Sanguine Dream version 0.27

Game can be played here: https://phimsomnium.itch.io/sanguine-dream

Hello, and welcome to my devblog about Sanguine Dream's 0.27 update!

Sorry for the massive delay compared to previous dev blogs, I hope that the reasons why will be apparent as I go over the new additions. 
The aim was to really focus on finishing off the side content and landmarks for the characters in act 1. Beyond polishing older landmark content, my focus going forward will be on other aspects of the game, like the main story, bad ends, nsfw content, as well as the battle system, which includes both skills, classes, party members, and equipment. 
The aim is to complete the first act by version 0.3, so I will lay out a set list of content that needs to be completed, and will work nonstop until that's done, before releasing an update and moving onto the next, going back to polish stuff as issues or feedback comes up. 

In any case, moving swiftly along~

Additions for 0.27 includes:

• Character Art Content
  • Character art for the Armourer, named Brighid.
    
  • Character art for the Lion Knight from Lionesse
  • Character art for the Rat Rogues
• UI Content
  • UI for the save and load menu updated
  • UI for the main menu updated. 
  • UI for the shop menu updated.
• Landmark Content
  • Completed landmark content for the Throne Room (x10 scenes)
  • Added two new landmarks, the Library, as well as the Courtyard. 
  • Completed landmark content for the Library (x10 scenes)
  • Created a library menu which unlocks as you progress through the library scenes, this allows you to replay scenes you've already experienced as many times as you want. 
  • Completed landmark content for the Courtyard (x10 scenes) 
• System Content
  • Fast forward and autoplay buttons added to automatically skip through scenes. 
  • Asset load fixes to prevent stuttering.
  • A number of major bug fixes. 
  • Kobold Quarter now accessable. 
  • New autosave feature, which ensures that crashes wont mess with your progress if you haven't saved manually in a while.
  • Save system adjusted so that the new game save data will blend with the load data from previous versions 
  • This also applies to  the library, which will make sure any scenes you've seen prior to it's implimentation are also stored in the library to be viewed

Content planned for 0.28 includes: 

• Landmark Content
  • Polish landmark scenes and improve the writing, ensuring that it's consistent with the lore.
  • Add more features to the Library, allowing the player to read up on characters, as well as look up encounter elemental weaknesses and the possible items dropped from them.
  • Set up more job tasks for the player to grind money outside of combat encounters.
  • Set up a scene in your private camp for dealing with Lust, as this isn't reset upon resting by design.
• Art Content
  • Create Art for Captain Zephyr.
  • Create more background art for the other areas within the game
• NSFW Content
  • Add nsfw art to some scenes
  • Add more nsfw options in loss scenes
  • Add more nsfw options in win scenes
  • Add nsfw scenes with characters when you speak to them with high affection. (more romantic than kinky)
• Battle Content
  • Create unique fx for attacks
  • Create and impliment a more complex lust system
  • Lust system will also improvements to the status effect system. 
  • Adjust combat calculations to ensure the game balance is okay.
  • Add Imp encounters during the alikhan bad end
  • Add imp encounters after the alikhan bad end has been completed.

Content planned for 0.29 includes (To be updated in more detail for 0.28 dev log):

• Create music to replace copyright free music that's currently in the game.
• Polish up the soundscape implimentation so that they aren't causing issues but get a bit more use. 
• Main story content overhaul
• General polishing
• Major Bugfixing
• Code polishing
• Comissioning the last bits of Art for Act 1