Twin Star - Change Log

here you can see what changed in the last update:

techDemo 0.7:                              (09/9/17)

Core functions:

• complete rebuild of the game on the new GameMaker:Studio2 software

older versions

techDemo 0.6.3:                              (03/30/17)

NPC:

• Bugfix Mercedes job offer
  job mini-game now available more than once per day
   

CGI:

• Added new scene "Locker Room Fun" to the game
  includes 30 CGI rendered images

techDemo 0.6.2:                              (02/28/17)

CGI:

• Added new scene "Learning Together" to the game
  includes 50 CGI rendered images

techDemo 0.6.1:                              (01/24/17)

Core functions:

• Added “Friendship System”
  it is now possible to gain or lose friendship points with other NPCs 
• Added "Money Maker System"
  allows for the player to earn money with jobs. currently only 1 job is available at TRE
• Added "World Map"
  the world map allows for direct travel between different locations without having to "walk there"
  includes already many more new location marker that are not visitable yet
• Added "Skill Books"
  with skill books it is possible to train skills outside of class at home.
• Added "Tutorial" (placeholder)
  a temporary placeholder for the upcoming "tutorial intro" was added when starting a new game
• Changed "Object Access"
  every interactable object (NPCs, beds, devices, etc) has now a dedicated side (or sides) to get accessed or interacted with
   

NPC:

• Added new NPC: Tamara (Classmate)
• Added new NPC: Candice (Stripper)
• Added new NPC: Konstantin (Bouncer)
• Added new NPC: Mercedes (Manager - TRE) 
• Added "TRE - working outfits" to Lena and Mike
   

Dialog:

• Added "Tutorial" (placeholder)
  a temporary placeholder for the upcoming "tutorial intro" was added when starting a new game
• Added dialogs to:
  new NPCs, Poles, Employee Locker, stairs
• Added many dialog portraits for the new NPCs
   

Menus:

• Added “Money Display”
  in addidtion to the "clock" you can now see the amount of money you have
• Added “Location Display"
  in addidtion to the "clock" you can now see the name of the location you are at 
• Added NPC Image to "Journal - People"
  updated/added the preview images for all NPCs currently in the game
• Changed "Journal - People"
  now shows the correct amount of "friendship points" for each NPC 
• Changed Clock/Money/Location display
  it is now possible to "hide/show" those displays by clicking on their respective arrow
   

Gameworld:

• Added “The Rear End”
  expanded the world by another area including some furniture and 3 NPC.
  you can also start the job minigame here
• Changed various map details
    

CGI:

• Added new scene “Couch Rodeo Part 1” to the game
  includes 65 CGI rendered images with hardcore elements
• Added new scene "Candice Show" to the gameincludes 44 CGI rendered images
   

Misc:

• Added "Friendship" and "Money" gain/loss to the "achievement popup"
• Changed chances for scenes:
  Mike "Night Time Visitor" - 25% chance
  Mike "Shower Alone Time" - 25% chance
  Lena "Night Time Visitor" - 25% chance
  both "Couch Rodeo P1" - 100% chance
• Bugfix text mis-placement in "shower alone time" scene
• Bugfix vairous dialog/event inconsistencies and freezes
  (but some still remained on rare occasion - getting fixed)
   

techDemo 0.5:                              (12/24/16)

Core functions:

• Added “Character Selection”
  it is now possible to play both Twins, select one when starting a new game 
• Added “formatted Text”upgraded the text engine which allows the display of formatted text with different colors and styles (bold, italic, both)
• Added“usable items” support to inventory
  depending on the item type it is now possible to “use” the item from your own inventory (read a book, etc)
• Added Skill-Learning-System
  learning and improving skills can now be achieved by attending school once a week-day or by reading skill-books. But skills have no effect for now, coming later.
• Changed Inventory completely re-wrote the inventory code to fix some issues with item drag&drop and other minor complications that happened with the old inventory code. Inventories with less than 5 slots are now also possible.
• Bugfix“right click” fuckup
  while implementing the new “controls view” I added a bad “right click” handler to the game which caused the right click to behave in an unwanted way – fixed
• Bugfix save slot thumbnail dislocated
  the thumbnail for the save slot was created wrong when saving in fullscreen mode – fixed
• Bugfix “double Lena”
  “reset” scripts that restore NPC and environment (doors, etc) after scenes were not working as intended - fixed
• Bugfix “time warp”
  changing maps sometimes resets dayTime to a different dayTime – fixed
• Bugfix “<unknown_object>.<unknown_value>”
  game sometimes crashed when walking over non-interactable objects (like Mike’s PC chair) - fixed
   

NPC:

• Added new NPC: Steve (Dad)
• Added new NPC: Susan (Mom)
• Added new NPC: Ms. Adams (Teacher 1)
• Changed NPC sprite: Mike, Lena
   

Dialog:

• Added dialogs to:
  Classroom Supply Locker, Your Seat, Chalkboard, Lena's Bed, Laptop, Mikes door (scene)
   

Menus:

• Added “Character Selection”
  when starting a new game from the main menu, a character select screen allows to choose between Mike or Lena as your game character
• Added “learning skill” menu
  when attending school you can increase the points of one skill on every week-day by taking 
• Changed Inventory layout
  inventory layout upgraded to support better “item description” and “usable items” integration
• Changed SmartMenu background
  visibility improvement on various colored backgrounds
   

Gameworld:

