Refuge of Embers [v0.16a] [Escape Sauce]

v0.16a

• Script increased to 28,763 words with additions to Lena romance path
• Added new Lena scene (laying on bed, 6 eyes, 5 mouths, 2 effects)
• Added new Lena animated h-scene (lodge above tavern, loop and climax)

v0.15b:

• Script increased to 27,560 words with additions to the main story line
• Added the prologue day 0 and day 1 rewrite with more sprite animations
• Added new background props to slum background (supply delivery)
• Reworked all 31 Eryn sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, small fixes)
• Added 6 new Eryn sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
• Reworked several existing Eryn sprite mouths
• Major rework on Lena sprite (lowered neck, repainting)
• Reworked or remade all 16 Lena sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, fixes)
• Major rework on all 5 Lena sprite arms
• Reworked Lena sprite hair
• Added 7 new Lena sprite mouths (4 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
• Major rework on Lucine sprite (lowered neck, smaller forehead, repainting)
• Reworked all 19 Lucine sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, small fixes)
• Added 6 new Lucine sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
• Reworked shirts on Lucine sprite
• Reworked socks on Lucine sprite to add thigh muffining
• Redesigned Aina sprite hair
• Reworked Aina sprite makeup and added freckles
• Added 9 new Aina sprite poses
• Rework on Raisa sprite (repainted the torso)
• Added 6 new Raisa sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
• Added bottom underwear to Raisa sprite
• Added more clothing variation options to Raisa in the gallery sprite viewer
• Reworked or remade several MC sprite mouths
• Added all new characters from Act-2 into the gallery
• Remade and streamlined pregnancy morphs and clothing on all sprites
• Added previously unused face animations to Lucine intro scene
• Added a darkness mask to beginning dream sequence that fades away
• Added sprite blush fade effect to make it less jarring
• Added flicker effect to the candle in the intro scene
• Added movement to MC sprite picking up and setting down firewood on day 1
• Added firewood pick up and set down sound effect to day 1
• Added cloth sound effect for MC and Eryn picking up towels
• Remade door closing sound effect
• Changed gallery unlock cheat code to something even more archaic
• Fixed glitchy timebase for background and sprite time of day fades
• Major revision to gallery code and gallery sprites
• Removed a metric piss ton of now unneeded gallery variables
• Added a dev mode to speed up face and pose animations
• Small and boring code changes to things like sprite names to stay consistent
• Updated game engine and broke everything, then unfuckulated it all again
• Changed ending text & stat screen to be controlled by variables instead of manual edits
• Fixed using the name Harth in the last Eryn h-scene instead of the player name variable
• Further optimizations from old png files to smaller lossless webp files
• Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations

v0.15a

• Script increased to 24,741 words with additions to the Eryn romance path
• Added new Eryn scene (chatting in bed, 5 eyes, 9 mouths)
• Added new Eryn scene (sleeping together, 2 mouths)
• Added new Eryn scene (changing bandage)
• Added new Eryn scene (sleeping in the mill, 4 poses)
• Added new Eryn scene (Eryn pushing MC onto bed)
• Added new Eryn animated h-scene (temple bedroom, loop and climax)
• Reworked Eryn’s face and body on her intro scene (4 eyes, 3 mouths, 2 poses)
• Reworked Eryn’s face and body in creek undressing scene (2 eyes, 2 mouths, 2 poses)
• Reworked MC’s face and body in creek undressing scene (3 eyes, 3 mouths, 2 poses)
• Reworked Eryn’s face and body in first creek bath scene (7 eyes, 10 mouths, 2 hands)
• Reworked MC’s face and body in first creek bath scene (4 eyes, 8 mouths, 3 hands)
• Added an animated water ripple effect to first creek bath scene
• Reworked MC’s face and body in forest creature sighting scenes (3 eyes, 4 mouths)
• Optimized forest creature sighting animation in a way that makes more sense
• Added more choices to the early story to track choices
• Added the new scenes to the gallery and updated preview images for revised scenes
• Added new background throne room night (2 props)
• Added 2 water enter splash sound effects for creek scenes
• Added 2 water exit slosh sound effects for creek scenes
• Added creaky door open sound effect
• Added door closing sound effect
• Added log thud sound effect for Lena intro scene
• Implemented some early game rewritten sections with the new writing style
• Removed several boring and unnecessary liminal sequences from the story
• Fixed 1 major bug (missing choice tracking variable in act 1)

Version 0.14:

• Script increased to 22,153 words with additions to the main story line
• Added new animated Silva scene (descending lift, 10 eyes, 26 mouths)
• Added new Silva action scene (attack pt1 pt3 pt5, 6 eyes, 13 mouths, 2 props, 9 poses)
• Added new Silva action scene (attack pt2 pt4 pt6, 7 eyes, 16 mouths, 7 poses)
• Added new background makeshift bedroom night
• Added new background outside mill night (2 props)
• Reworked color and added plants to background outside mill day
• Added 1 slash frame for the new Silva action scene
• Added 3 slash frames to replace the old ones used in the festival action scene
• MC sprite revision (replaced all 22 eyes)
• Added 6 new MC sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
• Added ancient lift sound effect by using a manual coffee grinder of all things
• Added knife swish sound effect to new action scene
• Added running footsteps sound effect to new action scene
• Added door crashing sound effect to new action scene
• Minor bug/typo fixes and dialogue changes

v0.13

• Added about 10 mins to the main story line
• Created sprite for new character Aline
• Created Aline sprite faces (21 eyes, 24 mouths)
• Created 12 Aline sprite poses
• Created sprite for new character Priestess Evana
• Created Evana sprite faces (21 eyes, 26 mouths)
• Created 14 Evana sprite poses
• Created sprite for new character Silva
• Created Silva sprite faces (20 eyes, 31 mouths)
• Created Silva sprite poses
• Added new background dungeon
• Added new background temple bedroom
• Added new background temple bedroom evening
• Added new background temple bedroom night (2 props)
• Added new background throne room
• Added new background outside temple (1 prop)
• Added new background outside temple night (3 props)
• Added new story scene (Temple view)
• Added new Aline scene (Priestess in the throne room)
• Fixed 1 major bug and a few minor bugs/typos

v0.12b

• Added story events that continue through the day that the MC wakes up
• Added 2 new main story scenes (4 backgrounds, 30 poses, 8 eyes, 19 mouths)
• Created background for market center
• Added 4 new sound effects (waterfall, various sword sounds)
• Added h-scene & effigy counters to revised end screen
• Made new GUI buttons with game generated text
• Made hover effects for all buttons
• Changed formatting of all translatable strings to make fan translations way easier
• Added additional language support and functionality
• Changed MC’s default name from Biorn to Harth
• Minor bug fixes
• Wrote audio functions packages to handle game sound
• Fixed audio not playing in some gallery scenes
• Added audio debugging button to audio options menu
• Added end of build screen with gameplay stats
• Slightly touched up face on first Eryn scene
• Added 4 new Eryn mouths to sprite
• Remade all options menu UI
• Remade all buttons and frames
• Fixed the janky old cheat code options screen
• Reworked how gallery scenes are unlocked
• Removed several hundred variables that are no longer necessary
• Touched up Eryn dialogue and face animation on act-1 day-1