Version 0.9.7 Is Out!!

1) Support for English

I mean, it was supposed to be in English already, but it didn't register as English. So, this had to be the biggest change. They were supposed to be hard to understand in terms of exactly conveying what people mean (it is part of the dystopian feeling, never being sure if someone is serious, in doubt, or just excited). However, they were not supposed to be frustrating to read. I mean, some people are going to skip everything, and that's OK. But when you have native English speakers who are actually putting in the effort to read, and they still struggle, well, this is way too hard. This is why feedback is good. I wish I had feedback from itch.io users, by the way.

So in version 0.9.7, dialogues should be a lot easier to read. Less slang, fewer typos, less confusion. And hopefully, they'll still be as ridiculous as before, maybe even more so. Just a little bit.

And speaking of ridiculous..

2) Story Intro screen

Added a new screen with a brief backstory before kicking off a new game. This backstory has been lingering in my mind for a while, but I never found a good way to present it until I ended up in Covid-induced self-isolation, confined to a tiny room. This particular Covid variant seems to have granted me a bonus in ridiculousness. Managed to whip up some AI-generated images in a brisk 2 hours, hitting a whopping 999% productivity. A success story in its own right. I'd appreciate someone acknowledging the irony, but that's the indie life for you. Now, if I ever get unfavorable reviews, I'll suspect you of doing one of those three jobs mentioned—a joke, of course, given my lack of reviews.