• Added “School”
  expanded the world by another area including some furniture and one NPC
• Changed various map details
    

CGI:

• Added new scene “Mike night time visitor” to the game
  includes 25 CGI rendered images with hardcore elements
   

Misc:

• Added fading animation on time advancement
• Added “character info” to the “character selection”
  displays a short character description when choosing a character
• Bugfix minor spelling errors in “Shower alone-time” scene
   

techDemo 0.4:                              (11/20/16)

Core functions:

• Added “Map Changer”
  enables the travel between different areas in the game
• Changed “debug mode”
  debug mode is now toggled with F7 to free F1 for controls overview
• Bugfix WASD movement
  fixed that the player couldn’t turn “on the spot” when standing next to something
• Bugfix “Lena’s Bed” crash
  fixed that using Lena’s Bed in “debug mode” will crash the game
• Bugfix “Continue” function
  fixed that “Continue” crashed the game when no save games were found
• Bugfix “Achievement”
  fixed that the achievement progress was overwritten with default value each “night”
• Bugfix “Scene Manager”
  fixed that clicking on the “loading” gear crashed the game
   

Dialog:

• Added dialogs to:
  Lena’s Bedside Table, Parent’s Door, Shower, Couch, TV, Front Door (school), Bathroom Door (Scene)
   

Menus:

• Added “controls overview”
  press F1 to show the controls overview for keyboard and mouse input
• Added „skill“ menu to the „Journal“
  the “skill” menu now shows an overview of your skills and their effects
• Added “WIP” notification
  selecting menus with no function will display a WIP message
• Changed “Start Menu” behavior
  menu is now inaccessible while fading out after selecting “continue”, “new game” or “load”
• Bugfix  “Quest” menu scrollbar crash
  fixed that scrollbars of textboxes stay after the menu is closed causing game crashes
• Bugfix “Journal” window
  fixed that journal window sides (left side: buttons, right side “content”) didn't highlight properly when using the mouse to navigate

Gameworld:

• Added “Groundfloor”
  expanded the house by another area downstairs, including some interactive furniture
• Changed game world background
  switched black background with dark gray  hexagon tiled background
• Bugfix pathfinding
  fixed that some floor tiles were not walkable although they should be
   

CGI:

• Added new scene “Shower alone-time” to the game
  includes 20 CGI rendered images with hardcore elements
   

Misc:

• Added Inventory to “Fridge”
• Changed item name from “Key” to “Locker Key”
• Changed the way the game is "installed"
  the game is now "pre-installed" and needs no further installation of any sorts.
  just extract the ZIP file to a location of your choice and you are good to go.

techDemo 0.3:                              (10/30/16)

Core functions:

• Added “Scene Manager”
  this allows the “display” of scenes with included minigame choice selection
• Added “Event Manager”
  this handles everything that “happens” in the gameworld to adapt the game accordingly

Dialog:

• Added an indicator to a dialog choice if this choice triggers a scene
  scene starting choices are now marked with an orange heart
• Bugfix “daytime handling”
  some dialogs that were not available due to a bug in the “daytime” handling

Menus:

• Added “Journal” menu to revolver-quick-menu
  lets you view the “Quest” (WIP), “People” and “Skills” (WIP) menus
• Added “People” menu to “Journal”
  get an overview over the NPCs you discovered and their habits, likes and dislikes in addition to their friendship status with you

Gameworld:

• Added furniture in Lena’s room: Bed, Wardrobe, Bedside Locker

CGI:

• Added new scene “Night Time Visitor” to the game
  includes 16 CGI rendered images with hardcore elements
• changed - complete re-render of “Mike” with new clothes
• changed - complete re-render of menu CGIchanged the lighting and other details

Misc:

• Added “Achievements” popup
  displays a small popup when an achievement is reached (met a new NPC, etc)

techDemo 0.2:                              (10/13/16)

Core functions:

• Added Mouse control
  the game is now completely mouse controllable (one hand control) in addition to keyboard controls
•  Added Pathfinding
  for mouse controlled movement a pathfinding system was integrated for the player
•  Added Save/load/continue 
  it is now possible to save and load the game and to use “continue” at the main menu
•  Added daytime handling
  the game is divided in days and time segments
  7 days (MON-SUN) split into 5 time segments (morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night)

Dialog:

•  Added “time advance” dialogs to Bed, Computer and Ficus

Menus:

• Added revolver-quick-menu
  the rotating quick menu grants fast one-handed access to the inventory, journal, save/load, options and smartphone menus (WIP)
• changed inventory layout

Gameworld:

• Added doors
  doors can have 3 states: open, closed, slightly opened and can be locked when closed
• Added floor sprites
• Added rooms: Hallway, Bathroom, Parent’s Room
• Added furniture: Ficus, Computer Desk
• changed wall sprites

techDemo:                                      (10/02/16)

Core functions:

• Added world generation
  handles wall tileing, walkable areas, object highlighting
• Added interaction with things
  locker, NPC, items
• Added dialog system
  context based dialogs: no key? Get one!
• Added Fullscreen toggle [F12]
• Added Keyboard controlled movement and interaction
• Added Inventory system

Dialog:

• Added Added dialogs for pickup key, unlock locker, talk with Lena

Menu:

• Added Added Inventory menupersonal inventory and object inventory (locker)

Gameworld:

• Added rooms: Mike’s Room, Lena’s Room

CGI:

• Added dialog sprites
  rendered CGI of Mike, Lena and some objects