The Interim Domain 0.99.0 release calendar (Patreon)

And after a very long wait, here we are with the release calendar for The Interim Domain 0.99.0. This is our final content release for the title. A 1.00.0 patch will be coming some time next year with any code or typo fixes brought up by users. 

0.99.0 has some minor cleanup, both script and code, but the main story remains mostly untouched. The two new additions for this release go hand-in-hand: Hard Mode and the new Everyone ending. To unlock the Everyone ending, you have to start a new game in Hard Mode and complete it. There are a few extra things you have to do as well as finish with 600 Qi. Once unlocked, you'll get a bonus ending, which, based on the word and image count, runs about the length of 3-4 updates. In fact, it's almost longer than the main story is (minus all the side stories). 

Let me be up front and clear about the Everyone ending: There's some hand-waving and fan service to it. A lot, even. It's meant as a gift to everyone wanting to have them all, even if the main story was built around the idea of Michael having to say goodbye to so many in an effort to set them free. 

I will say that I'm sad to see this project come to an end, but this is as good a send off as possible for a project that's been over three years of our lives. While TID wasn't as popular as other games, it did allow us to explore stories we'd wanted to tell with a larger variety of characters, some of which became unexpectedly a lot more fun to write than when we were in the planning phases. The sizable cast allowed us to tell a variety of life experiences, where we slipped in some more personal elements from people we knew. Sure, not everyone wants to read about an existential crisis about life, death, and coping with trauma and loss while looking at titties, but here we are.

This release marks the end of our time with Honey Select Studio, the software that we used to tell both TID and Now & Then. While the mod and content library for HS2 isn't the same, there's enough there to allow us to move onto newer experiences. 

Like with Now & Then: Director's Cut, there will be two versions of the PC and Mac downloads: one compressed like the previous releases and an uncompressed version with all the assets as they are in our development builds. Compressed comes in at 4 GB. Unleaded is 12-13 GB.

Here's the release schedule for 0.99.0 (all scheduled for 11:59 am EDT release):

Tier 3 - December 2, 2025Tier 2 - December 4, 2025Tier 1 - December 6, 2025Public -  December 7, 2025

Change Log 0.99.0

Fix menus in Phone version

Fix issue in Kara Story 4 where Marisa shows up after her story ends

Fix Opening of Kara Story 10 where her name tag comes up as Kaitlin

Add opacity setting in menu

Add Quick Menu Hide/Show option in menu

Fix issue where Robin doesn't give you Qi at the end of her story

"I'm Your Friend" in Marisa Story 6 gives Like Point

Fix shots in Robin's End where there are continuity issues with costume

Fix code in scene where Edd runs into Saaya early on

Fix code issue with Unlock All option breaking the game

Thanks for your interest and patronage,- Kinderfeld