Upcoming V0.5.3.X: The Masochist: Patch Notes

Hi all :)

Sharing the upcoming patch notes for the next release. It will feature the Masochist class and as mentioned before, more content and polish will be added to what's already been added to the game. It would be simple enough for me to release more of Chapter 2 but I want to address some foundational concerns that the community has and I have as well xD

Class System

Masochist class ("Stressed Out" Mechanic)

NPC System

NPC Quests

Captions

Change wording

Clinic

Claire now has "end of session" animations based on the actions she's performed during a session.

Bugs/QoL

Optimization of clinic to reduce memory consumption during certain events

Players will not have to go to the Clinic every day and only on certain key dates

More stat balance

2nd quest mutation bug where a mutation doesn't get assigned and makes players lose

UX for stats. Make it more obvious what stats do and their impact.

Intermittent bug related to Belle's 2nd quest.

And some more improvements!

Portraits

3-4 mini-bosses. Whatever time allows for.

Also, I would like to share some notes that I put together for the direction of the game mechanics. They are broad strokes, and I leave a lot to interpretation but I think they generally capture what my intentions are.

Thanks all for the continued support!

More soon,
-Endless