Our Life: Beta Build 0.6!
Well, the poll about beta releases came out overwhelmingly in favor for releasing two betas this month. So, here we go! This beta is a little smaller than usual, but that's because before June is over the other beta will come out with even more content. On the whole, June will have the largest content release of any month yet.
Android Version (file name says demo, but it's the beta)
You can expect the second June beta around the 20th-25th. If you'd rather skip this file and wait until it's all together, that's no problem.
We're also going to have another voice chat with the dev session! It'll begin at noon (US Pacific Daylight Time) on Sunday the 7th. Like last time, it'll be possible to listen in and communicate through text, for those who can't/prefer not to use voice chat.
New Content:
27,000 more words added in total
The Moment "Dinner" is now playable (this added most of the new words)
The Moment "Soiree" was expanded but is still missing its final part. Many of the new scenes are only viewable if you play the version of the event where you go without Cove
The Cove Personality Customization Screen is available for use now!
The CG in Road Trip is complete rather than just a sketch
The main menu screen was updated with a new image
Cliff has a car background of his own now, rather than the moms' car being reused
Mom has proper pajamas to wear
Errors from last time were fixed
Known Errors:
Saves from the old beta or the public demo will have errors if used with the new version. Please start a brand new file!
New events don't have voice acting yet
Step 2 just uses a normal menu to select Moments because the fancy screen hasn't been finished yet
We're really excited to hear what you think of the new scenes. Hopefully you'll all enjoy 馃挄
Comments (14)
I love Cove's family so so so much! It'll very interesting to go back and play again seeing how One optional moment in Part 1 might affect that OTHER optional moment in Part 2! I've never been so excited for a VN / Otome replay!
Aw, thank you! I'm so happy you're having a good time with it.
When using the personality selector, it doesn't matter what my selections are warm/cold, I always end up with a choice-based Cove.
Thank you for the report! We found the problem and it'll be fixed in the next beta build c:
On the mac version when I use the Cove appearance creator the appearance that shows up in gameplay is always the opposite of the appearance that I selected if I choose anything but hair 2, shirt 2, and the dark cargo shorts.
Thanks for telling us! I'm not sure why it's not working on Mac, but we'll check into it.
I've gotten a couple of errors on the android version as well. I can't go to the beach at all when investigating the noise, the runaway scenario also has errors when I get to the outside of the neighborhood/go deeper out, and the beginning of the road trip scenario also has issues. I had to do a lot of ignoring until I got to parts that didn't have issues. Also occasionally when I open up the app in general I was met with an error as well ^^ Other than that I have enjoyed this a whole lot!
Thank you for the details! We'll have those fixed next time. I'm glad you've still enjoyed it ^^.
On the android version, when choosing to investigate the beach for a strange noise a popup with "an exception has occured" blocks the choice. Also happens when they run away and get just outside of town! Never got this on the Windows version though.
Thanks for letting us know! Android is extremely picky with the types of images it's able to display and OL has a lot of art, so it can be hard to make sure there's nothing amiss for that. We'll fix it in the build later this month.
Seems like some of the dialogue for Cove's personality types sort of pile together in certain scenes - like he's saying the same line twice but only in slightly different wording, not sure how to explain it 馃槶 kind of like he's greeting someone with the warm personality first then he greets them again directly after in a colder tone 馃憖 not sure if this is a bug or not?
Thank you for the report. Can you tell us the specific scenes that happens in? Cove has a lot of moments where things change based on his warm/cold level and we aren't sure where to look for your problem. And did you use the Cove creator or did you pass on that?
The Cove personality customizer seems to always give me warm and sporty no matter what I choose? Other than that it's great!
Thanks for the report! We can't replicate that problem, but we'll try to figure about what might be happening for you.