Branded To Fall Dev Update 08/12/25

Hey hey!

So it's been a week since 0.4 dropped! First off I want to thank everyone so much for the feedback and bug reports so far! It's been incredibly positive, and seeing so many people engaging with the game like they are, and sharing their enjoyment, has been an absolute delight to see! I've just finished up the last of the bug fixes, as well as a few QoL changes, which are now pushed in all the download links for all. There's few worth nothing massively here, bar one. I saw a few people weren't able to access the latest Jen content, with her not showing up where she should. (I think it was only two, but that was enough for me to worry more were having this issue). My testing of both new and old saves couldn't replicate this, but from testing the users saves it was believing they were several events behind for some reason. So, to counter this I have added a painting to El and Cam's room. If you interact with this painting you can jump to the current new Jen content (I think I might add the ability to do this into the "cheat room" in the next update for other characters too for instant access to the latest content on new saves, but that may end up being too tedious to maintain in a reasonable and effective way.). Please only interact with this painting if you reach the new content line but can't find Jen in the kitchen when you're supposed to, otherwise it could cause some variable fucky wookies.

I've rambled on far too much there on one topic and this is being written far more like a mad man's spoken diary then a dev update so I'll move on to what I've been working on this week. Well, bug fixing for a decent chunk! But I've also been working on other things, notably the cheat system. I don't want to go into too many details on that now, as I'll be making a more detailed post on my plans for this system and likely teasing some of cheat-chan's design as well in the next update. But suffice to say, this cheat system will offer more then just cheats and have some fun interactions and rewards as well.

Other then the broken bits of the game and enabling breaking the game, I've started work on the next Hazel scene and the next Leandros one. Which are a fun contrast, as one leads to possibly the sweetest CG in the game so far, while the other could not be more of an opposite.

I have a lot I would like to include in the next update (as always I'm dreaming big and getting too excited for getting people to see some of the things I have in store), but my time and wallet will be much more limited over the Christmas season for obvious reasons. Despite this, I will still try to get in as much as I can for the next update, and most of all, I'll hopefully make this two month stint without contracting the third blight.

I'll leave it there for now! As always, thank you all so much for the support, and have an amazing week!

-BaconSoap