PHOENIXES v0.8 update report

Hi, everyone, 

v8 is an ambitious update. We optimized the underlying logic of many mechanisms, but it also led to a cascade of issues, resulting in numerous unexpected bugs. Now I think we've solved most of the problems… … I guess. Please let me know if you encounter anything weird during the game.

Now let’s take a look at what we have for you this time:

- The Autoplay mode

The autoplay mode is undoubtedly one of the crucial features in a visual novel, but we’ve overlooked it for a long time because honestly, we’ve never used it when we played other visual novels.

After being informed by some patrons about their needs, we realized our oversight and immediately started working on it. Thank god we finished the job within this update cycle.

So now we have an Autoplay mode available in v8. You can freely adjust its speed and it won’t turn off itself when you pass the dialogue actively.

We even made a timer to remind you when the text will switch to the next line. There are two different timer styles for you to choose from.

- Greatly improved the hints in the Story Progress screen

The previous hints were not clear enough, sometimes they basically forced you to guess if a requirement of a plot was achieved or not, which must be annoying. We are very sorry about the trouble it has caused.

But it will no longer be a problem in v8, we’ve redesigned the screen and reworked the whole system. Now the hints should be much clearer.

- Implemented a HUGE number of animation effects and sound effects.

It’s hard to describe here, you will know what I’m talking about as soon as you enter the game. I’m not sure if all the new animation effects will work perfectly on low-end phones, please let me know if you experience any frame-dropping issues during animations.

- Improved the game’s loading speed.

For some reason this improvement didn’t go as significant as we thought. Right now the speed of loading the main menu on mid-to-low-end phones should be 10-20% faster, and 30-50% faster on high-end phones in theory.

The speed of loading the gallery will be A LOT faster and smoother on all devices for sure.

- Other Small stuff:

- You can now adjust the textbox transparency and the text speed

- Implemented ‘slapping’ sound effect

- New icon for the Support Missions

- Improved the look of the event bubbles

- New girl: Fuying

Fuying is a mysterious time mage who had her first appearance in VIRTUES. She was also literally the first girl you saw in PHOENIXES.

Like most girls in the game, Fuying also comes with a pretty complex backstory, no, in fact she has THE MOST complex backstory. Creating her was a challenge, an attempt to step out of our comfort zone. I’m not sure if everyone will like this girl and her plots in this update, but I promise she’s going to have a very very romantic storyline.

- New interrogation target: Alnilam

The story of v8 continues to focus on Alnilam. This evil queen didn’t seem to change much after your last night with her on her island. Every crime she committed was still built upon extreme selfishness without concerning anything or any others. But this time, her goal was not to torture you, but to be tortured by you… …

- New club level & New functional room in the club

You can now raise club level to 4 and unlock the massage room. Our new girl Fuying will be the masseur.

- Alnilam, Heather, Cassy, and Fuying will have new personal plots.

- 700+ new images & animated scenes.

I wish you all have a good run, 

Agang