Hey everyone!

We're starting off the year strong with a juicy new addition to the Artificial Selection Beta!

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This update once again centers mainly around Canori and Foris, but don't worry, the other survivors are also up to tons of crimes shenanigans!

Patch Notes

• 9k new words. (280,000+ in total)
• 1 new background!
• Overhauled the warnings and disclaimers in the splash screen.
• Added a new visual popup when a puzzle has been solved & a setting to disable them.
• Added outlines to sprites.
• Added a missing map location.
• Added a warning before a certain game over.
• Gave Absen fancier pants.
• Further improved the visual feedback for the bedroom painting puzzle.
• Recolored a certain someone again.
• Slightly darkened potential map locations.
• Removed the puzzle solver setting entirely. It is now always turned on by default.
• Fixed dialogue logic with certain optional interactions in the bar escape room.
• Fixed cropped text on the settings screen.
• Fixed a bug where using the flowchart would lead to weird behavior regarding flashbacks and darkened screens.
• Fixed a display issue with tutorial text boxes.
• Minor fixes to properly hide the dialogue window.
• Minor UI fix when timed choices run out.
• Minor fix when loading a save made during a choice.

The Demo has also been updated to benefit from the more general improvements and fixes!

Happy New Year

That being said, a belated Happy New Year is in order! This is just the first of many exciting updates to come this year, and I described my full plans in the following (free & publicly available) Ko-fi post! One particular highlight is that all sprites (save for Absen's) will be redrawn this year. I hope you're looking forward to everyone's new and improved looks!

Thank you as always for coming along for this journey, and see you next month!