[ENG] May 2024: Monthly Report (Patreon)

[Note: This is a direct continuation to last month's Monthly Report - April, please read the previous one if you haven't!]

Link has been uploaded for patrons, refer to our Discord server or check the newest post! Public version is now up and ready!

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Hey, everyone! Andy here, bringing you another monthly report for this month! Gil Day 11 Part 2 is now finished, and will be quality checked, edited, and play tested before we push the updates out, we estimate it'll take give or take 3-7 days due to how many branches this update has. While we're waiting for the update, please give the report a quick glance, it's important!

-- Story and dev stuff --

Updated game to 0.11.62:

This is the meat of the monthly report; Gil Day 11 has been updated/expanded, allowing you to reach the end of the day, along with the other half where you attempt to go Ternae and failed.  

There's a 1 in 5 chance (20%) that you'll end up reaching Ternae despite not meeting the requirements. It's normal, and the game will ask you to save before you get there, so make sure to save as instructed because you'll get sent to title screen and lose your progress.

In the same vein, there's a 1 in 5 chance that you'll fail to reach Ternae despite meeting the requirements. Yes, I'm encouraging you to save-scum this part...

 Walter doesn't wanna go with Mr. Parker! 

 But it's for nothing after all... Should've accepted -the- bear's invitation.

What's Edgar planning?

And what is even happening!? 

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There's another half where Walter succeeds, but this will be explored in the next update!

 I wonder how Ternae's going to look like and what's going to happen there?

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Outside of Patreon builds, the public version will also receive an update. I'm sorry it really took this long!

-- Fixes, adjustments, improvements --

Side Images

While we have several new side images, we still have old ones that needs to be replaced, but despite that, I resized the old-new side images. Having them taking about 1/4 of the screen feels jarring, and I believe these fits what I'm aiming for much more the previous ones.

Bugs, bugs, BUGS!

You might notice that the stamps keep increasing if you keep trying this part, if you did, then you might need to replay the whole route from the start...although as of now, it affects nothing, so you might be okay continuing.

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It's been brought to my attention that some readers experience a bug where the game quits whenever they try to close the notice after loading. I'm not sure what caused this, but my suspicion is that they are loading an old save pre version 0.9.x and most likely a conflicting script version. There was a major overhaul back in Day 9, and I deleted a bunch of things. So it might be that; it might not be that. I don't know yet.

But there's a workaround! Just turn "After Load Notice" off in the main menu, and you're good to go. Still, if you're experiencing that bug, the best solution is to restart the whole route to avoid problems down the road.

 Green is good. 

-- Assets, additions, collectables! --

New artworks

There aren't many new additions this time, but we have new character sprite and an upcoming title screen! We also have changed the logo, too! It's in previous post.

I don't think I have properly introduced the new addition, which you guys are already familiar with: Gordon! But why did he cross out his last name...? 

Gameplay...ish?

The last option that was previously locked is now unlockable! This tab will bring you to another screen.

And here it is! Both aren't currently available in the game currently; but for the sake of the monthly report, I made it clickable. The stamps you collected will be available there.

 But what kind of stories do the stamps tell you? Maybe you will discover something once you've collected them all...

I think that's all for now! It's late, and I have to get some rest. See you guys soon!

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With love.

Thanks for reading!