Thread Release 0.3.0 (Patreon)

I am super excited to announce the release of Thread 0.3.0!

Links:

Discord and Itch.io

We have a full new week of content, graphical and combat revamps, adult scenes, and so much more! UNFORTUNATELY, OLD SAVES WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS VERSION!

I have put many hours of work into this release and am pretty happy with the results. I hope you will be too!

Join me on the discord server to share your thoughts!

See the change log below for the details:

New Stuff - New scenes for week 1    - Added optional adult scene in the week one shower event, and one other (non-adult) shower scene where Luc deals with using a public shower - A full new week of content (up through week 2, Sunday)    - New class events    - New Video Zone shift    - New Heart Events!       - Spend time with contacts to earn relationship points and deepen relationships (increase heart level) and unlock future rewards       - Current contacts are Sarah, Roy, Eckhart, Amy and Kara (can reach heart level 1 with each)    - Rec. Center is now accessible (The cafeteria and gym are pretty sparse, but will be populated with NPCs in a future update)    - New minor artifact - Combat Rework    - Kiting! Movement not used before acting is now usable after acting (enemies cannot do this)    - Combat UI improved (unit health bars on map and other stuff)    - Enemy AI improvements (smarter positioning, mostly)    - Every enemy and fight has been rebalanced    - Combat cursor improved (movement and animations)    - Potions are now generally more effective    - Completing enemy research grants a significant buff - Graphical and UI Stuff:    - Full body sprite for Luca in a hoodie    - Cover graphic, new title screen    - Start of a general map revamp project, the riverside now has fog and improved lighting/shading and effects    - See week number, day of week and time of day on your save file    - Redone pause menu to show off full body sprites (Only hoodie Luca is in-game so far)    - New custom menu for Contacts (shows full name, where and when they can be found, heart level, and a bio)    - New facial expression sets for contacts    - Redone sprites for shades (less cute)    - Map name popups are fancier.    - Empty map tiles now match the color of map edge tiles (no more jarring black borders on inside maps)    - New sprites for map objects (phone and TV in the Loranger home, among other things) - Adult Content    - Option to toggle off adult content at game start    - Two, currently text-only, adult scenes in game (possible CGs for these in the future) - Bug Fixes and Etc.   - Ice Lance can no longer hit all around Lucas in a crazy range   - Outfits are no longer free   - You can no longer access the fast travel menu from the right side of the riverside map before you are supposed to be able to   - Equip menu in pre-battle menu now functions properly   - Trimmed unused stock assets, reducing deployed game size by almost half   - Many typo fixes   - Aurora's name box text is now properly colored in the early game