v0.2.1
Spoiler
An update in which mainly work was done on the issues of the previous release, preparing new mechanics and improving existing ones. As in 0.2.0, the emphasis is on introducing new locations and characters.
General:
• Significantly improved audio quality.
• Added translation of inscriptions.
• Game engine updated to Ren’Py 8.5.2.
kRigger -> Fresco:
• New facial expression system that gives better result.
• Improved character skin, hair, clothes shaders.
• Fingers IK controllers for faster posing.
• The addon development is :sparkles: finished :sparkles: and now is actively used in production.
Technical:
• Prepared the open world code for the next release (location building, weather, audio, events, notes, etc).
• New UI shader with iOS like round corners (squircle).
• Fixed Discord RPC.
Content:
• Prepared 16 new characters.
• Reworked 3 characters: Maksim, Dmitry and a car guy since they’ve become important characters.
• Prepared 4 new locations.
• ~600 new renders.
v0.2.0
General:
• Complete transition from Daz to Blender with big pipeline improvements.
• New proprietary kRigger addon for posing, animating, MoCap, body and hair physics, cloth simulation, character preparation etc.
• New open-source kQueue application for rendering overnight.
• New automatic images converter script which brings 4K support.
• Complete rewrite of the project code with more optimized mechanics.
• Smartphone with stable, flexible and future-proof code. Technically, you can now open any character’s smartphone…
• Game engine updated to Ren’Py 8.4.0.
Technical:
• The game interface is now completely transparent leaving the dialogue box only.
• New 2-layers scene effector with better parallax and more predictable results.
• The UI now uses SVG icons over WebP and supports multiple resolutions.
• Better emojis support with fixed scaling issue.
• Noisy blur shader is now the only blur shader.
• The smartphone now supports capturing and saving WebM animations. You can use anything from the gallery as a phone or a chat wallpaper.
• BonBond now supports sending stickers, animated stickers, multiple images, videos, voice messages.
• The game now actively use audio filters to add different effects.
• Bass boost BB Music tracks with new filters by pressing the speaker button.
• Audio playback quality increased with new the config.
• New sharpen shader and a film grain effect which may greatly improve image quality.
• Discord RPC now supports decorators.
Content:
• Moved from Clairton to Maysk.
• Prepared 26 characters (5 main, 11 minor, 10 background).
• Prepared 9 locations from scratch.
• Added ~1051 dialogues and ~1476 renders.
kRigger:
• Each character now has their own JCMs, improving the appearance of their body when bending.
• Shape Keys editing tool for much quicker character preparation.
• Improved controllers for faster character posing.
• Layered Shape Keys tool to quickly fix clipping.
Dropped:
• Dropped support for the realtime translator.