Release 0.9.B

Hi everyone!

Apologies for the rubbish communication over the last week, things unexpectedly got busy again (cover at work this time...) but as always, you should know that just because I wasn't talking doesn't mean I wasn't working! I am gearing up for the public release of Defeated Heroine on Wednesday, and today I have a new build for you. Have a read on to see if it's one you want to get, as there's no new content, it's just fixes and QOL stuff.

I've uploaded it to a couple of places this time, as a few people have complained about Mega.

Mega
Windows version
Mac version

Mixdrop
Windows version
Mac version

Now this is basically the public release of the mini-update, so as I said there's nothing you didn't get in the supporter release. However, because I don't generally work on the game meaningfully between supporter and public releases, and because I'm still at the storyboarding stage of Best Frenemies, I've spent my time tightening things up, mostly under the hood. So the reason you're getting this now, so close the its release to the public anyway is so that you get it with the supporter exclusive full gallery unlock feature enabled.

The first thing you'll notice about it is how much smaller the file size is: 2GB instead of over 3. No, I didn't miss out half the pictures, I just streamlined my workflow and hammered the image compression hard! The best part is there's still plenty more shrinking to do. I reckon I can get it nearer 1 eventually. I've also begun improving the algo behind the quest hints arrows and more objectives now give you a summary of where to go. (This feature debuted in Slave to Love and is being rolled out across the rest of the game.) Perhaps most excitingly, save files now tell you exactly what you're doing at the time.

Here's a full list of what's changed.

Minor Changes
- Added objective reminders for several more quests at update points.
- Added quest objectives to save descriptions for all quests.
- Began implementation of improved quest hints pathfinding with aim to complete for 0.10
- Significant file size reduction as more images have been compressed.

Bugfixes
- Reworked the Jess fights so that they unlock and show correctly in the gallery. You can now view as far as you've progressed with any of wins, losses and surrenders. (For example, surrendering twice will now also unlock the first and second win and loss scenes too.
- Prevented the "Lola is sad" period zero event from rolling on the day after you get drunk with Lola.
- Fixed a bug which could freeze the sequence in Lola's house after the quiz.
- Added a new render of Missy and Abbie subduing Jess in C6 in which Abbie is naked for the routes in which Jess strips her.
- Fixed a bug which stopped Avenging Angel from starting properly if it followed the health inspection event.
- Further modifications to the bad girls meeting event to make dialogue choices make sense when Missy was defeated.
- Started Abbie's quest if the player chooses not to skip it with the timeskip but does skip Chapter One. Added a failsafe allowing the player to start it themselves by talking to Abbie in the yard.

As always, I hope you enjoy it, I've worked hard on it!

Trinian