Overview

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In this visual novel, you visit a café and find a young barista named (Phil)Hazel.
The two of you hit it off and the choice is up to you.
What kind of coffee do you like?
Do you want an espresso?
Something sweet, like a frappe?
Or do you want to try the special: A Hazelnut Latte?​

Screenshots

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Changelog

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v0.15.5.1

Features

• Pubic hair toggle: for real this time! You get the option to set whether body hair will be visible in the character creator for the relevant animated and static sprites where it will be featured.

Changes

• SFW mode toggle now won’t show NSFW indicators if guided mode is active, since the guide hint is already telling you if it leads to a lewd scene
• Save thumbnails for saves are much smaller now. Makes the save and load menu load faster.
• We now have save version checkers! This means that all saves before this update are no longer usable out of necessity. We may require you to start a new save if we have to make a sizeable change in the game’s code

Bugfixes

• A multitude of typos
• Fixed voice audio not playing during lewd animated CGs
• Fixed animations not playing for people in dialogue
• Fixed the loading of point and click spaces, before it would erroneously load the last dialogue until the end instead of just the point and click map, which could cause problems
• Guided mode hints now display properly! I’ve also changed how it is presented, so it’s more pleasant on the eye
• Fixed the logic of the end-of-episode summary at the hotel room so Isaac reflects more accurately on what actually happened
• Fixed an issue with the fonts where outlines were absent where it shouldn’t be
• Fixed an unintended behaviour where on some transitions away from point & click spaces, the player would get a white flash from the background image behind the clickable space being white
• Fixed Lewd CG animation bug with Hazel where he would speak with his mouth full.
• Fixed text error for which fling you had at the Galli during bathroom scene with Hazel, as well as which pronoun is used
• Fixed a bug that caused Jamie to not reappear after the lewd scene
• Fixed the page turn sound playing twice when opening the save or load screen from within the options menu
• Fixed an issue with transitioning between certain CGs where the image would go transparent for swaps instead of fade to black

Planned for next hotfix:

• The Gallery!
• Save Menu update: More save slots, save naming, and deleting
• More precise SFW mode slider – toggle between nsfw, warning for lewd scenes, and skip lewd scenes completely (streamer mode)
• Point and click sequence at Cafe Estro!
• Fix arms snapping between the front and back of body
• A screenshot button that saves a 1080p screenshot
• More visible clickable buttons in point-and-click mode
• probably something else I forgot…

v0.15.5

New Content

• Script Refresh
  • 9,277 words added. (37,997 total)
  • 2 Hours 30 Minutes Gameplay Total

New Features

• SFW Mode Added
  • Alerts people that a choice will lead to a lewd scene to either help you avoid or pursue it. (helpful for streamers or romantics)
  • Future hotfix will make this even more communicative, with settings for how aggressively you want it to warn you about upcoming content
• Backer Guided Mode
  • Special Mode for $20+ Backers
  • Mode activates an in-game guided walkthrough that gives you context for your decisions.
  • Code will be given in the $20 post to activate this mode.
• Pubic hair toggle: you can now set whether you want your character to have pubic hair in the character creator. This checks if hair should be applied to Isaac in an animation or CG where our artists have added it.
• Delete Save Files This feature was undone by my recovery, needs to be reimplemented
• Bug report button in the main menu, now you don’t have to load into the game to open the feedback form

Changes

• We’ve now moved over from Yarn 3.0 to Yarn 3.2.7
  • This was a long-time coming change, and was necessary to make use of the upgraded variable handling and storage, as well as opening up the use of new features we’ve yet to implement.
  • Will also let us more easily handle name tags, so we can use bespoke nameplates and text colors for speakers – if you’re into that sort of thing.
  • This is what, unfortunately, cause the huge lag in updating.
• Complete overhaul of the variable system to track player decisions throughout the game.
  • Old saves will not be compatible, so a fresh save file is required.
• Sped up the automatic dialogue skipping even more. Twice as fast!
• Complete overhaul of the save system. All data is now written to a single file, which makes data management for saves much easier for us. Will allow us to set safeguards against incompatible save files further down the line.
• Save screenshots thumbnails are now much smaller, matching their size on the UI better. Won’t make a huge difference on save size, but it will let the save / load menu load in much faster.
• Reduced spacing between dialogue choices, and made the text slightly bigger. Should make the buttons more legible while still making it easy to click the right option.
• Added new icons for dialogue choices (paired with the new SFW indicator system)

