Thanks to Matt From The Awesome Duo's gameplay, this quick fix fixes two errors regarding images on the demo build. For the main game, these fixes will be in the upcoming 0.1.1 update. Fixed:

• Fixed an issue where main_character_apartment_closed_sunset wasn't found
• Fixed an issue where apartment_stairs_day wasn't found

• Removed Epic Games Support (in the demo only)

Here it is, the version you've all been waiting for, Alpha 0.1.0... Daring Academy Alpha 0.1.0 is divided into two versions: Original Version and Chapter 1 Demo. Differences on the Chapter 1 Demo:

• It's available on Steam Itch.io and Gamejolt for free, even when the main game is done (0.1.0 to 1.0.0 will only be available on Itch.io)
• Achievements are removed, due to an issue on Steam's end
• Backgrounds in UIs are changed to the apartment, indicating the moving in of the main character and Amelia
• Anything regarding the full game has been changed to mention the demo, that includes logos, version numbers, etc

• Updated to Ren'Py version 8.1.3.23091805
• Optimized some of the code
• Moved the "Customization" category in the "Accessibility" option tab to the "Customization" option tab

• Added an anti-cheat detector fighting UnRen, a popular Ren'Py Cheat system
• Added voice sound effects for every character except the main character
• Added the "Voice" volume slider back into the game
• Added flowing cherry blossom leaves to the main menu/game menu and credit backgrounds
• Added a small chance of shooting stars to appear in the main menu/game menu and credit backgrounds
• Added an icon to the Mac executable of the game
• Added a pop-up when a controller is connected or disconnected
• Added an option to make the quick menu bigger (Mainly for Steam Deck users)
• Added new tabs in the control screen for Xbox, Playstation, Steam Deck, and other controllers
• Added icons to specific controls when they're mentioned
• Added new dialogues mentioning Novabucks and their ratio compared to the dollars
• Added new dialogues at the start mentioning Amelia's uneasy feeling about moving out, and saying it's the first of August
• Added Amora's bio (In the non-demo only)
• Added Amora to the main menu (Thanks to LemonadeMochi for discovering my plan with her) (In the non-demo only)
• Added Amora to the in-game gallery screen
• Added a "Reduce Animations" option
• Added more swearing dialogues in Day 3
• Added hover icons to the bottom icons in the main menu
• Added new dialogues in Day 4 explaining how Amelia and the main character got goblin meat instead of ground beef
• Added new dialogues in Day 4 where it explains what are wisp forms to when Kitt (In wisp form) appears in when Clementine is introduced
• Added new dialogues in Day 1 mentioning goodbyes before Amelia and the main character leaves for Hora
• Added a Continue button to phone text scenes
• Added the "Auto" option in the quick menu back
• Added the Rollback Side option back into the game
• Added a "Skip the song" button in the Catching Moments scene
• Added new narration lines mentioning how you can pat catgirls (Enjoy, everyone!)
• Added a "Toggle Voice Sound Effects" option
• Added name references for Amora, Minty, and Delilah
• Added a "Sync Achievements to Steam" button in the achievement screen (Not operational until Version 1.0.0 is released)
• Added pronouns and gender toggles in the options screen while playing the game, allowing for a genderfluid main character
• Added a delete save button to the saves screen
• Added the "Trailer - Chapter 1 Demo" song to the music room
• Added a pink bracelet to Rose's sprite
• Added music captions to the music room
• Added back the light kiss sound effect to Day 2
• Added new achievements: Squoosh Kitt and Squoosh Loya (In the non-demo only)
• Added the ability to squish spirits
• Added a Daring Academy Socials button to the main menu
• Added a Gamejolt button to the main menu
• Added a "Quit Game" button to the Options screen
• Added text mentioning that the floating keyboard on Steam Deck may not hide when pressing the backout buttons once and a workaround around it
• Added a back button to the Save Name screen
• Added controller support whenever clicking on images during phone scenes
• Added an option to change some artist names in the music room to match up with the uploaded songs on music streaming services
• Added music captions to the main menu

