Release Day!

0.8.2 is releasing for our Handler and Chiefs; 0.8.1.1 for Dossier tiers.

What's in 0.8.2? It's a big one.

• More interludes each morning in Home Base reflecting what Claire did the previous day.

• Each Club Arc has a choice for Claire to be passive or active in her investigation.

• Two of the three Club Arcs are nearing the end of the first 'phase'.

• Identifying features has been added to the Dossier -- and the Legendary tattoo is now reflected!

• Modeling in high school is no longer an arc, but a possible additional vignette path!

• New random 'bodies' for HS and College models.

• The opportunity for trying out modeling in College! -- four new outfits!!
  (HD in future release)

• 85 more HD-ified assets for the doll on top of the hundreds already in-game.

• A toggle to turn off the 'hometown' accessory on the doll.

• 'Final Form' is fully new and improved. Better responsiveness, hovering over choices to see them reflected on the doll before choosing!

• Claire's measurements are now in the Dossier

• MORE passage art!

• Coding in significantly more speech bubbles for easier, better play
  
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  In other news, I got a little curious the other day and wanted to do a side-by-side comparison against...another...game in the space.

• This version of Blue Swallow has 188,600 more words.

• That's comparing our 0.8.2 against the other's 1.20.1.

• That's 26.7% more content.

• 1.5 years against SEVEN+ years.

• No reboots here. If things need to be changed/updated/improved, we do it during our dev cycles alongside additional content with every release.

• That's not counting sheer number of options, choices mattering, stats and skills being affected.

• And lots, lots more sex.

Thank //you// for being a part of this project. Thank you for being a part of the community and guiding its development.

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What's up next for (0.8.3)?

• We're going to be shifting the character creator forward. That means picking many of the aesthetic and some of the skills/traits for Claire right out of the gate. Claire's parents will now be reflected in the choices you make for her rather than the other way around.

• Setting up the first big event for the Working Girl and Dancing arcs in Act I (Bargirl to catch up in 0.9)

• Creation of a new HS Arc -- the Loser Claire!
  and Loser Quick-Start Claire

•  MORE HD Art!

• Even more new outfits!