Background Colours

Hello everyone!

I don't plan to do significant UI work in this coming release, but I did poke around with colours a bit - mostly to unsatisfying results. Do you think the game would look better with a pink background like the one below?




As a reminder, this is the game as it currently looks:

 

Newlife 0.3.16

Hello everyone!

Version 0.3.16 of Newlife is finished and I've released it on Patreon. Early-access Patrons can find it in the creations section here. The changelog is below.


Version of 0.3.15 is now public. You can download it using the links on the right-hand side of the blog. The 0.3.15 changelog is here.

As usual, saved files & templates from older versions probably won't work with newer ones. 

For new players - just use one of the links to the right to get either the jar or the exe version. You only need one or the other - not both. I recommend trying the jar first.
For either version you'll need to have Java installed. A lot of programs use Java so you might well already have it. If the jar shows up as an unrecognised file type, then you probably don't. In that case you can get it from http://www.java.com/. 
The exe should tell you if you don't have the right version on your computer, but you'll still need to install java to run the game.
There's a guide for new players here which includes some troubleshooting tips for installation & downloading.

This update adds a new scene which finishes off a certain event chain that was previously missing a conclusion. While I might go back for minor adjustments, it shouldn't need any more significant new additions.


Here's the full changelog:

Major changes & additions:

• Improved handling of the taciturn npc trait throughout many scenes in the game.
• Added a new scene that can appear as an alternative to the usual one when selecting a certain activity.

Minor changes & bugfixes:

• Fixes to text issues. Thanks Joe Schmoe, BleepBloop, Cubano and Axeon for reporting problems they found.
• Charming and Taciturn are now opposing traits, as they don't really make sense together. If you had a custom npc with both then you should remove one or they won't load in the new version.
• Added some new future-love-life options to the female-start endgame sequence.
• Men's descriptions will now tell you if you've had sex together, unless this would be made redundant by other parts of the description (such as having children together)
• The prenatal class activity is now disabled when the player has max childcare skill.
• Fixed a bug where you could still watch films on dates if you buy a TV and a media player but then the TV gets broken. The stress benefit to the rest activity from having a media player is now also nullified in this situation.
• Fixed a bug where special npcs that were supposed to be restricted to certain scenes could still show up at the dance contest.

Enjoy the new version, and let me know if you find any bugs!