• Changed the redirection of the Discord icon in the main menu from the official Monster Orb server to the official Daring Academy server
• Changed the "Wishlist the game!" button in the Discord Rich Presence to "Play the demo!"
• Changed the names during the phone texts to not be colored
• Changed dialogue texts to be slightly lower
• Changed Delilah's bio age from "25 cat years old" to '22 cat years old"
• Changed Delilah's bio birthday from "March 13th, 3185" to "March 13th, 3188'
• Changed some of Delilah's lines indicating "Min" to "Minny" (Thanks to Jse for the suggestion)
• Changed the "Continue Game" button to below the "New Game" button
• Changed the coffee store image to be inside the store
• Changed the smoke images to fit with the anime/cartoon style the game uses
• Changed so the game runs at fullscreen by default
• Changed so tooltips from the text fields in the character creation screen feature a line saying how to open the Steam Deck keyboard
• Changed all mentions of dollars to Novabucks
• Changed all character bases to feature a belly button
• Changed Amelia and the main character's friendship years from 10 years to 15 years
• Changed so when Amelia sighs at the start of Day 1, her sprite actually sighs
• Changed the dialogue introducing Amelia to reflect they knew each other before school and mentioning Ruby Sweet babysitting the main character
• Changed the game description in the About screen
• Changed some dialogues and texts to reflect the voice sound effects used
• Changed the image when the main character and Amelia show their schedule to reflect the schedule in Chapter 2 and Chapter 3
• Changed it so Elizabeth kneels down while cleaning the wine bottle in Day 3
• Changed it so the main character mentions their sister instead of their uncle if the "I know what you mean, Millie..." option is selected
• Changed it so you need to click the "Continue" button to end phone text scenes
• Changed it so the main character goes in a general course instead of being player-dependent
• Changed in Day 4 after Clementine's introduction, Amelia's side image has a confused look until thanking Kitt
• Changed so the girls in the main menu now have a tint whenever it goes to nighttime
• Changed so now pronouns only use one variable per language
• Changed so now the extra screens go back to the game instead of the last screen (Side effect from adding controller support, sorry)
• Changed Amelia's sprites to fix her figure, posture, and breast size
• Changed Rose's left hand to be more like an actual hand
• Changed Rose's base to match the panties with the bra
• Changed Elizabeth's sprite to feature a black floral chocker
• Changed Elizabeth's sprite to not have a floating black blob on her base
• Changed Minty and Delilah's sprites to feature breasts lines
• Changed Minty's sprite to feature a paw-shaped mole
• Changed Delilah's sprite to have freckles on her face, neck and shoulders
• Changed Delilah's sprite to remove the heart arm decoration from the bases and made it its own image
• Changed when petting Minty or Delilah, they no longer rotate
• Changed when petting Minty or Delilah, they purr
• Changed the phone system so images sent by characters don't have a background
• Changed the spaghetti images sent by Amelia in Day 4 to 9:16 and to not contain a white outline
• Changed the presplash image to feature Amora (In the non-demo only)
• Changed the volume of the music to be at 80% volume by default, even if the slider is at 100%
• Changed the pronouns screen so sibling and child titles are gender dependent
• Changed so texts mentioning Wisps Forms are italicized
• Changed the CTC Arrow tooltip to mention how changing the font may result in the arrow not aligning
• Changed all introduction gallery images
• Changed so character in name references now dissolve before returning to the character creation screen
• Changed so quick menu backgrounds are now colored based on the textboxes
• Changed so "main_gender" now only controls the main character's appearance
• Changed the "Customization" category to "Gameplay"
• Changed the Name Your Save screen to better fit with the confirm screen
• Changed all character bio ages to use variables
• Changed Rose's bio description
• Changed most night versions of the apartment to have a blue-ish tint instead of being black
• Changed the Twitter icon in the main menu to the X icon, due to the Elon Musk acquisition of Twitter and rename
• Changed so that the Itch.io, Steam, and newly added Gamejolt image buttons on the main menu are based on the build downloaded, due to issues with Steam builds and non-steam store links
• Changed so the "Example:" texts in the custom pronouns screen are bolded, separating the example sentence from the wanted pronouns sentence
• Changed so the respective pronouns mentioned in the custom pronouns screen now link to official sources and examples about them
• Changed the example texts in the custom pronouns screen now mention Rose, Elizabeth, Clementine, Amora, Minty, and Delilah
• Changed so the version text at the bottom of the game is shown based on the version played
• Changed so the title on the window of the game itself is shown based on the build played (Main game or Chapter 1 Demo)
• Changed the "Daring Academy (Alpha Build)" text to "Daring Academy (Alpha Version)"
• Changed the apartment background buildings to feature a blueish tint, matching the city background in Chapter 2 (Chapter 1 Demo soundtrack videos and soundtrack cover will keep the grey versions for contrast reasons)
• Changed the distant city during the sunset part in Day 1 to have a blueish tint, matching the city background in Chapter 2
• Changed the distant city during the sunset part to be distinct from the other distant cities
• Changed the loudness of Spirits by Thediamondcrystal to match up with the other songs
• Changed the opened car door image in Day 1 to be on the right side, indicating right-hand side driving
• Changed the position of the Continue buttons to not overlap UI elements on the Steam Deck
• Changed some dialogues in phone scenes in Day 4 to have Delilah use endearments
• Changed a dialogue in Day 1 so the main character says "Millie..." before the choice menu
• Changed song titles in the music room and the captions to match up with the uploaded songs on music streaming services
• Changed so whenever the game asks to play Catching Moments, the narration line now depends on the version (Main game or Chapter 1 Demo)
• Changed so whenever the game asks to play Catching Moments, it explains more about the skip limitation

