Thanks to Matt From The Awesome Duo's gameplay, this quick fix fixes two errors regarding images on the demo build. For the main game, these fixes will be in the upcoming 0.1.1 update.
Fixed:
Fixed an issue where main_character_apartment_closed_sunset wasn't found
Fixed an issue where apartment_stairs_day wasn't found
Removed:
Removed Epic Games Support (in the demo only)
Thank you to anyone who played the game, and expect the next build on Itch.io to start Chapter 2. We'll see you on the other side.
Daring Academy Alpha 0.1.0 is coming on January 1st, 2024!
Here it is, the version you've all been waiting for, Alpha 0.1.0...
Daring Academy Alpha 0.1.0 is divided into two versions: Original Version and Chapter 1 Demo.
Differences on the Chapter 1 Demo:
It's available on Steam Itch.io and Gamejolt for free, even when the main game is done (0.1.0 to 1.0.0 will only be available on Itch.io)
Achievements are removed, due to an issue on Steam's end
Backgrounds in UIs are changed to the apartment, indicating the moving in of the main character and Amelia
Anything regarding the full game has been changed to mention the demo, that includes logos, version numbers, etc
We strongly recommend you play the Chapter 1 Demo to get a feel of the game, as if you plan on getting all achievements in the game, saves from the Chapter 1 Demo won't give the achievements from Chapter 1 upon playing Chapter 2 and onward, due to issues with Steam demos and all.
Note: As with any alphas, there are a ton of internal code changes and file reorganizations, so saves might not be compatible between the old versions. Alpha 0.1.0 and onwards will try to keep as much support with Chapter 1 saves as possible, but may become incompatible in future updates, so beware.
For Steam Deck Users: While playtesting the game on Steam Deck, we encountered an issue in Desktop Mode where the keyboard wouldn't show up if it the game was in fullscreen mode, even when pressing Steam+X. If this issue appears to you, please connect a keyboard to your device. The keyboard works fully in gaming mode though.
If you have Decky Loader on your Steam Deck, you can change the artworks of the Chapter 1 demo build using SteamGridDB plugin. See the official GitHub for SteamGridDB to learn how.
A massive thanks to Imbion, Jenivere, Kalosmuffins, Kit from "Kit\'s Workshop", K0maru, RedRan6er, Wavi, LemonadeMochi, Dark_Green, Carter Vandenberg, UnlishedTen8, optimistic1236, SelLillianna, spottyboi, Jayne/Koriko, Twotoneinc, TimberRaven, bikifrench, chlodiami, Alexei, genderlurker, angelicangela., kortniblini, aksanaip, alainax, bdkcisme, jankbithle, Jaydon (A), Gauncamole, Fabryn, Hallowuette, ayinsis and everyone I missed for playtesting throughout 0.0.1 to 0.1.0's development phase. This demo wouldn't be possible without all of you.
You can download and play 0.0.1, known as the Legacy Edition to see all the progress in 3 years of development. This edition of 0.0.1 doesn't change the story from said version but adds smaller things like a smaller cursor, Discord rich presence support, etc. Go to https://thediamondcryst.itch.io/daring-academy-chapter-1-demo or select the Legacy branch in the Steam build settings to play it. Note: Any issues in this version will not be fixed. Saves in that version of the game are also not compatible with the Chapter 1 Demo, 0.1.0, or the full game.
As a final thank you, thanks to Dandelier for making the image in the header perfectly representing Chapter 1. See more of his images in Chapter 2 and beyond!
Here's the full changelog:
Updated to Ren'Py version 8.1.3.23091805
Optimized some of the code
Moved the "Customization" category in the "Accessibility" option tab to the "Customization" option tab
Added:
Added an anti-cheat detector fighting UnRen, a popular Ren'Py Cheat system
Added voice sound effects for every character except the main character
Added the "Voice" volume slider back into the game
Added flowing cherry blossom leaves to the main menu/game menu and credit backgrounds
Added a small chance of shooting stars to appear in the main menu/game menu and credit backgrounds
Added an icon to the Mac executable of the game
Added a pop-up when a controller is connected or disconnected
Added an option to make the quick menu bigger (Mainly for Steam Deck users)
Added new tabs in the control screen for Xbox, Playstation, Steam Deck, and other controllers
Added icons to specific controls when they're mentioned
Added new dialogues mentioning Novabucks and their ratio compared to the dollars
Added new dialogues at the start mentioning Amelia's uneasy feeling about moving out, and saying it's the first of August
Added Amora's bio (In the non-demo only)
Added Amora to the main menu (Thanks to LemonadeMochi for discovering my plan with her) (In the non-demo only)
Added Amora to the in-game gallery screen
Added a "Reduce Animations" option
Added more swearing dialogues in Day 3
Added hover icons to the bottom icons in the main menu
Added new dialogues in Day 4 explaining how Amelia and the main character got goblin meat instead of ground beef
Added new dialogues in Day 4 where it explains what are wisp forms to when Kitt (In wisp form) appears in when Clementine is introduced
Added new dialogues in Day 1 mentioning goodbyes before Amelia and the main character leaves for Hora
Added a Continue button to phone text scenes
Added the "Auto" option in the quick menu back
Added the Rollback Side option back into the game
Added a "Skip the song" button in the Catching Moments scene
Added new narration lines mentioning how you can pat catgirls (Enjoy, everyone!)
