0.77 - Release and Changelog (New Demo Available!)

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If you are using a savegame from 0.75 or older and Melissa has already appeared for you, a new save is recommended to show her correct stats. This update may break savegames where “Fullscreen effects” were manually enabled in the menu.

+Added a new image for having Red eyes

+Added a Darker skin color option

+Added an option to automatically consume any owned speed to the menu

+Added some more tips to the beginning regarding frenzies and strategy

+Added Slim & Obese female physiques

*Tennis:

• Playing 2, 4, 8, & 12 tennis matches will provide you with a mild bonus to help win future Tennis games, in addition to the Athletic trait bonus. A tip explaining this bonus has also been added for first-time court visits.

*Saving:

• Should now work as expected
• Saves have been increased from 5 slots to infinite slots
• Old saves should still be compatible, and all old saves from history will show (unless cookies are cleared)

*Infest changes:

• Infesting now prevents that NPC's arousal from ever being below 4
• Infesting an NPC more than once is no longer possible
• Parasite effectiveness on NPCs above 4 arousal has been reduced

*Flirting, Gifting, and Groping actions are no longer available once an NPC is already willing to have sex (Arousal 4 or higher)

*Reduced the overall effectiveness of gifts when the target NPC is already willing to have sex (Arousal 4 or higher)

*Standardized Infest stat changes

*Groping changes:

• Now consistently grants +1 Arousal
• The amount of IQ points it reduces has been increased
• The overall suspicion caused by groping has been increased (and will vary depending on how aroused the NPC already is, I.e. more arousal = smaller suspicion hit)

*Reformatted the NPC UI

*When starting a new day, you will now be warned when your Academia score is too low

*Staff not eating every day in the cafeteria now applies whether your spike food on your own or with Harriet's help

*Giving gifts should now reflect the correct change in arousal for each character

*Increased the transition speeds of New Day texts, saving roughly a couple of seconds of waiting each day

*Fixed an error where Melissa's stats would not exist when loading an existing game that was created before 0.76 (before Melissa was added to the game). For pre-076 savegames where Melissa already exists, a new savegame is recommended to properly display her stats.

*Fullscreen Effects is now only available in Dev mode, indefinitely

*Restored dorm husk varieties (UW is now mostly older students again, Waite is now all girls again, etc.)

*Changed some of the general placeholder NPC dialogue to be more immersive

*Navigation to the Tennis Courts was mistakenly located in the Upper Campus, even though the courts were actually located in Lower Campus. The navigation has been fixed.

*Fixed issue where genitalia length could show excess numbers behind girth in the sidebar

*Bedroom edging event now has a slightly smaller chance to happen

*Maya is no longer a broodmother by default whenever you skip the intro

*Negative IQ is no longer possible

*Fixed the library portion of Madison's quest

-Removed XP rewards for creating 10 and 30 husks. XP reward for 20 husks still remains.

-Removed two face options from the character customizer

Plus, some more new images have been added to the gallery. Here are a couple!