Game Update: New Features and Improvements

This update brings a robust set of enhancements and expanded content, unifying renders, animations, secret images, dialogues, and playtime into a single cohesive experience. The update includes:

• Renders and Animations: Approximately 2,300 renders, including 16 secret images and 3 animations. Old secret images have been updated, and new ones added, encouraging players to revisit them.
• Dialogues and Narrative: Over 1,300 new dialogues and 24,000 words have been incorporated, particularly in the reworked prologue, which now offers a deeper and more engaging narrative. The average reading/playtime is around 2 hours and 35 minutes, considering only the story content.

Prologue Rework

The prologue has been completely revamped to establish a stronger narrative foundation, with significant improvements:

• Prologue Statistics:
  • Renders increased from ~600 to over 1,400.
  • Dialogues grew from ~100 to over 1,300.
  • Words expanded from ~1,000 to over 24,000.
  • Reading time increased from 20 minutes to approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• Story Changes:
  • Amelia: Her connection to other characters and the impact of the MC leaving the orphanage have been expanded.
  • Jonathan and MC: Their friendship has been deepened, with clearer insight into its evolution and changes in the present.
  • MC and Emily: The MC’s love for Emily, the main love interest, gained more context with special scenes and memories.
  • MC: His journey, from leaving the orphanage to arriving in the city, has been reorganized for greater coherence.
  • Samantha and Hank: Their interactions highlight Samantha’s crucial role in uncovering Norah’s secrets.
  • Juliana: The first meeting with the MC feels more natural now.
  • Matilda: Her introduction has been strengthened, emphasizing her future relevance.
  • Other Characters: Marta, Kim, Lorena, Raphael, Bruna, Nicole, and Danielle received more detailed introductions, enriching their early stories.
• Prologue Access:
  • Existing Players: Available in the Replay Menu (from the main menu or within save files). A one-time prompt will ask if you wish to watch the new prologue when loading a save (optional but recommended).
  • New Players: The reworked prologue will play automatically when starting a new game

Complete UI Redesign

The interface has been fully overhauled to improve usability and aesthetics:

• Main Menu: Now features wider screen previews with well-edited images, making it more interactive.
• Save and Load Menus: Returned to horizontal pagination, with modernized save slots, retaining features like corrupted save recovery and cloud saving.
• Preferences Menu: More compact without losing functionality.
• Gallery: Split into Secret Images and Replay Scenes, organized by character.
• Help Menu: Redesigned for easier navigation.
• In-Game UI: Updated navigation buttons, inventory, activity menu, and phone UI.
• Higram (in-game social media):
  • Includes a personal profile section to view shared photos and community reactions.
  • Cloud save token unified with Higram, allowing recovery of the photo gallery and achievements.
  • New versions prioritize recent version screenshots.
• Color Palette: Adjusted for richer blacks, improving text readability.

Technical Details

• Version and Compatibility: Due to the scale of changes, the version is named 3.00.0. After extensive testing, existing saves should remain intact. If issues arise, use the “Fix Broken Save” function.