Added a "Toggle Voice Sound Effects" option
Added name references for Amora, Minty, and Delilah
Added a "Sync Achievements to Steam" button in the achievement screen (Not operational until Version 1.0.0 is released)
Added pronouns and gender toggles in the options screen while playing the game, allowing for a genderfluid main character
Added a delete save button to the saves screen
Added the "Trailer - Chapter 1 Demo" song to the music room
Added a pink bracelet to Rose's sprite
Added music captions to the music room
Added back the light kiss sound effect to Day 2
Added new achievements: Squoosh Kitt and Squoosh Loya (In the non-demo only)
Added the ability to squish spirits
Added a Daring Academy Socials button to the main menu
Added a Gamejolt button to the main menu
Added a "Quit Game" button to the Options screen
Added text mentioning that the floating keyboard on Steam Deck may not hide when pressing the backout buttons once and a workaround around it
Added a back button to the Save Name screen
Added controller support whenever clicking on images during phone scenes
Added an option to change some artist names in the music room to match up with the uploaded songs on music streaming services
Added music captions to the main menu
Changed:
Changed the redirection of the Discord icon in the main menu from the official Monster Orb server to the official Daring Academy server
Changed the "Wishlist the game!" button in the Discord Rich Presence to "Play the demo!"
Changed the names during the phone texts to not be colored
Changed dialogue texts to be slightly lower
Changed Delilah's bio age from "25 cat years old" to '22 cat years old"
Changed Delilah's bio birthday from "March 13th, 3185" to "March 13th, 3188'
Changed some of Delilah's lines indicating "Min" to "Minny" (Thanks to Jse for the suggestion)
Changed the "Continue Game" button to below the "New Game" button
Changed the coffee store image to be inside the store
Changed the smoke images to fit with the anime/cartoon style the game uses
Changed so the game runs at fullscreen by default
Changed so tooltips from the text fields in the character creation screen feature a line saying how to open the Steam Deck keyboard
Changed all mentions of dollars to Novabucks
Changed all character bases to feature a belly button
Changed Amelia and the main character's friendship years from 10 years to 15 years
Changed so when Amelia sighs at the start of Day 1, her sprite actually sighs
Changed the dialogue introducing Amelia to reflect they knew each other before school and mentioning Ruby Sweet babysitting the main character
Changed the game description in the About screen
Changed some dialogues and texts to reflect the voice sound effects used
Changed the image when the main character and Amelia show their schedule to reflect the schedule in Chapter 2 and Chapter 3
Changed it so Elizabeth kneels down while cleaning the wine bottle in Day 3
Changed it so the main character mentions their sister instead of their uncle if the "I know what you mean, Millie..." option is selected
Changed it so you need to click the "Continue" button to end phone text scenes
Changed it so the main character goes in a general course instead of being player-dependent
Changed in Day 4 after Clementine's introduction, Amelia's side image has a confused look until thanking Kitt
Changed so the girls in the main menu now have a tint whenever it goes to nighttime
Changed so now pronouns only use one variable per language
Changed so now the extra screens go back to the game instead of the last screen (Side effect from adding controller support, sorry)
Changed Amelia's sprites to fix her figure, posture, and breast size
Changed Rose's left hand to be more like an actual hand
Changed Rose's base to match the panties with the bra
Changed Elizabeth's sprite to feature a black floral chocker
Changed Elizabeth's sprite to not have a floating black blob on her base
Changed Minty and Delilah's sprites to feature breasts lines
Changed Minty's sprite to feature a paw-shaped mole
Changed Delilah's sprite to have freckles on her face, neck and shoulders
Changed Delilah's sprite to remove the heart arm decoration from the bases and made it its own image
Changed when petting Minty or Delilah, they no longer rotate
Changed when petting Minty or Delilah, they purr
Changed the phone system so images sent by characters don't have a background
Changed the spaghetti images sent by Amelia in Day 4 to 9:16 and to not contain a white outline
Changed the presplash image to feature Amora (In the non-demo only)
Changed the volume of the music to be at 80% volume by default, even if the slider is at 100%
Changed the pronouns screen so sibling and child titles are gender dependent
Changed so texts mentioning Wisps Forms are italicized
Changed the CTC Arrow tooltip to mention how changing the font may result in the arrow not aligning
Changed all introduction gallery images
Changed so character in name references now dissolve before returning to the character creation screen
Changed so quick menu backgrounds are now colored based on the textboxes
Changed so "main_gender" now only controls the main character's appearance
Changed the "Customization" category to "Gameplay"
Changed the Name Your Save screen to better fit with the confirm screen
Changed all character bio ages to use variables
Changed Rose's bio description
Changed most night versions of the apartment to have a blue-ish tint instead of being black
Changed the Twitter icon in the main menu to the X icon, due to the Elon Musk acquisition of Twitter and rename
