Academy: Live! (0.03.1a) [Public Release]

It's finally here!

After a long time developing some key aspects of the game, I finally have a playable version of it. I know I said this a lot during these last few weeks, but this took me way longer than I thought it would. Mainly because I didn't knew some things would take up as much time as it did. But another reason it took that much time is related to the amount of content I put up in this version, so I hope it was worth the wait, and I hope you all have a great time playing it!

Thanks for the patience and support!

WARNING: YOU WILL HAVE TO START A NEW GAME, OTHERWISE THINGS WILL BREAK.

What's in it?

• I went through all of the game's earlier and newer content and added some sound effects to many different scenes.
• The 'Bounty' system. (Kiyomi will explain it to you)
• Around 1800 new renders.
• 27000 new words
• 15 Custom-Made Animations (20 If you want to count the different camera angles)
• 5 Different and Detailed H-Events (With 4 different girls)
• 6 Different Events, all taking place within the first week of the game. Finishing with a very long and detailed event that is related to the Weekly Exams.

What's not in it?

I decided to leave the managing aspects of the game for later. Which means there won't be many things to interact at the office, it's only there as a proof of concept. You can still do some actions, but they're mostly placeholders for what I have in mind. Some buttons may not even work yet, but that's not a big deal, since the focus for the first game week is mainly about the events mentioned above.

Later on in the game's development, I'll focus on the management side of it and the gameplay loop. But from what's there already, you can get an idea of what you'll be able to do.

I tried to test everything I could, so that no bugs would get through, but you never know… Since I added a lot of new 'things' to the code, there might be some errors you might find that I didn't. If so, please let me know so I can fix them.

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0.03.1a changelog:

In addition to the 0.03a version, I made a few changes to the UI, and fixed some things:

• Added a notification that shows whether Ayumi has enough affection in order to get a variant ending of her last scene.
• Added the Affection/Corruption Heart to the Student Report Book.
• Changed the color of the Students Grades report to show who achieved a grade higher than the 'success threshold', as well as highlight who cheated and who achieved a maximum score.
• Board Requests now working properly. (It was still 'working' before, but was a makeshift solution. It should be automated now and it'll work for future requests.)
• Some bugfixes and typos
• Lowered the size of the game by optimizing some files.

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Download Links:

Itch.io - (PC, Linux & Mac)

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Have fun and thanks for playing and supporting the project, it means a lot!