• Fixed spelling mistakes
• Fixed an issue where texts during phone texts were cut off at the top
• Fixed an issue where the links in Flaticon's credit mentions are directed to the images and not the authors/website
• Fixed an issue where the Catching Moments Steam page would open more than once
• Fixed an issue in Day 4 where the side image of the main character was blushing, yet the text said their face was red
• Fixed an issue where the "Continue" button in the pop-ups at the start of the game had no outline around the text
• Fixed an issue where Amelia's bio said "Their" when talking about the main character instead of the chosen pronoun
• Fixed an issue where if you didn't select any gender in the character creation screen, it would display "none" whenever the gender, pronouns, etc, are mentioned
• Fixed an issue where the smoke animation would slow down to a stop before starting again
• Fixed an issue where the bird audio in the daydream in Day 1 would not stop when inside Amelia's grandparents' home
• Fixed an issue where if the non-binary gender was picked with the "Male" gender and the day 4 day divider was shown, a "v" was displayed in the notify
• Fixed an issue where the scrollbars in the phone system would create transparency in the thumb bars Fixed an issue where emojionecolor.ttf wouldn't be found
• Fixed an issue in Day 3 where Amelia would swear even if the profanity option was off
• Fixed an issue in Day 4 where Amelia would swear when cooking the recipe even if the profanity option was off
• Fixed an issue in Day 4 where the side image of Amelia had a chef hat, yet the CG didn't
• Fixed weird issues with self-voicing in Chapter 1
• Fixed an issue where Rose would be too high in the main menu parallax
• Fixed an issue in Day 2 where if you selected the "Ask her to delete the photo" and the "Go gentle" options, the sayer "main chatacter" wasn't defined
• Fixed an issue in Day 4 where Delilah would use the wrong pronoun in a text message if you went back to buy the oregano and didn't help Amelia and Loya
• Fixed an issue in Day 3 where Rose wouldn't close her mouth after asking if the main character and Amelia drank
• Fixed an issue in Day 3 where it displayed "Delilah" instead of "Delilah (Through the phone)"
• Fixed Minty's crotch in her sprite to be V-shaped and not flat
• Fixed Delilah's crotch in her sprite to be more rounded
• Fixed an issue with the music room where it couldn't find the Chapter 1 Demo Soundtrack album cover
• Fixed an issue where the "Context Warning" text in the options screen was slightly lower than the other options
• Fixed an issue where Amelia would open her mouth a second before she started singing in the Catching Moment song scene
• Fixed an issue where the Content Warning would still be shown even if hidden
• Fixed an issue where Amelia wouldn't open her mouth in the side image once Catching Moments was finished playing
• Fixed an issue where once Catching Moments was done, silence was heard instead of Amelia - In The Warmth Of Her Room
• Fixed an issue where the background in the credits wouldn't change between the different times of the day
• Fixed an issue where ambient sounds would stop if rolling back
• Fixed an issue where Amelia's side image in the pancake scene in Day 4 would be open when she says "Hmmm?"
• Fixed an issue where hair lines would still be shown in the pancake scene in Day 4 even if the option was disabled
• Fixed an issue where the cheese in the cooking scene in Day 4 would hide instantly
• Fixed an issue where the main character's side image after the meat was burnt had their mouth opened when they said "Mmmm."
• Fixed an issue where Minty and Delilah's pat sounds were quieter than the music
• Fixed an issue where all non-binary pronouns were highlighted in yellow in the character creation scene
• Fixed an issue where Catching Moments (Original Version) said Catching Moments (Original Soundtrack) as the name
• Fixed an issue where during the cheek kiss in Day 2, once Amelia's face returned to normal, her CG wasn't blushing but her side image was
• Fixed an issue where when selecting the Non-binary gender, the Non-binary appearance option would already be selected, causing the corresponding appearance button to be yellow
• Fixed issues with controllers in the character creation screen
• Fixed an issue where when selecting custom pronouns and backing out, it would return to the pronouns selection screen
• Fixed an issue where character names in the custom pronouns screen wouldn't be colored
• Fixed issues with controllers in the Save Name screen
• Fixed an issue where if a "check" style option was selected, the button wouldn't turn yellow when hovered
• Fixed an issue where the Extra screen wouldn't be compatible with controllers
• Fixed an issue where the Save and Load screens couldn't be hidden when pressing the B button on controllers
• Fixed an issue where the songs in the Music Room wouldn't be selected
• Fixed an issue where the side image wouldn't show periodically in the prologue

While not adding the voice sound effects like wanted, due to internal issues and all, this update still adds a lot of useful aspects to the game, mainly the Music Room, colored textboxes, and all. This update acts as a polishing update for Chapter 1, and add code for Chapter 2. Unfortunately, Alpha 0.1.0 might take longer to be released, as I recently moved out and need to buy more for it, like a desk, chair, and such. I sincerely apologize for that. Note: As with any alphas, there are a ton of internal code changes, so saves might not be compatible between the old versions, so beware. Important note: There is an issue with the new Discord Rich presence code that may crash/freeze the game upon full restart of Windows or recompiling of the game and Discord is opened. To fix this, close the game, open Task Manager, right click Discord select "End Task", then open the game again. A proper fix is in investigation and will be fixed in a future update. Thanks to SelLillianna and Jaydon (A) for playtesting throughout Alpha 0.0.6's development phase.

