Build 09.01.24 (v0.5.3) release notes

The first build of September is here!

This update brings a LOT of bug fixes and quality of live improvements, this is thanks to all of you who report bugs and provide feedback on Discord, X and so on, so thank you for this and your patience.

The biggest highlight is finally fixing the issue that had been going on with the Gallery. Gallery entries should now properly unlock.

I want to take this time to welcome to the team a new artist by the name of Gabimaru (AKA CowkiniGod) who's debuting in the game with some illustrations for some of the missing CGs in the jogging and work events.

I also want to welcome Drygote to the team, he's the first programmer (besides me) to join the team and already made quite the contribution by fixing an issue with the shops and made some QOL enhancements!

Note: As always, don't forget to clear your browser's cache just in case!

Thanks again and here are the full release notes:

GAMEPLAY

+Increased Wool drop rate to 35%

+Added 'Simple Bandage' blueprint to Handcrafting book (only for playthroughs where you haven't read the book).

+Added 'Cooking 101' book. (Credits to Drygote)

+Added 'Gifts' tab to the Inventory UI. (Credits to Drygote)

+Added 'Miscellaneous' tab to the Inventory UI. (Credits to Drygote)

+Added new lines to random NPCs with the Chef occupation to hint about the cooking clicker mechanic to raise cooking success chance.

+Failing to pay all of the rent money will now reduce the player's Reputation.

+New game now starts from the 1st of the month so the player has more time for the rent.

+Updated Park Cave layout regarding player feedback.

+Updated several quests' objectives with highlighted keywords.

EVENTS

+Added new CG for existing jogging event. (Credits to Gabimaru)

+Added new CG for existing grocery store work event. (Credits to Gabimaru)

+Added new CGs for 2 existing ice cream shop work events. (Credits to Gabimaru)

CIERNA

+Added explicit hint about Mortimer following you after Cierna's intro and available for help.

+Fixed Cierna's quest objective to require 13 donuts for the "baker's dozen" requested.

+Fixed several events in Cierna's story to allow triggering again after party is disbanded.

EBIKO

+Made several of Ebiko's events optional to trigger in case the player wants to take a break from her story.

+Updated Ebiko's Food Cart quest to be more explicit about the completion objective.

MOONI

+Removed old requirement for Mooni's character to display the button to remove clothes.

+Fixed issue with Mooni's collars not tagged as Quest Items allowing them to be sold.

BUG FIXES

+Fixed critical issue where loading a game while within a current playthrough was carrying over data from the current playthrough into the newly loaded game.

+Fixed issue where character unlocked event wasn't triggering a gallery unlock.

+Fixed issue where user Gallery was being fetched from the server only if the player visited the gallery, preventing from unlocking any gallery entries.

+Fixed issue with dialogue mixing up with text messages.

+Fixed issue where purchasing a shop, firing the owner, then trying to open the shop was crashing the game. (Credits to Drygote)

+Fixed small issue during Neruko's libido increasing where the camera was not zooming on her cat form.

+Fixed a couple of introduction lines on random npcs with Outgoing personalities not unlocking their name when they mention it.

+Fixed order of a couple of Akira events in the gallery.

Enjoy!

-Hayashi