Ding-ding-ding, Adventurers! New Year, new update!

v0.1.6 is now live for $10+ Patrons.

The download links are available in this post -> https://www.patreon.com/posts/77146560

Public Release Date: January 26th

I kept looking for reasons to delay the release to add more content, but honestly, I think it's already got a sizable chunk of changes (and I should prioritize sticking to the schedule). Check out the changelog below and see for yourself!

v0.1.6

Story:

- +2 Main Events

- +1 Darkness H-scene

- +1 Aqua H-scene

- +1 Priestess event

- +1 Wiz event
- +1 Dream H-scene (containing the record high 21 animations)

- +1 Bonus Event

- +9k words, totaling 82k

- +436 images, totaling 3518
- +28 animations, totaling 60 (almost double the amount in v0.1.5!)

- Redid the animated scenes in "Closet Pervert". Replay the scene to check out the new visuals!

- Updated the opening movie with the new visuals

Technical:

- Upgraded Ren'Py from 7.4.11 to 8.0.3

- Equalized ALL audio files to maintain a consistent volume level (and hopefully avoid earrape)

- Converted (ALL) uncompressed WAV files to OGG, saving tons of space

- Added a skin system, which affects both the pixel sprite and the dialogue bust-up for characters

- Added Discord Rich Presence (disabled by default), for those of you who have no shame or real life friends

- Some Guild Dispatch Jobs will now have choices, which will affect the dangers, exploits, and rewards.

- +2 new Guild Dispatch Jobs with choices

- Redesigned the cheats menu to be more user-friendly (for those who want to cheat in this super easy game). Also, it's pay2win now

- Added an integrity check which will display a warning if the game was not compiled using my Renpy fork (and will therefore miss the necessary features)

- Added the option to disable shaky camera in the game settings

- Added a new learnable feat ("Art of the Deal") to reduce merchant prices

Adventuring:

- Added two new skins for Darkness, one for Megumin, one for Kazuma

- Added experience bar to the adventuring screen

Balancing:

- Reduced Succubi Cafe's prices to be more indebtured-adventurer friendly

- Added 3 more books

Minor changes:

- Updated Wiz's visuals across the board

- Removed animated bustups in favor of static ones in the interest of a consistent experience

- Optimized rendering during adventuring, noticeably increasing average FPS

- Replaced videos in "How Far I've Fallen", "Party on the Streets", "Importance of Hygiene" and Momo's handjob scene with VP8-encoded ones to address VP9 issues

- Slight model changes to all models to improve the lighting quality in the current and future events

- Added Log button to the quick menu

- Updated quickmenu for phones

- You can now remove characters from the party in the party selection screen

- Removed Priscilla from the Girls menu

- "unlockgallery" cheat will now unlock all girls

- Added a textbox opacity slider to the Preferences menu

- Adjusted brightness of some blushing effects in "The Entirely Avoidable Ambush"

- Redid Rin's bustup images (cause she's cute and deserves cute portraits)

- Tuned down the default amplitude shaky camera a little bit

- Temporarily removed shop & guild job results animations while I'm working on a permanent fix

- "Dining Room" location will now be accessible in the mansion whenever an event is available

Fixes:

- Fixed the game update checker polling the server twice

- Fixed a bug with the GUI appearing for a moment before the end of "Under the Full Moon"

- Fixed multiple clippings across many events

- Fixed a bug in "Importance of Hygiene" related to name variables that could result in a crash

- Fixed overlapping elements with the Itch button

- Fixed the bug with the total number of events being incorrect

- Fixed the party selection screen bug that allowed selecting more than 4 heroes

- Fixed a bug that prevented players from switching out weapons. Also a bug that instantiated a default weapon into the inventory

- Fixed some event achievements not being granted upon completion

- Fixed some "eyeless" visuals in Chris's event "Cardio"

- (Theoretically) fixed some issues with the popup screen not showing up

- Fixed a bug related to Aqua's Total Blessing upgrade, which could break her base Blessing skill

- Fixed a bug that was causing erratic screen elements movement during Guild Dispatch minigame