• Updated to Ren'Py version 8.0.3.22090809
• Redesigned all UI elements
• Redone the Discord Rich Presence code to use Lezalith's Discord RPC system
• Archived all game files
• Optimized some of the code

• Added a "Wishlist the game!" button in the Discord Rich Presence for the development cycle only (Will be disabled when the full game will be released)
• Added the Music Room, showcasing the Chapter 1 Demo soundtrack as of now
• Added the skip options back to the game
• Added a bunch of new sound effects to the game
• Added different textbox, side image, and namebox background colors for colored-named characters
• Added colors to Bernard and Helen's names
• Added a fonts selector to the settings, adding more options for accessibility (Maybe some easter eggs too)
• Added extended support for self-voicing
• Added discord rich presence to the character customization screen
• Added a dissolve to Ren'Py's default accessibility screen
• Added the ability to name your save files to easily find them when needed (Thanks to BadMustard for giving a code for that)

• Changed the design of the main character so each gender have different sprites and poses
• Changed all sound captions so they match up with standard captioning rules from the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
• Changed all music captions from ""(Song Name)" by (Song Artist) is playing." to "(Song Artist) - (Song Name)", following the standard captioning rules from the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
• Changed the links attached to "Fruits Basket" and "It's True, Isn't It?" in Day 1 and the "Fruits Basket" link in the credits from Funimation to Crunchyroll, due to the Funimation & Crunchyroll merge in March 2022
• Changed the "Toggle the game between Windowed and Fullscreen modes." tooltip in the Display option to "Toggle the game between Windowed and Fullscreen modes. (Desktop only)"
• Changed the "Toggle a small blinking arrow at the end of texts to show when to proceed." tooltip in the Customization option to "Toggle a small blinking arrow at the end of texts to show when to proceed. Note for windowed PC users: Contains an issue where it's shifted down a bit. A fix is in the works."
• Changed the night background
• Changed the sunset background to add a moon
• Changed all Amelia's family pictures to include a moon in the image
• Changed some Discord Rich Presence large images
• Changed so the phone system uses texts instead of images for the contact/group name at the top of
• Changed so the Catching Moments Steam page only opens once
• Changed so all description mentioning Ruby says she died from cancer and not unexpectedly

• Fixed an issue where achievement pop-ups wouldn't appear
• Fixed an issue where if the non-binary gender was picked with the "Male" non-binary appearance and the day 3 day divider is shown, a "|" was displayed in the notify
• Fixed an issue where if the Green citizenship card was chosen, the image was the grey one
• Fixed an issue where the version number at the bottom of gameplay wasn't showing
• Fixed issues with self-voicing
• Fixed an issue where achievements were still shown when rolling back

• Removed all people from the credits who didn't have to do anything with Chapter 1

If you were paying attention during Alpha 0.0.5's development, you know there was supposed to have an Alpha 0.0.4.1. Well, due to an issue concerning the new "Catching Moments" and TuneCore, a music distribution service which both "Monster Orb, The Game We Play" and "Lily's Sorrow" were uploaded on to be distributed on YouTube Music, Spotify and such, it got merged with Alpha 0.0.5. This update mainly changes the phone system to a better looking one, adding the stat system back, and enhancing it by adding the Relationship Status screen, and changing "Catching Moments" to have it sung by Zoemaria44 (The original version is in the Additional Soundtrack, don't worry), this massive update solves as a polishing update to be ready for a demo on Itch.io and Steam. The next update should hopefully be an Alpha 0.0.5.1 update, probably adding Voice Sound Effects, or be in the Alpha 0.1 update, which closes sole development on Chapter 1 and focusing on Chapter 2. Note: As with any alphas, there are a ton of internal code changes, so saves might not be compatible between the old versions, so beware. Thanks to everyone who playtested throughout Alpha 0.0.5's development phase.

• Updated to Ren'Py version 8.0.1.22070801
• Normalized all music

• Added chapters and moved Day 1 to 4 in "Chapter One - A New Beginning"
• Added a citizenship card color screen, which picks between 16 different colors, or choose a random one for yourself
• Added a CTC Toggle button
• Added a CTC arrow to all textbox texts
• Added a toggle colored chat bubble option in the settings
• Added new lines to Day 4 when Delilah says bye to MC and Amelia via text
• Added new lines to Day 3
• Added a new part in Day 2
• Added 2 new gallery images
• Added a Discord RPC to Day 4 when going back to the grocery store
• Added space in the about screen between the version number and the description
• Added pop-ups during the start of the game to learn about the bio, achievement and in-game gallery screens
• Added the relationship status screen
• Added the Love Level stat back into the game
• Added a Toggle Hair Lines option
• Added moving clouds to backgrounds, including the main menu, game menu, apartment, school, etc
• Added a text speed preview text showing the speed of the text