Changed so that the Itch.io, Steam, and newly added Gamejolt image buttons on the main menu are based on the build downloaded, due to issues with Steam builds and non-steam store links
Changed so the "Example:" texts in the custom pronouns screen are bolded, separating the example sentence from the wanted pronouns sentence
Changed so the respective pronouns mentioned in the custom pronouns screen now link to official sources and examples about them
Changed the example texts in the custom pronouns screen now mention Rose, Elizabeth, Clementine, Amora, Minty, and Delilah
Changed so the version text at the bottom of the game is shown based on the version played
Changed so the title on the window of the game itself is shown based on the build played (Main game or Chapter 1 Demo)
Changed the "Daring Academy (Alpha Build)" text to "Daring Academy (Alpha Version)"
Changed the apartment background buildings to feature a blueish tint, matching the city background in Chapter 2 (Chapter 1 Demo soundtrack videos and soundtrack cover will keep the grey versions for contrast reasons)
Changed the distant city during the sunset part in Day 1 to have a blueish tint, matching the city background in Chapter 2
Changed the distant city during the sunset part to be distinct from the other distant cities
Changed the loudness of Spirits by Thediamondcrystal to match up with the other songs
Changed the opened car door image in Day 1 to be on the right side, indicating right-hand side driving
Changed the position of the Continue buttons to not overlap UI elements on the Steam Deck
Changed some dialogues in phone scenes in Day 4 to have Delilah use endearments
Changed a dialogue in Day 1 so the main character says "Millie..." before the choice menu
Changed song titles in the music room and the captions to match up with the uploaded songs on music streaming services
Changed so whenever the game asks to play Catching Moments, the narration line now depends on the version (Main game or Chapter 1 Demo)
Changed so whenever the game asks to play Catching Moments, it explains more about the skip limitation
Fixed:
Fixed spelling mistakes
Fixed an issue where texts during phone texts were cut off at the top
Fixed an issue where the links in Flaticon's credit mentions are directed to the images and not the authors/website
Fixed an issue where the Catching Moments Steam page would open more than once
Fixed an issue in Day 4 where the side image of the main character was blushing, yet the text said their face was red
Fixed an issue where the "Continue" button in the pop-ups at the start of the game had no outline around the text
Fixed an issue where Amelia's bio said "Their" when talking about the main character instead of the chosen pronoun
Fixed an issue where if you didn't select any gender in the character creation screen, it would display "none" whenever the gender, pronouns, etc, are mentioned
Fixed an issue where the smoke animation would slow down to a stop before starting again
Fixed an issue where the bird audio in the daydream in Day 1 would not stop when inside Amelia's grandparents' home
Fixed an issue where if the non-binary gender was picked with the "Male" gender and the day 4 day divider was shown, a "v" was displayed in the notify
Fixed an issue where the scrollbars in the phone system would create transparency in the thumb bars Fixed an issue where emojionecolor.ttf wouldn't be found
Fixed an issue in Day 3 where Amelia would swear even if the profanity option was off
Fixed an issue in Day 4 where Amelia would swear when cooking the recipe even if the profanity option was off
Fixed an issue in Day 4 where the side image of Amelia had a chef hat, yet the CG didn't
Fixed weird issues with self-voicing in Chapter 1
Fixed an issue where Rose would be too high in the main menu parallax
Fixed an issue in Day 2 where if you selected the "Ask her to delete the photo" and the "Go gentle" options, the sayer "main chatacter" wasn't defined
Fixed an issue in Day 4 where Delilah would use the wrong pronoun in a text message if you went back to buy the oregano and didn't help Amelia and Loya
Fixed an issue in Day 3 where Rose wouldn't close her mouth after asking if the main character and Amelia drank
Fixed an issue in Day 3 where it displayed "Delilah" instead of "Delilah (Through the phone)"
Fixed Minty's crotch in her sprite to be V-shaped and not flat
Fixed Delilah's crotch in her sprite to be more rounded
Fixed an issue with the music room where it couldn't find the Chapter 1 Demo Soundtrack album cover
Fixed an issue where the "Context Warning" text in the options screen was slightly lower than the other options
Fixed an issue where Amelia would open her mouth a second before she started singing in the Catching Moment song scene
Fixed an issue where the Content Warning would still be shown even if hidden
Fixed an issue where Amelia wouldn't open her mouth in the side image once Catching Moments was finished playing
Fixed an issue where once Catching Moments was done, silence was heard instead of Amelia - In The Warmth Of Her Room
Fixed an issue where the background in the credits wouldn't change between the different times of the day
Fixed an issue where ambient sounds would stop if rolling back
Fixed an issue where Amelia's side image in the pancake scene in Day 4 would be open when she says "Hmmm?"
Fixed an issue where hair lines would still be shown in the pancake scene in Day 4 even if the option was disabled
Fixed an issue where the cheese in the cooking scene in Day 4 would hide instantly
Fixed an issue where the main character's side image after the meat was burnt had their mouth opened when they said "Mmmm."
