[Restoration] Early Bird Update V0.5.09

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Versions 0.5.03 and 0.5.04 were mainly bugfixes and so weren't posted here. The patch notes for them are included at the bottom.

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V0.5.09 (January 23, 2025)

New game features

- Added ability for some lost and betraying follower events to transfer the follower to a recoverable follower deposit

-- This is used in The Bimbo of My Enemy quest and the new The Dollhouse quest. Once a quest is completed, a nearby relevant point of interest will appear in the point of interest attractions list (trade, recruit, transfer etc) that allows for a transfer into the party (but not out)

-- Retrieving a lost follower costs the player a day's worth of that follower's wages. This is treated as a differed payment / debt.

-- The follower's time limit is determined by when they leave the party, not when the quest is completed

-- Followers being kept in lost follower deposits will leave after three days if the party hasn't retrieved them

New game content (quests/writing/art/etc):

- Added Eugenia Lilyblossom artwork by GlobbinArts

- Added Aros Starchime random event

Miscellaneous:

- Reworked loading screen to slightly improve game loading performance

- Some specialist merchants will now no longer purchase any items from the player party

- Removed force tilemap update button on escape panel as it was not effective in fixing or diagnosing invisible door issues

Cheat/Debug controls (patreon-backer builds only):

- Reworked teleport debug panel to load from an xml file

Bugfixes:

- Bugfix for autobattle being enabled causing the post-transformation betrayal chance to use the incorrect configuration value