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I'm really looking forward to what's to come in the future and it makes me pretty excited to hear that we'll be back to where the old version left off in only a few months. But even if it ends up taking longer than that, I'm more than willing to wait. Cause not only did you go back and basically rebuild the earlier parts of the game, but you're also adding new content to those parts. By all means, take your time if needed to make it perfect.

I know a lot of people have been hesitant on the new stuff shown in the prologue (I mean, I still am a tiny bit for some things), but I'm hoping it's just gonna take a little getting used to, and that that opinion will shift overtime. Overall, I'm excited for the future.

0.2.0 update just released on SubscribeStar. It's honestly pretty good. I know a lot of people here got a bad first impression from the last update since most of the new content was unrecognizable from the old version. But this most recent release feels MUCH more like the OG game. The characters are in line with their original personalities, the Morgana scene plays out almost exactly like before, and there aren't any other drastic redesigns like with Emma in the first version.

This, and the fact that Arc is open to feedback and making efforts to implement said feedback, gives me a lot more confidence in the future that this will be more of a remaster instead of a "completely unrecognizable remake". Hopefully it will for other people too.

Yes, the game is being remade. Arc said this was due to issues in the code that caused an overwhelming amount of bugs to show up with each update. But I don’t think it makes sense to conclude that this remake is going to be completely unrecognizable from the old version just based off of the content from the demo. While the game does take place on an island now, and Jessica and Emma’s roles have been tweaked, we know nothing about any of the other characters, locations, or story beats yet.

If the content update drops and it turns out that the other characters and locations are also changed, then yeah I think people would have a right to be upset. But I can’t really imagine that being the case because one, Arc has been open to feedback and said everything from the previous version would be in the new one. And two, if you’re remaking a free game that’s only funded by donations, I can’t imagine what the benefit would be to not use the existing characters/text/story/assets you spent years making and that you already know people liked. 

I’m optimistic and expecting there won’t be too much else that we’ll have to get used to. But we’ll see what ends up happening when the content update drops.

The "Bring back Emma's Previous Proportions" option is also winning against its counter part. Most people's opinions seem to align.

Well, I have good news for you. He did a poll on if some of the things changed should be kept or reverted, and the "Bring back Jessica's Previous Proportions" option has a huge lead. 

For those still confused, Arc recently released the tutorial section for the new version of the game for members on SubscribeStar. It has 20-40ish minutes of gameplay and is intended to get player feedback and make sure the game's new systems are running smoothly before he adds all of the other new content on top of them. The BIG content update and a public release will happen in a few weeks, with future builds releasing monthly after that.

This new version has very significant changes from the old game though, with character redesigns, changes in the setting, etc. A lot of people said it was too different from what they liked about the old game, but Arc's been very open to feedback and said that "Everything you know and love from the old version will be in the new version", so it will probably just take a little getting used to.