Friendship with Benefits was the first game I made and released, and to this day it stands as not only my most successful game, but the one that changed my life the most. The success of this game allowed me leave education and to move into game development full time.
That's why, even six years later, I'm still happy to come back and give this game some love and polish. Particularly, since working on my newest title, Monster Girl Tavern, I've gotten a lot more experience coding in Ren'Py and designing UIs. I decided to bring some of that practical knowledge back, and improve the old menus and interface with something sleek and clean. Of course, if you'd prefer the original UI, there's an option for that in the menu.
But while I'm here, I might as well add a little bit of extra content, no? We've got a new scene with Lily, and some bonus pinups from Dawn that can both be accessed at the end of the game. Additionally, I've squashed every bug and typo that has been fond over the years.
Major Changes:
New Content: New Sex Scene with Lily at the Castle (post-finale)
New Content: After completing Dawn's route, you may visit the Club to view her collection of 16 interuniversal pinups.
Gallery: Improved and now always available. Added preview images, and percentage completion for each category.
Crystal Ball: Functions the same with an improved menu.
UI: New Textbox, Menu Choices, and Font. Included custom settings for fonts and text sizes.
To Do List: No longer a .png with text planted over it. Now a menu with dynamic icons, categories and clearer hints
After beating the game, a quick Day/Night toggle now appears on the World Map, this does not officially advance the day.
The textbox now disappears during sex scenes.
Legacy Options: Includes the option to use the v1.0 UI and To-Do List
Added Mouse Wheel 'Down' Text Advance, and an option to disable it.
Added the option to refuse Penelope's 'magic lesbian' sex scenes
Cheats Menu: No longer a code submission box. Now a comprehensive menu that gives you complete control over all in-game metrics
Added new cheats to rename characters (this was actually tough, required replacing every name in the script with a variable)
Minor Changes:
Save Files: Now include the in-game day and current percentage completion
Work Secret Scenes: Are now guaranteed to occur if you meet the conditions (previously 50% chance)
Bar Free Roam: All characters now always appear at the bar (previously 50% chance)
File size reduced by about ~300 MB while remaining visibly lossless
Increased default rollback length from 5 to 150
Fixed 100+ Spelling/Typo issues
Fixed artifacts on Riku's face