Long and Hard... Summer! News

Hello everyone!

As most of you probably already know, the big Winter Sale is about to start! Taking advantage of this opportunity, we decided to extend our release discount for the duration of this event, so "Long and Hard...Summer!" will still be available for 20% off until January 5th! Yippee!

If anyone expected a bigger discount: we could either extend the current one or not give any at all, so...

But this is not the end of news, because in a day or two (or three or four) we will post another batch of fixes made after your comments!

What will change?

- Mouse control! - this is our first attempt, so it won't be perfect and will definitely need some tweaking, but we'll be expanding this feature with future updates. Let us know if you like this control style. Currently, the mouse will only be available during gameplay (menus and phone will still require a keyboard or gamepad).
- The PC minigame will save its state, so when you return you will pick up where you left off
- The last level of the same minigame will be a little easier
- Controls in the same minigame will change - you won't have to press space do dash anymore
- Nurse scene will be unlockable after week 8 (Hasegawa-sensei will still be available in the classroom and will allow you to retake tests, enough to achieve an "A" grade with full knowledge)
- Dirt in the apartment will grow a little slower
- Spanish translation will be added in beta for about 60% of the content

We will inform you about the release of the patch in a separate post. Now have fun!

[EDIT]
We had to backtrack from introducing mouse controls. :( The first tests were promising, but we encountered enough difficulties along the way that in its current state, this feature would be more trouble than fun. We may return to this feature someday, but I don't want to make any promises right now because it turned out to be more difficult than we thought. If you've been waiting for this, we're sorry!

Hello horny people!

We're two and a half days into the game's release and the interest in LaHS has exceeded our wildest expectations!

A big high-five for everyone who likes our game! And for those who don't like it - thank you for your comments and tips on what we could do better. The place where we are now as IPP came only from our willingness to develop. As a small two-person studio (working with great artists), we knew from the start that we couldn't please everyone with our first Dating Sim, and collecting feedback is just a natural part of getting better at what we want to do. And comparing the reception of LaHS to our previous games, we're doing pretty well.

Today you received the first set of small tweaks that we made thanks to your feedback. Thank you again for it!

A list of changes:
- We changed the description of the "True Criminal" quest - many of you pointed out that it is not clear what needs to be done next
- Hold ESC to exit minigame on PC - accidental exit will no longer happen
- Fixed name input for Chinese version - now it is possible to enter all characters
- Akari "problem" fixed - a particular combination of events prevented the relationship with Akari from developing. And now not anymore!
- Z and X keys - for those who are used to the controls known from RPG Maker games
- Default Name - Our quick fix for Steam Deck issues where you couldn't enter your name, which prevented the game from starting. From now on, the game proposes a name for the hero, which can of course be changed. This isn't our last word on the subject, but we don't have access to the device so it's hard for us to fix this issue quickly.

Have a nice game!

We did it!

We're happy.

We're tired.

We're stressed.

But we did it!

This was long and hard 2,5 years of the development, and even that we've tried to prepare everything in advance, last week was a total crunch time for us.

There's definitely still some room for improvement, but we did our best. If you'll find anything off, just let us know.

All we can ask you for, is for you to enjoy the game and have fun.

We want to make better games, and there's a lot of new ideas brewing in our minds already. But for now, we're waiting for the first bug reports to come in. 😄

Cheers!

Hello

we have added Chinese language to the game!

We call it "BETA" because we don't speak Chinese and we don't know if everything is correct. (But it was translated professionally)

I hope that Chinese speaking players can enjoy our game. Please tell us if something's wrong!

Best Regards
Macamagucha

Hey everyone!

We're thiiiiiiiis close to the big premiere of "Long and Hard... Summer!". Just a week left until 15th of December, when you'll be able to get your hands on our Dating Sim. And what's important, we're happy to announce that the game's content is 100% completed! All illustrations and scenes are in place and waiting for you to enjoy! In fact, our Patrons received the access to the version 0.99 yesterday, to give it a final go.

We've tested LaHS a couple of times already, and we'll continue to do it the until the final day to make sure that everything is as close to perfection as we can do. Currently, there are a few minor things to fix, mainly in the text (Polish version), we're waiting for the French translation to be completed (thank you Reddox
We have also updated the demo - what we haven't done in a while. And since we're getting ready for the release, we had to clean up some stuff and set it up for the last time. This means that, if you played the demo before, you will loose your saved game. :( The upside is that since we've added Steam Achievements, you would have to start from the beginning anyway, to get all of them, so please don't get mad at us.

Keep your fingers crossed and see you soon!