Glamour 0.5

This was a tough month. We wanted to make as much content as possible and might have spread ourselves too thin. Thankfully, we did most of the planned content.

• We didn't have the time to finish a storyline with the neighbor Maria and her son.
• We decided not to add several parameters like relationship level, attraction and such, since we have to balance them with some other things that aren't in the game yet.
• For now, flirting doesn't quite work as an independent game mechanic and you'll only see it in story events, along with some tricks.
• Kate can't buy a laptop yet, because just having it won't give you anything at all, and implementing useful gameplay mechanics into it is not a simple task.

All of this—and much more—will be available in 0.6.

Now, here's what we did add in 0.5:

• Main storyline. You'll start learning about what's actually going on in college. This event has over 20 steps, you'll have plenty of things to do. In order to start this event chain you need to finish Candy's 6th dialog in the hotel (0.4 spoiler: that's the one where Candy tells Kate to get closer to Nicolas and the rest of the gang in charge).
• Hotel. Monica pays Kate her salary now. You have to talk to her after working 7 shifts. Unfortunately, Monica doesn't have a good memory, so she doesn't remember about any of Kate's shifts from 0.4. Improved chances (from 50% to 100%) to have an event in the hotel if Kate goes to clean an occupied room.
• Massage. If Kate had a massage at Lien's parlor, then she can ask Julia about making another appointment. I'm sure you'll figure it out. The massage won't be free, but thankfully you shouldn't have money problems now that your "unpaid internship" is over and Monica actually pays you now.
• Cafe. Alice will ask Kate to go in Vicky's cafe. You'll get to know Vicky and meet Lisa. Most events in the cafe happen when Kate is sitting at the table. I suggest you to make more than one order it something doesn't happen right away. But you can't have more than one event per day. I hope it will help you with catching all events and dialogs.
• College. Now college opens at 7:00. Kate's living room and hall will have a button to go to college on work days from 7:00 to 7:45, which makes going to college a little bit easier. I could talk about college for a long time, but I think you can just try it for yourself. By the way, new college content is available for everyone, regardless of the subscription tier.
• Tests. Chemistry, biology and history. From now on, you can check your knowledge if you want to. The game doesn't keep track of your academic performance yet, so feel free to make as many mistakes as you want. Tests are completely optional.
• Main parameters. Now the game has hunger, energy and arousal. Arousal is a small part of a bigger picture (it needs another parameter to work properly), so it doesn't actually do anything yet. You can "wait" if you don't have any energy. Hunger doesn't really affect anything yet, but you can feed Kate on breakfasts and dinners with Julia or in a cafe.
• Profile page. The game now has Kate's profile. It displays Kate's current clothes, unique parameters and skills. In the future you'll be able to check how well you do in college classes and more.
• Many minor changes and bug fixes.

This version has quite a lot of content where you might get lost and ask yourself "what do I do now?". For now we'll write you a walk-through in a day or two. We didn't have enough time to implement the quest log, but we'll add it in 0.6.

As always, your client will update to version 0.5 automatically.

0.5 is available on 5th for $40 Patrons, on 12th for $20 Patrons, on 16th for $10 Patrons, on 19th for $5 Patrons and two months from now for everyone else.

If you don't have any client, you can download it from here