Merging of the Stars - v0.5 released (Patreon)

Greetings my friends!

So, the new version of the game is ready! Yes, this version took a lot of work from me, and from you patience and understanding. And for that I am very grateful to you, my friends! You did not leave me and continued to support me no matter what!

Now, what new things I have added to the game.

Plot - Continuation, VN,SB: 

An event for Nicki and her roommate or you and Nicki for another root. It will be Monday morning if you wake up in Nicki's room of course.

Event with David and then search for a place to live.

Event with Alice in the afternoon when she approaches you with a proposal.

An event with Alice in the evening of the same day where your relationship will become a little clearer.

A conversation with Sam on the phone.

Plot - Past, SB:

I added 5 new events with Alice and 1 with Ellen at their workplace. These are conversations with them in between the main events. This is an expansion for the main events with them in the office. You can learn more about them and get some information that will come in handy later in the game. These events are only available in the Sandbox (SB) because they are stylistically not suitable for the Visual Novel (VN).

Environment - Added background characters, SB:

Added 5 new additional characters to the game, which you can see in the office lobby. For now, they are added as stats. But I will be adding storylines for them later to expand the game's universe.

Also added 5 more new characters to the background in the office. Distributed them by day of the week and time of day.

The rest:

VN,SB. Made significant improvements to the color-correction system for the displayed pictures. Added different color pressets, for easy selection of preferences; added an additional screen with the choice of color presset at the beginning of the game; completely changed the settings menu of the game, divided it into 3 additional screens - Game, Graphics and Audio. Not available for play on phones.

VN,SB. Significantly redesigned the system of transition between pictures in the game. You can disable smooth transition in the game settings.

VN,SB. Made a correction to the system of blinking eyes. Made blinking more natural. You can disable eye blinking in the game settings.

VN,SB. Significantly revised the money system. Added accruals at the end of each work day and write-offs at the end of the day for food and other small expenses.

SB. Added a mini-game, the office work computer. This is a computer desktop where you can run a remote learning program and a work task program. Solving work tasks in this mini-game will allow you to grow by completing more and more complex tasks. Also, it will allow you to receive higher rewards for your work than in the easy mode. If you do not complete the tasks, there will be no accrual of money for that workday. Penalty points will be accrued for skipping training, as a result - systematic skipping will lead to the end of the game. Mini-games can be disabled in the game settings. But you will lose the bonuses that you will receive by playing mini-games.

Also significantly reworked the game engine. For this purpose, made over 200 changes and fixes to the game code.

Technical details:

Added 346 story pictures to the game, 98 pictures for additional background characters, 168 pictures for the minigame interface to work, 15 story animations, 30 new music tracks for the game's soundtrack.

Total now in the game: 46 events, 3446 lines of story text, 1318 story pictures, 109 animations, and 130 music tracks. All this gives somewhere around 4-5 game hours, depending on what mode you play in and how fast you read :)

Now for some minor issues. Because of the many changes I made to the game, I very strongly recommend starting the game over again. And for the same reason, your saves probably won't work. Starting over is especially important for those playing in Sandbox (SB) mode. Sorry about that...

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That's all for now!

Thanks for your support!

See you!