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I'm excited to release Afterparty Tech Demo 3.3.6 today!

Patrons (paying backers) can access it now via the Preview channel on the launcher. Free members can access it in two weeks.

Side note: you'll also need to update the launcher before you can update the game.

Storyline Progression!

This update brings the beginning of Emily and Rachel's main storylines:

Rachel's mission can be started by speaking with her at any location.

Emily's mission can be started by speaking to her after she has given you the mission to ride your bicycle.

Both of these missions feature new mechanics as part of the mission system I've developed. The system is intended to streamline the process of defining complex NPC behaviors, allowing me to focus the bulk of my time on narrative and animation content.

I've rigorously tested both missions to ensure a smooth user experience and compatibility with the save/load system and I feel it is polished and suitable for release. As usual though, if you encounter any issues be sure to let me know about them in the bug fixing channel on Discord.

Load Saved Files Issues Fixed ... & Special Thanks!

If you previously experienced this problem, you should be able to play your older save files again without issue now!

A special shout out to the folks on Discord who provided their save files in order to help me resolve a longstanding issue with infinite load screens on older save versions.

Detailed Changelog

As usual, you can view the full list of changes on the website. Some notable changes are:

Rachel's voice has been changed to be toned-down and less cartoony while still maintaining the personality of the original.

The skills menu in the character creator has been removed, as it had minimal usage in gameplay and served only to delay the creation process. It has been added to the backlog of features that will be re-examined once the game leaves tech demo status (along with male playable characters and other requests).

What's Next?

My focus now is gameplay loop + story content. I'm already at work on more mission content, new characters and new phone features. For now, check out the beginning of these missions and let me know what you think!As always, much love to my Patrons / supporters for backing me and this dream project of mine... Some of you have been funding me for months, even years, and I really appreciate the faith you put in me! <3Thanks!✌️Dilly

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Nev

The quests were nice, although there isn't much to do, of course. I still think it's important to test these things, knowing that everything works, before you start to leave the tech demo phase.

Kühlschrankpinguin

So I'm having that phenomenon that the Launcher uninstalls after updating every now and then. I can't put a finger on it. But I just have to re-download it a fourth time now

Kühlschrankpinguin

Also when it does delete itself, I can't start the game manually anymore

Afterparty

I haven't seen reports of this nor have I seen it myself. I suspect it's some 3rd party software on your machine doing this?

Kühlschrankpinguin

Tried to duplicate it, didn't work. then again, the launcher didn't need to be updated yet. There's also no 3rd Party tools running that would be allowed to interfere. Only thing would be Windows Firewall but I guess others would've had the same issue then. Also those actions were somewhat trackable

Arya Suryawanshi

hey i m unable to subscribe through pateron any other method availab;e

Afterparty

Okay.. Let me know if it happens again with the next update. Could be some sort of strange edge case that only happens in some situations or environments which are fairly rare. I'm not sure... Also, are you on Windows 10 or 11? Is it fairly up-to-date with windws updates?

Afterparty

Thanks Nev. I agree... realistically I'm probably 4-6 months away from leaving Tech Demo and entering more of the "early access" stage. And my hope is eventually hire someone to help me with some of the content development (better animations, more story, scenes, etc) by then.

Afterparty

Hi Arya. Not at the moment, no. Which alternative services do you use out of curiousity?

Afterparty

I should also mention that you don't need to sub to be able to play it. Backers currently have v3.3.6 which I pushed out a few days ago, but you can still play v3.3.5.

Cj

Hi Loving your work - I just had the same problem as Kühlschrankpinguin, it was windows defender, just need to allow it or it quarantines the launcher. Good Luck!

QCFrenzy

Hello! New Patron here. Played around a bit and so far, so good! It's got some of the early development roughness you'd expect but there's real effort on display. If the content catches up with the visuals and it runs smooth, that would be incredible. If feedback is being encouraged? The MC's attitude in the dialog options came off bratty. And the movement in general felt slow. Woud love to get around faster, on and off the bike.

Afterparty

Hi, we publish the game in shipping configuration which strips the console (as well as other things) to ensure it runs as smoothly and lightweight as possible. If you want to access the dev menu I made for personal use/debugging (though don't use much anymore) you can press ALT+L