Wait, so is v0.2.8 itself going to be save compatible?
On a separate note, bug report, I don't think the dick-chicken-demon-thing is supposed to be named "clarice"
The conflict is in "game/characters.rpy", lines 20 and 26, with both clarice and chicken being labeled "C"
Yes, it will. Although I do appreciate the irony of releasing a compatibility update that breaks all previous compatibility, the solution that's been proposed is intended to be universally compatible for any save made before roughly version 0.2.3. That's not a hard number, but we have to limit how far back we test it or we'll be testing longer than developing. Essentially, we're pulling all of the parts of the code that need to be changed on the regular (enemy data, damage calculations, title modifications, etc) and putting that outside of the renpy save system, so your save file won't impact the exp value of a level 18 orc anymore, and me charging that value won't impact the validity of the saved game.
Honestly, renpy was probably not the correct place to make this game, but I'm all in at this point, so the name of the game is innovation.
I very recently noticed that the chicken is named clarice. It is in fact corrected in the patron version. Also, I thought it was hilarious that no once mentored it for almost a year.