Hello, I have a question: what's different about your game version? I currently have version 1.2.0 downloaded from Patreon. If I were to download the new version from Itcho 1.2.1, would that break my save? I'm progressing very well. I'm already at stage 150 in the previous version, and I'm worried that nothing will be deleted and I'll have to start all over again. Thank you for listening, and I look forward to your reply. Best regards.
I'm currently preparing the 1.2.1 builds for Patreon and should have it uploaded in just a little bit if you prefer to wait :)
To answer your questions though:
- Save files are compatible across all versions, you should not lose progress. If I ever make a change which is expected to break saves I will make sure that fact is mentioned in big bold letters to warn people about it. Also, if you ever do run into an issue with saves due to an update please let me know and I'll do what I can to fix it!
- The only difference between the Patreon and Itch builds is the Itch builds will verify your Patreon subscription status past Stage 50, while the Patreon builds do not contain this check. The content and everything else is the same.
- Originally the Itch and Patreon builds were identical, but due to some bugs around the subscription-checking logic which were preventing Patreon subscribers from accessing the full game, the Patreon builds currently have that subscription check disabled (so they will never ask you to sign in to progress to the later stages). 1.2.1 fixes this issue, so the Itch builds still contain this check. As a subscriber the only difference this should mean for you is that playing the Itch build is slightly less convenient (since it will verify your sub status past stage 50), but both versions will give you access to the complete game.
- I think adding that check back into the Patreon builds now feels a bit unfair to subscribers, so I plan to keep it disabled in Patreon builds for the time being (hence why I'm waiting for a second batch of builds to finish now, hah). If there is a large content update to the game in the future I might re-enable it then, but I'm not 100% sure, I might just do an early release on Patreon and a later release on Itch instead. If I ever do plan to re-enable the subscription check in the Patreon builds I'll make sure it's mentioned in an announcement ahead of time so everyone has a chance to download the previous version without the check.
Also, normally I will upload new versions to Patreon first :) This one went to Itch first since the largest fix in this build is for the subscription-checking logic which only affects the Itch version.