Fixed an issue where Minty and Delilah's pat sounds were quieter than the music
Fixed an issue where all non-binary pronouns were highlighted in yellow in the character creation scene
Fixed an issue where Catching Moments (Original Version) said Catching Moments (Original Soundtrack) as the name
Fixed an issue where during the cheek kiss in Day 2, once Amelia's face returned to normal, her CG wasn't blushing but her side image was
Fixed an issue where when selecting the Non-binary gender, the Non-binary appearance option would already be selected, causing the corresponding appearance button to be yellow
Fixed issues with controllers in the character creation screen
Fixed an issue where when selecting custom pronouns and backing out, it would return to the pronouns selection screen
Fixed an issue where character names in the custom pronouns screen wouldn't be colored
Fixed issues with controllers in the Save Name screen
Fixed an issue where if a "check" style option was selected, the button wouldn't turn yellow when hovered
Fixed an issue where the Extra screen wouldn't be compatible with controllers
Fixed an issue where the Save and Load screens couldn't be hidden when pressing the B button on controllers
Fixed an issue where the songs in the Music Room wouldn't be selected
Fixed an issue where the side image wouldn't show periodically in the prologue
Renamed: <*> Renamed the "Continue Game" button to "Continue" <*> Renamed the "Achievement" button to "Achievements" <*> Renamed "Town Hall Secretary" and "Town Hall Secretary Severus" to "City Hall Secretary" and "City Hall Secretary Severus" <*> Renamed the "Quit" button to "Quit Game" <*> Renamed a lot of files and folders, mainly the distant city and the apartment images
Removed:
Removed achievements on Chapter 1 Demo builds only, due to an issue on Steam's end
Removed the "Gamepad" tab in the controls screen
Removed achievements: "Completing the Archive" and "Final Moments"
Removed Lily from the bio and main menu (In the demo only)
Removed the Relationship Status screen
Removed the Ze/Zir Pronouns from the Character Creation Pronouns Selector screen (Ze/Zir Pronouns can still be used if needed, you just need to input them as custom pronouns)
Removed one of Minty's pat sounds, due to issues with the reworked pat scenes
Removed all links from Soundcloud, Spotify, Fiverr, etc, due to an issue with non-steam store links in Steamworks
Daring Academy Alpha 0.0.6 is coming on January 1st, 2023!
While not adding the voice sound effects like wanted, due to internal issues and all, this update still adds a lot of useful aspects to the game, mainly the Music Room, colored textboxes, and all. This update acts as a polishing update for Chapter 1, and add code for Chapter 2.
Unfortunately, Alpha 0.1.0 might take longer to be released, as I recently moved out and need to buy more for it, like a desk, chair, and such. I sincerely apologize for that.
Note: As with any alphas, there are a ton of internal code changes, so saves might not be compatible between the old versions, so beware.
Important note: There is an issue with the new Discord Rich presence code that may crash/freeze the game upon full restart of Windows or recompiling of the game and Discord is opened. To fix this, close the game, open Task Manager, right click Discord select "End Task", then open the game again. A proper fix is in investigation and will be fixed in a future update.
Thanks to SelLillianna and Jaydon (A) for playtesting throughout Alpha 0.0.6's development phase.
Updated to Ren'Py version 8.0.3.22090809
Redesigned all UI elements
Redone the Discord Rich Presence code to use Lezalith's Discord RPC system
Archived all game files
Optimized some of the code
Added:
Added a "Wishlist the game!" button in the Discord Rich Presence for the development cycle only (Will be disabled when the full game will be released)
Added the Music Room, showcasing the Chapter 1 Demo soundtrack as of now
Added the skip options back to the game
Added a bunch of new sound effects to the game
Added different textbox, side image, and namebox background colors for colored-named characters
Added colors to Bernard and Helen's names
Added a fonts selector to the settings, adding more options for accessibility (Maybe some easter eggs too)
Added extended support for self-voicing
Added discord rich presence to the character customization screen
Added a dissolve to Ren'Py's default accessibility screen
Added the ability to name your save files to easily find them when needed (Thanks to BadMustard for giving a code for that)
Changed:
Changed the design of the main character so each gender have different sprites and poses
Changed all sound captions so they match up with standard captioning rules from the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
Changed all music captions from ""(Song Name)" by (Song Artist) is playing." to "(Song Artist) - (Song Name)", following the standard captioning rules from the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
Changed the links attached to "Fruits Basket" and "It's True, Isn't It?" in Day 1 and the "Fruits Basket" link in the credits from Funimation to Crunchyroll, due to the Funimation & Crunchyroll merge in March 2022
Changed the "Toggle the game between Windowed and Fullscreen modes." tooltip in the Display option to "Toggle the game between Windowed and Fullscreen modes. (Desktop only)"
Changed the "Toggle a small blinking arrow at the end of texts to show when to proceed." tooltip in the Customization option to "Toggle a small blinking arrow at the end of texts to show when to proceed. Note for windowed PC users: Contains an issue where it's shifted down a bit. A fix is in the works."
Changed the night background
Changed the sunset background to add a moon
Changed all Amelia's family pictures to include a moon in the image
Changed some Discord Rich Presence large images
Changed so the phone system uses texts instead of images for the contact/group name at the top of
Changed so the Catching Moments Steam page only opens once
Changed so all description mentioning Ruby says she died from cancer and not unexpectedly
Fixed:
Fixed an issue where achievement pop-ups wouldn't appear
Fixed an issue where if the non-binary gender was picked with the "Male" non-binary appearance and the day 3 day divider is shown, a "|" was displayed in the notify
Fixed an issue where if the Green citizenship card was chosen, the image was the grey one
Fixed an issue where the version number at the bottom of gameplay wasn't showing
Fixed issues with self-voicing
Fixed an issue where achievements were still shown when rolling back
Removed:
Removed all people from the credits who didn't have to do anything with Chapter 1
Daring Academy Alpha 0.0.5 is coming on October 7th, 2022!
