So. In a fit of randomness right at the end of the previous release, I decided to number this release 0.90 instead of 0.53. Maybe because we're almost at 1.0? I dunno. It was very random. While silly, hey, we are almost at 1.0 and we can start working on poll-driven expansion content soon. I'm pretty excited about that, tbh.
Before I move on, allow me to share a meme someone made on Discord after discovering the 0.90 version number on the upcoming releases page of thaumx.com:
We continued working on fixing things this month, but also added some minor content items in different places that needed them. The "new" change is an expansion of the ending set up to share what happened to various NPCs you've met after the main story concludes. That said, there's still more writing to do when it comes to the ending, for certain "special" NPCs and other areas, which is what I'll be working on myself next month.
I also integrated a twee checker into the compile script to scan all the .tw files for common macro errors like misspelled or unclosed tags. This resulted in a lot of fixes to some of the most visible bugs, because they usually result in a red error message or an error popup. I wrote two new hucow job events, and we also added a lot more text to the sex system, filling out the kink variations of text for different actions.
It'd be hard to top last release's giant change log (not to mention that it took fucking forever to write, and I'm in pain so lack the patience to write it), so I'm going to keep it short and simple this month.
Thanks as always for all your support, monetary or otherwise. AW wouldn't be possible without you!
Changes
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- The NPC Detailed View has been finished.
- In the social menu, contacts submenu, click on the detailed view button on any given NPC to see all about them.
- Will now show the personal traits of the NPC if you have uncovered them.
- All sorts of information about the NPC can be learned here, as long as you've uncovered or unlocked it.
- Talking to them on dates/hangouts.
- Improving your relationship.
- Seeing them naked.
- You can also use the NPC detail menu to see their body and face portrait.
- Changes have been made to the PC and NPC portrait system.
- Portraits will now show the closest image to your or the NPC's hairstyle.
- There are tons of hairstyles and limited images, so some hairstyles share the same image representation. In general, these are representative... it'd be hard to tell what kind of hair bun you have when looking from the front anyway!
- SVG portrait is only compiled at certain points to reduce system load for slower machines.
- You can now go boating solo on Lake Clitea.
- Rent a boat in the boat shop.
- It should mostly be a nice experience. mostly.
- You can now watch a movie in the mall when you're by yourself.
- You no longer have to bring a date or friend to catch the latest blockbuster.
- Watching a good movie can improve your mood.
- The Pink Bliss clothing store was added to the Applewood mall.
- Focuses on bimbo fashion.
- Code to generate the future of all the NPCs you know has been added to the end-of-game system.
- You'll now learn what happened to your various friends, exes, lovers, and acquaintances at the end of the game.
- Not all outcomes for all special NPCs have been written yet, such as school instructors and coworkers.
- An event can now happen if you change in the changing booth at Hoden Springs.
- Interaction with Tiffany Williams in the prologue will get you her contact information so you can become friends (or more).
- Going to school will now properly make the instructor your acquaintance.
- Working as a dairy farmhand at the Farm Coop will now make several of the special NPCs there your acquaintance.
- 24,000 new words for the sex system library.
- Primarily finishes filling in kink action description text for the PC and NPC actions.
- Lots of fucking bug hunting and fixing of things.
- Fertility Seal price adjusted to 300/500
- Fixed some unusual behavior in the sex system with "pulling out".
- Oleg Bestiarus should now always be findable in the club district when working on special components quests, instead of having a random chance to be there on a given day.
- This is because players wouldn't see him on a day he happened not to be there, and then assumed he would never be there and got confused.
- A new "selector" macro was created.
- Functions as a dropdown selection.
- Uses the variable value to have the current value selected when loaded, essentially "remembering" your selection the last time you used it.
- Things like spending levels and morning clothing choices are remembered, so you don't have to touch them unless you want to change it.
- Numerous new TV shows have been added for when you watch TV.
- Shows all include an image and show description.
- Shows will primarily show up in the afternoon to evening hours.
- Fixes to the surrogacy system code.
- You will only be alerted about surrogacy opportunities once you have registered as a surrogate at the surrogacy center in the medical district.
- Surrogacy alerts will no longer appear as strange messages while you are sleeping.
- A more complete message, including the name of the client, will show up during the morning hours.
- Employees of the Progenerate Fecundate division will no longer get opportunities to be a surrogate. Their womb/s are already owned and spoken for!
- You will be able to be a surrogate as long as you have one womb free.
- Some minor improvements to surrogacy code functionality.
- Improvements to jobbing to make the results text more legible.
- Hucow job improvements:
- Finished the "training" event chain with two new events.
- Your introduction, with a tour around the facility and meeting several hucows and staff.
- Several special NPCs are added to your contacts.
- The event gives you some background into each of these characters.
- A brief training session covering hucows themselves, along with some history behind the bulls hired to "comfort" them.
- Some correction and expansion the hecow training event.
- Update to the eropiler to check for common twee errors that are otherwise easy to miss.
- This resulted in a lot of fixin'
