First off, Version 4.00 will be released a few months after I release Broken Reality on Steam, for which I am currently making surprisingly good progress.
Now then, exactly what version 4.00 of Ayumi will entail:
1)Price will be raised from 2.99 to 4.99. Those of you who already own the game need not care about this. The game will also be rereleased, renamed "Ayumi: Elite Edition". It will reappear on the front page and all, so you can expect a new wave of players
2)Ayumi redesigned with new, original model. I will have a pro do this (already have a few artists in mind), and I will make sure to annoy the hell out of them until they get her exactly right. The redesign will mean a new faceset, and new sprite model.
3)In character dialogues and important game moments, busts will be used along with the facesets. Busts are the upper body shots, visual-novel style, so you can see the characters with all the details. In those, you will also be able to see Ayumi's complete redesign better.
Specifically I am planning on making her raven-haired (long, will reach at least until the waist), with more obvious narrow-eyed asian characteristics, a pair of cat-eared headphones around her neck (in referrence to her current design), wearing a light blue jacket atop a white shirt (subject to change, I am open to suggestions).
4)Death and endings CGIs! These will also be viewable from a new, title menu option, after you have seen them once. Each death type will feature a different CGI (for example dying from the plants, dying from fire, etc), which will be deliciously gory.
5)Unlockable outfits with different powers! The costumes unlocked will be permanently saved on your game, kinda like the CGIs that you can view from the title menu, so by unlocking them in one playthrough, you will have unlocked them in all playthroughs! The player will be able to change them in-game, from Ayumi's wardrobe (the game will always automatically start with the default outfit).
On that note, the player room door before the horror part begins will now be locked after viewing the mail, not after entering the room, meaning you can change your outfits and try speaking again with the crew members, for some unique dialogues.
When equipping an outfit, the bust used in dialogues will change to use that outfit (I have already figured out how to program that easily). Moreover, Ayumi will have some unique commentary about it. Each outfit other than the default one will have unique powers.
The outfits I have planned until now are:
Unfortunately I doubt the CGIs will be able to take the costumes into account (they will all be done with Ayumi's basic outfit).
6) Limited Voice Acting! Ayumi will have brief voice-acted responses (in Japanese), along with her dialogues. For example, when she starts talking to her brother, you will hear her say "Aniki..." (brother). She will also have unique lines when changing outfits, will start panting when running for too long, etc. I am planning to have her voice-acted as a little sister tomboy tsundere type (basically Karen from the Monogatari series but more melancholic and toned down), which I think will fit the most with her new look. This will probably be the most annoying part to make, finding a voice actress who sounds right AND can pronounce basic Japanese, so wish me luck.
7)The Christian and Islamist chambers in the Religious Center will be unlocked, and the whole area will be expanded.
8)A new sector of the spaceship, the school, will be unlocked for exploration. It will roughly be the size of the Rich Quarters. (I recently got my hands on some sweet new tiles that I've been dying to put to use.)
9)A proper inventory system, along with a game-quit option will be added, accessible at any time. Saving will still be done only with the Mara Meba devices.
10)In Nightmare Difficulty, credits will be required to use the Mara Meba save points (100 each time).
11)After beating the game once, the player will be given the option to skip the opening and go straight to controlling Ayumi.
12)Two new achievements will be added.
13)The horrible Steam emoticons that I am using now will be redrawn by professionals, same for the card badges.
After that whole thing is done, and depending on the reception, I might have someone translate the game to Japanese. If that happens, who knows where the limits are.
If you have any other suggestions, I'm all ears. For now I am focusing on Broken Reality, which is turning out amazing, and getting better with each new patch. Google it as "Broken Reality RPG" and check it out.
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