Wider Taste /// Update 2

Thank you! I can’t exactly work on the game right now but I will start working on these issues and the barista issue as soon as possible. I think I know what exactly caused these issues.

I draw all the characters myself at a relatively higher resolution, then downscale and cover up any problems that come up after downscaling. But the backgrounds were made by a collaborator, who also told me that the talking animations are for art styles more similar to 8-bit styles and don’t really suit the aesthetic I went for since it is simply 1 frame of an open mouth without any variety. So I wonder, could this “oddness” be because of the talking animations of the current build?

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Almost forgot! Here’s some of the stuff that’s coming soon :wink:

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2 minutes in and Nothing Burger is fucking killing me

I found the default text almost unreadable, the black text on grey background didn’t have enough contrast, I hit shift-A and went for high contrast override.

In theory this shouldn’t happen the dev should try to make the text easily readable moreso than super stylish, but, I reckon there’s a way to make it both stylish and readable if the dev plays with the opacity or shades?

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Good news! There’s another update! Though it’s not save compatible

PLEASE START A NEW SAVE.

We have a new character! And some slight adjustments for Kaia’s sprite ( to get ready for more of her, hopefully soon.. )

And an experimental phone system! Currently it only has a Quest Log. And since designing the UI was a bit hard, light and dark mode options.

Along with that there are fixes for several issues, most of which were with sprites.

And a slightly adjusted dialog box

You can download the update from Itch right now!

https://expandev.itch.io/wider-taste-demo

I’m looking into making a patreon soon, as the support will help development a lot.

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Played this newest build, but the game crashes at the end of the weight 3 Nova event (the one where she takes you to the café).

I have updated it to address the issue. Oh, and a reminder. The update is not exactly save-compatible. Hopefully future updates will have compatibility.

Hello, I tested the game and it’s really very promising. I really liked it. However, maybe I did something wrong, but it seems that I’m stuck at Nova’s first stage. The game keeps looping the first scene where she takes us to the Nothing Burger and talks about her ex. The game doesn’t indicate that the content is finished like the others do, so I imagine the story doesn’t stop there but maybe I misunderstood. Aside from that, it’s great.

You’re right. That shouldn’t happen! There’s another hotfix on Itch now that addresses this issue.

Nova hopefully shouldn’t be problematic anymore. I’ve tested her dates and haven’t faced any new issues now that the old ones are fixed. Plus, there’s an end of current content message for her at the current progress limit. The dates should be replayable after reaching this current end though.

Please let me know if there are further issues.

https://expandev.itch.io/wider-taste-demo

I tested the corrected version and it works. I was able to see the rest of the story and the other stages of Nova. I didn’t notice any other issues. Thank you very much. Oh, however, the link to join the Discord doesn’t work.

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