessibility settings and adds some extra QoL features! (Also gameover messages work now!!) Details ➤➤ store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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No Need for Flowers - v1.1.0 ~ QoL & Accessibility Expanded! - Steam News

Several new features and settings have been implemented based on your feedback! Here's what's been changed in this new update...

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Mallow has a humid, subtropical climate which is perfect for reptiles (dragon paradise!) That's why it rains so much in all of the stages #indiedev #gamedevelopment #GameMaker #furry #gamedev #nnff #noneedforflowers #steamgames #dragons

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

That's actually one of the new settings that's going to be added!

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Just got hard mode gameover messages working properly! Soon, the character you're playing as will complain to you (as intended) This fix will be added this weekend along with a few other adjustments, QoL features, and accessibility options #gamedev #nnff #noneedforflowers

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I'd like to thank everyone for all the support this weekend! In the Steam announcement below, I go over some of my thoughts & future update plans for the game... store.steampowered.com/news/app/333... (TLDR, The important part: Localization to Spanish, Japanese, and Russian are currently planned)

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No Need for Flowers - Post Launch Thoughts & Not-So-Distant Future Plans - Steam News

NNFF's launch has been a success, but we're not stopping there... In this post, I go over some not-so-distant future plans for the game!

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The version in game looks more like a double crested cormorant though because I left out the white feather accents (for less visual overstimulation)

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

For anyone wondering, the birds in stage 2 are anhingas! Mallow is a subtropical place (especially the stage 2 area), so I wanted to take the opportunity to sneak in a niche swamp bird #indiedev #gamedevelopment #GameMaker #furry #gamedev #nnff #noneedforflowers #steamgames

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Why it happens: The code that chooses which gameover messages appear is not very good (was some of the first code written), so it needs to be redone from the ground up... (Shouldn't take too long to fix though!)

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No Need for Flowers🌸 @noneedforflowers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A few people have gotten crashes when getting a gameover on Hard while not in a boss fight I am currently working on a fix, but in the meantime, a temporary hotfix patch (v1.0.4) has been pushed, which disables gameover messages outside of boss battles to eliminate the error until it's finished

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