Methods: The Canada Files News

[p][/p][p]Both Hangout Four and Hangout Five have been released, which means that the Hangouts feature is now finished. Please note that the price of the game will increase soon now that the Hangouts are released, so now is a good time to get the game at a reduced price![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]With these Hangouts comes two new Outfit sets — Pirates and Suits. Whether you prefer to plunder other detective team's ships or make sure Team Tads looks spiffy for a night out on the town, you will now have the option![/p][p][/p][p][/p]

• [p]Vote choices no longer impact Morale[/p]
• [p]Outfits now unlock when you get a good ending instead of requiring both good and bad endings[/p]

[p]The votes in each File used to impact Hangout Morale — for example, the character who you voted for as "Most Useless" would have a lower Morale when you began the Hangout. This wasn't very intuitive or clearly communicated, and led to some edge cases of players not being able to improve Morale for a character, so this is no longer the case.[/p][p]I also realized that making you play through both "good" and "bad" routes to unlock the Outfits was a little too demanding. I designed it that way so you would be encouraged to see as much of the dialog as possible, since there is some interesting dialog hidden behind "bad" options. However, asking players to try to get the characters to dislike them on purpose seemed a bit odd and confusing, especially since whether the characters like each other or not doesn't affect the dialog in the main story. After running a poll to get a sense of what solution would be best, I've now changed it so they unlock after getting good endings.[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Bagels and Baguettes has been given a quieter remix to play during Hangout Two[/p]
• [p]Improperly aligned text in Support minigame in File 04 fixed[/p]
• [p]Line added for context during File 04 theories[/p]
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[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]I've started working on File 06, and judging from how long the other Files took, it will take at least six months to finish. When I release it, Methods: The Canada Files will finally be complete. It's been a longer development journey than I predicted, so thank you for your patience and for supporting the game in Early Access.[/p][p]Have fun with the new Hangouts and outfits![/p][p][/p][p]Until next time![/p][p][/p][p]— LockedOn & Erabit[/p]

[p][/p][p]Hangout Five has been written![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]What I worked on since the last update:[/p]

• [p]Wrote Hangout Five[/p]
• [p]Implemented 3 Outfits[/p]
• [p]Coded all Hangouts[/p]

[p]The biggest hurdle has finally been overcome — writing Hangout Five. The past few months, it was a bit of a struggle to write, but bit by bit, I hacked away at it and now, it's done![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Here's a screenshot from the upcoming release! I still have another Outfit set to draw, Hangout Five's background to create, and of course, the Chinese translation needs to be finished, but it's getting close![/p][p][/p][p]Until next time![/p][p][/p][p]— LockedOn.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Hangout Four has been written![/p][p][/p][p]Hangout Four has been written, and soon I can send it off for translation! As I was aiming for, it's about 5k words. However, my plan is to go ahead and create Hangout Five as well before the next release. I would like to be completely focused on File 06, so finishing up all the Hangouts first is my top priority, and creating both at once will allow me to save some time I think. It's fitting, since I also created File 04 & 05 at the same time. This will mean that the Hangouts feature will be complete with the next update — there was never going to be a Hangout Six. However, there will be something better, and it has to do with that unknown feature in the Extras menu that is currently labeled with a question mark. ;)[/p][p]What I worked on since the last update:[/p]

• [p]Wrote Hangout Four[/p]
• [p]Designed 5 New Outfits[/p]
• [p]Implemented 2 Outfits[/p]

[p]Until next time![/p][p]— LockedOn.[/p]

Typo fixes in Chinese localization

The axe box originally had broken glass around the edges, however, the glass on the floor perfectly recreates the pane of glass, meaning no glass would've been left behind on the axe box. The broken glass edges on the box have now been removed to resolve this