Howdy, Gainers! Here's a bug-fix / performance patch that should improve how the game feels pretty considerably. What's new? Bug-fixes Character pop-in improvements.

• Fixed broken transitions in initial Bertha meeting.
• Added dissolve transitions to initial meeting with Sofi.
• Added dissolve transitions to Ripley's initial appearance.
• Background and UI now display correctly when arriving at the Dairy Farm.
• Food raffle scene now has transitions for Terry's "Tray of food" sprite.
• Meeting Ben for the first time now has transition effects on first meeting.
• Minor fixes for remaining characters and how they display during first-time meetings.

• Area "Main Menus" now use content-aware transitions, eliminating a large amount of delay when returning from scenes. This was most apparent in the player's hotel room, and has reduced waits per "return" from ~3 seconds to almost instant. Should make the game feel way snappier and responsive!
• Removed redundant calls from abunch of scenes, which should speed up the game
• Removed redundant calls from "Pass by front desk" content
• Removed redundant calls from "Terry Dates" content
• Removed a redundant call from the introductory day-one tutorial

• "Return to your hotel room" has been removed from Simon's dialogue tree and replaced with "Never mind". Likewise, "Never mind" in the heading-out menu has been replaced with "Return to your hotel room". These labels were backwards and should now correctly indicate what they do.

• "Walk home" scene now uses the "park" background, rather than hanging on the NPC you're talking to for an uncomfortable amount of time.
• During dreamless sleep, the screen now fades to black.
• During the intro there is now a dissolve effect when visiting your hotel room for the first time.
• Added a transition effect to Simon's first appearance.
• Fixed a bug during the introduction where Simon's mouth would hang open without him speaking.
• Changed the description of the "Jumbo Burger" from "Over 1000 calories!" to "Over 600 calories per-bite!"
• Fixed a continuity error where the player would think to themselves that "Bertha was right", despite not having met her yet.
• Fixed a typo in Ben's anal sex scene.