Only available for Patrons $10 and up. Once you connect your Discord account with Patreon, you can get the CB build from our Discord server in the #alpha-beta-builds channel.
Due to changes in the save system, previous game saves are not compatible. For convenience, we've added a "Unlock all maids" button on the title screen so you can quickly get started!
Issa!
Issa is here! As with Deedee and Suki, part of her kit is yet to be implemented as it relies on upcoming mechanics - but her essence is here! You'll have a good idea of her full playstyle with this beta
Game resolution changes
A change that will be immediately noticeable to everyone playing fullscreen: The scaling has been changed to be consistent across all resolutions, so the game will actually be readable on larger screens
Balance & mechanics changes
"Efficiency" has been removed in favor of directly using the maid's attributes
All attributes are used within more systems now, they're now all worthwhile to invest in
Overall movement speed has been increased
Restraints contribute significantly more to appeal now and no longer can be straight-up detrimental
Charm has been nerfed (it's still good dw) and in return other income modifiers have been buffed
Order taking has been modified a fair bit:
Inputs are no longer randomized with high enough eloquence
The order of items is only randomized if eloquence is low enough
Stability/QoL/Bug fixes
A variety of QoL changes
Fixed a lot of the bugs reported last beta
Added more safeguards for stability, you should no longer get softlocks
If you do, no you didn't
We've moved away from our custom build of Godot to the official Godot 4.5.1 release as it finally comes with the debugging tools we need
What's next
As we've said on stream, this is an intermediary update for stability and an appetizer of what's to come. Closed Beta 2.0 will be very significant in comparison - game saves from 1.5 will only be partially compatible, you will not be able to continue a run from 1.5 in 2.0 due to the changes we've planned - we're not quite there yet but we thought everyone should know in advance.
A note on betas
As with the previous build, this is still an early development build of the game. Lots of assets and features are missing, and the balancing is, uh, not balanced. Your feedback (both positive and otherwise) is invaluable to help shape future development!
Happy Maid Managing!