As promised, the next Cailean event has arrived for Early Access patrons!

This update contains an additional ~9,000 words! Whoa! There’s also a five shiny new silhouettes for five new background characters, and one fancy new background image!

We’ve been experimenting with some cool movement and camera stuff in this update. This was seen in earlier updates as well, but not to the extent we have used it for this update. We’re excited for you to check it out!

We’ve also started working on a fix to repair save games when a new version is downloaded. Since we often have to change things in previously-played content, (as this is a work-in-progress) it can mess up player’s save files, sometimes causing them to become unplayable. We’ve been working on ways to fix this in the future!

There’s a known issue currently where if you use Ren’Py’s “skip” function at certain points, it can cause the characters to not appear when they are supposed to come onscreen, or it can mess with the height they’re standing at. We’re currently working on a fix for this, but in the meantime, please avoid using the “skip” feature during Cailean’s new event. (Or if you do, please enjoy laughing at the graphical bugs that result.)

So, in summary:

New in this release:

• ~9k new words of content, mostly involving Cailean
• One new background
• Five new silhouettes
• Even more camera motion!

Fixes:

• Typographical fixes
• Save file repair

For Patrons at the Early Access tier and above, this link will let you link Patreon to itch.io and get the update immediately. For everyone else, stay tuned for when this update rolls out for public access!! (And remember- if we hit our $200 Patreon goal, then when this update goes public, it will have full sprite art with expressions for Cailean's big brother Tre!)

Special thanks to NoisyParker, Batteryfish, Christian Esser, Fishie78, Joseph Flores, Gwen Wheeler, Rika Focs, and Saffron for supporting this update’s release!