If you were paying attention during Alpha 0.0.5's development, you know there was supposed to have an Alpha 0.0.4.1. Well, due to an issue concerning the new "Catching Moments" and TuneCore, a music distribution service which both "Monster Orb, The Game We Play" and "Lily's Sorrow" were uploaded on to be distributed on YouTube Music, Spotify and such, it got merged with Alpha 0.0.5.
This update mainly changes the phone system to a better looking one, adding the stat system back, and enhancing it by adding the Relationship Status screen, and changing "Catching Moments" to have it sung by Zoemaria44 (The original version is in the Additional Soundtrack, don't worry), this massive update solves as a polishing update to be ready for a demo on Itch.io and Steam.
The next update should hopefully be an Alpha 0.0.5.1 update, probably adding Voice Sound Effects, or be in the Alpha 0.1 update, which closes sole development on Chapter 1 and focusing on Chapter 2.
Note: As with any alphas, there are a ton of internal code changes, so saves might not be compatible between the old versions, so beware.
Thanks to everyone who playtested throughout Alpha 0.0.5's development phase.
Updated to Ren'Py version 8.0.1.22070801
Normalized all music
Added:
Added chapters and moved Day 1 to 4 in "Chapter One - A New Beginning"
Added a citizenship card color screen, which picks between 16 different colors, or choose a random one for yourself
Added a CTC Toggle button
Added a CTC arrow to all textbox texts
Added a toggle colored chat bubble option in the settings
Added new lines to Day 4 when Delilah says bye to MC and Amelia via text
Added new lines to Day 3
Added a new part in Day 2
Added 2 new gallery images
Added a Discord RPC to Day 4 when going back to the grocery store
Added space in the about screen between the version number and the description
Added pop-ups during the start of the game to learn about the bio, achievement and in-game gallery screens
Added the relationship status screen
Added the Love Level stat back into the game
Added a Toggle Hair Lines option
Added moving clouds to backgrounds, including the main menu, game menu, apartment, school, etc
Added a text speed preview text showing the speed of the text
Changed:
Changed the phone system from nadia nova's system to Kia Azad's system
Changed "Day 4 - Cooking Time!" to "Cooking Time!", allowing it to be given later on if the player refuses to help Amelia in Day 4
Changed the Side Image category to a Customization category
Changed Day 4 to say that Amelia took the spaghetti picture
Changed the Character Customization Screen so it randomly chooses a random citizenship card color when first opeining it
Changed Catching Moments' audio to use the official original soundtrack version
Changed Classical Restauration's song name to "Stirling Classical" due to Restauration not being proper english
Changed the mixed sauce image to include a white border on each side, following the top sauce image
Changed the texts in the character customization screen
Changed so nicknames are limited to 10 characters instead of 16
Changed Amelia's voice actor in the credits to Zoemaria44
Changed so I_Am_Boredom and Lezalith are referred as coding helpers in the credits instead of coders
Changed the Discord RPC to say the full day instead of "Day 1" and such
Changed all days to feature stats indicators in some choice menus
Changed the image when the main character and Amelia shows their schedule to reflect the schedule in Chapter 2
Changed Bernard's sprite to have a better beard art style, inspired by anime beards/mustaches
Changed all character arts (Other than gallery images) to include and/or not include lines in the hairs/beards and mustaches
Changed so sprites no longer include lines in the hairs/beards and mustaches by default
Fixed:
Fixed an issue where the game would freeze during the credits if "Music Captions" were on
Fixed spelling mistakes
Fixed an issue where during evenings, the Discord RPC would show the apartment's day image instead of the sunset image
Fixed an issue where the textbox would still show when MC diminished the light in Amelia's room in Day 4
Fixed an issue where Minty and Delilah's voice actors were switched in the credits
Fixed an issue where viewing the credits upon clicking on the "Show Credits" button in the About screen wouldn't jump to the about screen after viewing it or clicking the "Click here to skip the credits." button
Fixed an issue where the version number was not aligned to the center of the Discord button on the main menu
Fixed an issue where Amelia wouldn't close her mouth after snapping the main character out of the daydream
Fixed an issue where in Day 4, if the "Forget the oregano and cook the recipe" option was chosen, the textbox wouldn't hide during the transition to the cooking part
Fixed an issue where in Day 4, if the "Play the song." option was chosen, the textbox wouldn't hide during the transition to Amelia's room
Fixed an issue in Day 3 where when switching to Stirling, Rose's mouth would be opened during the transition
Fixed an issue where in Day 2, when choosing the "Go Gentle" button, the background changed to the day version rather than the raining day version
Renamed:
Renamed "Day One - Moving Day" to "Moving Day"
Renamed "A New Beginning" to "Chapter 1 - A New Beginning"
Removed:
Removed days mentions (Day 1, Day 2, etc)
Removed achievements: "Day Two - Bonding Time", "Day Three - Progressing Life"
Removed the Violence/Blood option
Removed the "Auto" option in the quick menu
Removed the "Voice" volume slider
Daring Academy Alpha 0.0.4 is coming on July 1st, 2022!
