Personal Study [v0.10 Hotfix]

v0.10

• The door with ‘in development’ sign (in the hall before priestess encounter) can now be opened and it leads to a new puzzle room. Even though this puzzle is less cryptic, as an experiment I added an intermediate autosave between two logical parts. I think this approach could serve as a compromise between complete reset and saving every action.
• Added H scene with succubus
• After mimic scene added popup that tells player about Research Diary
• ‘E’ hint should properly remove itself after picking up figurines

v0.09.3

• Redone one of the animations with male summon on the table
• All animations with male summon now have climax option
• Added voice samples for new animations
• Fixed several bugs

v0.09.2

• Added minimap.
• Added new voice samples for Evi in H scenes, there’s a lot more variety now and less repetition.
• Added localized version of intro (subtitles only)
• Visibility of the text box in cutscenes can now be toggled via Tab key.
• Improved shader and models for ice cubes.
• Bugfixes

v0.09.1

• Project moved to UE 5.4. With that I also had to make internal changes in the input system, which means that custom control settings will be reset. Other than that everything should function as before. Now you can use the gamepad to control character by default. However for UI navigation you still have to use cursor. It’s ugly, yes, but adaptation of the game to the controller is an extensive task and this is the first step. You can change some key bindings in settings (look sensitivity also affects gamepad)
• Added Evi POV in H scenes
• Orbit camera now saves its last position before going POV so that it doesn’t appear in weird places on switching back from POV to Orbit
• After climax stains persist, there’s Clean button now to remove them manually
• Closed with geometry necks of summons when switching to POV
• Added several hints in form of text in places where people get stuck the most
• Black outfit now available in all replays
• For replay of the last event I added options to watch only H scenes for both forms
• Added research diary in succubus room so that players won’t have to run back to the main hub
• Added a small vfx around the character’s head that signals when interactables become highlighted

v0.09
In this update I added a new puzzle room. This puzzle room is part of an event where Evi with the help of several new characters learns a new cosmetic ability (demon form, which was disabled in 0.08). To access it you will need a key that can be found in the last room of the planet puzzle. After you pick up the key, you will be able to open a previously inactive door in the hall with an area for summoning.
Event scenes can be replayed via Research Diary in the main hub.
Also:

• Added optional slight camera shake in H scenes.
• Added floor collision for camera.
• When switching poses the camera doesn’t jump anymore.
• Voice volume slider now works properly.
• Fixed an issue with overlapping UI elements on lower resolutions (hopefully)
• Other bug fixes.

v0.08

• The project moved to UE5. This is mainly to have access to up-to-date development tools. I will not add raytracing or other such gimmicks. The only difference for the player is sharper image, because of the new default anti aliasing method.
• Added a lot of sounds for interactable things and there’s some ambient noises as well.
• Added a small intro to give the player a sense of how and why MC got into these dungeons.
• Reorganized some menus and added new icons.
• Added save system. Players can make a save at special objects which are placed in rooms with summoning circles. The game also saves automatically after dialogues and solving puzzles. I should note that the system tracks only the status of puzzles (solved/unsolved), meaning if you move some objects and try to save, on load game will return that puzzle to its default state until you complete it.
• Added missing dialogues and slightly expanded male summon ritual with HJ scene.
• Removed Gallery mode. Since the game can be saved, there’s no need for a special mode to view animations. But with that all content related to MCs demon form will be temporarily unavailable. I plan to reintroduce it in the next update, where MC obtains this ability.
• Telekinesis now works more reliably and is less likely to push objects through walls. Also when you grab immovable objects, the camera stays in freelook mode.
• If the character stays in place for more than 5 sec, all interactive objects are highlighted.
• Reworked some parts of character locomotion.
• Work on VFX. Mostly to adapt them to UE5.
• Work on certain environment pieces.
• Many bugfixes.