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⭐V10 Announced!

Summer Sweepers
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

Version 10 of Summer Sweepers will be publicly available for download starting on January 28th.

This will be the last major update.


-V10 Changelog-

[New Content]

  • 14 new explicit events (mostly associated with a new transformation-themed map location).
  • 3 new quests (including a big, final boss battle).
  • 4 new zoomed-in snapshots.
  • Gallery now allows all ending text to be viewed.
  • Additional dialogue.
  • Various new portraits.
  • Brand new character movement AI system.
  • Event durations are now tracked and indicated using the yellow bar at the bottom of the tile.
  • Events that have been seen or have no new dialogue will now show a different icon on the map.
  • Changed the town map, adding new traders and a new dating spot.
  • Completely redone "Light in the Desert" and "Gem for a Genius" quest maps.
  • Added a button to end the current time segment to the map menu.
  • Added a new booster that increases turns in town and the guild.
  • Added a cancel button for path requests.
  • Illustrated endings (still in the works as of this post, but will be done before public release).

[Bug Fixes and Quality of Life Improvements]

  • Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented the seduction skill from working on Oolie as intended.
  • Improved Miwi's event progression, fixing bugs and adding extra interactions.
  • Fixed the joinable 4 character event, it will now start as it should.
  • Adjusted several quests that has unsolvable bonus objectives.
  • Fixed a bug with the monkey philosopher in town.
  • Using the "wait" command on a tile with a joinable event will stop such events from appearing for the rest of the day.
  • New events will no longer start if you only have 2 turns remaining.
  • Rebalanced accessibility for many event location. Removed ones that were too common and added extra compies of rare ones.
  • Guild tiles and starting character placements have been changed to make some rare events more common.
  • More descriptive text for Nix's machine and a unique icon.
  • Magic skill can now be used on urn piles.
  • Bosses can no longer modify a tile that is occupied by an enemy.
  • The guild will not have additional characters in it until the first three quests are completed.
  • No post-quest music will play if there's no valid cutscene for Seduction route.
  • Various art and dialogue adjustments.

[Other Changes]

  • Some Rebalancing to event progression.
  • Many quests slightly rebalanced.
  • Love gained from town events is now more character-specific.
  • Events are now added to the gallery only if they are actually seen by the player.
  • Added gallery notes to some scenes that have additional requirements.
  • Instead of displaying the whole manual at the start, the game will now give a brief summary of the controls. Only shown once when starting a new save file.
  • All backgrounds are slightly less blurry now.
  • Changed and added some tutorial text to make certain game mechanics more clear.
  • Quest rewards have been reduced for almost every single quest to make money actually mean something.
  • Slightly rebalanced star costs for several new game boosters.
  • Changed the way that credits are displayed.
  • Game can now be resized in windowed mode.
  • Various other smaller changes, fixes and adjustments.

-Early access to the V10 update is available through SubscribeStar-

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