Short version:
New screen savers with playlist!
Significant optimizations!
Less-short version:
You keep putting so much creative, joyful and sincere stuff in Kind Words 1 & 2 that we just had to celebrate it with new features.
Specifically, you've now written over 15,000 cat names and descriptions!
You've also written a staggering ONE MILLION airplanes! Arguably, that's a bigger milestone, but it's not as cute as cats and Luigi has already drawn that sweet cat banner. So we'll lead with the cats.
The theme for this update is screen savers: bask in the comforting presence of fellow humans while putting out minimal effort. We've added new ways to just be in Kind Words 2.
A highlight, obviously, is the new cat screen saver. The old cat saver in the plaza has been replaced with this atmospheric cat browser:
Another exciting milestone: 100,000 links in the chain forest! So there's a new viewer where you could theoretically sit and watch every single topic and response go by.
The screensavers from KW1 that let you view airplanes and favorites inside your rooms have also been updated and brought over.
My favorite part is that when you want to float in the warm ocean of 7 million player submissions, you don't have to go running around town picking and choosing. Just open on the new Screen Saver Tour right from your home.
You get to setup a playlist and configure your trip just right.
Oh, I did some other work too, like make the game use 25-50% less RAM when running and start up faster too.
It's probably time I mention that I stealth launched a free demo for KW2 about a month ago. I wanted to make sure it was stable before making a fuss over it. The demo includes the home exterior space conversations and airplanes as well as the media recommendation room. So, yeah! Go tell your friends that they can come chat with kind strangers for free right now!
Thanks for being you and contributing to our community. See you in the next update. (Or in the comments or on discord.)
Yours,
Ziba
