[RIPPLES EP6] - Changelog & Release Dates

Changelog:

• 1405 New Images

• 177 New Animations

• 10,000+ New Lines of Code

• 38 New Music Tracks

• 106 New Sound Effects

• 7 New Gallery Scenes

• Music Player Added To Phone (Thanks Thor's Hamster)

• New Gallery for Hidden Renders (Thanks Thor's Hamster)

• Several Code and Render Fixes

• Renpy Updated from 8.0.1 to 8.1.3

• CPU usage down 50%, GPU down by 20% during video playback.

• Many other small things.

Release Dates:

• - Ace Tier - November 6th, 2023

• - King Tier - November 10th, 2023

• - Queen Tier - November 14th, 2023

• - Jack Tier - November 18th, 2023

• - Public - November 22th, 2023

A couple of things I want to note about the upcoming release.

The Android builds are now too big to comfortably compress under 2GB without losing significant quality in the images, videos, and audio. So, the build will come in a zip with multiple parts. One part is the installer, and the other is the archive file with all the media. Install instructions will come with the zip.

Since I'm moving forward with this route, there is no reason not to release a high-quality version for people with more powerful devices. So, there will be a compressed version and a regular version of the Android update.

In this update, you won't be able to see all the scenes in one playthrough. You will either see one or the other, depending on whether you choose to risk your relationship in episode 3 with Skylar and Jessica. Check the gallery scenes to make sure you've seen all the scenes.

There is going to be a change to one of the tier benefits. There will no longer be custom animations for Ace Tier. When I made this benefit, I was lucky if I got an Ace tier or two each month, but now that I have grown and early access starts at Ace Tier, there are way more Ace Tier members than I can handle. It's too much work now, and it takes away from progress on the game. And I like to take my time and make an animation that is up to my standards. I know people will not like this change, but I hope you can understand. The only thing I can do is move this benefit up to the Joker Tier. So, if you really want custom animations, that's the tier, but I will make it worth the money. I will spend much more time on it and provide multiple animations with multiple angles.

I hope you all enjoy the update.

Thanks, everyone!

-Jestur