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Tweaks to audio

One of the character's audio wasn't working in the new update, so that has now been fixed.

I have also reverted the Linux version back to a previous build as it was brought to my attention that it was crashing elsewhere which may be connected to the audio changes too. That needs more investigation!

Tom

Audio overhaul

Along with a couple of little tweaks to the game, the main reason for this update is to try and fix an issue which was causing the game to randomly crash (usually while streaming publicly...which is doubly annoying).

A bit of background info
The codec for the .ogg vorbis format I was using occasionally seemed to trigger crashes on some platforms, and I'm wondering if it's this that has caused the occasional crashing that some of us have seen on Windows 10 systems too.

I have now replaced all of the .ogg files with .opus files which has not only reduced the overall size of the game, it may actually fix the crashing too! 🤞

I have tested it at my end and didn't notice any issues with it running or loading previously saved games, but if anyone spots the game doing anything weird from an audio point of view, please do let me know.

Sorry this update is a bit heavier than the usual tweaks, but a large portion of the game's weight has been replaced with the new audio files.

Fingers crossed!

Tom

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Bug fixes

The following have (hopefully) been fixed now
  • Occasionally some objects were not accessible from left hand side of (musical) scene.
  • It was possible to exit the scene after playing Goosey Wallop if you hammered the mouse really fast.
  • A change to the game credits.

Accessilibity change

The un-ticked text in Lucy's diary is now higher contrast to help with accessibility.
I have also fixed an animation bug and tweaked the way system on one of the scenes.

Tom