• Changed the phone system from nadia nova's system to Kia Azad's system
• Changed "Day 4 - Cooking Time!" to "Cooking Time!", allowing it to be given later on if the player refuses to help Amelia in Day 4
• Changed the Side Image category to a Customization category
• Changed Day 4 to say that Amelia took the spaghetti picture
• Changed the Character Customization Screen so it randomly chooses a random citizenship card color when first opeining it
• Changed Catching Moments' audio to use the official original soundtrack version
• Changed Classical Restauration's song name to "Stirling Classical" due to Restauration not being proper english
• Changed the mixed sauce image to include a white border on each side, following the top sauce image
• Changed the texts in the character customization screen
• Changed so nicknames are limited to 10 characters instead of 16
• Changed Amelia's voice actor in the credits to Zoemaria44
• Changed so I_Am_Boredom and Lezalith are referred as coding helpers in the credits instead of coders
• Changed the Discord RPC to say the full day instead of "Day 1" and such
• Changed all days to feature stats indicators in some choice menus
• Changed the image when the main character and Amelia shows their schedule to reflect the schedule in Chapter 2
• Changed Bernard's sprite to have a better beard art style, inspired by anime beards/mustaches
• Changed all character arts (Other than gallery images) to include and/or not include lines in the hairs/beards and mustaches
• Changed so sprites no longer include lines in the hairs/beards and mustaches by default

• Fixed an issue where the game would freeze during the credits if "Music Captions" were on
• Fixed spelling mistakes
• Fixed an issue where during evenings, the Discord RPC would show the apartment's day image instead of the sunset image
• Fixed an issue where the textbox would still show when MC diminished the light in Amelia's room in Day 4
• Fixed an issue where Minty and Delilah's voice actors were switched in the credits
• Fixed an issue where viewing the credits upon clicking on the "Show Credits" button in the About screen wouldn't jump to the about screen after viewing it or clicking the "Click here to skip the credits." button
• Fixed an issue where the version number was not aligned to the center of the Discord button on the main menu
• Fixed an issue where Amelia wouldn't close her mouth after snapping the main character out of the daydream
• Fixed an issue where in Day 4, if the "Forget the oregano and cook the recipe" option was chosen, the textbox wouldn't hide during the transition to the cooking part
• Fixed an issue where in Day 4, if the "Play the song." option was chosen, the textbox wouldn't hide during the transition to Amelia's room
• Fixed an issue in Day 3 where when switching to Stirling, Rose's mouth would be opened during the transition
• Fixed an issue where in Day 2, when choosing the "Go Gentle" button, the background changed to the day version rather than the raining day version

• Renamed "Day One - Moving Day" to "Moving Day"
• Renamed "A New Beginning" to "Chapter 1 - A New Beginning"

• Removed days mentions (Day 1, Day 2, etc)
• Removed achievements: "Day Two - Bonding Time", "Day Three - Progressing Life"
• Removed the Violence/Blood option
• Removed the "Auto" option in the quick menu
• Removed the "Voice" volume slider

Right when Alpha 0.0.3 was done and waiting to be released, we started working on this update, fixing stuff forgotten from Alpha 0.0.3 and such. While mainly adding Day 4, Alpha 0.0.4 also adds the new character customization screen, new songs, partial controller support, a new insert song sung by Amelia Sweet, adds new characters, changes internal stuff, adds quality of life changes and many more. Thanks to LemonadeMochi, Dark_Green, Carter Vandenberg and UnlishedTen8 for playtesting throughout Alpha 0.0.4's development phase.

• Desaturated the grocery store background, to resemble the one used in the day 3 divider
• Renamed the gallery screen to "In-Game Gallery"
• Moved the gallery to the Gallery Section screen
• Aligned the character name's text position in the character bio to be centered with itself
• Bolded the categories in the character bio to easily identify them
• Disabled all non-original sound effects, as to not create any stress on finding sound effects
• Limited the number of saves and load pages to 15 pages, with automatic saves and quick saves

