Version 0.975b is already available for download for subscribers of the Super Best Friend tier ($25). To view the post with this version, follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/released-0-975b-153076405
Version 0.975a is already available for download for subscribers of the Best Friend tier ($10). To view the post with this version, follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/released-0-975a-152273853
So, another week and a half has passed since the release of the last full version of the game, as well as the last weekly news release. During this time, we've accomplished quite a bit of work, which, as expected, we'll cover in order.
First, randomized NPCs. This is where the least amount of work has been done, but even so, we have a lot to share. First, the scene we presented in the last weekly news release has been completed. You can see what it looks like now below:
It supports in-game animations, making it more enjoyable to watch. You can see them if you invite a female NPC to swim with you in the corresponding NPC interaction interface. We've also added a new interface to your character's PC: the database. There, you can view all the basic information about every single NPC in your game session. You can see what it looks like below:
Secondly, the story. So, we have a lot to share with you here as well. Let's start with the least significant new feature: we've integrated newly drawn sprites for Hitomi Watanabe and the Secret Fanatic into the game. To remind you what they look like, you can see them below:
Also, in line with the fact that we've changed three story sprites in a short period of time, we've added the ability to change their appearance (only breasts at the moment) in the corresponding interface, which is available at the very beginning of the game.
Besides the visual changes, we've also introduced new content in terms of story characters. Ayano Yoshida has undergone both changes and additions: her interaction interface has been completely redesigned to align with the existing game design. You can see what it looks like below:
As for the new feature, over five dozen different reactions to your character have been added, one of which you can see in the screenshot above. And, of course, new interactions with her have been added: show me your breasts, show me your bottom, and show yourself naked. All of these are contained in the "Erotica" category, along with flirting and other options:
Third, system changes. Two locations have been updated: the tattoo parlor and the beauty salon. Some locations didn't have their own unique interfaces, while others did, but overall, the goal is the same: to simplify the player's experience with these locations, which were previously less popular, though useful (especially the latter). Let's start with the tattoo parlor:
This entire interface now supports tattoo categories, as you can see in the screenshot. Among other things, you can now adjust the opacity and color of your tattoo in this interface. Then there are the little details: price changes, tattoo concepts, and so on. The other location that has been updated is the beauty salon.
Your character, as in the old version, has the option to completely remove scars, shave their head, and also upgrade their attractiveness for money. You can improve your appearance by 100 points at a time, which is much easier than the previous version, which requires 10 points.
Fourth, bug fixes and code refactoring. We've done significantly more work on the first point than usual, involving more of our beta testers. You'll be able to see the results in the micro-update, which will correspond to the changelog below—version 0.975b:
New content:
A completely new scene related to the female NPC has been added to the game—a swimming scene. It appears in the corresponding activities with her, has some animations, and generally supports many necessary features. To view it, invite the female NPC to swim with you in the corresponding NPC interaction interface.
The interaction interface with the story character Ayano Yoshida has been completely redesigned from the ground up: firstly, its design now matches the overall style of the game; secondly, its code has been completely rewritten, making it more functional and modifiable; thirdly, this interface supports new possible functions that can be seen while using it.
Three new erotic interactions have been added to the interaction interface with the story character Ayano Yoshida: show me your breasts, show me your bottom, and show me naked.
Hitomi Watanabe's story character has had her sprite completely redesigned. It supports all of her previous emotes and sprite positions, adds new ones, supports the ability to change breast size from large to small and vice versa, and is generally a higher-quality and more detailed version of the previous sprite.
A new tab and interface—the Database—has been added to your character's PC. There, you can view literally all the information about the city's residents: gender, name, location, biographies, and relationship scores. This was done to simplify gameplay, and also to allow you to see who's in your game session, in addition to the "Acquaintances" interface.
A new interface for tattooing your character now opens when using the tattoo parlor feature. Firstly, tattoos themselves are now sorted by body part. Secondly, these tattoos can be removed, unlike the previous version. Thirdly, they are fully customizable, including opacity and color.
A new interface has been added to the beauty salon location: as in the previous version, your character can completely remove tattoos, shave their head, and also improve their attractiveness for money. You can improve your appearance by 100 points at a time, which is much easier than in the previous version, with 10-point increments.
For the story character Ayano Yoshida, over five dozen different reactions to your character have been added to the corresponding communication interface, making it more user-friendly.
