For anyone wondering where the update post is, it is in a separate post. This post is just so everyone can see the changelog.

I want to reiterate:

The game has restarted from Episode 1 and will not be the same.

Full Episodes 2-6 are not implemented.

Your saves will not transfer from Ren'Py.

We restarted because we felt limited by our old game engine, and the story needed a redo now that we knew where we wanted it to go. I don't wanna go into too much detail since I've talked about it so much over the past year. You can read all about it.

Changelog

New Content

Take Jamie on a Date!

10,521 words added. (62,195 total)

Est. 42 Minutes of Gameplay

New Scenes for Hazel & Jamie

Maki Introduction

1 Animated Lewd Scene (2 Angles)

7 Static CGs

3 New Backgrounds

New Sprite Variant for Jamie

30 Gallery Unlocks

5 New Tracks by Lolurio

Changes

Resized a few CG sprites to take up less memory.

Changed the panning CG effect; it shouldn’t affect performance, but it makes it more consistent.

Removed some unused assets, which should reduce the amount of space the game uses.

Slight change to how we retrieve and load CGs; not sure if it will noticeably affect performance.

Fixes

Dave date scene now uses the correct skin and hair for the player creation.

Fixed a bug in how we return to the gallery at the end of a gallery replay, or when a gallery replay is stopped early with the ‘return to gallery’ button, related to how we clean up the scene afterward. This should prevent future bugs.

*We are still working on this build at the time of posting this, so it may change a bit.

Contents of the Build

Welcome to the second build of Episode 2! Usually we do one big build and one small build, but we figured: why not two big builds in a row?

This build is interesting because, as we get further into Episode 2, the different routes splinter off.

In this build, you arrive at Jade City and can talk to either Hazel and/or Jamie, depending on whether you had a connection with them in Episode 1. You can talk to them and set up dates with them in any order.

The only available date in this build is Jamie's, since it can happen first. His date is at noon, whereas Hazel's will be closer to nighttime.

During Jamie's date, you'll grow closer, his mystery will deepen, you can meet a future love interest, and of course there is a hot, lewd scene at the end.

We've added 30 gallery unlocks! Most of them are very easy; some of them... Well, maybe it's me being in crunch mode, but two are sorta mean. :D

Known Bugs

There is a missing animation sequence during a Jamie scene which will be added in a hotfix*

Maki's animated sprite has sharp edges, which will be fixed in an upcoming hotfix*

* Added since publishing date

Where do I report bugs and feedback?

You can report them in the comments on the update post, on our Discord, or in our Google Form linked in the update post.

Release Schedule

$20 - October 6th, 8 AM Pacific

Access to an in-game guided walkthrough (backer code).

$10 - October 13th, 8 AM Pacific

Access to the walkthrough PDF for the game and the gallery.

$5 - October 20th, 8 AM Pacific

$3 - October 27th, 8 AM Pacific

Wrap Up

It's no secret I (RadLord) have had a tough month. I had to make up for lost time at the end of this month, but I'm taking the pain and using it as fuel.

We keep pushing ourselves further and harder to make the best game ever and prove we are worth the investment.

This build taught us a lot of lessons that we will use to grow even stronger.

Thank you all so much for your amazing support! You are the reason we can pay rent and keep making this game. I hope you all enjoy v0.16.1 as we move on to developing v0.16.2!

We also need to finish up the demo, which drops on October 19th!

Stay Rad!