v0.8.1 - The Short Story Update
nothing better than listening to Monika for hours on end
Gameplay Changes
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A small collection of short stories have been added to "Ask a Question". They unlock progressively once per session.
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Random topics will now repeat by default, and as a result, repeating topics is no longer a setting. The choice / order of topic repeats is now governed by a new algorithm that should prevent topics from repeating too early and / or too often.
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Anniversary topics will now appear in Repeat Conversation after they have been seen. Anniversaries that already passed are retroactively unlocked.
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Some of the Goodbyes will trigger appropriate Greetings at next launch
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Writing tips now unlock each other
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Added 2 new songs to the music menu
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Added support for custom music in the music menu. Refer to #1592 for instructions.
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Music menu is now paginated
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Sunrise and Sunset times are customizable in the settings page.
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The Music2 topic has been disabled until it receives necessary updates
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Monika won't talk about her ribbon when she isn't wearing one.
Fixes
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Typofixes
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Eyebrows are now rendered after eyes
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Blush looks better now probably
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Time Concern fixes
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Setting a piano keymap to
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Monika no longer knows that you quit the game during the Open Door / Knock / Listen greeting.
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Slightly optimized the spaceroom call
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Fixed issue where chess doesn't unlock after an hour after Monika locks it.
API Changes
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All leaning sprites have been resized to 1280 x 850 to better standardize them to non-leaning sprites.
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Accessories have been added to the dynamic sprite creation. They can be layered in 3 spots (pre-body, between body + face, post-face). Refer to
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Greetings can be associated with a type. If a Goodbye sets
persistent._mas_greeting_type, only greetings with the same type will be shown on next launch.