Hello everyone!

With this update, we have added a fresh wave of new clothes so you can style your Little from day one, some controller support improvements, and squashed a bunch of pesky bugs to make everything feel just a bit more polished and peaceful. 🌟

Ready to show off your style? This update brings 65+ new clothes packed with vibrant tops, stylish hats, comfy shoes, and fresh bottoms, all available right from the start of the game! ✨

• Fixed tooltips on items in storage to show correctly.

• Fixed issues with hotkeys triggering button clicks multiple times.

• Added double tap to phone button to open favourite app.

• Reworked Chat UI on HUD.

We're currently optimising how the game handles sprites and atlases. By improving how these assets are loaded and organised, the game will require a little less from your hardware, helping with both performance and memory usage. These changes won’t affect the look of the game, but they will help things feel more responsive and stable. This is just the first part of a lot of the optimisations we are doing in this section. 🫰

• Voice lines added to Aveyard.

• Voice lines added to Crimson Ace.

• Idle variation animations will not be taken into consideration during cutscenes and general dialogue.

• We slightly reduced the price of a few items.

• Objects can no longer be dropped on top of surfaces. Doing so was causing the dropped item to be lost.

• Littles will no longer receive copies of items on their inventory as a result of dropping them on the wrong place.

• Littles will no longer receive copies of items on their inventory as a result of dropping them in the wrong place.

• Fixed the University's Ghost Wall.

• Items placed on top of furniture will no longer interrupt the player's movement.

• Save files whose music suddenly stopped playing will have their music playing back again.

• Fixed Time-reliant Interactions from ending immediately.

• Fixed enrolment being available too early.

• Due to some performance rework on how we display character clothes, some shoes that expose the character's feet are rendering their colours into the feet sprites.

• Bottom's Inside can be seen when washing hands with the Pyjama shirt.

• Some Animations distort the rig a little bit.

1、The skill effect of the rifle "M4N2" has been adjusted to make it more powerful and rewarding to use.

2、A new pistol, "P5," has been added, ensuring that even cute girl characters remain strong with pistols.

3、Two new shotguns, "N1" and "N2," have been introduced. These shotguns have different pellet spread patterns, and their attached skills are completely distinct, offering more options for skill combinations.

I’m continuously refining weapon combinations and balance. In the next update, I plan to introduce unique zombies to bring more challenges to players in levels.

A few weeks ago, I spoke with OppaiMan and f1r3 about the format of the FF2 project, and we concluded that some changes to the project's scope could be beneficial. We concluded that if we had a ratio of 75% classic VN renders in conversation scenes and 25% cinematic renders, maintaining the animations and creating a lean, user-friendly system for casual players.

With this in mind, we spent the week exploring ideas, gathering references and concepts, generating ideas, while creating a sort of GDD and simultaneously generating tests. This week, we'll continue this process, and as soon as we have something to share with you, we'll create a post explaining everything. We'll gather feedback and create an MVP to share with the community.












A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY to Change the GAME ENGINE

Considering the possible changes in the scope of the Forbidden Fantasy 2 project, we realized that Renpy has several limitations for creating minigames and other applications. So, I spent the week researching the pros and cons of various game engines that are more robust, can improve game quality, and are cost-effective alternatives for the company.

In my view, there's a window of opportunity to reevaluate the game engine we're using. Renpy is the best alternative on the market for a pure VN, but when it comes to a mixed VN with minigames, a battle system, and RPG elements, the situation changes completely.

After several analyses, we decided to test Godot for Forbidden Fantasy: Bloodlines.

We currently have an 80% discount for Luminous Skies: Horizons until July 21st.

This would be a great opportunity to pick up this DLC on its own. Then you could pick up the others when they go on sale and combine it with the discount bundle (a complete the set bundle). Or you could pick up all of them up when they are all on sale and use the bundled discount. If you're unsure, the demo, A Short Adventure, would be a fair gauge if you as a player may or may not want to pick up the full games. It's free.

Discussion Board

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us on the discussion board. There's even a leveling guide there for Luminous Skies: A Short Adventure and Horizons. It's probably the best point of contact. I'll keep working on these games, slowly, patiently.

We hope you enjoy the game and have a great day.

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Horizons DLC

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Each and everyone of you reading this is awesome.

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Fixed Fulminating Forest side area softlock
Fixed late act 2 flashback softlock

We had a lot of great questions during this month's Dev Q&A livestream. Here's a breakdown of all the questions and answers on all things Crime Boss!

🔧 Bugs & Technical Issues

Q: In co-op, characters levitated and clipped through the floor. Is this a known bug?
A: Likely a connection issue. Not something reproducible with current info.

Q: Is the equipment desync bug (client not seeing equipment recharging) fixed?
A: Yes, this was fixed in Update 16.

Q: Are you aware of bugs affecting client players like disappearing HUD or unusable gadgets?
A: The HUD bug is resolved. Other issues like climbing or gadget glitches are rare and hard to reproduce.

Q: Will we see a major optimization patch for PC and consoles?
A: We regularly optimize, but significant FPS boosts would require deep code and asset changes—not something quick or simple.

Q: Will client-sided movement or damage be implemented?
A: Raytraced weapons already use client-side damage. Movement has some client-side authority, but full switch is unlikely due to how much logic is server-handled.

Q: On Rendezvous, why does killing civilians break Clean Execution even when enemies do it?
A: That was a bug—it has been fixed.

Q: Can we get acceleration vs. linear aim options for controller users on PC?
A: A bug report will be opened to address this.

