ALL CLEAR?! - Build Update #427

It's been a few weeks since Sometimes Always Monsters released, and this is our 10th update to the game. With the over 80 changes below, we've officially updated over 400 ticket items.

While a truly bugfree game is beyond feasibility, we genuinely feel that your experience playing through Sometimes Always Monsters now will be vastly improved over what you may have seen at launch. This is suggested by a large number of fans in the Community Discord, as well as others on the Steam Forums who have been playing the various updates as they've come.

Both of us are very dedicated to this game, and appreciate the support and passion all the players have exhibited. We've listened carefully to all the feedback and have addressed what we could for now, and made plans for additional content in the future for some desires that need longer to satisfy. We always planned on this game being something you could go through multiple times, and with further updates, we'll be providing even more reasons to replay the journey.

In addition to the list below, we are also releasing our first DLC today for FREE:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1292640/
It's a costume pack for the dogs Lady Bird and Tyson, who you can find in the game. When you install it, you'll be able to control their outfits via the closet in the bedroom on the bus. It's free for all players, and adds a little extra style to some very good dogs.

Here's what's in the latest update:

• Edited a typo in the "Pure Jealousy" flashback
• Increased the speed of time advancement display
• Set time advancement display to automatically ON for all players
• Dogs can now eat chickadees as tasty, crunchy snacks
• Moved the trigger for the Kinder Select achievement to make it more accessible
• Added dog Tyson to the epilogue backyard, if you're good to the dogs on your trip
• Fixed some font changes between save imports and Regarding Alleyways flashback
• Save import confirmation screens are now transparent within the window
• Replaced some old chair technology in the psychiatric ward
• Prevented the player from sitting down when calling an Unter car after the psychiatric ward visit
• Better variance to the spouse's talking after reading the newspaper for Forgiveness timelines
• Edited text of the arcade achievement to better reflect its actual requirements
• Updated new art for "Hassan The King" posters in Sheena / Hassan vignette
• Prevented player from standing on break room chairs (because there's books on them)
• Replaced bad chair technology throughout the premiere lounge on the casino boat
• Trash cans now work in all directions
• Crushed cans can now be tossed in garbage cans properly
• Edited a bunch of typos in Mason's article and interview
• Edited some typo in Big Deal's reflective conversations
• Prevented players from having sex with their spouse while they were out buying booze
• Prevented players from entire sex system once they are divorced
• Made the sky react appropriately to the time of day when leaving Casey's apartment
• Replaced the Con-Mart skin on the fruit vendor with the proper store images
• Fixed an issue where players could destroy Super Condoms by looking at them
• Changed conditionals for Chance recognizing save import players who met him in ASM
• Replaced bad chair technology in the Voodoo House
• Adjusted Sheena's sprite in a specific chair so she turns her head instead of a legless body
• Updated the art for an old traffic light in Slab Town
• Prevented player from walking into walls after exiting some chairs in Pancha's Plancha
• Removed deprecated sandwiches from the vending machines
• Blocked players from walking on top of some buildings in Gator Bay and Sequoia
• Closed a loop that forced you to sign Yasi's book during the finale reading
• Changed conditions for starting Yasi's personal quest so it's more accessible
• Replaced the sprite controller for one of the twenty crossing characters in Stalker Media
• Updated the art for the sitting blue hair lady in the Hassan / Hung Chan vignette
• Added some new conversations for Jake and Justin, and framework to add more later
• Showers at home no longer take up any time
• Showers at home will now complete the laundry, dryer, and coffee cycles
• Doubled the threshold for dirty dishes before burning time (now 6+)
• Added new dialogue to Shelly's phone call insisting and warning players to join the bus tour
• Cooking twice now concludes the dryer in addition to the washing machine
• Doing dishes now concludes the dryer in addition to the washing machine
• Playing games for a length will now more steadily advance time
• Added mild (basic) character animations for eating snacks while in non-standard outfits
• Fixed a hard freeze when reusing the Church of Reflection's mirrors after getting your fate sealed
• Made the spouse lie about their job applications a little bit less
• Casey is no longer omniscient about the light switches and will not comment if not in the room
• Massive revamps to Hung Chan's misadventure in Outer Worlds to prevent some technical issues
• Remodeled the bathroom in Shelly's hotel room so you can now use the sink and wash your hands
• Prevented an issue where player would abruptly be ejected from their computer chair
• Stopped players from using a chair with Alexa that'd have a lit candle between their legs
• Prevented Hung Chan from suggesting we invite Hung Chan to do Hung Chan's mission
• Modified some of the scenes when packing for your tour naked and having sex before finishing
• Enabled the SSX (Sandwich Stock Exchange) terminal at your home computer all the time
• Updated the SSX to use bank balance instead of cash
• Modified the SSX texts to showcase bank balance and provide more general information
• Improved the scene art and added NPCs to the Hassan / Pablo vignette
• Prevented players from calling Unter cars once they reach the epilogue
• Deactivated the typing suggestion to explore the city while the bus is moving between cities
• First vignette for Trisha / Big Deal now uses the correct nudity sprite for Big Deal
• Your spouse will now stay awake until you get home from the hospital after being hit by a car
• Your spouse will now always remember to talk to you about how you got hit by a car
• Changed an inappropriate portrait call for when the spouse is talking about your car accident
• If you were with someone while you got hit by a car, they will comment on it if spoken to afterwards
• Getting free music at the cellphone store no longer causes a crash
• Gay and Lesbian characters should now have better access to appropriate pornography
• Made it so DeMarcus and Hung Chan pay for their drinks with money, instead of a taco
• Widened the desk in the library so players no longer sit with the back of a chair up their ass
• Alexa and Hassan will only join Big Deal and Ruth for a doobie, if they're actually on the tour now
• Added function to the bench near the playground in Sequoia
• If you buy art from the old dude in Sequoia, he will no longer call the cops on you
• Fixed leaving Kinder Select after helping the old guy to show the right time of day
• Big Deal now specifically mentions that the guy with the concert tickets is around in the afternoon
• Buying tickets for the concert no longer takes up any time
• Prevented some false situations by removing the ticket seller guy from morning scenes
• Edited some typo in Diogenes' prattle
• Chickadees will now spawn more appropriately in the desert after you smash one to death
• Edited a typo where Detective Ricky could misgender the player
• Talking with Detective Ricky now takes less time
• Pablo is now referred to properly if he is the first author chosen for the panel
• Added a new sequence to better serve the "Sam Was Author But MC Wed" timeline
• Updated Mason interview to better fit the "Sam Was Author But MC Wed" timeline
• Massive improvements to the "Sam Was Author But MC Wed" continuity dialogue
• Added controls for DLC outfits to the closet in the bus bedroom
• Activated Party Dogs DLC content

Once more, we thank all of you for your reporting, and the feedback. We'll continue to update the game over the remainder of the year, and taking feature / content requests through the Steam Forums. If there's something you'd like to see added to the game, create a thread and let us know.

- VD