Magic Academy v0.1.5.1

New Features:

• Academy Construction Overhaul: The location will now switch to the Academy when constructing buildings, and the new structure will be clearly displayed.
• Button Visual State: Buttons now have a greyed-out state when they are unavailable.
• Pensieve Scene Escape: You can now exit the Pensieve scene by pressing Escape.
• Narrator Text (Testing): Narrator text has been added to some scenes in test mode.
• Lillian Scenes Update: The first two Lillian scenes now include narrator text.
• Joyce Scene Update: The Joyce scene has been updated with new animations and narrator text.
• Project Panel Streamlining: Only Academy upgrades remain in the project panel; all other projects have been moved to tasks.
• Quest Dialogue Indicators: Quest dialogues are now marked with an star.
• Unavailable Dialogue Information: Unavailable dialogues are now visible, and hovering over them will display the reason for their unavailability.
• Button Tooltips: Tooltips have been added to some buttons to indicate hotkeys.
• Reduced Costs: The cost of many quests and upgrades has been roughly halved.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a rare issue that caused music stuttering or sudden changes.
• Fixed a bug that could break the game when exiting to the menu and restarting the same scene.
• Fixed an issue where the Pensieve could play extraneous dialogues unrelated to the selected scene.
• Fixed a bug that caused the background behind the character’s name to resize incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue where Rose’s “about you” and “about others” dialogues were swapped.
• Fixed a bug that allowed asking Victoria about Audrey before meeting her.
• Fixed an issue where points were not returned to Rose until re-entering the location.
• Hidden an extra character from the quest log.

The beta version for Android
A new character
Two CG scenes
The continuation of Rose’s story
The beginning of the story of a new Character

Redesign of the main character
Resources have been optimized, which made it possible to slightly reduce the build size

Fixed an issue where the “back” buttons on locations were not working
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game to crash if a save was loaded from an interactive scene
Fixed an issue where the game board in the mini-game could freeze and not clear after exiting the mini-game.
Fixed an issue where the Space button continued to restart the scene launched from the Pensieve

• Updated the final scene of the game.
• Added a timegate mechanic that requires waiting for several days in-game to progress in quests.
• Added a new music track.
• Implemented a save converter that will be used in future versions to allow players to continue playing in a different version rather than starting over each time.
• Developed a relationship system, where characters can have opinions of the player and certain dialogues are only available with certain relationships.
• Integrated a consequences system, where players’ actions are remembered and occasionally reminded of them, with notifications given.
• Included notifications in-game that announce new projects, relationship changes, and significant events.
• Expanded the story with a party celebration of the opening of the academy.
• Added two new scenes: One with Grace, and one with Lillian. Second have animations, and consist of four parts.
• The interactive scene control has been moved to the bottom-right corner.

• The game version is now displayed in the game menu.
• History of dialogues now open only when a dialogue is opened (mouse scroll wheel up or a special button on the bottom of the dialogue box), or if no other panels are open (using mouse scroll wheel upward).
• The scene of the first meeting with Audrey now has variations, allowing you to choose the specific situation she finds herself in.
• A new in-game scene with Audrey has also been added.
• Some dialogues with characters have also been altered to align with the new scene for Audrey.
• Several typos have also been fixed.

• Language detection on the first launch, based on the system language.
• A settings window will appear on the first game launch, allowing you to customize the game to your preferences.
• You can rewind previously read text by holding down the Space key.
• Exit dialogs by pressing the Escape key.
• Choose dialog responses using the numbers or arrow keys on your keyboard and the Space bar.
• A log of previous phrases can be opened and closed with a mouse wheel scroll.
• Use hotkeys for quick actions: M – return to the map, J – journal, P – projects, R – resources.

• The game will no longer ask for your age every time you return to the menu.
• Fixed a bug that prevented saving deletion.
• In some rare cases, you could finish several projects and end up with negative resources. This is also fixed now.
• Fixed several places where text was left untranslated.
• Some minor localization adjustments.
• Fixed an issue where you could see the previous interactive scene for one frame when launching a new one.

The first public release contained:

• Gameplay lasts approximately 2 hours
• 8 characters
• 12 game locations
• 3 mini-games
• 7 CG scenes, from simple pinups to interactive sex-scenes
• A storyline that covers the very beginning of your journey and the opening of your own Academy.

• Added a localization system that supports easy addition of new languages (Available options are taken from the “Magic Academy_Data\StreamingAssets\Localization folder”)
• Fixed a bug that caused Rose to endlessly stand at the greenhouse
• Fixed a bug that caused characters to reset their poses during game loading in dialogues
• Now, instead of the character’s name, question marks will be displayed until you learn their name
• Localization proofreading conducted, numerous typos corrected
• Characters are now more clearly marked in basic dialogues
• Added buttons that will open our websites when clicked
• Fixed the problem with double bangs of Victoria in the main menu
• Changed and updated the graphics of the introductory scene at the Ministry

• Now, when you hover over a character in the location, their name will appear above them.
• Now, when Rose destroys the greenhouse, she will stand next to it in a new pose.
• Increased the space for character names in dialogue.
• Now each character has their own unique name colour in dialogue.
• In dialogue, the speaking character now slightly enlarges.
• Autosaves are now available through a separate tab in the save panel.
• Quick saves have been added. Save using F5, load using F9, the last 10 saves can be seen through a tab in the save panel.
• Now the save remembers the slot and page where it was recorded.
• Updated the descriptions of curator-related tasks to make it clear that you need to go to Victoria.
• If a player presses the wrong button during magic mini-game, all progress is reset.
• The minimum text typing speed is now 10.
• The Mail panel now takes into account the font size from the settings and supports multiple pages, with the text being centered.
• Transparency has been added under the Mini-game panels.
• Fixed an error that always caused night at the sawmill.
• Partially changed the starting dialogues in the tavern and with Victoria.