2-week update: bug fixes!

Mar 3, 2016

The Bottom of the Well

Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.

ATTENTION Quick edit: A few oopsies were found right after uploading, and then fixed, and then a new build was reuploaded. Apologies to those of you who managed to download it in the meantime! We released the first proper patch for The Bottom of the Well today (once this post is posted). Hopefully everything will work out all right, but please let us know immediately in the [url=http://steamcommunity.com/app/449020/discussions/0/405693392925669901/]Official Bug Reporting Thread[/url] if the new version is causing any trouble! Fixes: - Hopefully fixed the main-menu stall bug (from clicking 'new game' too fast after loading) - Fixed items not moving/moving too slowly when put into the inventory - Hopefully fixed the map getting stuck sometimes when clicking on it (difficult to replicate, but I think I figured it out) - Fixed the hitboxes on some buttons, so they should be easier to target now (including the skip button) - Fixed the main menu descriptions fading too fast + the text not fitting in the box. - Fixed at least a few instances of food/health indicators not updating, but could not replicate in all reported cases :-( - The sky animation stops moving after 2 minutes. Fixed. - Fixed a few narrative missteps and some typos here and there. Additions/changes: - There is now a mute button on the main menu as well, so you do not have to wait until inside the game if you want to mute the volume. - Dating 1 is now no longer as useless: it gives you access to the Spare Clothes item (2 dating was needed for it as per the other items). What was not done but often requested: - A text log/ability to go back and see previous dialog. I am very much interested in getting this in the game, but it will take some more work. - A save function (beyond saving playthroughs): the way the game is currently set up a checkpoint/save function is very difficult to achieve, but if I can come up with a clever way of doing one I will make the attempt in the future. Thank you to everyone for your feedback and your reviews/comments/love. Enjoy the (slightly improved) version of The Bottom of the Well!