Update 0.0.6a

Update 0.0.6a

In less than a month, many features and improvements have been implemented, mainly aimed at improving the gameplay experience and its balance. Also, a significant part of the effort was put into tools for internal use only, which greatly accelerate development processes, such as: a character editor, a preference and criteria manager, bulk translation of texts and UI elements, thanks to the latest developments in the field of AI. Of course, there are also new characters, including those requested by the Patreon community, as well as elves and femboys, which the majority had previously voted for.

Some features, such as in-game currency spending and character photo collections remain unavailable in this demo, primarily due to prioritization of game development directions. For the same reason, the interactive tutorial, accompanied by dialogues with a "special" character, remains a priority. This will close the question of understanding the game mechanics and turn every decision into an intuitive reflex. However, I am sure that with you we will definitely fix this in future releases in early 2024!

I don't want to miss the opportunity to thank all those without whom this release would not have been possible: every member of my Patreon community who supports me financially - at the moment this is my only source of income (but not of inspiration), everyone who downloaded the previous version and left a critical comment or praise, all those who are not indifferent to the fate of Casting Master - thank you all very much!

See you in the new year with the new update, which btw will be at least 2 times a month from now on!

Good luck to all of us in the new year 2024!

Regards, Unirion

Changelog

New Features:

• voice-over prologue
• char hints (note penalties!)
• decisions log (journal)
• FPS limiter

New Characters:

• Asuna (requested by patron)
• Nova (requested by patron)
• 3 femboys
• 3 elves

Reworked:

• character-based categories
• several character's prefs
• level configs balance
• level rewards balance
• appearance criteria marked now with (*)

Fixes:

• fixed options screen flickering bug
• fixed repetitive prefs usage within the same char
• fixed UI animations base class

Other:

• +1 soundtrack
• changelog
• updated patrons list
• ability to re-watch prologue

Development tools:

• character editor
• criteria/pref manager
• bulk translation tool