I said the next post would be the patch notes, and it's finally time to share them. There's a lot of new features and changes, so let's start with
New feature: Instapost
The most immersive social media system in an adult game ever? (nah jk it barely works)
Check out the new social media app Instapost, and follow your friends to see what they are posting, and who they're interacting with. Don't look too close though, or you might find accounts you wish you hadn't...
8 new accounts with around ~70 new CGs to discover
Follow accounts, and enable notifications to always be the first to their posts and stories
Like and comment on posts to show your support, some characters might even reference how you've been interacting with their profile
See engagement on posts grow as the story progresses, and what people are saying in the comments
And many small details I'll let you discover yourself 🫡
In the macro scale, you'll be able to see a lot of how someone's online presence changes. There's still a lot more to come with this app, and even with how long this update took, I just didn't have the
New feature: Time
Yes I did just go ahead and invent time. You can finally escape the eternal 1:15 PM
See the in-game day and time update as conversations progress. Each message is appropriately time-stamped
Long skips in time get indicated with a quick fast-forward animation
Apps might update with new/updated content with the passage of time
New setting to switch between 12/24 hour formats
I almost forgot to include this despite the pain the effort it took to make it. If only I had somewhere to save what I have done...
New feature: Storage
Queue notes on a basic feature every game is expected to have
New Storage app to create and manage save files
Uh that's it... I think it looks sleek?
But that's not all that's new with memory, because there's also the
Updated App: Gallery
Unfortunately still only filled with sexy women 😔
New Memories tab to display images you've unlocked across all saves
Additional filters to filter images by source (messages, instapost etc.)
Photos is now sorted from latest to oldest unlocked images
Not only that, but you might notice it looks and feels very different too. So let's talk about
QOL and other changes
As per your feedback
Updated animations across the game. Nearly every button and transition in the game has been updated
New setting which you can customize to automatically pick choices that only have a single option
New choice selection UI, which appears a lot faster (and is less anxiety inducing)
Chats can now be toggled between three different speeds, and paused at any time. These settings persist across different chats
Chats now open significantly faster, especially those with a longer message history
Improved mouse scroll speed across every app
New popup system for buttons and features that require Yes/No confirmation
Apps not currently implemented are no longer selectable on the home screen
Apps now track the order in which menus are opened (more realistic usage of the back button)
Revisited every single CG to fix any illogical shiny spots
Implemented the "Path under construction" choice near the end of current content
And probably a lot more that I'm forgetting, or deemed too minor to mention. There's minor changes in some of the dialogue too, but feel free to fast-forward through the story if you're already caught up and only care about Instapost.
Moving forward
Today is the 3-month anniversary of this game's launch, and I'm very grateful to everyone that has supported the project for this long. I probably won't go for updates this large moving forward, especially not updates with multiple major features as they just take far too long to implement. I personally like games with a more rigid update schedule, and I'll plan future updates to be 1 month or less, with a heavier focus on more story chapters.
But enough about the future, when does v0.2 launch? Tomorrow of course, which is Monday, 20th April. Or maybe the 21st I still have some comments to write under posts you guys better read them all 😭😭😭 kbyeeee!