Hey everyone, for those waiting for the public release for 0.5.X, here you go!
Chat up Dana and Emma and start your path to get to the bottom of how you came to be affected by the serum!
https://pinebrook-games.itch.io/project-thrust-early-access
Update 0.5.5
Changelog:
Content and Features:
Added 1884 New lines of dialogue (total 5536).
Added 43 new event scenes (Total 160).
Added several main storyline events, progressing the main character's story.
Added an additional optional event for Dana, which is repeatable.
Added an additional optional event for Emma.
Added a Credits screen to display Music Credits, Patreon Super Supporters, and links to the socials.
Added an unlock count to the Gallery, players can now know how many scenes they've unlocked and how many are possible in the game.
Added a force advance button to the Gene Repair Minigame so that you don't run into a scenario where you're forced to break a set of correct pairs in order to complete the minigame.
Added some UI elements to the Gene Repair Minigame.
Added an ingame Phone. You can't use it to make calls yet, but it enables other features below.
Added a new Minigame/Interactable unlocked via playing the main story and helping Dana, accessed via Phone.
Added a Contacts menu to view romanceable characters that you've met.
Added a set of Profiles and Information such as full name, height, race, etc. for each romanceable character.
Added a Hint system to suggest what the player should do next to romance particular characters, accessed via the character's profile, via the Phone.
Added Hints for Bridgette, Carla, Dana, Emma, Gigi, Lilly, Mel, Mercedes, Sammy, and Summer.
Added a new outfit for Emma: Casual.
Added 1 new expression for Emma.
Added 1 new expression for Dana.
Added 1 new expression for Sammy.
Added 1 new expression for Bridgette.
Added 3 new locations.
Added an additional hotkeys for progressing dialogue - Enter/Return and Keypad Enter.
Added a hotkey for Autoskip - Control keys, Holding will count as AutoSkip. Release to turn off.
Added a hotkey for Autoskip - Tab. pressing this will toggle the Autoskip mode on/off.
Added a hotkey for Show/Hide UI - H.
Added a hotkey for toggling AutoPlay - A.
Added the ability to drag or use up/down arrow keys to scroll the save menu list. This is especially effective on mobile where the dragging was broken.
Added Time of Day backgrounds for all relevant locations.
Added Locked Gallery item placeholders.
Changes:
Changed the Main Menu music.
Changed Gigi's faucet repair event from a dialogue tree to a button based UI.
Changed some UI buttons to appear darker when highlighted.
Changed when Dana's morning event can be triggered. Can now be seen outside of the prologue if she is stationed indoors, and leads into her optional event.
Changed Carla's bio and backstory. She's still a genius.
Adjusted what times count as what portions of the day.
Adjusted the visibility of the menu buttons.
Adjusted how some Scenery Buttons are displayed to more appropriately match the relevant background.
Fixes:
Fixed an issue where the save menu could not be scrolled on mobile.
Fixed an issue with dialogue display where certain punctuation patters (Such as "!?") were causing a delay when they shouldn't be.
Fixed a visibility issue for Carla after helping her study.
Fixed an expression and outfit issue which could cause characters to hold expressions or outfits in scenarios they shouldn't.
Fixed an edge case with Bridgette where turning her down for drinks with a certain number of completed Resequencer runs could cause you to be unable to ask her about it, halting her route.
Fixed missing dialogue paths for Mel.
Fixed an issue where Foregrounds were not appropriately saved/loaded.
Fixed an issue where character positions and expressions were not appropriately saved/loaded.
Fixed an issue where loading into an area where a trigger could happen would cause a broken trigger to occur, bricking the save.
Fixed a bug causing the stock refill system of the Gene Repair minigame, it still gives random bases but it is far less likely to give unusable bases.
Fixed a bug with text speed tags for text effects in game which would break remaining text speed, causing the player to need to adjust the speed setting to fix it.
Fixed art errors on Gigi's faucet scene
Fixed art errors on Bridgette's apartment scene
Fixed an issue where Cam's silhouette was appearing on the title screen
Fixed an issue where Carla would not be at the bus stop during the week if you spent the night with Bridgette.
Fixed an issue where a Mel would not gain affection for the MC when having "Lunch" with her.
Fixed a handful of typos ("Jotential!").