All,

I did a bug scrub from start to finish, and found a few small items, plus I found a points inconsistency that didn't sit well with me, which I have corrected. If your last playthrough was on v0.8, we recommend playing Chapter 7 again (from Chapter 6) to make sure your saves have the proper variables set for Chapter 8.

0.8a Patch Notes:

• Fixed issue on SteamDeck that was causing Save Game screen to break. On-screen keyboard can now be summoned with Steam+X .
• Fixed coding issue that resulted in poor animation performance during the hotel scene
• Pathing issue Fixed: If MC rejected Mallory at end of Ch5, it does not end her path, but Ch7 failed to allow the player to continue a physical relationship with her.
• Two variables were duplicated from Ch6. They are not story-critical for the most part, but a replay is worthwhile to avoid weird dialogue in Ch8 onwards.
• Fixed erroneous reporting in the Chapter Summary about how the MC handled his chat with Jaye when he returned her phone.
• Reverted an error in Chapter 2 where a variable was malformed. (Recording if the player hugged Jaye after she arrived on the yacht)
• Made the trigger for the Erica phone chat in Ch7 more forgiving, and corrected dialogue to accurately reflect MC's behavior up to that point.
• Lowered the love requirement with Mallory to ask Sophie to replicate Bandit from 34 to 31. This value is achievable without pursuing her romantically.
• Corrected numerous spelling errors, typos, and flawed grammar.
• Fixed the missing summary on the Ch4 Jaye 'almost lost at sea ending' (Bad End 1) and now correctly returns the player to the main menu afterwards
• Fixed the missing achievement trigger "Sarah's Secret" in Ch2
• Adjusted Ch7 board room dialogue to not suggest Mallory had slept with MC prior to Ch7 if MC rejected her at the end of Ch5.
• Corrected the Ch7 Rikki text being incorrectly dependent upon the player having satisfied the requirements to replicate Bandit
• Added two Jaye trust points if rejecting the threesome with Mallory in Ch7 if you are on the Jaye Love Path
• Adjusted Tanaka dialogue in the Ch7 kitchen scene if the player took her training, but failed to earn enough respect points to interest her
• Updated Chapter 7 Summary Report to not suggest Lisa is pushing for an intimate relationship if either Jaye or Mallory is in a committed relationship with MC
• Adjusted animation transitions in Ch7 as some players were seeing a flicker of a checkerboard pattern as they dissolved in.

Updated binaries are already posted to the primary download links.   Alternatively, you can download a much smaller patch here: