Course of Temptation October Update Early Access (v0.5.4)

Early access to the October update is here!

The largest focus in this update is Harvest Eve, a holiday at the end of Gourdtober and the game's first seasonal event. During the last week of Gourdtober, a seasonal pop-up shop will appear to sell costumes. Through the week, more and more people will get into the spirit, culminating in a Harvest Eve party on Friday.

The People dialog also got some UI improvements, you now have the ability to save cosmetics sets, and there are miscellaneous clothes and other new items.

I'm not done with this update yet, so I'll be spending the rest of the week continuing to go down my current shortlist of additions, most of which are suggestions from players.

So, as often happens, the changelog will expand on the way to public release. Any updates that aren't just routine bugfixes will be announced in the Discord, or you can just check back in on the early access itch page in a couple days.

As always, a huge thanks to the contributors who added to this update.

Please find your link to early access just below these release notes. And as always, thank you for your support!

Release notes

• The statuses of NPCs (such as relationship and whether they’re at your current location) are now revealed through icons in the People dialog (contributed by Drakon)

• Favoriting a person now places them in their own tab in the People dialog, in addition to the previous phone contact functionality

• There is now a special action outside locations with business hours to wait around until they open if it’ll be within the hour (contributed by Drakon)

• Added the classic position of servicing somebody underneath a desk or table

• Integrated a round of contributed clothing (contributions by litey, RyDog)

• Added some new plush animals and non-animals to the machine in the arcade

• Added the ability to wear masks and lots of costume pieces

• Added the Specter Jester popup store, which will sell costume pieces in the last week of Gourdtober

• Added an event where a friend informs you about Harvest Eve week and the costume shop

• NPCs will wear costumes on the last week of Gourdtober, with more getting into the spirit as the week goes on

• NPCs in costume may be mostly anonymized, depending on how much they’re obscured

• The last week of Gourdtober culminates in the Harvest Eve party on Friday, with two available contests and various events

• Added some requested cosmetics colors

• You can now save cosmetics selections, similar to how saving outfits works

• The bulletin board saga continues! (contributed by Meat Glacier)

• Added some books (contributions from Meat Glacier, Trash Queen, and Cadia Creations)

• Also added a couple Harvest Eve only books

• The number of people at your current location is now displayed within the People button on the left sidebar

• Many fixes and tweaks

Download or play here!