FEF, build 0.7.0.1

EDIT: initial release was very VERY buggy, turns out!

I have since made a bugfix build, as there were issues across all three phases.  I recommend starting fresh again, just in case.  My apologies!

It's finally here!  After too much time, it's a new build.

Because of technology reasons, old saves will not work.  Accordingly, skips to Phases 2 and 3 have been provided.

Phase 3 starts you off in the Ham, the horrible prison/meat locker run by the police, under direction of the city government.  Explore, help some people, meet some old faces, and fight some bosses, culminating in an escape and rescue by your chosen faction!  The build's new narrative content ends in your faction's base, your new home.

Note that in the above screenshot, your sprites are now visible!  Build 0.7 adds on-screen sprites, which obviously reflect a character's given size.  And, although it can't be seen via screenshot, but they animate, too! A bug exists where they don't refresh exactly when they should, but it was either that or no healthbars for enemies, and I figured it was fine.

Also, note that Maria is playable! This update adds Friend characters, other major characters both new and old.  They aren't as "fleshed out" in features or dynamic sizes, but they represent more ways to grow your team.

You can find the Friends in Phase 2.  They may be available in Phase 3 once that's built out.

The last thing I will say, though by no means the final addition, is a new combat mechanic, Moods.  These statuses should add more wrinkles (folds? fat folds?) to combat builds.  Maybe, I dunno.

There are more changes, documented in my shitty patch notes included with the game....

which, is, HERE

https://www.mediafire.com/file/eqqj7hjlqsmm1ei/fef0.7.0.1.zip/file

Enjoy! Hope it's not coming in too hot.  I will be monitoring the Weightgaming thread primarily with respect to bug reports, which I suspect will be numerous, although I will also try to respond here, now that I'm back and less anxious about things.