🎉 MindWare Version 0.3.8 (Public Release) (Patreon)

MindWare 0.3.8 is now out publicly for everyone. The headline is the HiveClean latex maid arc, which is where most of this version went: the maid now shows up for appointments with a complementary service attached, and there are three separate sessions to find depending on what you do. On top of that there's a new EroSphere glory booth earning route, the next steps in the Aegis and Yuki threads, and a lot of work under the hood.

The HiveClean content gets a lot bigger

Once the HiveClean maid has cleaned your apartment enough times, a new checkbox appears on the Hive Properties booking site, and the maid starts turning up for appointments that include a complementary service.

Two of those sessions are in. Finishing one unlocks it as a replay, so you can go back to it once there's nothing new left in that thread, and the second service can be requested again from later bookings. There's also a third bonus path that only opens if you turn her down.

Smaller updates instead of a 3.7 GB download

The downloads page can now hand you an incremental update rather than the whole archive. If you already have an exact, unmodified copy of the previous build, the update package contains only the files that genuinely changed, which is roughly 55 MB instead of 3.7 GB for this specific release.

A new way to earn at the glory booth

The EroSphere glory booth now has Mouth and Genitals earning options, and you can run more than one service in a single session for a combined bonus.

The Aegis story moves forward

Aegis picks up with the Stage 3 results visit, a new dream on the first night after the firmware installation visit, and a Cipher chat about how the deal is going.

Yuki's storyline continues

Yuki's Stage 2 messages start on their own, one to three days after her Stage 1 arc finishes. She's decided that what happened between you is a standing arrangement now. Where it goes depends on how you answer her.

It's one conversation so far. Most of the effort went into the staging and trigger scripts underneath it, so the next messages in her arc will come much faster now that the wiring is done.

Under the hood

A large chunk of this release went into things you should only notice by their absence. Minigames, story sequences, hypno audio, overlays, and timed scenes no longer keep running in the background after you've left them, which is what used to make long sessions get progressively heavier. Content Maps and several long-running activities are smoother for the same reason.

Supporter sign-in now handles edge cases better, recovers more cleanly when a service is temporarily down, always returns you to the official MindWare site, offers a direct re-verification button when your pass has expired, and no longer leaves the portal sitting on "Verifying" after it has already worked.

If you're playing on a site that isn't mine, the game now says so clearly and explains that videos and other media are likely to be broken there, with links to the real thing. I added this because a steady share of the bug reports I get turn out to be third-party hosting sites rewriting the game's code, not bugs in MindWare, with broken videos being the usual symptom.

Download:

Play online: playmindware.com is already updated

Downloads page: playmindware.com/downloads for the full offline archive, the HTML-only update, and the incremental update

Extra Options / Supporter Access: No password needed. Use the Patreon or SubscribeStar sign-in in Extra Options.

What's New (everything since the first 0.3.8 beta)

New Content:

Added: HiveClean enhanced service 1

Added: HiveClean enhanced service 2

Added: A new HiveClean session for players who turned the maid down during her second complementary service

Added: The second HiveClean complementary service can now be requested again from later bookings

Added: Aegis Stage 3 results visit

Added: New post-Aegis visit dream sequence, on the first night after the firmware-installation visit

Added: New Cipher chat about the ongoing Aegis deal

Added: Start of Yuki Stage 2 chat messages

Added: A new EroSphere glory booth Mouth earning option

Added: A new EroSphere glory booth Genitals earning option

Added: You can now run multiple glory booth services in one session for a combined bonus

Changes & Improvements:

Added: The downloads hub now offers a smaller incremental update for players who already have the exact preceding full build

Added: An in-game warning now appears when the browser version is running on an unofficial third-party website, with links to the official online version and downloads

Improved: The unofficial-host warning now clearly explains that videos and other media may not work on third-party sites

Improved: Embracing or resisting AVA's influence now shifts your relationship with her across many more scenes throughout the game

Improved: Content Maps and several long-running activities run more smoothly without changing rewards, timing, or behavior

Improved: Better stability and smoother performance during long play sessions

Improved: Supporter sign-in and downloads recover more cleanly from temporary service problems, and new supporter builds are checked more carefully before appearing in the download hub

Improved: Clearer hints for the phone photo decoder puzzle, where the underlined clue includes numbers, not just letters

Improved: Changes to Hive Properties website

Improved: Glory Booth copy

Improved: Bug reports and the saves attached to them are handled more safely

Bug Fixes:

Fixed: Turning the maid down no longer puts her back in the full-face mask

Fixed: The HiveClean maid now wears the right mask for the point you've reached in her storyline

Fixed: Expired supporter access now offers a direct re-verification action

Fixed: The supporter portal no longer remains stuck on "Verifying" after success

Fixed: Supporter sign-in now always returns you to the official MindWare site

Fixed: Supporter sign-in now recognizes the correct service and tier more reliably when multiple supporter accounts or subscriptions are present

Fixed: Minigames, story sequences, delayed mobile scrolling, and completed bug reports no longer keep acting after their screen has closed

Fixed: The resist-AVA game no longer leaves its hypno audio or full-screen overlay running if you leave before finishing it

Fixed: Leaving the brute-force hack or the memory match game partway through no longer leaves background timers or keyboard shortcuts running

Fixed: Leaving a transition appointment image test early no longer keeps draining your implant charge or snaps you back into the test

Fixed: Hacking console animations and a few other screens no longer log errors or keep ticking if you navigate away before they finish

Fixed: Cipher's urgent job chat could stay marked as new forever and block sleeping even after the job was done

Fixed: Closing the chat or another app while out in the city could teleport you home instead of returning you to where you were

Fixed: Downloading Xavier's exploit now commits the Drake hack task and conversation state atomically

Fixed: Trix's supply-closet encounters now wait for later workdays, and daily phone-job cleanup keeps working on future days

Fixed: Older saves recover more safely from incomplete dreams and can still receive the one-time alley dream after its intended day

Fixed: Saved-porn lingerie choices no longer expand into oversized images or overflow the passage

Fixed: End-of-content notices now clarify that only the current storyline or activity has reached its available endpoint

Fixed: Some dialogue scenes no longer show awkward extra empty lines between text boxes

Fixed: On mobile, choosing to try the S.I.M.S. at GitGud now brings the next button into view instead of leaving it below the screen

Fixed: Stray tag text no longer appears in the Find the Creep in the Women's Toilets job description

What's Next

The plan I set out during the betas still stands: I want to take the maid arc to the point where the main character gets the chance to earn some side income as a maid. That's the next thing I'm building.

After that, there's a Chapter 2 backlog with many quest branches to advance before we reach Chapter 3.

Thank you for playing, and thank you to my supporters for making it possible. Enjoy the update!