Posted August 02, 2021 by Xevvy
It’s that time again and boy, do we have a treat in store for you this month!
This update is a double whammy, hitting you with the first public release of our 0.3X series of builds and all of their associated upgrades and improvements, as well as packing the most ambitious, crazy and intense content update we’ve ever created! Been waiting too long for some damned answers? It’s time to get some!
This content update comes with a neat little surprise as well! We’ll talk more about at a later stage when the secret is out, but in the meantime… enjoy!
Over on Patreon this month, Xevvy gave into the voices once and for all and and turned what should have been a small ‘in-between’ update into something far bigger, far better and far more ridiculous than it has any right do be! And you might have noticed the screenshot above… that’s right, for the very first time, the you’ll find yourself in a situation where the protagonist can be seen and observed from another characters perspective!
Intrigued? Support us on Patreon for as little as $5 and get immediate access to this months Patreon build! August Patreon Build v0.31 Now Available! | Werecat Entertainment on Patreon
Otherwise, check out the changelog and download the free public update below!
New Content - Day 15 This is the build that finally drops the entirety of Day 15. Yes, there are answers, and they're farther flung than you might be expecting! Included with this is a ton of new artwork, new music tracks, two new characters, fancy lighting effects, homeless people, birds and dad jokes. This update may or may not be to everyone's liking, I've been calling it my 'Hideo Kojima' moment simply for how dramatic and dense it all is, not to mention the sheer duration of the explanation, so hopefully it isn't too boring!
A Bunch of New Bells & Whistles! 0.30 by and large is an attempt to modernize the code base for Sileo. Much of what was there was very rudimentary, very manual and not really all that great. In response to the technical issues we've had with our new releases, 0.30 was designed to help prevent a lot of those problems from occurring in future. It contains the file cleanup system, a full system to handle save incompatibilities, a bunch of improved interfaces and menus, a lot of condensed and/or optimized code, significant optimizations to file handling and compression (resulting in 0.30 weighing in under 500MB on desktop platforms!) and much more besides!
On the topic of save compatibility, we've scrapped all the existing data which allowed old save files to work in new releases and we're starting fresh. What this means is that most saves will not load properly in 0.30, however we've created a new system just for this purpose! Once you load your save, saves made in 0.26 and 0.27 that had reached a checkpoint in those versions should restart from that checkpoint. Otherwise, those saves as well as saves from older versions of Sileo should restart from the beginning of that day. All in all, we're hoping that this system will handle any save you throw at it, so here's hoping!
Now, of course, being a huge technical update, there will almost definitely be code gremlins! We've tested this build more thoroughly than most, but we're still expecting problems! Please, report issues to us if you find them!
Now in all fairness, I haven't even BEGUN touching on what this update contains. There's a LOT of great things we've done with this update, and it's only the beginning - there's plenty more yet to come! But for now, fuck a full changelog, I'm tired! Just play the thing and see what I mean!
• Includes hotfix which addresses issues with the updated naming screen on Day 1.
• Fixes error when writing to log file on Mac OS. May also affect Linux or Android.
• Fixes a couple of problems with the special scene on Day 11 of Tai's route.
• Addressed an issue where old save files would not correctly apply your chosen name.
• Fixes a wide array of typos, grammatical errors and other minor issues.
• Other minor fixes and improvements.
• Replaces 'Dungeon' background with drawn version.
• Improves naming system and fixes a number of name related bugs.
• Improves the system which determines what name Beth will use to address you. She will occasionally pick names starting with completely different letters now and will more reliably avoid matching your chosen name or the last name generated. (This system was not present in the last Public update)
• Includes almost 500 spelling, grammatical or other script-based errors.
• Other misc fixes, improvements and enhancements