• Added a option to choose your last name, with Lullena as the default last name
• Added Day 4
• Added a day divider to Day 1
• Added mentions of Fruits Basket, Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World, Minecraft, Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Sword Art Online in the credits
• Added a content warning screen upon first loading up the game
• Added hover icons to the extras screen
• Added the day dividers to the in-game gallery screen, unlocked when seeing the day divider
• Added 3 new achievements
• Added lines when a character is talking in the background of phone calls
• Added the "Birthday" category in the bio screen, thus adding birthdays to Minty and Delilah
• Added Severus, a new character, to the start of the game
• Added Loya, Kitt and Wisp Kitt (Actual name being "Kitt (In his wisp form)")
• Added Clementine to normal gameplay
• Added Discord Rich Presence to the main menu and credits
• Added a Continue Game button, to easily continue your latest save
• Added "About", "Options" and "Help" tabs to the option, about and help screen screens
• Added the inappropriate action (Bullying, blood, etc.) selector (Called "Violence/Blood" as of 0.0.4) before the main menu (Will be used later) (Forgot to prompt it in Alpha 0.0.2 to Alpha 0.0.4)
• Added the profanity and violence/blood selector to the options menu
• Added reminders, notifications inspired by The Walking Dead
• Added a content warning button in the options screen
• Added a toggle side images option
• Added a line in Day 3 mentioning Rose gave the main character and Amelia her phone number
• Added tooltips to all settings
• Added a textbox opacity slider
• Added a quick menu opacity slider
• Added custom pronouns support, with He/Him, She/Her, They/Them, It/Its and Ze/Zir as default available options
• Added notify to the bio screen when clicking a locked bio
• Added notify to the achievement screen when clicking a locked achievement
• Added a "Show Credits" button to the About screen
• Added a white selection to gallery images and bio icons
• Added partial controller support (Typing text inputs still needs keyboard to proceed)
• Added gallery introduction images for Minty and Delilah due to their important nature in Daring Academy
• Added voice sound effects when hovering over the hidden pat button, patting and hovering out the hidden pat button on Minty and Delilah (Thanks to TheAtomicMarshmallow and Lexinator for voicing them)
• Added a visual queue to the hidden pat button on Minty and Delilah when hovered
• Added pats in Day 1 when Minty and Delilah comes back from offscreen
• Added a transition when clicking the "New Game" button
• Added hover icons in the bio screen

• Changed the section to name your character, choose your gender, etc. to a screen
• Changed the default male name from "Lee" to "Lenny" (Apparently, I switched them around in Alpha 0.0.2 lol)
• Changed the default male nickname from "Lee" to "Len" (Apparently, I switched them around in Alpha 0.0.2 lol)
• Changed all girl's name references to look for both the first name and last name to activate the name reference instead of the first name only
• Changed Kirito and Asuna's name references to look for the nickname "Kirito" for Kirito and "Asuna" for Asuna or the first name "Kazuto" for Kirito or "Asuna" for Asuna and the last name "Kirigaya" for Kirito and "Yuuki" for Asuna
• Changed Yui's name reference to look for the nickname "Yui" or the first name "Yui"
• Changed Subaru Natsuki's name reference to look for the first name "Subaru" and the last name "Natsuki"
• Changed the shattering wine bottle image's floor, to resemble the desaturated version of the grocery store background
• Changed the in-game gallery screen to use the full character names instead of the first name
• Changed the character bio to use the main character's full name in Amelia, Minty and Delilah's bio description
• Changed the in-game gallery image's description to mention the the main character's full name when mentioning the main character
• Changed the in-game gallery image's description to change "(male version, or dressed manly)" and "(female version, or dressed femininely)" to "as a guy, or dressed manly" and "as a girl, or dressed femininely" accordingly
• Changed Minty and Delilah's bio species from 'Neko (Nekomusume)' to 'Cat Girl'
• Changed the icon for Day Two - Bonding Time to use the new apartment image
• Changed the Pet Minty and Pet Delilah achievements to color Minty and Delilah's name in its description
• Changed all achievement pop-ups to mostly use full character names, and coloring them for consistency with other aspects of the game
• Changed the section when you choose your subject to mention automatic saves instead of quick saves
• Changed Elizabeth's bio's height from 165 cm to 162 cm
• Changed Minty's bio age from '2 years & 10 months old' to '18 cat years old'
• Changed Delilah's bio age from '2 years & 11 months old' to '25 cat years old'
• Changed Amelia's contact name when the phone is shown from "Amelia" to " Millie (Amelia) "
• Changed the phone system to have more options (Thanks to nadia nova for providing a free template)
• Changed the daydream girl's flower field images from screens to image composites
• Changed mentions of "catgirl(s)" to "cat girl(s)"
• Changed the apartment images to better match up with the Sims inspiration (Thanks to Yuri Arts for it)
• Changed all tiny text from tiny characters to using "{size=15}", making use of the same font
• Changed the "Last Dance" and "Monster Orb, The Game We Play" option in Day to use quotations instead of an apostrophe in Amelia's texts, creating consistencies with the "Moody" option
• Changed choice menu options to italicize action options (Like "Ask her to delete the photo", etc)
• Changed the captions to color names and italicize text
• Changed the "Sound & Music Captions" to have two options: "Toggle Sound Captions" and "Toggle Music Captions"
• Changed the saves and load page number shown on screen from 9 to 15, with automatic saves and quick saves
• Changed the game's logo in the main menu to say "Alpha Version" instead of "Alpha Build"
• Changed Amelia's image when on the ground to have the apartment's new floor design, and remove the hair ribbon
• Changed the floor tiles background when the main character's phone is shown to have the apartment's new floor design
• Changed the description of ungranted achievements to "This achievement has not been unlocked yet." in italic instead of its description
• Changed "Day One - Moving Day"'s achievement icon to have the apartment's new floor design
• Changed the "Press Backspace to exit." text in the Extras screen, the achievement screen, the bio screen and the in-game gallery screen to a "Back" button (Backspace functionality still works however)
• Changed Lily's bio description to not include a 1:1 copy of Amelia's bio description (Thanks to GreasyPaint for pointing it out)
• Changed a line in Day 2 to fix the phrasing regarding the Always On Display line
• Changed the "Return" button in the history screen to be italicized
• Changed all gallery introduction images to include better descriptions and color names
• Changed the direction in Day 2 when Amelia goes in the kitchen from left to right
• Changed the text in the save and load screen from "empty slot" to "This slot is empty." in italics

• Renamed the gallery screen to "In-Game Gallery"
• Renamed the start button to "New Game"
• Renamed the save button to "Save Game"
• Renamed the load button to "Load Game"
• Renamed the preferences screen and button to "Options"
• Renamed the main menu button to "Return to Menu"
• Renamed the "No need." option to "No need, thank you!"