New characters have been added to the corresponding appearance customization interface for story characters: Meiko Tsukasa, Hitomi Watanabe, and the secret admirer (Aiko). There, you can customize only their breast size.
The sprite for the secret fangirl character (Aiko) has been completely redesigned. It supports all of her existing emotes and sprite positions, adds new ones, supports the ability to change breast size from large to small and vice versa, and is generally a higher-quality and more detailed version of the previous sprite.
The code for the randomized NPC/character sprite display system has been improved, making the code more performant and allowing for more input data for configuring its appearance during display.
The Chinese translation has been updated: more sections of text have been translated, and some existing translations have been adjusted.
Fixed bugs:
Fixed a bug where, when opening the player's computer management interface, or when closing it completely and having tabs open in certain places, the game would sometimes display these tabs instead of hiding them from the screen.
Fixed a bug where, in rare cases, the game would throw exceptions when opening the diary interface in the achievements category.
Fixed a bug where, when opening the diary, the game would occasionally throw exceptions, albeit infrequently.
Fixed a bug where, when opening the diary interface in the story quests category, the game would throw exceptions in rare cases.
Fixed a bug where, on male NPCs, hair would appear on top of tattoos and scars, rather than underneath them, as it should, causing them to appear odd when certain factors coincide.
Fixed an issue where the game could incorrectly position the control buttons on the screen in the interface for managing story characters' breast/appearance sizes at the beginning of a game session.
Fixed a bug that caused the English translation to be missing at a certain point in Yuki Oota's storyline at the very beginning of the game.
Fixed a bug that could prevent the game from closing the biography interface, which showed information about NPCs, in some rare cases when accessed through certain interfaces.
Fixed a bug that could prevent the game from resetting shadows cast on NPCs after dialogue with them, potentially causing the shadow to be cast on another NPC.
Fixed a bug that could cause certain choices in Hitomi Watanabe's storyline to completely break the storyline, making it impossible to complete, and completely disrupt the storyline hint interface in the diary.
Fixed a bug that could cause exceptions in the diary's achievements category during rare gameplay moments when the diary was actively being used.
Fixed a bug that could cause exceptions when attempting to talk to the story character "Ayano Yoshida" during certain critical gameplay moments.
Fixed a bug that could cause exceptions when attempting to enter the Academy's "Student Council" sublocation due to certain changes to the achievement system.
Fixed a bug that could cause two "Suzuki Matsui" icons to appear in the corresponding main game management interface in the "Your Home" location during rare gameplay moments.
Fixed a bug that caused the page counter in the Occult Club management interface, in the "Purchase" category, to show the maximum number of pages as 1 instead of 3.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw exceptions when attempting to open the Occult Club management interface at certain rare points in gameplay.
Fixed an issue that could cause some images displayed on the screen to display graphical glitches and similar errors.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw exceptions when displaying the diary interface with all game hints.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw exceptions when attempting to create a game session with certain generation conditions.
Fixed a bug that could cause one NPC to be overwritten by another and completely changed due to the NPC caching system.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to freeze and hang during the initial loading stages.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to throw various errors and exceptions when attempting to load the sprite of randomized NPCs with certain content filtering features enabled.
Fixed a bug that caused the game to throw exceptions when opening the in-game map interface at certain points.
Fixed a bug that could cause audio settings changes to be lost after shutting down or restarting the game.
Fixed a bug that caused the asynchronous translation screen to be non-modal, which could lead to certain related errors and bugs.
Fixed a bug that could cause asynchronous translation to suddenly stop completely translating necessary information for you. Even without restarting the game, the game would continue to crash at certain points during gameplay.
Fixed a bug that could cause translations through the corresponding asynchronous translator to crash the game on a significant scale and cause unprovoked exceptions.
Fixed a bug that could cause exceptions to be thrown without any valid reason during calculations of NPC activity (group activity, location activity, etc.) due to inaccessibility of the required variables.
Fixed a bug that could cause exceptions to be thrown without any valid reason during opening scenes with randomized female NPCs and your male character.
Fixed a bug that could cause exceptions to be thrown when attempting to sleep in your character's room, with a small chance.
Fixed a bug that could cause exceptions to be thrown when attempting to change your character's viewpoint relative to the NPC, with a small chance.
