Lots of Little Things - Build Update #413

Many people don't remember, but the release of Always Sometimes Monsters had a lot of bugs and issues when it first came out. We had some big issues to clean up, but apart from the most obvious problems, a lot of little things went undetected until much much later. That's just the way things were, back then.

This has been a really different situation for Sometimes Always Monsters, as the increased traffic on the Steam Forums and the rapid contact provided by our Community Discord is revealing all the small things at a much faster pace. It's really a very big difference for QA, and makes it more straight forward for us.

So, here's a patch with over 50 improvements and tweaks. Getting this much done in a single evening sprint back in 2014 would have been impossible. Thus, we are grateful for the ability to do this stuff.

Here's what's in the update:

• Activated the water coolers in all the gyms
• Fixed a bug where players would get stuck in their chair after regaining sanity in the finale
• Expanded the divorce ending, including a unique epilogue
• Prevented your ex-husband/wife from reappearing in your house after divorce
• Added new answering machine response when calling ex-husband/wife
• Re-enabled pizza deliveries in the divorce epilogue
• Edited some typos in the achievements
• Verified that Landry's gift achievement triggers properly for all players
• Fixed a couch in the house that would leave players in sitting position forever
• Added extra per-city explainers to the clerks at the gyms
• Improved description texts when using gym day pass and membership cards
• Removed local gym memberships from inventory when leaving town
• Required purchase of new gym memberships for each unique city gym (sorry!)
• Made towels free to take for all paying customers at the gyms
• Fixed direction/result accuracy for the mirror in the Church of Reflection
• NPCs will stop asking you for drugs all the time
• When an NPC asks for a sandwich, they will now accept any variety you make
• Made the stray cat lady as hard to find as her cats
• Removed a sticky portrait from the town drunk in the Quarry Bar
• Stopped follower NPCs from getting stuck in inappropriate walking loops
• Made it easier to notice the blankets you're looking for in the Haunted Mansion with Alexa
• Verified that the achievement with Yasi and the fortune teller triggers accurately
• Stopped players from walking/sitting on the table with spilled water all over it in Quarry Bar
• Stopped players from getting stuck when looking at the mirror in The Church of Reflection
• Added some comments regarding the spilled water in Quarry Bar
• Barfly's Cure All now cures hangovers properly
• Fat Burner Pills now increase fitness (if at low level), but make you hungrier
• Eye Drops will now prevent people from noticing that your character is stoned
• Mouthwash now increases hygiene no more than once per day
• Addictoral now reduces cigarette cravings by one value per day consumed
• Teeth Whitener now improves hygiene by a lot, but only works once
• Pregnancy Tests now provide appropriate results for all possible genders
• Sleepeez now lets you ignore needs before sleeping, but may cause you to sleep in
• Dookieral will now cure an upset stomach
• Anvil Tablets guarantee your ability to keep writing extra, when you would go to bed
• Body Mist & Body Spray now increase your hygiene a bit, once per day
• Perfume & Cologne now increase your hygiene a lot, once per day
• Body Mist/Body Spray & Perfume/Cologne can clash with less desirable results
• You can no longer walk underneath Hung Chan while he's picking a lock
• Players will now get a new notification to visit Ophelia in Portsmith if they re-read email
• Shopping for ingredients with Pablo should now resolve appropriately
• Pablo's shopping list can now resolve if he's with you presently, or not
• Spouse will no longer have blank dialogues in the Alien Museum
• After feeding your spouse, they won't ask for food again the same day
• Shampoo now works when showering, and increases hygiene a little bit
• Conditioner now works when showering, and increases hygiene a little bit
• Decreased base shower (rinse) hygiene improvement (start using soap, etc)
• Condoms will now be used during sex (if a male is involved)
• Adjusted some hospital dialogue for transgender characters
• Made some differences for gender-specific content if if player or spouse is transgender
• Stopped household toiletries from vanishing out of the player's inventory at home
• Toilet paper is now bought in packs of 15 units
• You will now lose a toilet paper every time you shit, but your booty stay cleaner

Yeah, that was a lot to get through. Though, thanks to the excellent reporting the community has been delivering, it's become relatively easy for us to fix these little issues quickly. Please, keep it up!

With this update, we're starting to see the end of our laundry list and will slowly be able to get into continuity improvements, new story content, and other feature additions that you have been asking for.

Until then, keep messing around with the game and have fun!

-VD