YellowArachnid Games released a new game called Applicant and the version is 0.39. The game’s story is about You arrive to rule the country of your dreams, begin perestroika by getting an education, but everything goes a little off-plan, and you begin to look for a balance between preparing for exams, earning money and… going wild.
v0.39
College
- New location, open from day 20 (morning/afternoon/evening). Tuition bought in blocks: $140 per class, down to $110 each for a full term; fraternity standing discounts up to 25%. Each class costs 1 AP + a phase, pays intellect.
- About 1 in 3 classes ends with an optional invitation to blow off steam: 4 scenes × 4 descriptions, 60 new clips. Declining costs nothing.
- Intellect Ceiling
- Base intellect capped at 40, +5 per owned study book, up to 90 via college coursework. Outfit and collection bonuses are uncapped. Old saves seeded at current intellect.
- The Day Actually Ends
- 12 activities that spent energy but no time now refuse once the day is spent. Coffee and paid massage still work at night by design — they cost money/energy, not time.
- Repeat Actions Now Have Varied Text
- Gym, shower, self-study, self-care, park bench, salon, six community centre activities, and eleven library subjects now read differently, 3–4 variants each. Existing lines kept.
- Previously Empty Scenes Filled
- Empty slots since 0.34 now filled: 4 bar evenings, 2 glory hole shifts, a 7th after-hours loanshark scene, a 4th Nick branch, a 4th hostel beat; cafe professional/risky shifts filled.
- Loanshark office rebuilt on 129 new clips; hostel cleaning gained encounters on 60 clips.
- Pawnshop Finished
- Larry’s side job now has prose. Wage when debt-free, tips while working off debt, staying after pays and counts as a second shift. 4 shift descriptions, 6 staying scenes, Larry beats.
- Archive: Two New Floors
- EVENTS: 18 folders of event tiles with branches inside. POOLS: 10 “place + act” cells over 254 clips, fresh clip/line on every Again. Open for gallery points only; nothing locked; old saves keep points.
Fixes
- Paragraph splitting and reveal link placement fixed; archive replay layout matches the game.
- Three softlocks fixed; stuck gallery flag no longer silently stops pay/stats.
- Replaying an archived scene no longer walks you out or pays you for an unworked shift.
- 25 broken reveal links in Alim/Mark fixed.
- College tuition board now prints real prices.
- Old saves repaired: shop windows populated, sex toys restored.
- Library morning shift no longer pushes the day backwards.
There is not much content at the moment. I would be very grateful for feedback in any format! I would be especially grateful for consultations/advice on the technical and design part – I am just mastering this area.
And I have to warn you in advance – English is far from my native language. I can read it tolerably well, but writing… I have to use translators, so do not be afraid to correct me – especially when it comes to idioms and catchphrases… In general, I will try to find a translator as soon as possible if you like what I do.
Thank you.
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