Right when Alpha 0.0.3 was done and waiting to be released, we started working on this update, fixing stuff forgotten from Alpha 0.0.3 and such.
While mainly adding Day 4, Alpha 0.0.4 also adds the new character customization screen, new songs, partial controller support, a new insert song sung by Amelia Sweet, adds new characters, changes internal stuff, adds quality of life changes and many more.
Thanks to LemonadeMochi, Dark_Green, Carter Vandenberg and UnlishedTen8 for playtesting throughout Alpha 0.0.4's development phase.
Desaturated the grocery store background, to resemble the one used in the day 3 divider
Renamed the gallery screen to "In-Game Gallery"
Moved the gallery to the Gallery Section screen
Aligned the character name's text position in the character bio to be centered with itself
Bolded the categories in the character bio to easily identify them
Disabled all non-original sound effects, as to not create any stress on finding sound effects
Limited the number of saves and load pages to 15 pages, with automatic saves and quick saves
Added:
Added a option to choose your last name, with Lullena as the default last name
Added Day 4
Added a day divider to Day 1
Added mentions of Fruits Basket, Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World, Minecraft, Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Sword Art Online in the credits
Added a content warning screen upon first loading up the game
Added hover icons to the extras screen
Added the day dividers to the in-game gallery screen, unlocked when seeing the day divider
Added 3 new achievements
Added lines when a character is talking in the background of phone calls
Added the "Birthday" category in the bio screen, thus adding birthdays to Minty and Delilah
Added Severus, a new character, to the start of the game
Added Loya, Kitt and Wisp Kitt (Actual name being "Kitt (In his wisp form)")
Added Clementine to normal gameplay
Added Discord Rich Presence to the main menu and credits
Added a Continue Game button, to easily continue your latest save
Added "About", "Options" and "Help" tabs to the option, about and help screen screens
Added the inappropriate action (Bullying, blood, etc.) selector (Called "Violence/Blood" as of 0.0.4) before the main menu (Will be used later) (Forgot to prompt it in Alpha 0.0.2 to Alpha 0.0.4)
Added the profanity and violence/blood selector to the options menu
Added reminders, notifications inspired by The Walking Dead
Added a content warning button in the options screen
Added a toggle side images option
Added a line in Day 3 mentioning Rose gave the main character and Amelia her phone number
Added tooltips to all settings
Added a textbox opacity slider
Added a quick menu opacity slider
Added custom pronouns support, with He/Him, She/Her, They/Them, It/Its and Ze/Zir as default available options
Added notify to the bio screen when clicking a locked bio
Added notify to the achievement screen when clicking a locked achievement
Added a "Show Credits" button to the About screen
Added a white selection to gallery images and bio icons
Added partial controller support (Typing text inputs still needs keyboard to proceed)
Added gallery introduction images for Minty and Delilah due to their important nature in Daring Academy
Added voice sound effects when hovering over the hidden pat button, patting and hovering out the hidden pat button on Minty and Delilah (Thanks to TheAtomicMarshmallow and Lexinator for voicing them)
Added a visual queue to the hidden pat button on Minty and Delilah when hovered
Added pats in Day 1 when Minty and Delilah comes back from offscreen
Added a transition when clicking the "New Game" button
Added hover icons in the bio screen
Changed:
Changed the section to name your character, choose your gender, etc. to a screen
Changed the default male name from "Lee" to "Lenny" (Apparently, I switched them around in Alpha 0.0.2 lol)
Changed the default male nickname from "Lee" to "Len" (Apparently, I switched them around in Alpha 0.0.2 lol)
Changed all girl's name references to look for both the first name and last name to activate the name reference instead of the first name only
Changed Kirito and Asuna's name references to look for the nickname "Kirito" for Kirito and "Asuna" for Asuna or the first name "Kazuto" for Kirito or "Asuna" for Asuna and the last name "Kirigaya" for Kirito and "Yuuki" for Asuna
Changed Yui's name reference to look for the nickname "Yui" or the first name "Yui"
Changed Subaru Natsuki's name reference to look for the first name "Subaru" and the last name "Natsuki"
Changed the shattering wine bottle image's floor, to resemble the desaturated version of the grocery store background
Changed the in-game gallery screen to use the full character names instead of the first name
Changed the character bio to use the main character's full name in Amelia, Minty and Delilah's bio description
Changed the in-game gallery image's description to mention the the main character's full name when mentioning the main character
Changed the in-game gallery image's description to change "(male version, or dressed manly)" and "(female version, or dressed femininely)" to "as a guy, or dressed manly" and "as a girl, or dressed femininely" accordingly
Changed Minty and Delilah's bio species from 'Neko (Nekomusume)' to 'Cat Girl'
Changed the icon for Day Two - Bonding Time to use the new apartment image
Changed the Pet Minty and Pet Delilah achievements to color Minty and Delilah's name in its description
Changed all achievement pop-ups to mostly use full character names, and coloring them for consistency with other aspects of the game
Changed the section when you choose your subject to mention automatic saves instead of quick saves
Changed Elizabeth's bio's height from 165 cm to 162 cm
Changed Minty's bio age from '2 years & 10 months old' to '18 cat years old'
