Update To Conver's Age
Conver's age was incorrect, the info has been updated
Methods: The Canada Files News
Update Notes for Mar 9
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Hangouts Released!
For the past month I have been working on an exciting new feature. As of today, you can now play it in English and Chinese!
This feature is called "Hangouts", a way to chat with your teammates and find out more about them. Make the right choices and you'll boost their morale — improving the mood of Team Tads! Make the wrong choices, and you'll damage their morale.
Hangouts are available in the Extras menu, which will unlock after you complete Chapter 5.
The Hangouts are affected by who you voted for in Chapter 4. However, because the game is in early access and new builds may interfere with old ones, you might need to cast the vote again to see how it affects the Hangouts.
Have fun discovering this new feature!
There are also many other small improvements and features. In addition to the Hangouts, we've added the Bios menu to the game too, which is a big upgrade from the bios in the first game. You can now see character's age, height, and more information.
You can also find it in the extras menu.
The other extras will be added to the game in the coming months.
Enjoy!
— LockedOn.
This feature is called "Hangouts", a way to chat with your teammates and find out more about them. Make the right choices and you'll boost their morale — improving the mood of Team Tads! Make the wrong choices, and you'll damage their morale.
Hangouts are available in the Extras menu, which will unlock after you complete Chapter 5.
The Hangouts are affected by who you voted for in Chapter 4. However, because the game is in early access and new builds may interfere with old ones, you might need to cast the vote again to see how it affects the Hangouts.
Have fun discovering this new feature!
There are also many other small improvements and features. In addition to the Hangouts, we've added the Bios menu to the game too, which is a big upgrade from the bios in the first game. You can now see character's age, height, and more information.
You can also find it in the extras menu.
The other extras will be added to the game in the coming months.
Enjoy!
— LockedOn.
The Chinese Translation is Here!
Hello everyone! For the past two weeks the Translation Masters and I have been hard at work on the Chinese translation for File 01.
As of right now, you can finally play the first file in Chinese! A huge thank you to them for making this possible in such a short amount of time!!
In addition to the Chinese translation, I took this opportunity to implement a few other things. I'm still working my way through all the different feedback I've received, but there are a few quality of life improvements in this update as well!
I decided it was best to get the translation in your hands sooner rather than later, so this update does not include the extras, which I'm still working on implementing.
Thank you so much for your patience everyone. Enjoy!
Until next time!
— LockedOn.
As of right now, you can finally play the first file in Chinese! A huge thank you to them for making this possible in such a short amount of time!!
In addition to the Chinese translation, I took this opportunity to implement a few other things. I'm still working my way through all the different feedback I've received, but there are a few quality of life improvements in this update as well!
- Struess mini-game hint! Now hopefully not as many people will be stuck on it for hours!
- When submitting evidence, the characters say "need more evidence" or "need less evidence" once you reach the last hint, if you submit too much/too little evidence, to help nudge you in the right direction!
- Evidence should now deselect after submitting!
- There was a problem with the solution to the mystery, as Anadyne's suggestion would not actually matter in terms of the time of death. Anadyne's explanation has been changed to the next best thing, to resolve this logical hole
- Many other little tweaks and typo fixes as well!
I decided it was best to get the translation in your hands sooner rather than later, so this update does not include the extras, which I'm still working on implementing.
Thank you so much for your patience everyone. Enjoy!
Until next time!
— LockedOn.
Devlog 18: Extra Work!
Working on some very Canadian extra content...
First of all, thanks for supporting the Early Access everyone!
I'm so glad that everyone has been liking the game so far, and I've also been collecting your feedback about it! Definitely hearing that a lot of people are finding the hacking minigame puzzle a bit too obscure haha. I'll be adding a hint system to that minigame so that hopefully not as many people get stuck there.
The translators are working very hard to get the Chinese version out! Meanwhile, I finally finished writing the Hangouts — a new feature that is replacing the Interviews. It was way harder than I thought it would be, but I think it's worth it. I also worked on the bios, which now include more information, with these basic facts about the characters that people ask me a lot about Methods characters.
Canada Files is requiring a lot more detail and polish than Methods. I'd hoped to be done with all the extras by now, but I think it's going to take another week. I'm also not sure when the translation will be done, but I'll keep you posted on that as well. My current plan is to hold off on releasing another build for the time being and just getting these extras and translation done first.
I'm also going to return to doing artwork commissions this week, which will slow progress down a bit. Thanks for your patience!
Until next time!
— LockedOn.
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