Changelog for upcoming 0.99.9

Version 0.99.9 – 100+ Fixes, Major CQM Update & Full Changelog

Hi guys,

before the release of Version 0.99.9, we want to share the full changelog and give you a clearer picture of what has gone into this update.

Version 0.99.9 is a different kind of update, with a much stronger focus on progression, stability, the CQM, and strengthening the foundation of the game.

There is still new and completed playable content, especially involving Michelle, but the technical and structural work makes up the larger part of this release.

While reviewing the game as Part 1 moves further toward its final stage, more than 100 bugs and issues were identified and fixed — and many of them were much more serious than small visual problems or typos.

Some could block entire questlines, send players into the wrong route, skip events, create invalid progression states, cause incorrect calculations, or even lead to crashes. Some were serious enough that repair handling had to be added for affected existing saves.

With a game as large and interconnected as The Promise has become, we felt it was important to fix these problems properly instead of simply adding more content on top of them.

The Character & Quest Management system has also received a major update.

Character profiles can now evolve alongside the individual playthrough. As new characters are met, information is discovered, relationships develop, and important choices are made, their profiles can gradually reflect what the player character has actually learned and experienced.

New Character Profile Update notifications also make it easier to notice when identities, relationships, background information, or important developments have been added.

More quest information is also being integrated into the CQM as the system is prepared for future development.

The goal is simple:

Less guessing. Less missed content. Clearer progression.

Version 0.99.9 therefore focuses on three major areas:

Fix and strengthen the foundation
More than 100 bugs and issues have been addressed, including critical progression blockers, route conflicts, incorrect conditions, economy problems, crashes, event errors, and many smaller problems throughout the game.

Improve the CQM and character system
Character profiles can evolve with the story, important profile changes are easier to notice, and more quest information is being integrated to make existing content easier to find and follow.

Add, finish, and improve playable content
Michelle’s cinema routes are now complete, including many new animations and the finished ultimate scene. The repeatable part of Michelle’s final bar event has also been added, including Queen, Masked, Husband, Wild, and King variations with temporary and permanent role changes.

After this extensive cleanup, we hope that the biggest underlying progression and stability issues are now behind us and that the game as a whole is in a much healthier state.

The CQM in particular now has a much stronger and more stable foundation that we can continue building on in future updates. Of course, with a game this large we cannot promise that every single issue is gone, but Version 0.99.9 should put us in a much better position going forward — both for adding new content and for making the huge amount of existing content easier to find and experience as intended.

Future updates will continue adding new content, but before Part 1 is complete, we also want to make sure that everything already there works as reliably as possible and can be completed as intended.

Version 0.99.9 is therefore an important step toward making The Promise stronger, clearer, more stable, and better prepared for the final stage of Part 1.

We think the full changelog below shows just how much work went into this update.

Here is the full Version 0.99.9 changelog: