Update 1.51 (Patreon)

Hey everyone!  Update 1.51 is ready!  Long post incoming with a lot of information!- Darius Day 17 -  Will it stab you in the feels?  Will you have fun?  Will you just want to bone him?  Who knows?  There are so many things to explore with this pain in the ass.- Chester Day 23 - Interesting developments with Chester.  Some realizations and stuff...  You'll see!- More backgrounds!  Holy cow guys, Gavel has been on a roll!  We have an updated Locker Room, Locker Showers, Spencer Living Room, and even a second shot of the tennis courts!  He's really putting Mark's sketches to good use.- With that said, I've finished going through Spencer's route to update backgrounds and music, and I even went through Darius's route to add these things in.  Current me is really hating Past me for not thinking further ahead for these things, but hey, it's getting done!  And going forward, I'm adjusting my coding a bit to take this into account.- Speaking of coding...  I might have solved the issue with having to restart whenever I add in new variables!  This is -huge- for me, and I'll be experimenting with that going forward.  On top of that, I learned some other neat things and have reduced the overall file size for the ZIP.  I had originally cut out 100MB of data, but after adding in a bunch of new BGs, I'm down to about 40 less right now.  Still, it's a smaller file size, and I hope to trim it up more!- New feature!  So, I learned a little trick to naming save files (gasp!).  Currently, it only works when naming your MC though (it's an option right after that).  I'm gonna have to play more with the code, but when you start a new game, you can name your files now!- You guys will notice some inconsistencies with the side-images too, but don't pay much mind to that.  That is going to get a huge rework soon, and the current images aren't going to matter at all.  A lot of huge image changes coming within the next month or so~- The credits do still exist, for anyone that wonders!  I keep forgetting to mention it.  If you hover around Spencer's foot shadow, you'll hear the click of it, and you can still click on it.  I just forgot to add the text when I updated the title screen buttons.NOW, I have some bad news.As much as we wanted to believe otherwise, we have to put an end to the production of the IDEKA 2017 special.  It's really unfortunate, and we can't just keep beating around the bush about it.  We hit some really heavy snags along the way, and as hard as we tried, we weren't able to get through them.  It's led us into a complete developmental deadzone, and we just can't continue with it.  Bear in mind, CM and I are not the only two people on the team for the project either. What we're doing at least, is making the artwork was done available to everyone.   I HAVE INCLUDED THE FILES WITH THE NORMAL DOWNLOAD FOLDER~ It's with our deepest apologies that we do this, and we hope that we'll be able to make it up to you in the future as we continue with our work.  In some other attempt at redemption, we're offering those of you that haven't had the chance to play it yet, a copy of the 2016 version as well.  Everything will be contained in the link provided.  As well, for anyone that would like to request a refund for the -month of October-, please send me a private message, and we'll get that handled as well.Again, we're deeply sorry about this, everyone, and we'll do our best to make it up to you all.  It wasn't a decision we treated lightly.- General Information!- Don't forget, guides can be found here.    Please, don't ask me when I'll be updating them again.  The time  spent  updating them is time I can put towards real updates, so they are  low  priority for me.- Extracurricular Activities has its own store page on FurryDakimkura as     well!  You can get the Dakimakuras, Mousepad and WallScrolls there!     Be  sure to check it out, and grab something fun for yourself.- Coach's Bear Belly shirt is still available for order!        They print every three days.  I don't control the  printing/shipping of the shirts.  All questions in regards to that      should be directed to the Teespring site.- Huge thanks to anyone that contributed to the typo page on Google Documents  again!  I really appreciate keeping things clean and orderly.  You guys  are finding some things I'd never notice.   You can also post images in  the same way there!  - For all of my new folks, please be sure to check out my FAQ on my blog  for questions regarding Extracurricular Activities!  -Don't forget, the links and passwords for the update will be my first comment on the post!