Ruin Me 0.54.0: The Nostalgic Conjugation

Hi, perverts! It's time for another new version of Ruin Me! This one has a bunch of behind-the-scenes work to prepare for future updates, and it also has a new horror expedition involving memory, language, and calcification.

A special experimental feature: I've used Ren'Py's recently-restored web export functionality to make a version of the game that's accessible in your browser. You can try it out here: https://phanes.me/web-test/ You'll need to log in with Patreon to access it, and you can load in a ZIP file of your saves from the desktop version. This isn't quite how I want the final version to be; there are some errors and graphical oddities that I haven't worked out. Despite that, I wanted to put up a version that y'all can try just to see if it works and if there are any big issues!

Please let me know what you think of the new update! You can comment here or send me a message privately.

Ruin Me 0.54.0 adds:

• "The Nostalgic Conjugation" horror expedition, featuring unreliable memories, nightmares of strange words, and a petrifying well. It's available in Act II after a series of new nightmares; if you already have a save, you will begin dreaming of your true past the next time you would have a nightmare. It will take a few dreams for the expedition to get added to your journal.
• The new option to choose the order in which Theresa can be trained in penetrative sex. If you wish, you can teach her anal sex at Permissivity 3 and save vaginal sex for Experience 4, reversing their positions in the curriculum.
• Adjustments to several requirements to account for doing Theresa's training in either order. This involved rearranging the Play menu, possibly changing what scenes you have access to.
• A new-style interaction menu for Cathy at the docks, including new casual chat options.
• An improvement so that picking up a package from Cathy no longer makes time pass.
• Nightmares for expeditions are now acquired differently. In general, nightmares play in the order in which they were "gained." Previously, you would gain one "prophecy" nightmare when an expedition started and one "echo" when it ended. Now, you will gain all "prophecy" nightmares for an Act when that Act starts, to make it more likely that you see them before the expedition. No other nightmares have been changed, and players with saves in progress shouldn't notice any differences until they reach a new Act.
• An improvement to how nomenclature is tracked and stored. This should have no visible consequences. If you notice any errors or words in [brackets], please let me know!
• A flag so that you are only asked once if you want to skip nighttime check-ins. This occurs at some point when you haven't checked on Theresa in at least five nights in a row. You can still turn this prompt on and off by talking to Theresa about night-time liberties during the day in her chambers.
• An enhancement to the first step of Theresa's training in exhibitionism: if you have her squat, her art will now change.
• Sound effects for updating your journal.
• Improved formatting for the changelog accessible from the main menu.
• Assorted minor fixes and enhancements.

As patrons, you have access to the Reminisce option in your bedroom, which lets you replay old sex scenes easily. Folks who support at the Center of Attention level get access to an additional cheat menu; the password has not changed.

Use the link above to connect your Patreon account to Itch and grab the new version!