• Fixed Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3's spelling mistakes (Thanks to Jenivere)
• Fixed Day 2's day divider background to be 1280x720, not 1280x717, removing transparency from it at the top and bottom in the game itself
• Fixed Delilah's collar missing the bell's color during the phone call scenes.
• Fixed the text box showing in Day 3 when Amelia moves to the left and jumps
• Fixed an issue in Day 1 where Delilah would keep her mouth opened if you selected the "I know what you mean, Millie..." option
• Fixed an issue in Day 1 where Amelia would keep her mouth opened for longer than expected when her grandparents says they're home
• Fixed an issue in Day 1 where Amelia would sigh weirdly when in her their new apartment
• Fixed Amelia's sigh position to be more aligned with her mouth
• Fixed an issue where after patting Minty or Delilah, it would skip to the next dialogue
• Fixed an issue where Amelia would suddenly appear when going in the apartment, choosing the "Wake her up" option
• Fixed an issue where in some part of Day 2 and Day 3, Amelia's name wouldn't be colored
• Fixed an issue where in some part of Day 3, Delilah's name wouldn't be colored
• Fixed an issue where the blur when the Monster Orb card "Strike!" was hidden, it would hide it instantly
• Fixed an issue where when exiting the Extras Screen, it would go back to the game instead of the previously opened menu
• Fixed an issue where the notify when clicking a locked gallery image wouldn't show
• Fixed an issue where if the "Sound & Music Captions" setting option is on and a sound effect played at the same time as a bio or a gallery unlock notification, it would only show one of the notify
• Fixed an issue in Day 2 where the window wouldn't hide during Amelia's moveinleft transition
• Fixed an issue where when Day 3's day divider would hide, it would hide abruptly
• Fixed a spelling mistake in Bernard's description where `Helen` was all lowercased
• Fixed an issue in Day 1 where when the player clicked the option "Wake Her Up", Amelia would appear abruptly
• Fixed an issue where Delilah's name would unlock before her bio is unlocked
• Fixed an issue in Day 1 where when the player clicked the option "Hug her", Amelia and the main character would appear abruptly
• Fixed an issue in Day 1 where if the player clicked the option "Hug her" and the hug image hid, Amelia, Minty and Delilah would appear abruptly
• Fixed an issue where at one part in Day 1, Minty would talk, but not open her mouth
• Fixed an issue where in the save and load screens, the save image was getting over the white outline

• Removed Undertale name references (Forgot to remove them in Alpha 3)
• Removed Hollow Knight name reference (Forgot to remove them in Alpha 3)
• Removed the help and about buttons from the main menu
• Removed the Ren'Py license from the about screen, due to an issue where the "here" wouldn't change color and go italic (Due to it being hard-coded into the Ren'Py engine itself)
• Removed the Rollback Side option

After 3 months of work, and help from playtesters and more, embark in the most impactful update of Daring Academy as of now: Alpha 0.0.3! Alpha 0.0.3 will arrive on the Daring Academy Itch.io page on March 14, 2022 and mainly adds Day 2 and Day 3, but adds new characters, changes internal stuff, adds quality of life changes, original songs and many others. Thanks to Imbion, Jenivere, Kalosmuffins, Kit from "Kit\'s Workshop", K0maru, LemonadeMochi, RedRan6er and Wavi for playtesting throughout Alpha 0.0.3's development phase.

• Updated to Ren'Py version 7.4.11.2266
• Renamed all of the main character's sprites from "mc" to "main_character"
• Disabled the second page in the character bio screen
• Aligned the character bio character boxes to the center
• Condensed the "Song Titles" and "SFX Titles" from the "Captions" section in the preferences menu to "Sound & Music Captions"
• Capitalized mentions of week days

• Added Rose and Elizabeth to normal gameplay
• Added Rose, Lily, Elizabeth and Clementine's bios (Lily and Clementine's bio not available in normal gameplay)
• Added Day 2 and Day 3
• Added a "Skip Credits" button upon seeing the credits at least once
• Added day dividers for Day 2 and 3, featuring artworks from the community
• Added more dialogues to Day 1, mentioning Minty and Master Wyllhelm moving into a new apartment
• Added colors to when character names are mentioned in the game, achievement screen, bio screen and gallery screen's descriptions
• Added 2 new achievements
• Added a bio for the main character, with the icon changing based on the gender, and name adjusting to the player's input
• Added a version number to the bottom of gameplay, to indicate you're playing an alpha, beta, pre-release or dev version of the game (Will be removed once Release 1.0 will be released)

