Announcing The Exile of Aphrodisia 2023 Demo, beta key giveaway (Patreon)

Welcome to 2023!

With the holiday season now firmly behind us, we at Blue Fairy Media are getting back into the swing of things and have a few pieces of news today!

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First, we are currently planning on releasing a free demo for The Exile of Aphrodisia 2023, downloadable on Itch.io and Steam. The demo will launch as soon as possible on Itch. The Steam version will likely take a bit longer as the store page needs to go through Valve's moderation process first, which can take several days extra. Stay tuned for more precise release information.

The demo will contain a subset of the usual game encounters--roughly about a quarter, including six player transformations that very between mtm, mtf, ftf, and ftm transformations. The demo will allow you to progress through about the first third of the game world, stopping a short ways into either the desert or jungle, depending on the route chosen. Only one of the planned 5 cursed artifacts will be present in the demo build, the Bracelet of Bovinity.

Playing the demo should be a good way for players to tell if they are interested in the game or not, as well as make sure the game runs stably on their computer before committing to purchasing the full title. Additionally, players should keep in mind that there is still the older, forever-free, discontinued version of The Exile of Aphrodisia available for download that lacks many of the bugfixes, polish, and new features in the 2023 remake.

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Second, we still have 7 Steam beta keys remaining for the full version of The Exile of Aphrodisia 2023. Since patrons have had a long time to request keys, the remaining few are now open for the first seven people to request them. If you want one and haven't received one yet, request a beta key in the comments of this post and we'll send you a private message with a beta key, if any are remaining.

Do be aware that all beta keys will be banned once the full game goes on sale, as per Steam's recommendations. Active beta testers--those who provide bug reports or useful feedback--will be reissued new full product keys.

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Third, we will likely have another Transformation Tycoon release, V0.0.4.3.0 by the end of January or early February. This release should have the new employee Gaia the elemental, more products and story and client artwork, as well as several quality of life improvements and rebalancing. A subset of changes are below:

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Balancing/Tweaks:

- Employees who have requested transformations and have not yet received them now take a 50% experience gain penalty instead of gaining no new experience at all.

- Instead of quitting instantly when the clinic's money falls below -$1,000, employees will now only quit if the clinic starts the day in debt more than three days in a row.

Updated random events:

- Seminar Smarts now only gives XP in the employee's currently assigned role, not all of them. This should help keep employees from "overleveling" and requesting transformation unusually early. The xp given has been raised for each outcome.

Bugfixes:

- Bugfix for buttons being disabled when quitting to main menu after having called in a client or starting research without completing it.

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Since our focus is moving onto the upcoming Exile of Aphrodisia sequel, we also expect to transition Transformation Tycoon from alpha/early access into beta and later 1.0 the first half of this year as well. We don't have any major new gameplay features planned at this time, though it's always possible we'll have some inspiration and append more to the game in the future. 

Even in a 1.0 state, we'll continue adding in employees, products, and clients voted on in our monthly Patreon polls. We'll also continue including well-written clients submitted by the community, so if you have any half finished you might want to submit someday, there's time yet.

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Thanks for reading, and happy new year!