Changed Delilah's bio age from '2 years & 11 months old' to '25 cat years old'
Changed Amelia's contact name when the phone is shown from "Amelia🥇♥" to "♥ Millie (Amelia) ♥"
Changed the phone system to have more options (Thanks to nadia nova for providing a free template)
Changed the daydream girl's flower field images from screens to image composites
Changed mentions of "catgirl(s)" to "cat girl(s)"
Changed the apartment images to better match up with the Sims inspiration (Thanks to Yuri Arts for it)
Changed all tiny text from tiny characters to using "{size=15}", making use of the same font
Changed the "Last Dance" and "Monster Orb, The Game We Play" option in Day to use quotations instead of an apostrophe in Amelia's texts, creating consistencies with the "Moody" option
Changed choice menu options to italicize action options (Like "Ask her to delete the photo", etc)
Changed the captions to color names and italicize text
Changed the "Sound & Music Captions" to have two options: "Toggle Sound Captions" and "Toggle Music Captions"
Changed the saves and load page number shown on screen from 9 to 15, with automatic saves and quick saves
Changed the game's logo in the main menu to say "Alpha Version" instead of "Alpha Build"
Changed Amelia's image when on the ground to have the apartment's new floor design, and remove the hair ribbon
Changed the floor tiles background when the main character's phone is shown to have the apartment's new floor design
Changed the description of ungranted achievements to "This achievement has not been unlocked yet." in italic instead of its description
Changed "Day One - Moving Day"'s achievement icon to have the apartment's new floor design
Changed the "Press Backspace to exit." text in the Extras screen, the achievement screen, the bio screen and the in-game gallery screen to a "Back" button (Backspace functionality still works however)
Changed Lily's bio description to not include a 1:1 copy of Amelia's bio description (Thanks to GreasyPaint for pointing it out)
Changed a line in Day 2 to fix the phrasing regarding the Always On Display line
Changed the "Return" button in the history screen to be italicized
Changed all gallery introduction images to include better descriptions and color names
Changed the direction in Day 2 when Amelia goes in the kitchen from left to right
Changed the text in the save and load screen from "empty slot" to "This slot is empty." in italics
Renamed:
Renamed the gallery screen to "In-Game Gallery"
Renamed the start button to "New Game"
Renamed the save button to "Save Game"
Renamed the load button to "Load Game"
Renamed the preferences screen and button to "Options"
Renamed the main menu button to "Return to Menu"
Renamed the "No need." option to "No need, thank you!"
Fixed:
Fixed Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3's spelling mistakes (Thanks to Jenivere)
Fixed Day 2's day divider background to be 1280x720, not 1280x717, removing transparency from it at the top and bottom in the game itself
Fixed Delilah's collar missing the bell's color during the phone call scenes.
Fixed the text box showing in Day 3 when Amelia moves to the left and jumps
Fixed an issue in Day 1 where Delilah would keep her mouth opened if you selected the "I know what you mean, Millie..." option
Fixed an issue in Day 1 where Amelia would keep her mouth opened for longer than expected when her grandparents says they're home
Fixed an issue in Day 1 where Amelia would sigh weirdly when in her their new apartment
Fixed Amelia's sigh position to be more aligned with her mouth
Fixed an issue where after patting Minty or Delilah, it would skip to the next dialogue
Fixed an issue where Amelia would suddenly appear when going in the apartment, choosing the "Wake her up" option
Fixed an issue where in some part of Day 2 and Day 3, Amelia's name wouldn't be colored
Fixed an issue where in some part of Day 3, Delilah's name wouldn't be colored
Fixed an issue where the blur when the Monster Orb card "Strike!" was hidden, it would hide it instantly
Fixed an issue where when exiting the Extras Screen, it would go back to the game instead of the previously opened menu
Fixed an issue where the notify when clicking a locked gallery image wouldn't show
Fixed an issue where if the "Sound & Music Captions" setting option is on and a sound effect played at the same time as a bio or a gallery unlock notification, it would only show one of the notify
Fixed an issue in Day 2 where the window wouldn't hide during Amelia's moveinleft transition
Fixed an issue where when Day 3's day divider would hide, it would hide abruptly
Fixed a spelling mistake in Bernard's description where `Helen` was all lowercased
Fixed an issue in Day 1 where when the player clicked the option "Wake Her Up", Amelia would appear abruptly
Fixed an issue where Delilah's name would unlock before her bio is unlocked
Fixed an issue in Day 1 where when the player clicked the option "Hug her", Amelia and the main character would appear abruptly
Fixed an issue in Day 1 where if the player clicked the option "Hug her" and the hug image hid, Amelia, Minty and Delilah would appear abruptly
Fixed an issue where at one part in Day 1, Minty would talk, but not open her mouth
Fixed an issue where in the save and load screens, the save image was getting over the white outline
Removed:
Removed Undertale name references (Forgot to remove them in Alpha 3)
Removed Hollow Knight name reference (Forgot to remove them in Alpha 3)
Removed the help and about buttons from the main menu
Removed the Ren'Py license from the about screen, due to an issue where the "here" wouldn't change color and go italic (Due to it being hard-coded into the Ren'Py engine itself)
Removed the Rollback Side option
Daring Academy Alpha 0.0.3 is coming on March 14th, 2022!
