The latest supporter and public releases went well and I’m happy with how everything is going. I hope you all have enjoyed the latest versions and I’m sure you’re excited for the future. I wanted to make a short post to talk about one thing that changed in this update as it’s something that will be permanent going forward, but it’s something that only concerns the public version and only the web build.

I host a web version of Harmony Girls on Itch, but they have firm limits with file sizes that I’d already hit in the last release. Because of that, I’ve made the web version a demo of the full public version where the game content ends well before the end of the downloadable public version. I’m working on refining this stopping point which, when finished, I’ll never have to touch again. It’ll still be updated with major changes and overhauls, but the available content will remain relatively unchanged (though I’ll add some new scenes to fill in the gaps in the early game as I make them).

The web version was also the main reason for me to integrate the Ren’Py save sync feature, which works well except there’s a bug where persistent data is saved differently in the web version and other versions. So persistent gallery data will unfortunately not transfer well until that can be fixed on the engine side of things.

I’ve got a few small things to talk about now. The next major addition to Harmony Girls will be the minigame rework to introduce the card game format, which is still in the works and I’ll be putting a lot of hours toward it now that this latest update is out. I’ll also be out of town for a few days at the end of this week and going into the next, so there won’t be a development update for supporters next Monday. I’ve also added a teaser for the latest wallpaper for everyone to see, but supporters have access to a folder containing twelve wallpapers, all in full 4k resolution. Some of those are pinups, and some are a little (or a lot) spicier. I try to make those every 2-3 weeks and I’ve added this most recent wallpaper to the folder linked in the latest v0.5 supporter release post.

That’s all I’ve got for you all today. I hope you all had a great time playing v0.4.75 and v0.5 and I’ll see you all later!