Fixes

• Fixed issue with UI layering when certain other UI objects were visible on screen.
• When saving the game in a Point-and-Click segment, the background wouldn’t get saved in some circumstances, meaning that the background would just be white when loading the game. This fix was undone, need to be fixed again.
• Fixed the android icon. Should appear properly now when installed. Might be some variance depending on android phones.
• Fixed a bug where a character yapping wouldn’t stop yapping when the next dialogue line presented. That would make it look like a character was speaking even when it wasn’t their line.
• A host of under-the-hood fixes that doesn’t impact gameplay, but helps with stability and scalability for programming

*We are still working on this build at the time of posting this, so it may change a bit.

Contents of the Build
We announced it previously, but since we are now trying to push out a build a month, not all builds will be created equal. Our goal is to bounce back and forth between big and small builds. Since we finished the bulk of Episode 1, we are using this build as a buffer to start working on Episode 2 while also adding important features that we’ve been too busy to add.

The biggest change in this build is the script refresh. Our new writer, Frisbee, and I went through Episode 1 and vastly improved the dialogue and word choice. We wanted to keep refining, but there needed to be a stopping point, so we hope this is the last time we mess with this episode. We added about 9k words, so this is the second-largest word update in the Unity life cycle. Many scenes have been expanded, reworked, and some rewritten entirely.

We finally have the SFW and Guided Modes back in the game. We were very proud of these during the Ren’Py era and have been meaning to find a moment to add them in. $20 backers will find the code in the $20 post.

We also redid how our variables work so we could implement the gallery and Guided/SFW modes. Because of this, a new save will be required. We were hoping to couple the gallery with this to soften the blow, but that is taking longer than expected, so that should be coming soon in a hotfix.

Hotfix Plans
We had big plans for this update, but cascading events led to this first update of the month not being as feature complete as we would like. Not to mention our dialogue tool freaking out the day before the build was gonna drop, meaning any chance we had at getting these features implemented was shot out the window as Lotus had to scramble to find the dialogue scenes since they were just… gone?

So we pivoted to prioritize the Guided Mode for the $20 backers who get the build Week 1. We are planning to get the rest of these features released in a hotfix next week for the next update.

• The Gallery
• A screenshot button that saves a 1080p screenshot
• Improvements to the save system
  • Version Checking
    • Indicating on your save file which version it is from
  • Save File Naming
  • Lower Save Thumbnail size
  • Add 4 Save Pages, 24 New Save Slots

Known Bugs

• (Audio) Voice doesn’t play for some reason
• (Spine2d Characters) Characters do not animate between moods at the moment. The calls to set mood animations were lost and now I have to manually re-add them again.
• (SFW / Guided mode) The tags that signal to the script to indicate if a dialogue choice is SFW or not, or to apply a guide text needs to be fixed. Currently does not display in every option where it should.
• (Background) White flash on scene load because background images by default are white when no sprite is assigned to them.
• (Fonts) Need to create more separate fonts for which ones should have outlines, and which shouldn’t. If you change one, it changes for all of them.
• Fill out the report if you find some!

v015.4.1

Changes

• We now ask if you would participate in a feedback survey at the end-of-episode message from Rad. It’s not compulsory, but we thrive on feedback from the community.
• The intro blurb should be slightly faster to get through now.

v0.15.4

New Content:

• 6,729 words added. (28,720 total)
• Average reading time: 27 minutes.
• Reintroduction to a certain character
• Animated Sprite for 1 character
• 1 New Locations w/ 5 Backgrounds
• 2 Static Cinematic Moments
• 1 Animated Cinematic Moment
• All Hazel CGs are now animated
• 1 Lewd Scene
• New Music
• End of Ep 1

New Features:

• Reimplementation of the Android Adaptive Performance package to try to optimize the performance for a range of Android users

Changes:

• Changed texture import settings to (hopefully) make a lot of textures less blurry
• A huge rework of the code, integrating Spine2d for our characters. This enables us to be more flexible in how we implement our animated characters in the future and helps us address buggy behavior. Performance-wise, it will largely play the same, but you should hopefully witness fewer ‘janky’ animation transitions. Also allowed me to finally fix the notorious issue with Max not properly discarding the cigarette.
• Implemented two (2) missing animated CGs for Hazel at Cafe Estro
• This was supposed to be in the last update, but there was some miscommunication, and they were not ready yet. Now they are in the game.

