July Content Update 0.3.38 now live!

Hi everyone!

The first of the monthly content updates is now live.

New content added:

Story content and major mechanics:

• Travelers Mandate scenes after returning to the apartment

• Delivering to Iolanthe, meeting the other three familiars, and their quests

• A randomized, repeatable, but currently very basic contract system in the overworld

New areas: 

• Imperial Administration - The headquarters of the MoonFall Police Department and other apparati of the new regime in the district. You can come here to speak with Omelie or take on basic contracts

• Cannibal Alley - A shady alley full of old automechanical parts. You can buy a male version of the VARA android, this one fully outfitted

• Kuze Complex megatruct - One of the hideouts of the Kabila syndicate in the district, and Azedah’s current base of operations

• Tianxian Palace megastruct - Where the Dead Dragons and Ha-Yora hold court

• Synder Arcology megastruct - A Dya Skapetr-owned commercial megastructure. Ulyosha has a mission for you here

• Temple of the Conqueror Arisen - A new cult temple currently being refurbished in Boxtown 

New characters: Omelie, Dr. Nomad Langley, Dollface, VARAM, Azedah, Ha-Yora, Ulyosha

QoL changes and bug fixes:

• Changed overworld locations to trigger on the interact button rather than touch, allowing players better control

• The distance from which location names popup in the overworld greatly expanded

• Melee enemies will now move towards player units even if they can’t attack that turn

• Progression menu microlag should be entirely eliminated 

• Better and more detailed quest journal entries

• Autosave now triggers after dialogue

• Did some optimization, so while the update includes a lot more assets, it should actually be smaller in filesize than the previous build

• And numerous minor things I forgot to write down for this list

Unfortunately I did not have time to fulfill everything listed in the roadmap for July, especially as I spent some significant time earlier in the month with the usual launch madness and rushing for the initial patches. Of the new sex scenes, I was only able to implement part of VARAM’s. I would actually like to put more story into Gregarion and Proxy's scenes. And although both VARAM and Dollface were introduced to the game, you can’t add them to your party yet. I will be working on this content and hopefully will be putting it in the game soon.

There was a lot to do and only a month to do it in, but gamedev is a marathon, not a sprint. 

Let me know what you think, and of course, if you find any bugs!