Hello, Our Home community!
We have great news: we've decided to release the new update ahead of schedule! This doesn't replace the update planned for next month, which remains confirmed. This means more content for you in less time! Here are the highlights of this version:
What's New?
- ~840 renders, ~20,000 words (about 1h10 of reading), 3 animations, 9 secret renders, and 1 new achievement.
- Revamped Environments: Norah’s house, the rental room, and Aquila now feature higher-quality renders, enhanced realism, and expanded scenes, setting the stage for free-roam mode.
- New Navigation Model: An experimental integration between Visual Novel (VN) and free-roam modes. After completing the story in VN mode, explore new areas and find extra content without switching modes. In the future, we aim to fully integrate VN and free-roam modes, eliminating the need to switch at the end of the game's story.
- Meet Hicco, the Curious Parrot!: An experimental feature for free-roam mode. Interact with Hicco, a talkative parrot flying around PinePool, offering challenges with riddles based on town conversations. Solve them to unlock items! This mechanic uses simpler animations for casual interactions, allowing more free-roam content without compromising the quality of unique story interactions. This approach aims to speed up the development of free-roam events, our next focus after releasing the prologue rework, which you've already enjoyed.
- We've fixed several minor bugs found during development.
What's Next?
Version 3.03, already in production, will be larger, focusing on the protagonist and more elaborate scenes (including some spicier ones!).
We Hope You Enjoy It!
What do you think of Hicco and the new navigation model? Leave your comments, suggestions, or criticism here or on our contact channels. See you soon!
Thank you for being part of this journey!