Fixes:

• (android) Fixed a setting to make the intro splash screen disclaimer properly render on smaller Android screen sizes
• (android) Adjusted the loading screen to not bleed out on the sides of wide-screen Android monitors, which left the negative space with the edges painted by the loading screen texture
• Changed the physics settings on Spine2d characters that greatly reduce the impact of sliding on moving parts, so no more hairs and ties flying horizontally as characters move across the screen
• Removed unnecessary shadow casting of certain spine2d models
• Max’s cigarette finally stays gone!
• Issue with Receptionist not coming back rectified – related to scene loading
• Press H to Hide UI is back!

v0.15.0.3

• Fixed the issue where the player doesn’t show up during the Charlene VIP room scene.
• Set minimum targeted Android API to level 26 (Android 8.0 ‘Oreo’), down from Android API level 29 (Android 10). This should make the game compatible with Android phones from 2017 onwards. If we ever want to get this game on any app store, we will need to change it back to Android 10.

v0.15.0.2

• Linux port + MacOS port (assuming it works this time)
• Fixed issue with the wrong face colour being applied in the Max kissing scene, depending on what face type you selected in Character Creator
• Slight fix in how we retrieve player appearance for animated scenes. Won’t noticeably improve performance, but will make it easier to work with in the back-end
• Fixed player name being displayed in the dialogue box instead of the nameplate during the Max scene.

v0.15.0.1

• Android port
• Name error for Max scene (said POV instead of the player’s name)
• Redid the rendering system so the fade out does not black out the options menu button. There might be some graphical quirks left, but I ironed out as many as I could
• The game should now enforce a strict 16:9 resolution, which should stop graphical shenanigans in the case that you are using ultra-wide monitors or a square one.
• Fixed an issue with the loading screen so you couldn’t tell that it was actually loading. Now you should see some text that animates, giving you an idea of whether something is happening or if the game froze.
• Reduced loading times from Main Menu to Main Game by a homeopathic amount

v0.15

• Switch from the Ren’Py game engine to Unity.
• Game Reset to Episode 1.
• 9.5k Word Count.
• Two new characters: Max & Charlene.
• Lewd scenes for both.
• Newhaven Nightclub revamped & renamed.
• New score by Lolurio.
• Animated Sprites, Cinematic Moments, & Lewd Scenes.
• New UI & Menus.
• Character Creator.

v0.14.2 Changelog
Bug Fixes

• Added a small delay to clicking on an ingredient during the coffee minigame to prevent players from double-clicking and selecting the wrong ingredient.
• Fixed a bug where a variable prevented you from texting Robbie.

v0.14.1 Changelog
New Content

• Added a 2,500+ word scene.
• Added 3 Gallery Unlocks, bringing the total to 100.

Updated Content

• Updated character gallery menu.
• Removed movie theater from the map.
• Various inconsistencies and typos were fixed throughout.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the bug where some players attempted to close the phone, but it would remain on the screen over the map. (We cannot replicate this in-house, but we think we fixed it.)
• Fixed a bug where, on some devices, customers at Cafe Estros never went away.

v0.14 Changelog
Changelog

• Hook Up Character: Finn, voiced by PaperPlaneBomber.
• Story Scenes with Jeze, Robbie, Hazel, Vera, and Finn.
• Sprite Pose for Jeze.
• Lewd Scenes for Hazel, Robbie, and Finn.
• Lewd Scene with Hazel is repeatable, and so is the Shower Scene from Episode 4.
• Lewd Scene with Robbie is repeatable, and so is the Couch Scene from Episode 4.
• Added 1 Small Talk for Jeze, 1 Small Talk for Hazel, and 3 Small Talks for Robbie.
• Added movie hangout dates for Hazel and Robbie at their apartment. 3 for each and 2 together.
• Locations: Hazel’s Apartment & Behind Noto’s Restaurant.
• 17 New Gallery Unlocks.
• Episode 6 Word Count: 58k+ words
• End of Episode 6 & Final Ren’Py Build.

