Last month's update was all about the new escape room: The arcade!

I managed to deliver the first playable version on the last day of 2023, and continued to improve the room over the course of January. A huge thanks to all Cooler Insiders for testing and providing ideas for fun easter eggs!

I'm also excited to announce that the grand finale of Effera's route is finally coming out at the end of this month!

Aside from that, Loye got a new alternate pose:

And of course, the demo was extended as well! You can now find out what happens when things... don't go completely wrong.

Demo Content

• 7k+ new words
• the first debate with serious consequences

Patch Notes

• A brand new arcade escape room!*
• 15k new words. (140,000+ in total)*
• A new alternate sprite for Loye!
• A new interaction with Tiss and Kydan in the mall.*
• Lowered the amount of affection needed for certain scenes to occur.*
• Added a new "romance" content filter which lets you skip many instances of non-plot-relevant romance.
• Added timed choices.
• You can now stop skipping by clicking on the "skipping" indicator.
• Extended the arcade escape room with an additional puzzle.*
• Added additional hints to the arcade escape room.*
• Every character now has something to say about every arcade item.*
• Various minor bug fixes for the arcade.*
• Fixed a bug where the wrong map was displayed during free time events.*
• Fixed typos.

*Beta only

Thank you for your support, as always!