New Experimental Game Build: 1.110 Pre-Alpha

Heyo and salutations, Everyone! ^w^

After a really long time, I’m pleased to announce that Experimental Version 1.110 is now live, alongside Chapter 12 and Mission: Concentrated Resistance. At a length of over 8000 lines of code (some blank), this is quite possibly the largest chapter update for EL9FG that I’ve ever released and contains an SoL scene with Yama, a meeting with Agent Airi Hiraga of DCIS, and, most significantly, Mission: Concentrated Resistance.

In this mission, Rui and Hisao will work with Agent Airi Hiraga (who’s been added as a playable squadmate for most of the mission) to secure the DCIS Isamu North Minimum Security Citizen Conditioning Center, a Lemniscate-controlled political ‘re-education’ camp that’s been invaded by the forces of the Isamu Liberation Front. Their leader, Yuuto Maeda, allegedly hopes to stage a breakout of his wife and daughter and has been allowed by DCIS’s cruel and enigmatic Warden to infiltrate the facility as part of a trap to capture him and eliminate his men.  The primary objective given to the player is to direct the Lucid Cell to help Agent Hiraga capture Maeda alive for interrogation, and multiple combat segments and major decisions have been included in the mission to help the player define Rui’s character. Over time, however, it becomes more obvious that the Conditioning Center’s more extreme methods conflict with a number of Way Forward’s stated goals, culminating in a final decision that will force the player to side with DCIS or the invading ILF, depending on the goals and values they want Rui to demonstrate.

Due to the subject matter of this mission, extreme discretion is advised for anyone playing through it. It’s quite possibly the most sensitive piece of content I’ve ever added to the game, and it contains extensive descriptions of gore, violence, human suffering, and numerous crimes against humanity. 

I’ve also added a few minor improvements in Version 1.110, in the form of an overhauled difficulty system that can be changed during the game, a number of entries in the Codex sub-screen of the Operations menu, and a vastly expanded arsenal of weapons that can now be fully enjoyed during Mission: Concentrated Resistance or in Dojo Mode, an endless combat simulation available from the Armory Training Room in the Lucid Cell’s HQ. 

Thanks again for the support, and sorry again that it took me so long to release this update. I wanted to make it as feature-complete and worth it to download as possible. I hope you like it if you decide to give it a go~

As always, screenshots from this update have been included below.

Thanks a bunch,

-spartancupcake