Updated Content

• Remastered Robbie’s sprite to fit better with other characters and adjusted his face to be more symmetrical.
• Redrew the Hazel and Robbie couch scene from Episode 4 and meeting Jeze from Episode 2.
• Redrawn/edited backgrounds: Newhaven Office, Noto’s Restaurant Exterior, Movie Theater Exterior, Boba Palace Table, Cafe Estros interior, counter, and behind the counter.
• New way to unlock the Hazel/Robbie lewd scene from Episode 4 in Episode 6.

Changelog v0.13.3

• Fixed Backer Code so that it works for Android devices.
• Adjusted Backer Guided for the end of Ep 5 when Vera asks if you have a problem.
• Adjusted Episode 3 so Mr. Noto doesn’t mention the movie if you’re not planning to go.

Known Issues
These issues will be fixed in v0.13.4

• If the player is on bad terms with Jeze, they can still text in in Episode 6 as if nothing is wrong.
• If the player is on good terms with Jeze, but not sleeping with him, watching videos can lead to not paying Mr. Noto, and him bugging into the room.

Changelog v0.13.2

• Fixed Ash-Lee and Dani Tea’s gallery unlocks to be the correct thumbnail.
• Fixed bug where clicking on the SP5 in Hazel’s apartment didn’t work.
• Added new sprites to the gallery for Vera, Robbie, and Jeze.

Changelog v0.13.1

• Fixed bug where gallery image “Maki Explicit” wasn’t unlocking.
• Fixed bug where the Backer Code was not working.
• Fixed bug where game tried to load image “hazelcaferedo”.
• Fixed bug where the player_name was not defined in the Jeze Bored gallery replay.
• Fixed bug where phone wallpapers were bugged when loading a save from v0.12.4.
• Fixed bug where “Jeze’s Seat” gallery image wasn’t displaying.
• Fixed bug where save thumbnails were double the size they needed to be.
• Added a simplified version of the coffee minigame. This is to help the Cafe and will be expanded and redesigned when we switch to Unity.
• Added a new town NPC to Noto’s Restaurant.
• Clicking inside the cellphone during a text conversation now advances the conversation.
• Made the headers for “Contacts,” “Messages,” and “Wallpaper” in the cellphone more legible.
• Cellphone bios now show how many total “Small Talk” and “Texts” are available with that love interest.
• Added Tay and Maki to the cellphone bios.
• Changed how love interest cellphone stats are shown.

Changelog v0.13

• Limited the number of times Vera & Hazel can make a special latte to once a day.
• Expanded Dave’s scene in Episode 4.
• Altered Dave & Greg’s scene in Episode 5 to be more ambiguous depending on choices.
• Robbie, Maki, Tay, and Kayra have three new expressions (Annoyed, Tearing Up, and Scowling)
• All love interests have been given the Concerned expression.
• Maki has a slight upgrade to his body.
• Robbie’s sprite has been reworked to match the other sprite designs.
• Vera’s sprite has been reworked to match the other sprite designs.
• All interactable characters and plot-important objects have been given a thick outline for clarity.
• Fixed a bug where Frappy Star Employee’s Sprite didn’t show up when ordering a drink.
• Fixed a bug where shadows showed up as gray blobs for certain NPCs.
• Improved performance of Hazel’s shower scene in Ep 4.
• The game is now in 1920×1080 instead of 3840×2160 to improve performance for everyone and keep file sizes low.
• Fixed Hazel’s hair in Ep 4 shower cum images.
• New UI elements to guide the player on where to go and what can be clicked on.
• Changed the star on the map.
• Fixed the Voice audio channel.
• You no longer need to go to the player’s bed to pass into the next day; you can now do it from the map.

Changelog v0.12.4

The splash screen has been updated and expanded to confirm that the player is an adult. To ensure they see it, they need to click on every screen.

Fixed bug where Maki and Tay’s gallery sprites were not working.

Changed Vera’s dialogue in Ep 6 to reflect different relationships the player may have with Hazel.

Expanded the scene in Episode 4 that dealt with Robbie’s gender.

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