• Changed the code to lower any data to lowercase and underscores
• Changed the code and images to change any mentions of "Guy" and "Girl" to "Male" and "Female"
• Changed the description of locked achievements from "???" to "This achievement has not been unlocked yet." in italic
• Changed the achievement screen title from "Achievement Screen:" to "Achievement Screen"
• Changed the bio screen character information title from "Character Information:" to "Character Information"
• Changed the about screen to reflect the Steam and Itch.io description, and mention every artists who helped with Daring Academy's soundtrack
• Changed Clementine and Elizabeth's name colors
• Changed the parallax in the main menu to be smoother
• Changed the skip indicator to be consistent with all GUIs
• Changed the skip indicator's "Skipping" text to be in italic
• Changed the version number indicator in the About screen and main menu to be in italic
• Changed all songs used in Daring Academy to original songs by Saddle Studios, Dragonz and Thediamondcrystal, or insert songs by Lil Wawa, N.T, JustLetterH, etc. Most old songs will be in the Daring Academy (Additional Soundtrack)
• Changed the code of Day 1 to use "amelia_grandparents_house_day.webp" as background, not "amelia_grandparents_house_day_test.webp"
• Changed the hug image base used in Day 1 to contain lines in the main character's hair (Both versions)
• Changed Bernard's bio icon to include the jaw lines in its' sprite
• Changed the flower background in the daydream, the amelia photo icon and gallery image to contain more variety of flowers at different heights, and fix the perspective
• Changed the daydream part to be in a sunset part, and include more variety of flowers at different heights, and fix the perspective
• Changed "Pet Minty" and "Pet Delilah"'s achievement icons to use chibi versions, inspired by Nekopara's pet achievements
• Changed Ori and Ku's name references to not include quotes from Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Changed iso bios are unlocked when a character name is mentioned

• Fixed Day 1's spelling mistakes
• Fixed an issue where when if a character wasn't introduced, the name would still show up
• Fixed issues where the bottom textbox indicator wouldn't be present in transitions
• Fixed an issue where bios, achievements and gallery notifications were showing again when rolling back
• Fixed an issue where the splash screen would loop twice upon first starting the game
• Fixed the part where the flowers when the daydream girl zooms to her side wouldn't follow the zoom
• Fixed Rose's side image bio's placement to see more of her' body and match the other characters more
• Fixed the main character's side image bio's placement to see more of its' body and match the other characters more

• Removed the "Skip" category in the preferences menu, thus removing the "Unseen Text", "After Choices" and "Transitions" options
• Removed the "Toggle" option in the preferences menu, thus removing the "Screenshake" and "Self-Voicing" options
• Removed the "Image Descriptions" option in the preferences menu
• Removed the "amelia_grandparents_house_day.webp" image from the game files and renamed "amelia_grandparents_house_day_test.webp" to "amelia_grandparents_house_day.webp"
• Removed all mentions of song lyrics
• Removed Undertale name references
• Removed Hollow Knight name reference
• Removed most references from Day 1

To celebrate the 2 years of Monster Orb, The Game We Play being uploaded on YouTube and Soundcloud, Lily's Sorrow and Monster Orb, The Game We Play will be available to purchase on Steam and Itch.io on March 14th, 2022. As a thank you for supporting Daring Academy and Monster Orb, get both songs on Itch.io and Steam at 30% off until March 21st. Enjoy! Steam links: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1913760/Lilys_Sorrow https://store.steampowered.com/app/1915060/Monster_Orb_The_Game_We_Play_Ft_NT Itch.io bundle link: https://itch.io/s/67786/lilys-sorrow-monster-orb-the-game-we-play-launch-discount

Thank you to everyone who played Daring Academy Alpha 0.0.2. This itch.io update fixes 8 issues/small bugs to help make the playing experience better to anyone.

• Fixed the Steam icon on the main menu having a random white line/splot on the side
• Fixed an issue where some names were not colored.
• Fixed helen's character side image not having her mouth opened when talking off screen
• Fixed the discord rich presence showing as morning when it was sunset in-game
• Fixed an issue where the quick menu still showed in the pre-credits and credits
• Fixed an issue where if Minty or Delilah is petted, the "textbox_bottom" image would appear as a grey Eileen
• Changed the extra screens' escape button to Backspace and disabling the Esc key and right click button, fixing an issue where if Esc was pressed, GUIs (Like the text window for characters) would hide
• Removed the achievement screen from the options in the main menu

After a whole year in the making, embark in the biggest update of Daring Academy as of now: Alpha 0.0.2! Complete with a whole rewrite of Day 1, new menus, optimizations, this update will arrive on the Daring Academy Itch.io page on January 1st, 2022. Steam release will come one the game will be in a demo phase.

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