About 0.02.1:
While working on the upcoming 0.03 update, I ended up adding far more changes than expected. And I realized it would be best to split them into a prior release.
This update focuses on quality-of-life improvements and essential optimizations to prepare for 0.03, which will be released shortly after this version’s public release.
Release Dates:
Director: Jan 17th
Manager: Feb 1st
Senior: Feb 9th
Mid: Feb 11th
Intern: Feb 15th
Public: Feb 16th
Changelog:
Amy
Two new date variations added: "hangout" and "cafe".
Reworked Amy’s cafe event and dates with a new location.
Lucy
Two new date variations added: "hangout" and "bakery".
Rose
Intro art reworked and updated office background.
Game features:
Removed artificial pauses during scenes for smoother progression.
An exclamation mark now indicates when a relevant event is available with a character.
Working system: Gain XP after working, improving your efficiency over time and increasing your earnings.
New tutorials added to explain basic features of the game.
The day is now divided into six parts: Morning, Morning+, Evening, Evening+, Night, and Night+.
You can now change outfits from the mc's bedroom.
New dates menu UI replaces the placeholder menu.
Now there are popups for when you unlock a new date.
Animated office background introduced.
Voices removed; replaced with dialogue sounds, that can be tuned via the voice sound slider.
Many "under development" messages removed.
Over 7,000 lines of code removed, simplifying a lot future versions and additions of characters. Also the full code had to be reworked.