SITAR 1.0 "Ready to Launch"
Added 2023-04-14 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
I am finally ready to launch Something's In The Air Redux to the public on itch.io. Cost on that website will be the same $6 as Date Ariane Remaster, and at that price you get access to PC, Mac, and Android.
Patreons can download it at https://arianeb.itch.io/somethings-in-the-air-redux/patreon-access or you can use the attached 86MB patch to update your 0.99 game to 1.0. Full notes https://arianeb.itch.io/somethings-in-the-air-redux/devlog/516512/somethings-in-the-air-10
Android doesn't contain voice to keep it's size down, and its text and menus are bigger to be more readable on small screens, but otherwise identical. While doing the voice work this week on Rachel Meets Ariane, I found several lines that had to be rewritten and scenes needing sound effects. These were added to Android as well as fixing a menu where the choices hid the message telling you about.
There used to be an option to reset the game in the gallery once you completely finished. On PC and Mac this option is now moved to "Preferences" in the lower right corner, again only available once you finish the game so you can start over if you want. I left this off Android, as it is easier to uninstall and reinstall.
Another change is the opening screen as seen above. I added Rebecca, the "Date Ariane Games" logo, and the blurry mystery naked jogger in the background is naked again.
Barring the discovery of any major bugs (and please tell me if you find any), the plan is to release to the public next weekend, giving you a week of early release.
SFW Trailer now available on You Tube, but not fully public yet:
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Late bug found by one the patrons I am surprised I didn't run into myself. Easily fixed, I'm updating the patch and the game files. If you select "Shut down "Alternate Rachel" investigations" in the gallery, and then try to meet Rachel at the bar you will get an error scene expression BarRachel4[persistent.rerror] IndexError: list index out of range
Ariane Barnes
2023-04-19 09:06:27 +0000 UTCWhile trying to fill out the Notebook, I found another problem. A line in the Alternate Rachel notebook is “Comforted you after a brutal workout” which gets blocked with the "A Night At Lizards" story unless you reject the job offer. Instead of making players do that, I decided to add the “Comforted you after a brutal workout” scene to the "A Night At Lizards" story. But that means releasing yet another update which I just did except Android (I'll post it by tomorrow) I have now tested all the Notebook entries, and they are all reachable, and there is now a page to explain how to reach them all: https://arianeb.com/sita-redux-player-notebook/
Ariane Barnes
2023-04-16 15:22:20 +0000 UTCAlready found a bug. I simplified the Rachel dinner dialog, cutting out a bunch of useless topics and accidentally deleted the choice that unlocks that Rachel likes First Person Shooters. I'm not adding the dialog back, just erasing the entry from the notebook, but that means uploading new 1.0 games and patches. Working on unlocking every entry in the gallery notebook to make sure there are no more unlockable entries.
Ariane Barnes
2023-04-15 12:39:29 +0000 UTC
