Maids & Masters (& A v0.9.1 Release Date)

January is going by much more quickly than I'd really like it to be, but things are still progressing pretty well from a development standpoint. I still haven't had nearly as much time as I'd like to work on REM Cycle, but I've gotten everything I wanted to get done for v0.9.1 done... I think.

The big things, like the dinner event, making sure the new trophy is present and the associated costume system works correctly, and adding in the extra Freeze content that wasn't finished in time for the main Freeze release are all done, as is all of the "follow up consequences" type stuff (most notably refusing Bianca).

There are still a few things that need doing, but v0.9.1 is mostly ready to move into it's final testing stages and then it'll be ready to publish, so that build should be coming out for supporters this Friday.

As an additional note for non-supporters - as stated a few months ago, releases will now be monthly across the board. What this means in practice is that supporters will get access to v0.9.1 on Friday, and v0.9.1 will go public when v0.9.2 launches. v0.9.2 will become public when v0.10 launches, and so on. Doing this will make "release days" a little easier for me to manage, since I tend to lose my entire day to making sure I did everything anyway. Doing things this way means I'm less likely to miss things, and I only lose a day or two once a month rather than losing a day or two every two weeks. That means more time for development and bugfixing and managing deadlines for other projects.

Speaking of, I've started polling Patrons on what they'd like to see as part of the remaster as the game gets ported into MZ. If you'd like to be a part of that process, consider becoming a Patron. I will eventually create threads for the community at large to participate, because I do want to know what you think regardless of whether or not you support me financially, but that will be a much broader "what do you want to see?" where suggestions might not get included. The Patron polls are much smaller, more directed questions that are much more likely to result in changes or additions being made.