Howdy, Gainers!

Here's a bug-fix / performance patch that should improve how the game feels pretty considerably.

What's new?

• Bug-fixes
  • Character pop-in improvements.
    • Fixed broken transitions in initial Bertha meeting.
    • Added dissolve transitions to initial meeting with Sofi.
    • Added dissolve transitions to Ripley's initial appearance.
    • Background and UI now display correctly when arriving at the Dairy Farm.
    • Food raffle scene now has transitions for Terry's "Tray of food" sprite.
    • Meeting Ben for the first time now has transition effects on first meeting.
    • Minor fixes for remaining characters and how they display during first-time meetings.
• Optimisations
  • Area "Main Menus" now use content-aware transitions, eliminating a large amount of delay when returning from scenes. This was most apparent in the player's hotel room, and has reduced waits per "return" from ~3 seconds to almost instant. Should make the game feel way snappier and responsive!
  • Removed redundant calls from abunch of scenes, which should speed up the game
    • Removed redundant calls from "Pass by front desk" content
    • Removed redundant calls from "Terry Dates" content
    • Removed a redundant call from the introductory day-one tutorial
• Simon menu fix
  • "Return to your hotel room" has been removed from Simon's dialogue tree and replaced with "Never mind". Likewise, "Never mind" in the heading-out menu has been replaced with "Return to your hotel room". These labels were backwards and should now correctly indicate what they do.
• Misc changes and fixes
  • "Walk home" scene now uses the "park" background, rather than hanging on the NPC you're talking to for an uncomfortable amount of time.
  • During dreamless sleep, the screen now fades to black.
  • During the intro there is now a dissolve effect when visiting your hotel room for the first time.
  • Added a transition effect to Simon's first appearance.
  • Fixed a bug during the introduction where Simon's mouth would hang open without him speaking.
  • Changed the description of the "Jumbo Burger" from "Over 1000 calories!" to "Over 600 calories per-bite!"
  • Fixed a continuity error where the player would think to themselves that "Bertha was right", despite not having met her yet.
  • Fixed a typo in Ben's anal sex scene.