It's update time, and this is once again a big one!

First of all, Artificial Selection has finally reached a total of 100k+ words! I'm extremely proud of this milestone, and want to give heartfelt thanks to all my supporters on Ko-fi. 

Working towards a new update on a monthly basis has given me such a huge surge of motivation, leading me to be more productive than I've ever been in the past 4 years of AS' development. (Granted, being done with uni also helped a lot.) Thank you for your thoughts, theories, and of course, bug reports!

This month's update, as the title implies, is quite Maesol-centric! Anyone who is curious about this cold beauty will find plenty of food:

Another big one is the content warning system. It's a new tab in the settings menu that lets you select which topics you'd like to get a heads up for (and in some cases, scenes can be entirely skipped)!

Artificial Selection can be a dark game, but it's certainly not meant to ruin anyone's day.  Please let me know what you think about this new system! 

Without further ado, the full patch notes (which also hit a new record):

• 8k new words. (100,000+ in total)*
• Added the content warning system.
• 1 new CG.*
• 1 new chibi CG.*
• 1 new chibi CG for an older scene.*
• Added a black background when viewing chibi CGs in the gallery.*
• Extended the aftermath of the first vote.*
• Added a new optional scene with Tiss to the common route.
  
• Enhanced the look of the profiles menu.
• Absen is now shown wearing the prison uniform in the cells.
• When you complete the flower puzzle, Saeva's plant will now have flowers on it.
• Added pixel art for the Dreamani and cola bottle.
• Added pixel art for a new item.*
• You now get a warning before giving away a certain item in the break room.*
  
• Fixed text bleeps playing infinitely when hiding the UI.
• Fixed hiding the UI during debates.
• Text effects now respect your text color settings.
• Added a separate "Text Effects" setting.
• Removed the "Justify Text" setting.
• Turned off the music during a certain part.*
• Restored the old gallery layout.*
• Edited one CG.*
• Broke a DA at the right moment.*
• Added a secret.*
• Expanded the general content warning.
• Polished various animations.
• When assistive self-voicing is on, it will let you know when you have to enter text.
• Added multi-page entries to the Gallery.*
• Fixed a flowchart node description.*
• Fixed consistency with a previous dialogue option.*
• Standardized the size of tooltip text.
• You can now hide the NVL screen.
• Entering "h" during text input no longer hides the window.
• Fixed the quick menu's behavior in NVL mode when using the "Quick Menu Hover" setting.
• Fixed history/rollback behavior when using the "Quick Menu Hover" setting.
• Fixed a compatibility error from a previous update.
• Fixed typos.

*Beta only

NOTE: Due to a variable naming change, many of your settings may have been reset. Sorry about that!

As always, thank you so much for your support, whether on Ko-fi, by discussing the game on Discord, or adding the game to your wishlist. It all means the world to me.

Until next month!