v0.8.9 (2025-06-27) Bug fixes and Optimizations
Fixed alternative stat “totalEmails” not showing correctly for some.
Fixed alternative stat “cropsHarvest” not showing correctly for some.
Fixed alternative stat “seedsBought” not showing correctly for some.
Fixed stray endif.
Some flavortext may be removed after viewing it a couple of times.
Flashing in the park no longer generates an error.
Removed the dealership parking lot in relation to the cars rework from last update.
Subsequently removed an error with the dealership.
Removed faulty support links.
Updated download link to newest Patron version instead of old version.
Removed instance of entering the Asleep module during the intro.
You can no longer speak to the doctor in the intro if it is night.
Changed the link text on finding an apartment in town, while already having the mansion unlocked from “Find a more humble situation of living.” to “Find an apartment closer to town.” for more sensibility.
Closed down the café for the night.
Added line-breaks.
Removed different line-breaks.
Fixed simple typos.
Watching TV in the apartment now offers very slightly reduced stat changes.
Watching TV when Zack is home will now correctly calculate your stats and limit events based on them, instead of only checking for one or the other.
You can no longer get mugged many times in a row in the streets.
Increased the chance of Zack bringing in the newspaper in the morning from 1/10 to 1/4.
Getting a bad reaction from Rob when complaining about costumer harassment with increase your Trauma by 40 instead of 10 now.
Clicking “Finish tasks” in the Café job at night will now drop you into the Streets, instead of into the closed Café, effectively reducing closing at night by one click.
Clicking “Finish shift” in the Café job at night will now drop you into the Streets, instead of into the closed Café, effectively reducing closing at night by one click.
Fixed missing color to player dialog in the bar.
The Christian upbringing will only add 25 inhibition instead of 50 inhibition ontop of the existing 100.
Freshening up in the mansion bathroom will now update stats live instead of on passage change.
You can no longer enter the Asleep time block by watching memes on your phone. (Recurrent for some reason, and fixed for the third time now)
Changes some if statements to switch/case for ease of use.
Following along in class will now give you the stat increase immediately instead of having to wait for the next passage.
Resized all memes.
The cab no longer takes you to the city. (Except if that is where you want to go.)
Refactored the popularity score widget.
New Content
Added a longer description to the kitchen.
Added a longer description to night at the park.
Slightly extended the flavortext on transforming the room in Apartment 401 to a girls room.
Changed the way the drawer “looks”.
Slightly extended the flavortext when it is too late to watch TV in the apartment.
Added a longer description to Uptown.
Added a longer description to Downtown.
Added a longer description to the Mall when the mall is open as well as when the mall is closed.
Added color to Bruce the Bouncer, as well as shorting his flavortext from “ID please.” to “ID.” for a more authoritive feel.
Added a longer descriptive text to going to sleep if things are well, and trauma is low.
Gave Rob a dialog color.
Added “£” infront of the money variable for a better visual feel.
Halved tips gained from working in the café.
Instead of having to wait 20 days, you now only have to wait 14 days, or still receive high trauma before being able to enter the city.
The game will now tell you when you have enough intel on the Church and on John instead of being able to continually find intel.
Added longer descriptions to feeding intel on the Church and John.
The mugger in the streets will now rob you of a lot more money. If you have below 217 pounds, the mugger will take all of your money. If you have above, the mugger will take upwards to 517 pounds from you. Oh no!
Wrote a longer text to joining Zack on the couch for TV.
Wrote a longer text for turning on the TV.
Added color to more of the descriptions throughout the game for a more colorful game.
Added a public restroom to the park. You can apply makeup here or freshen up once a day for a small boost to your allure!
You can no longer work as a teacher if you are also a student. That wouldn’t really make sense.
Going to the school on a weekend day will yield a different flavortext description of the school than on a normal school day.
The class scheduler will show “Weekend!” instead of being empty during the weekend at school.
Added more funny memes to the phone, for a total of 15 memes.
Showering at your dorm in the morning will also make you brush your teeth.
Added relationship point system to your dorm mate!
Interacting with Michael yields different descriptive texts.
Added “It’s a school day!” and ability to view classes directly from your dorm room.
You can now interact with your dorm mate in recess times.
You’re now required to take a shower after PE class.
Added ticket booth to silvergate, so that you now can buy tickets to get back.
Nerdy Specs
229.551 words! (Patron version)
1.900 words added!
1398 passages (Patron version)
4 passages added! (many deprecate passages removed)
Special thanks to Taulion for playtesting and helping with this update!