Fixed a bug that could cause exceptions to be thrown when attempting to enter the auditorium in the academy in some rare situations when the game was calculating NPC events.
Fixed a bug where, after purchasing an amulet through the corresponding interface in the temple area, the interface could freeze on the screen.
Fixed a bug that could cause some stats to be incorrectly calculated during encounters.
Fixed a fundamental bug that caused the game to throw exceptions without any reason when changing the time to 60/120 minutes and the NPC didn't load in time.
Fixed a bug where the game could throw an exception when opening scenes with NPCs if tattoos/appearance features on female NPCs simply didn't have time to load.
Fixed a bug where NPC data might not be unloaded from the cache to RAM, which could result in certain issues causing missing data on the NPC, disappearing data on the NPC, and other graphical errors/glitches.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw exceptions in the randomized NPC movement calculation module in some rare cases without any apparent cause.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw exceptions at the end of interactions with randomized NPCs at certain points in gameplay.
Fixed a bug that could cause an exception when attempting to unload RNP data from ROM to RAM in some rare gameplay cases.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw an exception when uploading data and attempting to determine whether the player is male or female.
Fixed a bug that caused the quick rewind button in the main character's interface to work incorrectly and not reset some required parameters, regardless of the settings.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw exceptions in 18+ character scenes in some very rare gameplay instances due to issues loading stockings on the female NPC sprite.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw an exception when caching female NPC data to ROM from RAM.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw exceptions in the interaction menu with randomized NPCs in some very rare gameplay instances when the game was calculating your character's Authority. Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw an exception when opening the sexual intercourse interface with randomized female NPCs in some rare gameplay moments.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw an exception at certain gameplay moments due to the game not storing NPC data in RAM, but instead storing it in ROM.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw an exception when attempting to enter the auditorium in the Academy in some rare situations when the game was calculating NPC events.
Fixed a bug that could cause the interface to freeze after purchasing an amulet through the corresponding interface in the temple.
Fixed a bug that could cause some stats to be incorrectly calculated during skirmishes.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to throw exceptions when attempting to donate to the Occult Club after your character reached the appropriate rank, if the player entered anything other than numbers or left the field blank.
Fixed a bug that could cause the game to display a "missing file" error when displaying the sprite of story character Ayano Yoshida during certain rare story moments.
Fixed an issue where condoms weighed excessively and took up a large portion of your character's inventory.
Fixed an issue where a huge first aid kit in the online store interface would show a weight of 0 when it actually weighed 1 kilogram, which could lead to confusion.
Fixed an issue where physical attribute progress could be displayed incorrectly, with huge fractional values. This now works differently, and these values are rounded to the second decimal place.
Fixed a bug where, when interfering with any NPC-to-NPC group interactions, the game would sometimes make the NPC's name match your character's, causing it to appear odd.
Fixed a bug where characters in scenes with randomized NPCs could change every frame without any apparent reason. Everything now works as expected.
Fixed a bug that caused the NPC positioning in the scene and the corresponding function to work incorrectly, which could cause crashes in the corresponding scenes and other game elements that use this function.
Fixed an issue where "Music Number 7" would appear twice in the music list in the corresponding player interface on your character's phone.
Fixed an issue where the auto-feed function was not working correctly. There should now be no issues, as the entire auto-feed system has been completely redesigned.
Fixed an issue where, in the NPC/character editor, if the character being positioned was female, the "Hand Shape" button might not work and would not change anything with certain clothing choices.
Fixed a bug where, when changing the waist in the RNPC/your character editor, if the character being played was female, the RNPC's skin color might not transfer to her waist or some other body parts.
Fixed an issue where, in the streaming interface, after entering your channel name in the "Start Streaming" category, the buttons would have no text, making it difficult to know where to click next.
Fixed a bug where the number of people in the "Ooyama Academy" location could show an incorrect value in the city map interface in some rare gameplay situations.
Fixed an issue where some buttons in the sleep interface had no text, making it difficult to know where to press next.
Fixed an issue where the number of pages in the "Perks and Skills" category of the journal interface could be displayed incorrectly due to errors in the lists.
As you can see, a significant amount of work has been done on the game. A new, full version will be available soon, on March 27th. By then, we'll have worked on game stability, bug fixes, and some exciting and important new features. For now, all you have to do is wait. We're confident that the upcoming update will delight you and provide a pleasant gaming experience.