Early Access Release 0.1502 - New CG and Story Revisions

Hi, cheesecakes!

So last time I mentioned that the next update would be more sedate as I recovered from the stress of crafting two 15,000+ word stories in the same month. Although I haven't been able to keep myself from working on this thing every day, I've spent most of my time here tweaking and editing the existing script instead of making all-new stuff, which is way more taxing on my brainparts.

... But if I'm taking a relaxed approach with no clear target why did I wait a day to put this out? Well, thing is this was going to be an update devoid of new art until my artist informed me that the CG I commissioned was almost ready and I figured it was worth waiting a day so I could fit it in here instead of waiting a fortnight or doing a messy updated release the next day. 

So yeah, with the main girls all having had their sprite makeovers I've made CGs the priority for this month's art budget. I went with Hiroko this time, as a lot of her scenes are very CG'able, and I hope to get something done for Sayori by the next update so all three girls have at least one CG'd scene in the game~

As for the writing side, although there are no all-new routes in this release I think overall it's been pretty productive! As more short stories get written about the characters, certain character traits and plot points have developed further and created some inconsistencies in the earlier-written stuff that I've known about for a while. It's been good to re-examine those earlier paths and re-jig the text so it jives with the new stuff and I think it makes for an overall better game as a result. 

That's not to say that there's no new content at all in this update! While there are no all-new paths to explore this time, I think the villainous devoted path saw enough changes that it's worth re-reading if you're into the darker side of Penlight. Also, I started work on two popularly-requested paths (unwitting spy/sleeper agent on the villainous route, and Nozomi getting a go on the penlight in her consent route). It's only one or two scenes each, but I thought you might like to see them all the same.

Anyway, join us next time where I hope to get another new path fully written out in addition to that CG. Bye for now~

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What's New

• A number of text edits across the board, acknowledging more recent character developments in later-written routes
• New CG featuring Hiroko, which can be found during her consent route
• Modified a number of character expressions across all routes to better fit the lines being spoken; Hiroko's lines in particular
• Punched up some of the dialogue in the Villainous Devoted path, and slightly expanded several scenes to make them a good bit meaner
• Tweaked some of the dialogue in the Delusion (formerly Non-Consent) route and added some extra lines. In particular Hiroko has more unique lines instead of reading too much off of Sayori's script during the confrontation scene with Kyou
• Among other things, added a third option when deciding what to call the girls in the Villainous Robot path, which ups the dehumanization aspect even more
• Included the first scene of the Villainous Spy/Sleeper Agent path and part of a second
• Included the first scene of the Consent Nozomi Switcheroo path
• Corrected quite a few typos and grammatical errors on Hiroko's route, and added a few extra lines here and there 
• Word count is now over 110,000
• Added the most recent paying patrons to the in-game credits
• General typo/grammatical corrections