re:Dreamer Alpha 0.10.12 (Patreon)

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Sorry for the delay folks! This update got stupidly complicated and I was struggling with some rough health issues as I started to realize I had bit off more than I could chew for a single update. More on that later.

re:Dreamer (0.10.12) is an interesting beast of a release to say the least, but given its fairly unique structure, a lot of that content might not be seen unless you look for it.

Changelog:

• Zach and Britney's mall date concludes with a mix of three shopping venues to go to. The events changed heavily based on what the arcade date games were, the Tower Topper results (if it even was played), Zach's answer to Ai's "therapy" session, your C.H.E.A.T.S. stats, and whether or not Zach let Britney buy him his underwear or if he insisted on paying for it himself. It is possible to see all of the content in a single pass, but you likely won't as it requires a specific set of conditions to reach (the first arcade game not being Mrs. Puck Man, the second arcade game being Tower Topper, Zach failing to prove his point to Britney about the game being rigged within three tries, Zach realizing Ai cheated for him on the fifth attempt and made it impossible for him to lose, the Trans "therapy" answer, and Trans 5). If you're a completionist, I'd suggest saving at the route jump options screen where the choice for the first arcade game is and running through the date with different options. I think this game is best experienced blind, but as always, you can consult the flowchart for specific branching if you want it.
• The bra changing room scene in Britney's route now has a less abrupt ending. I was running out of energy when I finished the 0.10.11 release, but it's been smoothed out to better lead into the 0.10.12 content.
• Zach's sprite is in the intro, but it's only the short bit in the dorm room before he sits down on his bed. I did an odd effect here, so let me know if you think it looks too weird.
• There are quite literally dozens of new pages of world info dealing with topics such as Zach, his sabbatical, Portland, and Lewis and Clark University. There are over 12,000 words of extensive and neat lore here, with one or two hints about something big behind the scenes. Like everything in the World Information, all of it is entirely optional content, but I think it adds a lot of interesting context to how Zach ended up the way he did, the alternative history setting, and Zach's more private beliefs that our occasionally unreliable narrator wouldn't divulge without putting a spin on it. It is a little sparse and could use some images to break up the walls of text, but that'd take too long on an update that is already decently late.
• The entirety of the script has had a professional editor look it over. This cost several hundred dollars to MechMage, the guy who did it, but it was worth it as he caught several grammar mistakes that I would never have caught with Microsoft Word and Google Docs checks. One cool thing from this is that I asked MechMage to point out lines where Zach spoke plainly but it what wouldn't be considered fully correct formal English. This means that every now and then, based on higher Awkwardness, Zach will have slightly different alternative lines in grammatically correct English that has become viewed as stiff in modern usage. It's a subtle change but it makes him look like even more of a bookworm dork, which is something I am always down for.
• The flowchart has been slightly reworked. The biggest change is a big disclaimer about how I use the term "autogynephilia" much differently than Blanchard does since some trans women who have played this game have expressed concerns about my fairly liberal use of the term (which I have realized is a lot more transphobic than I thought it was after closely reading the definition and the theory that went into creating it). You can see that definition in the flowchart below.
• Zoey has a new burgundy skirt. It's just a recolor of the female school uniform skirt, but it looks nice.
• Zoey's choker no longer clips on most of her outfits. I'd have to remake the outfits with hoodies for full compatibility, but those are fringe cases and I'm deeming it good enough for now.
• Zoey's zoomed sprite no longer crops off the top of her ponytail knot in the sprite viewer because it takes up every single possible pixel of vertical height it can.
• There was a dispute about Zoey's and Britney's listed cup sizes (32H U.S./32FF UK/ 70K EU/80E JP/KR and 32DD/E US/32DD UK/70F EU/75C JP/KR) not matching their in-game appearance (lol anime sizes). To fix this, I went with the route of least resistance, meaning Zach, Zoey, Zach's mom, and Britney have all been bumped up an inch in height. Zach went from 163 cm/5'4" to 165 cm/5'5", Zoey went from 160 cm/5'2" to 163 cm/5'3", Zach's mom went from 157 cm/5'2" to 160 cm/5'3", and Britney went from 161 cm/5'3.5" to 164.5 cm/5'4.5". I'm not too comfortable making Zach taller, but Zoey being taller is pretty hot.
• My stupid idiot self noticed a small issues with the code and finally got a feature working that I thought was broken beyond my capabilities to fix, that being Zach's app descriptions on his phone changing in the World Information screen throughout the story as those apps change (I used literal text strings instead of text substitutions). It's only been relevant a few times so far, but Zach's home screen is going to go through some major changes depending on the route (Keisuke's will have fitness apps and calendar notifications, Britney's route will have social media apps and women's health apps, and Rich's route will change Zach's banking app icon and see a cooking app pop up).

I know the flowchart has become so big that it's gotten a bit blurry on export, so the online version can be seen on Google Drive/diagrams.net.

There is an important poll for the release schedule of the game up for both the public and patrons. I'll hold off on making any announcements about the date of the next release until the results are finalized.