Hey everyone!

Today's release (0.5.32v2) is a technical update focused on two major improvements: animations and multi-platform support.

Before you dive in, I want to be completely clear: this update does not advance the story.

DISCORD LINK (Free): https://discord.gg/7NaMXpfZpx

What's In This Update?

This release focuses entirely on:

• Animations for existing scenes
• Android and Mac compatibility
• Various technical optimizations
• Script improvements and 'wall of text' reductions in longer sequences

Multi-Platform Support

Getting the game working on Android presented several challenges:

• Had to develop multiple workarounds for shader compatibility
• Tested primarily in emulators (fingers crossed for real device performance!)
• Significantly compressed assets while maintaining quality

Despite adding animations, you might notice the file size is actually smaller. That's the result of aggressive optimization to make cross-platform support viable.

Animation Implementation

This was the most labor-intensive part:

• Created dozens of animations for key scenes
• They're at ~80% polish level (looping issues, some minor tracking issues, lacking some minor details like the moles)
• First serious attempt to use AI with manual post-processing to make this feasible and efficcient

These animations are being released as an experiment to gather feedback. For a solo developer, animations can become a development trap, so I want to evaluate if they add enough value before committing to full polish and if the general approach works.

Moving Forward with Release Dates

I already have some content prepared for the next story update, but not nearly enough for a complete release yet.

I hope you can appreciate the effort that went into these improvements, even if they're not advancing the narrative this time around. Based on recent development challenges, as I start getting into new content territory, I'm adjusting how I approach release schedules. Starting with the upcoming story update. I will share more news on what that means very soon.

As always, this is an early preview - please let me know if you encounter any issues!

Thanks for your continued support and patience! 🙏

Cheers,

Tori

P.S. Remember that animations can be toggled off in the settings if you prefer the static images!