The Apex

### 0.4 - v0.4 - -Completion of the intro! A lot of dialogue rewrites and new scenes were added/changed within the "intro" section. A whole new "park" event with its own location and cutscenes was created for early game. There was also a new minigame added when you face SuperSonic in the intro - -Full implementation of an open world, with a unique day and night system. Time of day changes dynamically and also changes the environment around you, while also being tied to certain events that are time sensitive! The locations you explore all have unique sounds and events tied to them, with an explorable environment that allows for more development in the future - -Over 30 different story events for up to 9 characters. Joanne, Stacy, Imani and Nia have received the most attention for this update, with each of them having at least 4 different events, all with their unique cutscenes and dialogue - -A complete update for the artstyle! Every single character received a massive update to their art making them look so much nicer! - -Many new cutscenes, each with dozens of hours of sweat and tears poured into them - -A brand new phone system with dynamic text messaging, phone calling and a hint system for each character! You might receive text messages from certain characters at different times of days, or they might not send you anything at all if you haven't gotten close enough to them yet - -An inventory system that allows you to store items you collect throughout the world (will be much more dynamic in future updates) - -Certain items could "spawn" within the world over a certain amount of days. You could then collect and store these items, which could be used as gifts in the future (not fully implemented yet) - -Fully implemented audio, with over 40 sound effects, 10 sounds and 5 new music tracks! - -A complete code rehaul behind the scenes which will allow for an easier time working on future updates (still currently updating it every day) - -Many, many bug fixes and dialogue changes. Too many to even name here ### 0.3 - v0.3 - This update continues the story right after you encounter with Steve, and it focuses more on building the main character's hero persona while he learns more about Steve and his past altogether. You will get to meet a few new characters this update, some of them very sexy - ;) - -So many lines of dialogue and posing! - -Reworked the dialogue system, where the player now gets small choices here and there to respond differently to situations - -Added some cute and lewd scenes involving characters like Stacy and Aziel - -Created 5 new character rigs including multiple different facial and arm expressions - -Created 2 new special character rigs including multiple different facial expressions - -Added 1 new animation including 3 different variants - -Reworked various characters and rigs, updating them into the new rigging system - -Reworked and improved various locations and buttons - -Reworked the main menu, including a new intro video - -Added a new screen when quitting the game - -Changed the imaging format to use WEBP instead of PNG. The size now is significantly reduced - (roughly 120 MBs) - down from - 1 GB ### 0.2: - v0.2: - -Added 6 new interactable characters with their own rig - -Added 3 new explorable locations - -Added 2 new special rigs for certain scenes - -Added SOO many new cutscenes and new backgrounds - -Retouched art for all characters including: - +Updated shading for body models - +Updated hair shading and highlighting - +Updated facial expressions - +Updated eyes - -Retouched all existing cutscenes to update to new art style - -Reworked and improve A LOT of dialogue/code/transitions ### 0.1: - v0.1: - Initial Release - -6 interactable characters - -Dialogue choices - -Combat gameplay - -Interactable world gameplay