Amorous 2 [v1.0.0] By Jasonafex

v1.0.0

A Major Development Milestone

• Version 1.0.0 marks a major milestone in the ongoing development of Amorous 2.
• This update brings together months of work across the opening experience, Overworld, quests, dialogue, characters, visuals, UI, animation and overall stability.
• Amorous 2 is still actively in development, with much more content and many features still to come. This build represents a stronger and more polished foundation for everything ahead.

World & Early Game

• Continued the Overworld overhaul, improving destinations, presentation and navigation.
• Improved Overworld destination popups and how location information is displayed.
• Fixed Overworld popups appearing in the wrong position after transitioning between scenes.
• Added and significantly expanded the Airport area.
• Improved Airport lighting, environment, sky and overall visual presentation.
• Finished and polished more of the intro sequence and its transition into regular gameplay.
• Improved transitions between Visual Novel sequences and regular game scenes.
• Added further polish and fixes throughout the Airport and early-game areas.

Quests & Progression

• Added an on-screen Quest UI to make current objectives easier to follow.
• Improved how quests start, update and react to events in the world.
• Improved task and quest instructions to make objectives clearer.
• Improved quest triggers and progression behavior.
• Fixed incorrect quest-start text during Coby’s foyer dialogue.
• Various fixes and adjustments to early-game quest flow.

Dialogue & Visual Novel

• Significantly improved the Visual Novel presentation system.
• Visual Novel backgrounds can now make better use of both images and videos.
• Added a new horizontal character presentation mode with automatic player positioning.
• Improved backdrop colors, saturation and materials for more consistent scenes.
• Improved camera behavior and transitions during conversations.
• Updated dialogue presentation and speech behavior.
• Improved early Coby dialogue and related sequences.
• Fixed issues with some imported dialogue data.
• Improved loading and transitions when leaving Visual Novel scenes.

Characters & Animation

• Updated and integrated new character work for Coby.
• Updated character work used for Cash.
• Improved character blinking behavior.
• Added more natural eye movement.
• Improved mouth movement and lip-sync/viseme behavior.
• Improved synchronization between facial expressions and character models.
• General character animation and presentation improvements.

Model Viewer

• Added the new Model Viewer, accessible directly from the Main Menu.
• Added interactive 3D character viewing with rotation and zoom controls.
• Added Coby and Yuki to the initial character selection.
• Added character information and dedicated presentation panels.
• Added an animation panel for previewing different character animations.
• Added three selectable background presets for the 3D stage.
• Added dedicated controls and on-screen control hints.
• Added smooth transitions when entering and leaving the Model Viewer.
• Improved Model Viewer lighting, materials and overall presentation.
• Added additional UI feedback and sounds when interacting with the viewer.

Visual Improvements

• Introduced a revised toon-style color treatment across the game.
• Added new color-grading passes for a more consistent overall look.
• Reworked character and environment outlines.
• Added and updated several shaders.
• Improved sky and background colors across multiple scenes.
• Reduced excessive bloom and adjusted post-processing for a cleaner image.
• Improved panoramic backgrounds and scene presentation.
• Added support for more dynamic, handheld-style camera presentation.
• Continued visual tuning across the Airport, Club exterior and other environments.

UI & UX

• Updated several parts of the HUD.
• Added new fonts and improved overall text presentation.
• Added a new interaction prompt and tooltip.
• Updated the Lust and Energy displays.
• Fixed issues with Perk Cards.
• Improved the presentation of dialogue choices with a clearer screen overlay.
• Added and improved tutorial popups for early-game guidance.
• Tutorial interfaces can now include animated video demonstrations alongside text and character artwork.
• Added additional pinups to the rotating artwork selection.
• Added more consistent UI opening, closing, hover and selection feedback, including interface sounds.
• Continued a broader interface consistency pass across the game.

️ Stability & Fixes

• Fixed several crashes related to the audio system.
• Fixed errors affecting character IK and other gameplay events.
• Improved scene loading and scene-transition reliability.
• Fixed UI elements that could become incorrectly positioned after scene changes.
• Windows builds have been moved back to DirectX 11 to resolve crashes encountered during scene transitions.
• Fixed issues with save-slot deletion and cleanup of associated backup files.
• Improved save cleanup behavior to prevent deleted save data from being left behind.
• Various smaller fixes to dialogue, quests, cameras, interfaces and environments.

General Polish

• Numerous smaller improvements have been made to the intro, dialogue timing, camera movement, scene presentation and gameplay flow.
• Continued cleanup and refinement of systems supporting future quests, characters, interfaces and story content.

Development Continues

• Amorous 2 is still far from finished, and Version 1.0.0 is not intended to represent the final scope of the game.
• There is still much more planned, including additional story content, characters, locations, gameplay features and general polish.
• Thank you for following the development of Amorous 2 and for helping shape the game as it continues to grow.