01/01/2026

Happy New Year everyone!

if this update reads a bit rougher than normally, it's because I have yet to sleep. I spent all night QA testing and fixing bugs.

Progress on future content has been stalled a bit. I wanted to update the public build on Itch.

Most of the time since the last update has been fixing bugs and adding some SFX/Voices that I somehow missed last time.

If you want to download a very small minor update to what you've already played, it's already on Itch. All that is in that patch is just added SFX/Voices and fixing bugs.

If you've supported during the month of December and still have the previous link, that will still work for this bugfix update.

Changes/Fixes:

• Bugs

  • The arcade machine was accessible on the first day after the prologue by accident

    • The player could use this before buying the Phone Charm causing the game to soft lock since the game won't proceed until the player has bought said charm.

  • The Arcade was inaccessible during the day due to a scripting error, this has been remedied.

  • When checking the status screen, there was a bug that could cause an issue to not have text boxes reset to their original dimensions.

• Improvements

  • Ruka's Date scene has proper SFX during the final animation. Also split the final animation into 2 separate parts so the final animation won't be as long.

  • Chizuru's massage scene has added a voice line to her finish.

  • Adding hints to optional content that can be missed. Not all are present yet, but these events will have clues in the recollection room. Only one is implemented as of yet.

  • Added some light SFX to the final Chizuru scene.

Regarding New Content:

I've planned out the next segment of the game and a new set of dates are all completely planned out. I'll prioritize the dates first and foremost since those are shorter events typically, plus I don't want the vanilla scenes to be neglected.

But for the main story events, I have some big things planned. So, I might've said this before but I'm going to take my time a bit to make sure the sounds/impact and other important factors are strong.

Other Notes:

Also, I want to preemptively say, I know a lot of people would prefer a slower paced game. Some might say the corruption is too fast, but that was always by design. I never really planned for this to be a long game. This was always kind of meant to be a learning experience for me. To see where my weak points are and where I need to improve.

I've learned a lot about how to use the engine and how to be more creative with the options I have available. On a future project, I'm already considering how to make the visual aspects stronger.

Things I've considered:

Animated character portraits, custom menus, and hiring a voice actor.

I would love to be able to provide direction for a voice actress, using assets isn't always super flexible so being able to give clear direction would help me a lot. I've done some research on that front.

I've also planned out on how to make things less scripted. I want games to feel less linear and make player choice stronger on how they approach things.

Anyways, brain is running out of steam.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years!

Download is the same as the December link.

Download Link: https://mega.nz/folder/v8RQ0LoB

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