Version 0.9 patch notes and release dates

Finally! Hi （⌒▽⌒ゞ

1.Release dates:

$10-tier - in a day or two, once I compress my raw files and upload them to places

$5-tier - in 10 days after that, so probably 7-8 of August

Public - in another ~10 days, somewhere around 18-20 of August

2.Patch notes:

v0.9:

• Esther and Maya patch
• Total animations count from  ~1640 to ~ 1880 (pictures not counted)
• Esther's gameplay done - play as a (slightly) horny scientist and see what struggles she faces, lol
• Maya's routes (almost) finished, minor missing scenes will be added in the next update
• Harem route's screen moved to Esther's gameplay, Slut route has its own little progress screen
• Melissa x Maya (　＾∇＾)
• Both Esther and Maya lost their butthole virginities
• Harem route now has exclusively Esther x Maya content (in Esther's part of the game)
• Slut route Maya kinda went all-in with her looks in the end-game: piercing, tattoos, tan, bigger boobies, and totally shameless attitude 
• Memes
• Various bugs of different significance fixed 
• Something else

3.Additional info

• I've left some debugging numbers visible in the game for now so that you people could figure out what's going on and possibly report strange behavior;
• Ultra-compressed upload won't have any notice in it anymore, it's standard now. 90% quality version will have "compressed" in its name and in the main menu;
• I'm going to take a break between $10-tier and public release this time. No new scenes will be added;
• But I have a ready-to-go code for the gallery (for v0.8) laying around, made by an awesome person Skataaaaa from F95, all by themselves. I wanted to expand it to v0.9 myself and include it in this initial release, but Maya's slut route ate all my time and I REALLY wanted to release the game in July, so... The gallery thingy will be in the public release, as well as my various gameplay tooltips (there's a button in Esther's gameplay for that, empty for now). So that's what I'm gonna do in this Patreon-public work cycle. No really a full break, but it's not much work either;
• Updated Renpy (the program I'm using to code the game). Hopefully, no new bugs will be added and some old obscure ones will be fixed;
• Should be save-compatible. All the new stuff was added using new variables, to not mess with your progress;
• Most of the new stuff is unlocked by playing Esther in this patch. Making exclusive content for 2 routes means that you might not get a lot of new lewds if you only check out one route;
• If you find the game too grindy in Esther's part - feel free to voice your opinion. It has some "experimental gameplay", lol;
• The same goes for Maya's slut route - it's supposed to slowly play itself, but you can fasten it by actively participating as Esther (checking the phone and chatting with her regularly). Keep in mind that the pace is supposed to be optimal for new players who do Gloria's content in parallel, not just streamlined for the new stuff;
• Thank you! To all of you for your continuous support for this project. Both people pledging money, and those who spread the word about the game around the web, making my life easier;
• 💖

4.Plans for the next patch

The next update is going to be numbered v0.10, to avoid confusion. I want v1.0 to be a somewhat final product.

It will be focused on finishing Gloria's third phase content (Walters, colleagues, game-over, stat revamp for better progression, etc.), and adding the missing stuff to both Maya's routes (not much, will talk about it later).

I expect it to be less time-consuming to make. This 3.5-months cycle really drained me...

I will update this post if I missed something. Release days are always a mess on my side, my brain is overwhelmed. Feel free to ask questions in the comments.

See ya soon!