✨ UPDATE: AI2U server is back on track! 9/13/2024 ~ 4:49 PM EDT

We’re happy to report that the server issue reported by our players has been fully resolved, and everything is back up and running smoothly. You can resume chatting with your favorite NPC without fearing an instant death! 🙌 We thank all senpais and puddings for their patience while our team channeled their yandere energy into addressing the outage. If you continue to experience any issues, please email support@alterstaff.io so we can look into it for you.

Missed the server issue? Consider yourself lucky as it looked a little something like this:

(v0.5.0) 8/10/24:

💖🔪 Note to players who bought the open beta before this patch: If your game is still in v.0.4.9, please redownload it from your itch.io library to get v.0.5.0 in all its glory!

Greetings, senpai!

Our latest patch introduces a brand-new inbox and rekindles our longtime players with the API key feature from our demo days! Make sure to check out your new inbox next time you launch the game -- a surprise awaits you!

As we continue our open beta development, we thank you all for your epic support and feedback, which led to this latest patch!

New Features

• Added inbox feature.
• Introduced an option in settings for players to add their personal OpenAI API Key and Azure TTS API key. This feature allows players to use their own keys, reducing or eliminating the consumption of game tokens. Please monitor your token usage accordingly.

GamePlay

General

• Our AI NPCs are now smarter and will respond to players more naturally. Try letting them recognize your paintings!

Level 1 Changes

• Adjusted cooking interaction and text on the button. The cooking interface will remain open after the player finishes cooking a dish.
• Fixed the bug causing the NPC to repeatedly perform the hand-on-chest animation when following players.
• Fixed the bug where the catgirl would sometimes clip into the bedend stool.

Level 2 Changes

• Adjusted potion-making interaction and text on the button; the potion-making interface will remain open after the player finishes making a potion.
• Adjusted "drinking the love potion" ending animation and voice lines volume.
• Adjusted "escaped together" ending animation and voice lines.
• Fixed a bug that causes the witch's voice to sometimes override the Magic Circle's messages
• The witch will verbally react to players signing the contract.

Visuals

• Improved the lighting in level 1; now the apartment looks warm and cozy.

UI/UX

• Added star badges to the corners of icons, highlighting special items in the player's in-game inventory.
• Added a warning window when players try to cook or brew special items.
• Updated the inventory icons in each level to a unique design.
• On the redeem code page, after you click the "submit" button, the "return" button will be disabled until a response is received from our server to prevent progress loss or error.
• Fixed the bug where the verification window reappears after pressing the "Verified" button when registering an account.
• Now the announcement tab always displays the latest article upon opening.
• Fixed the bug where restarting a game round caused newsletters to disappear.
• Changed all fullwidth punctuation marks in dialogues to halfwidth.