Progress Report 0.14 - 'Trust, Betrayal, and a Morning Quickie' (Patreon)

"Lock up when you leave."

That's all he says. He's already dressed — watch, phone, knife, jacket — and he's out the door. You're standing in his kitchen wearing his shirt, coffee going cold, and something you found last night burning a hole in your brain.

Good morning. Welcome to v0.14.

Dropping next Saturday, April 19 — for patrons at the $5 tier and above. The public build (v0.12) goes live the same day for everyone.

When will the v0.14 Public go live? We're looking to end of June. v0.13 Public for end of May.

What have we completed this week?

Four new content arcs.

Relationships that escalate past the point of comfortable.

Trust tested — yours and theirs.

Choices you made updates ago finally catching up.

New sidebar backgrounds for immersion.

Lesbian animation added to the game.

Reformat the tutorial(s) in Act I -- they'll fire on use, rather than all at once!

More bugfixes;

And someone at the Club has noticed you've been coloring outside the lines...

I won't walk you through what happens. I want you to experience it cold. What I will say: this release has some of the most intimate and most dangerous content Blue Swallow has produced. Sometimes in the same scene.

NEW IN ACT I: UX/UI IMPROVEMENTS

We've overhauled the Act I interface — cleaner navigation, better visual feedback, smoother flow between the Hub and your active arcs. Small changes that add up to a significantly better experience across a playthrough.

THE CONTEST: STILL OPEN, STILL WAITING

A reminder that the fan content contest is still running and we have received exactly zero submissions. I know you're out there. Art, writing, memes, whatever — if Blue Swallow inspired it, we want to see it. Details are pinned in Discord.

DESIGN DILEMMAS

If you missed it, this week's Design Dilemma dropped for $3+ patrons — The Callum Problem. A question about innocence, manipulation, and whether the game should let you protect someone from the mission. The conversation in #design-dilemmas on Discord has been great. If you're $3+ and haven't weighed in yet, it's still open.

Next dilemma drops Wednesday. This one's about a system running underneath every playthrough — and whether you should be able to feel it watching you.

COMING NEXT

v0.15 is scoped and building. Two of Act I's most enigmatic figures step forward — the ghost you met at the mansion, and the quiet Iranian from the party. Plus: what happens when a twenty-year veteran of espionage decides to flirt back.

New trainings at Spy School.

A lesson from someone other than Angelo.

And the next patron poll — which this time around will have more to vote on than just one question.

More soon. April 19. Mark it.