Build 06.24.20 release notes

Hello everyone,

A new dev build is live today with a bunch of new features, some you may notice, some you may not that are running in the background.

Since last build I've been focusing on two main things: the Save Game system, and User's privileges.

I know the game hasn't had a Save Game system for a while, so I decided it was time to start adding a first pass of a simple Save Game system and see how this goes.

On the other hand, since this is a web application, there is not really a way to store the game's data in your browser (browsers have very small capacity for storage), so I wanted to a good system that could store all your data in the cloud, so that it can be available to you anywhere. This kind of system takes a while to have all the systems connected and working together, so for this build, I'm proud to announce we now have a database and a User registration/login system. 

This is the start of the whole cloud system, having your users registered in the database will allow me to push the Saved Game data to it so you can access it anywhere with your user account.

Those are the two biggest updates of this build, and of course there are a bunch of other updates and details that you can find in the release notes here:

+Added all the CG art for Arane's Date 2.

+Added 1 of 2 CG art for Arane's Date 1.

+Added the first version of a system to Save and Load your game's progress (locally in your browser for now).

+The Continue button on the Main Menu will now be active if you have previously Saved your progress.

+During game, there will be now a Quick Save and Quick Load buttons on the bottom left portion of the screen.

+Quick Save and Quick Load are temporarily the only way to save/load the game progress and it's stored locally in your browser.

***Cloud Saves will come possibly on the next build***

+Save/Load game will only be available to Patrons for now.

+Created a database to register Users and manage user privileges.

+Created a new project for an API that allows to connect the game with the database and authenticate users.

+Added an API endpoint to register new Users.

+Added an API endpoint to login with a regular User account.

+Added an API endpoint to login with a Patreon account.

+Added an API endpoint to get the user's profile and privileges.

+Added a Login button in the Main Menu.

+Added a Login/Register popup when clicking on the Login button.

+The Login popup allows to login with a regular HTopia User or with a Patreon account.

+The Registration popup allows to create a regular HTopia User account.

+When logged in, the Main Menu will display a small profile badge with the profile picture and the Logout button.

+Added the new art for the College Campus background.

+Added the new art for the Uptown background.

+Renamed several locations to match the world map planned names.

+Added the new Alarms app to the smartphone to be able to setup alarms and prevent time from going further when sleeping for example.

+Sleeping process has been adjusted to obey setup smartphone alarms.

+The Wait X time action has been adjusted to obey setup smartphone alarms.

+Setup alarms will be ignored during working hours in any job or during event dialogues.

+Lots of internal fixes/improvements.

If you're a Patron, don't forget to login with your Patreon account in the game to receive the privileges such as enabling the Save Game feature. This system will be handy to deliver Patron rewards easier in the future.

Hope you like this build and are excited as I am for what is to come in the future.

Thanks for reading!