After 3 months of work, and help from playtesters and more, embark in the most impactful update of Daring Academy as of now: Alpha 0.0.3!
Alpha 0.0.3 will arrive on the Daring Academy Itch.io page on March 14, 2022 and mainly adds Day 2 and Day 3, but adds new characters, changes internal stuff, adds quality of life changes, original songs and many others.
Thanks to Imbion, Jenivere, Kalosmuffins, Kit from "Kit\'s Workshop", K0maru, LemonadeMochi, RedRan6er and Wavi for playtesting throughout Alpha 0.0.3's development phase.
Updated to Ren'Py version 7.4.11.2266
Renamed all of the main character's sprites from "mc" to "main_character"
Disabled the second page in the character bio screen
Aligned the character bio character boxes to the center
Condensed the "Song Titles" and "SFX Titles" from the "Captions" section in the preferences menu to "Sound & Music Captions"
Capitalized mentions of week days
Added:
Added Rose and Elizabeth to normal gameplay
Added Rose, Lily, Elizabeth and Clementine's bios (Lily and Clementine's bio not available in normal gameplay)
Added Day 2 and Day 3
Added a "Skip Credits" button upon seeing the credits at least once
Added day dividers for Day 2 and 3, featuring artworks from the community
Added more dialogues to Day 1, mentioning Minty and Master Wyllhelm moving into a new apartment
Added colors to when character names are mentioned in the game, achievement screen, bio screen and gallery screen's descriptions
Added 2 new achievements
Added a bio for the main character, with the icon changing based on the gender, and name adjusting to the player's input
Added a version number to the bottom of gameplay, to indicate you're playing an alpha, beta, pre-release or dev version of the game (Will be removed once Release 1.0 will be released)
Changed:
Changed the code to lower any data to lowercase and underscores
Changed the code and images to change any mentions of "Guy" and "Girl" to "Male" and "Female"
Changed the description of locked achievements from "???" to "This achievement has not been unlocked yet." in italic
Changed the achievement screen title from "Achievement Screen:" to "Achievement Screen"
Changed the bio screen character information title from "Character Information:" to "Character Information"
Changed the about screen to reflect the Steam and Itch.io description, and mention every artists who helped with Daring Academy's soundtrack
Changed Clementine and Elizabeth's name colors
Changed the parallax in the main menu to be smoother
Changed the skip indicator to be consistent with all GUIs
Changed the skip indicator's "Skipping" text to be in italic
Changed the version number indicator in the About screen and main menu to be in italic
Changed all songs used in Daring Academy to original songs by Saddle Studios, Dragonz and Thediamondcrystal, or insert songs by Lil Wawa, N.T, JustLetterH, etc. Most old songs will be in the Daring Academy (Additional Soundtrack)
Changed the code of Day 1 to use "amelia_grandparents_house_day.webp" as background, not "amelia_grandparents_house_day_test.webp"
Changed the hug image base used in Day 1 to contain lines in the main character's hair (Both versions)
Changed Bernard's bio icon to include the jaw lines in its' sprite
Changed the flower background in the daydream, the amelia photo icon and gallery image to contain more variety of flowers at different heights, and fix the perspective
Changed the daydream part to be in a sunset part, and include more variety of flowers at different heights, and fix the perspective
Changed "Pet Minty" and "Pet Delilah"'s achievement icons to use chibi versions, inspired by Nekopara's pet achievements
Changed Ori and Ku's name references to not include quotes from Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Changed iso bios are unlocked when a character name is mentioned
Fixed:
Fixed Day 1's spelling mistakes
Fixed an issue where when if a character wasn't introduced, the name would still show up
Fixed issues where the bottom textbox indicator wouldn't be present in transitions
Fixed an issue where bios, achievements and gallery notifications were showing again when rolling back
Fixed an issue where the splash screen would loop twice upon first starting the game
Fixed the part where the flowers when the daydream girl zooms to her side wouldn't follow the zoom
Fixed Rose's side image bio's placement to see more of her' body and match the other characters more
Fixed the main character's side image bio's placement to see more of its' body and match the other characters more
Removed:
Removed the "Skip" category in the preferences menu, thus removing the "Unseen Text", "After Choices" and "Transitions" options
Removed the "Toggle" option in the preferences menu, thus removing the "Screenshake" and "Self-Voicing" options
Removed the "Image Descriptions" option in the preferences menu
Removed the "amelia_grandparents_house_day.webp" image from the game files and renamed "amelia_grandparents_house_day_test.webp" to "amelia_grandparents_house_day.webp"
Removed all mentions of song lyrics
Removed Undertale name references
Removed Hollow Knight name reference
Removed most references from Day 1
Thanks to frogs.pure for making the day divider for Day 3, and the background image used in the cover and header images.
Lily's Sorrow and Monster Orb, The Game We Play singles on March 14th!
To celebrate the 2 years of Monster Orb, The Game We Play being uploaded on YouTube and Soundcloud, Lily's Sorrow and Monster Orb, The Game We Play will be available to purchase on Steam and Itch.io on March 14th, 2022. As a thank you for supporting Daring Academy and Monster Orb, get both songs on Itch.io and Steam at 30% off until March 21st. Enjoy!
