[0.1.5] Outline of what's in it & release date

Currently rendering with a 3090, so a 10-15% render time boost before all the multigpu stuff can be employed. As we get closer to release, here's the outline of what to expect. Three major encounters with Soumya, Farah and Elizabeth as the core.

Since the Platinum girl for August comes right after 0.1.5 in 0.1.5.1, the previous month's Platinum girl Neha (and big part of the eventual region hopping update prologue) will be trickling down to all patrons in 0.1.5 but it won't be a part of the public release until September.

There is going to be a 0.1.5.1 variant for all patrons including some additional fun with Jessica and Leia (expanding the initial encounter) around August 13-15 as well as additional Soumya progression later this month (unrelated to 0.1.6 or Platinum, producer request).

Remaining stuff should remain a surprise.

In bulletin for 0.1.5:

Soumya progression

Elizabeth progression

First date with Farah (Patreon exclusive)

Neha encounter (Region Hopping prologue) (Patreon exclusive)

Leanometer antics, rewiring and other backend improvements

I am also going back and adding narrative wiring for all sorts of stuff pertaining to the leanometer. Initially, the plan is to just make them respond to the vibe they get off you given your play style, but in future versions I definitely want it to be more pronounced in terms of opening some paths and closing others. This will of course depend on patron feedback.

Release date: August 9th-10th, evening hours (EST)

0.1.6 will follow towards end of August and after that we'll be switching to fat monthly updates with 0.1.7 in September, region hopping to Korea (and yes, Yeo-Bin will be returning). :3 And hopefully 0.2.0 and save compatibility will follow shortly after that.