Q: Will campaign runs eventually support permanent unlocks?
A: No. Aside from Club Assets and Boss Cards, it would break roguelite structure.

Q: Can “Art of the Heist” be added to Roguelite campaign?
A: Yes. There are plans to include it.

Q: Are more small/medium jobs coming to the campaign?
A: Yes. Update 17 adds a new branch bank and additional missions.

Q: The final Ranger mission is too difficult. Will it be adjusted?
A: Difficulty was lowered in 16.1. If feedback remains strong, we’ll revisit.

Q: Will we get a custom Roguelite difficulty option?
A: No. Too costly in time and resources.

Q: Will intro or outro campaign cutscenes return?
A: Maybe. Nothing confirmed yet.

Q: Will the Imperial version of Hidden Vault come to campaign?
A: Maybe. Good idea, could happen.

Q: Will teammate perks return to the character overview screen?
A: Yes, we plan to bring that back.

Q: Can we rename boss slots?
A: No. Not planned.

Q: Will you add first-person legs/full-body awareness?
A: Not planned.

Q: Can we spectate other players in first-person when we die?
A: No. Spectator mode remains third-person only.

Q: Are more multiplayer money sinks coming?
A: We're actively discussing new options.

Q: Will more boss slots be added?
A: Possibly, if there’s enough demand.

Q: Will there be any form of weapon customization, like removing scopes?
A: No. Not planned.

Q: Are gun charms coming?
A: Not at this time.

Q: Can we get old weapon skins back?
A: Possibly. A wishlist approach is being considered.

Q: Dual pistols someday?
A: Not in the current plans.

Q: Can EMP grenades disable lasers?
A: No. Not on the roadmap.

Q: Will we ever be able to compare unique character weapons to standard ones?
A: Not planned.

Q: Do Hielo defenders buff cops as well as gangsters?
A: No. Only gangsters.

Q: Will we see red dress versions of Casey or (more importantly) a red dress version of Wiz?
A: Casey’s outfit isn’t confirmed but expect Wiz news soon.

Q: Can we play as Buddy or Dollar Dragon in co-op?
A: Dragon is available via Gold Cup DLC. Buddy can be used via team switch, but not directly.

Q: Will you continue improving bot behavior post-Update 14?
A: Definitely. Feedback is welcome, though responses are often subjective.

Q: Why do bots sometimes grab bags from the drop zone?
A: They shouldn’t. Could happen if bags are slightly outside the zone.

Q: Do AI use ziplines to transport loot?
A: Yes, they do. Should be consistent across missions.

Q: Why can’t we track community event progress?
A: We're working on this for future events, including web-based tracking. These events are still experimental.

Q: Will missed community tier rewards ever return?
A: Yes. They will reappear in future events.

Q: Do you have more VO lines recorded by Michael Madsen?
A: Yes. We may use them if the opportunity fits, but nothing is guaranteed.

Q: Can you make a survival mode?
A: We got one! Rockay Rumble is our survivor mode. You must outlast 15 waves of the enemy.

Q: Are posters being replaced with AI art?
A: No. AI art is being replaced with handmade posters. More variety is coming soon to refresh the environment.

• Fixed various bugs in the mission system.
  
• Fixed a bug affecting the save game system.
  
• Fixed an issue where the “Gacha Ball” mission would not complete after collecting all items.
  
• Some missions can now display additional information such as progress or contextual hints.
  
• New mission reward: Find the Horse now unlocks the new outfit Low Rise Jeans.
  
• Added the ability to delete missions.

Thanks for playing and supporting Her Place VR! 💜
If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, feel free to share them on the Steam forums.

Hello everyone,

Tomorrow's our launc day!

We'd love to celebrate it with you on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/ninedotsstudio starting at 1.30PM EST!

Most of the team will be there to chat with you, play Lost in Prayer and have fun with you.

See you there,

Matthieu

• New “Potato Dig” Graphics Preset:

  • Designed for ultra-low-end systems.

  • Disables most post-processing, shadows clamped to ‘Average’, and reduces effects load across the board.

  • Ideal for laptops, Non RTX GPUs, and budget builds.

  • Your toaster can dig now!

• Fixed a bug where lightning could strike players underground.

  • Lightning now only targets players exposed to open sky.

  • Stay safe in caves during storms — as nature intended.

• Increased the spawn rate and density of early-game ores in solo play.

  • Stone, copper, and basic veins are now more abundant within the first 10m depth.

  • Ensures a smoother start for solo miners.

This is an update that includes tutorials to make the gameplay more fun and to help you better understand where and what moves to make. Let's take a look at what has been added and changed.

We now have a shop in the town square so we can sell our products there (tablet sales are still active but will be completely deactivated shortly)

If there is a shop, there must be customers, so people in town can stop by your shop and buy products. since this is a very new feature, there may be bugs, you can write your feedback on discord.

We fixed the issue where the handbrake and the item drop button on the car were the same button, so when using the car brake we would drop the item on the ground.

We have strengthened the registration system of the game a bit more and we hope that this will end the registration problems.

We have improved the save delete button in the main menu. now it does the delete operation better.

At the time of machine purchase it felt bad that it spawned too close to us, now it will spawn a little further away.

We made a small tutorial for our shop in town.

We've increased the speed of the car so we can get to town faster. Time is money.

We solved the problem of not cutting the tree completely, which prevented us from getting the wood on the ground. now you can collect the wood without having to cut the tree completely.

If you test this update, which includes many small changes like these, and if you don't like what you don't like or if there is something you say you should definitely add this, you can reach me with the name discord yaso._