v0.20.0 Game Status (Patreon)

Evening, gamers! Time for our mid-month update, v0.20! I was originally planning to get a bit further in the Specialist flirts this update, but instead we have quite an expansion of portraits to add in this release. Three brand new Specialists now have portraits, and additionally I have expanded somewhat the number of places where you'll find portrait art. Also, the use of portraits during Random Encounter scenes should cut down on incidents of clicking through periods so fast the scenes get missed. :P

For Text To Speech & control features, we had a bit of one step forward and one step back this release. The Overseer selection screen now properly allows keyboard controls, which means the game's core gameplay path should now be entirely controllable via the keyboard. The downside is that during testing of this release I discovered that the TTS reading of the scene option buttons is for some reason reading the same text for every button. This was a bit of a surprise as it works properly in Unity development mode. I was intending to spend more time in the next release on TTS/Control updates, so hopefully I'll have that pinned down by the next update.

In other progress news, Double D, our final Specialist, almost has their portrait done. Based on early Liberator+ poll results, the Roth directors will be coming up soon as well, but there's still a few more days left to get votes in. I should also be able to get in some more Grunt and Piledriver scenes before the end of the month. I'm also planning to have out our next Watch Station Stories chapter in the next weekend or so, and you can probably expect some new art previews before the next release as well! Links will follow for patrons momentarily, but for now, your patch notes:

v0.20.0 Change Log

Game Functions:

* Monthly Cheat Code Updated

* Specialist Flirt Scenes must now be completed in linear order

* Controls: 

** May now tab through the first name and surname fields in character selection

Scene Content:

* Octopussy Flirt 3

* Grunt Flirt 1

* Random Encounter Scene: Vessian Firefighter

Art Content:

* Specialist Octopussy Outfit added to Scenes and Gallery, Octopussy Nude & Mission Outfit added to Gallery

* Specialist Hummer Outfit added to Scenes and Gallery, Hummer Nude & Mission Outfit added to Gallery

* Specialist Princess Outfit added to Scenes and Gallery, Princess Nude & Mission Outfit added to Gallery

* Specialist Grunt Nude Portrait now accessible in Scenes

* Citizen Portraits now appear for all non-Terran Random Encounter Scenes

Codex Entries:

* None

Bug Fixes:

* Fixed issue with keyboard controls being intercepted while filling out text fields.

* Corrected typos and missing text colors in Introduction Scenes.

Known Issues:

* TTS dialogue cannot be interrupted once begun. May have issues if triggered on multiple screens at once. TTS support is 64-bit Windows only.

* TTS is reading incorrect text for the Scene Option Button text.

* WebGL Issues: Be warned that save game data in WebGL mode is less permanent than PC standalone. May also be more prone to memory and other issues.