BOOM! I'm sure none of you expected update so quick, but here we are. We took into account all of your feedback from previous releases and made many QoL fixes, including:
- Cheat mode!
- Reduced grinding;
- Sound effects;
- Many new interactions and overall better worldbuilding;
- Dialogue options which require certain stats;
- Updated sprites for many characters;
CHEAT MODE is going to be a separated game mode, where you won't have to bother yourself with maxing stats and grinding money. It won't be exclusive to patrons, as well as not going to include any sort of penalties. We don't want to limit your fun!
REDUCED GRINDING is what everyone kept asking and trust me, it wasn't easy to implement. Good news - from now on you won't be forced to do homework everyday, unless you need money. You still have to visit classes, because, well, it's academy and you're a student. Bad news - we unsure about amount of bugs cutting grind off could possibly create. As always, we're going to do our best to fix them all before releasing to public.
SOUND EFFECTS are the other thing many of you pointed out. Or rather - lack thereof. As we said many times, we don't know any knowledge of how to work with sound. But I'm happy to say, that we found somebody, who has it! You shall expect ambient sound and even some original tracks! For now, only some ambient sound will be added, music coming bit later.
WORLDBUILDING. We've added quite a few dialogues for all those background dudes and dudettes, so there's none of "They seem busy" anymore! Be sure to talk with everyone!
STATS NOW HAVE MEANING. Ok, well, there's only 2 dialogues that actually require certain stats now, but it's already something! We're going to expand the idea of 'stat checks' and even add some unique routes/scenes, that will be available only for those, who has stats needed.
NEW SPRITES is just new sprites. We had to update some to not create strange contrast between old and new ones, but that's all. Oh, yea, we've also added lots of new sprites for new dialogues. We wanted to update MC as well, but it'll take more time than we now ready to spent. Maybe later.
As always, our Officers and Commanders going to get their hands on new update bit earlier - in the next few days. Yes, really this soon.
Testing for all Patrons coming right after, maybe in a week. It depends mostly on the amount of bugs that will be found.
That's all for now. Stay tuned!