Hey all. Despite the fact that you're playing a stolen beta that was not intended for wide release yet, I'm glad that you are mostly enjoying the new update.
Seeing a lot of the same questions again from new players - be sure you check the FAQs at the beginning of the thread, and my Q&A
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, because it's likely that I've already answered your question many times.
As far as some of the new comments I've seen:
"I don't like the new UI" - I get the criticisms about it. It makes the game feel less like a game. I think most people playing it are playing for the story and the scenes, and are not super interested in a
game. Come Home doesn't have a lot of branching paths or anything. There's not a lot of ways you can influence the story. It's all about consuming the content that you want to consume, and that's the choices you make in the game. I feel like the new UI does more good than bad - it speeds up the game, it makes you click around aimlessly less, and it makes it more clear what you can do in any given timeframe. I understand the criticisms, but I made the choice to focus on streamlining things, I think most people have liked it, and I won't be going back.
"I can't get to Mrs. Mills' Sub route" - I may need to look at this a little closer. You should be able to reject getting pegged by Mrs. Mills. Then a few days later, she will want you to stay late again, and you can ask her "What are we going to do?" And initiate the sub route. This shouldn't be possible to miss. If you feel like you're completely stuck on the dom route, post your save so we can look at it and figure out what went wrong. I'll try to make this path a little more clearer in future updates as I realize it's kinda convoluted at the moment.
"Can't get to 100% after finishing all scenes" - This is an issue caused by me forgetting to put a piece of code in a scene at some point. The issue has been fixed, but since you played an early release, the code was missing. The version leaked LAST update was also an early release, and I think that is where the issue was. The issue should not be present if you start a new game, but otherwise, you'll just have to have your save file modified to fix it.
Anyways, glad y'all are liking the update. Maybe throw me a few bucks on Patreon? It was not intended to be released here yet, and it bummed me out quite a bit to see it leaked yesterday. The reason I release it to high tier patreons first (besides just trying to make a living) is because they're more invested in the game and will help me by pointing out bugs, while not discounting the game completely for having those bugs. It frustrates me that somebody on F95 here who might be playing for the first time will now be playing the less-polished beta version.
That's all I got. I don't post here as much, but I'm still reading what you're saying and taking note of the useful feedback. Thanks to those that do support the game, I appreciate it.
And the nerd who stole the beta can eat my ass.