Thread Release 0.3.0

I am super excited to announce the release of Thread 0.3.0!

Links:

Discord and Itch.io

We have a full new week of content, graphical and combat revamps, adult scenes, and so much more! UNFORTUNATELY, OLD SAVES WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS VERSION!

I have put many hours of work into this release and am pretty happy with the results. I hope you will be too!

Join me on the discord server to share your thoughts!

See the change log below for the details:

New Stuff
 - New scenes for week 1
    - Added optional adult scene in the week one shower event, and one other (non-adult) shower scene where Luc deals with using a public shower

 - A full new week of content (up through week 2, Sunday)
    - New class events
    - New Video Zone shift
    - New Heart Events!
       - Spend time with contacts to earn relationship points and deepen relationships (increase heart level) and unlock future rewards
       - Current contacts are Sarah, Roy, Eckhart, Amy and Kara (can reach heart level 1 with each)
    - Rec. Center is now accessible (The cafeteria and gym are pretty sparse, but will be populated with NPCs in a future update)
    - New minor artifact

 - Combat Rework
    - Kiting! Movement not used before acting is now usable after acting (enemies cannot do this)
    - Combat UI improved (unit health bars on map and other stuff)
    - Enemy AI improvements (smarter positioning, mostly)
    - Every enemy and fight has been rebalanced
    - Combat cursor improved (movement and animations)
    - Potions are now generally more effective
    - Completing enemy research grants a significant buff

 - Graphical and UI Stuff:
    - Full body sprite for Luca in a hoodie
    - Cover graphic, new title screen
    - Start of a general map revamp project, the riverside now has fog and improved lighting/shading and effects
    - See week number, day of week and time of day on your save file
    - Redone pause menu to show off full body sprites (Only hoodie Luca is in-game so far)
    - New custom menu for Contacts (shows full name, where and when they can be found, heart level, and a bio)
    - New facial expression sets for contacts
    - Redone sprites for shades (less cute)
    - Map name popups are fancier.
    - Empty map tiles now match the color of map edge tiles (no more jarring black borders on inside maps)
    - New sprites for map objects (phone and TV in the Loranger home, among other things)

 - Adult Content
    - Option to toggle off adult content at game start
    - Two, currently text-only, adult scenes in game (possible CGs for these in the future)

 - Bug Fixes and Etc.
   - Ice Lance can no longer hit all around Lucas in a crazy range
   - Outfits are no longer free
   - You can no longer access the fast travel menu from the right side of the riverside map before you are supposed to be able to
   - Equip menu in pre-battle menu now functions properly
   - Trimmed unused stock assets, reducing deployed game size by almost half
   - Many typo fixes
   - Aurora's name box text is now properly colored in the early game