Monster XXXperiment Beta v1.0.0 Public Progress Update 3!

Hello Researchers!

As you all know we've been working incredibly hard on the new version of Monster XXXperiment! Our goal is to get the beta release out of Monster XXXperiment before the end of THIS MONTH! So wish us luck we're going to need it.

We've changed so much about the game while hopefully keeping a lot of what you all enjoyed previously, while adding tons and tons of new content. To test out this new beta version and to see all of your feelings about the changes the only Kin that will be available will be Flare.

Now before anyone gets upset, this is a Flare with a wider arrange of content and stuff for you all to do to make researching feel so much more engaging and fun to do!

Speaking of which below is a list of all of the new features we've been testing before the release:

• Activity System! - While testing we felt like the schedule part of this was a bit to clunky and wasn't as fun as we thought it would have been. We want you all to be actively doing stuff with your Kin so we scrapped the schedule part of the system and just created an activity system. How this works is when entering the Kin's room there's a new activity selection, which will allow you to choose from a list of general and Kin specific activities to partake with them in. Doing these activities is now how you the researcher will be able to earn reputation, social stat with Kin, affection with Kin, and funding! To unlock more activities you'll have to purchase new research equipment, or unlock them through the new Kin dialogue system.

• New Dialogue System! - We heard you all, and we have adjusted. The Kin dialogue has been improved drastically. Before it felt a bit too Kinetic Visual Novel-like and didn't really make the player feel like a researcher finding out about the Kin. More that you all were purely along for the ride. Well not anymore we've spiced up the dialogue while still keeping the amazing writing from WhiteFeather. There will be more interactions through lines of dialogue and opportunities for you all to earn some social points with your Kin, along with hidden secrets in the dialogue that could lead you to unlocking a new activity, or even down the path of finding a research discovery.

• Research Discoveries! - As we talked about before Research Discoveries are in the game now, these discoveries are hidden quest and hinted at within the new writing. Figuring out the requirements for these research discoveries will reward you all with passive funding gain from your discovery, special scenes and massive brownie points with the Kin who's discovery you figured out. 

• Feeding Mini-Game - A lot of our big goals with this update is making the game more interactive adding more gameplay and features. One of the new things we're testing currently is the new Feeding Mini-Game it's pretty simple. Once per day the player can feed a Kin, but unlike before how choosing the right diet just made it automatic now a mini-game will pop up with 5 random dishes and the price. It's to test your knowledge about a Kin and their dietary needs. Trust me the Kin will make it very known how they feel about the meal you've served them, doing this will regenerate a certain amount of energy for the Kin for that day allowing you to do more  activities or dialogue for the day.

• Shops and Items - Like we stated before there's a couple of shops and a ton of items we added to the game, purchasing items from these shops can do anything from unlocking more activities, gifts for your kin, and much more.

• Quest System - Karen does more stuff! While we're still working out the kinks one of the big systems we're adding is our new question system I spoke about previously. Karen will give you daily research task that you can complete for an extra bump in funding. Some Kin may give you a quest as well for parts of their story lines.

• Environment Changes - We made a few changes to how environment works, no longer will there be sliders for the temperature and lightning, we simplified it a bit since a lot of players were having a few issues with it. 

• Jukebox! - You'll be able to buy new music from one of the shops and change what music plays in certain parts of the facility. Be warned the Kin will know what you're playing in their room so you better choose their favorite song!

• Event Changes - We have changed events so instead of them popping up randomly a notification will be on a Kin's room showing that an event is available. Clicking on the room will start the event like how milestones work.

• New Animations! - We have new sprite animations and possibly even sex animations but no promises on that yet, it's still a lot of work and we would need more funding for our studio to be able to do them regularly 

Sorry for the long wait, I know so many of you have been wanting to play the new version of Monster XXXperiment for a long time now. We're trying our best here at the studio to get it done, we actually rebuilt the game entirely from scratch in the hopes of being able to add new content efficiently and easily going forward until the game's completion. The beta launch will have a few rough edges and I'm sure a few bugs we won't account for, but we will be working to fix and adjust those based on all of your feedback going forward.

Remember the game's price will be increasing to $10 USD once the beta releases, we've put so much hard work and care into this game that we feel confident it's ready for this price point now. If you want to get the game while it's still $5 I recommend buying now.

Thank you all so much for supporting us here at AstroKaen and the development of Monster XXXperiment!

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