The Big Changes

New UI Engine + Full Visual Pass — Almost every screen is now on the new artstyle. What you saw in v0.9 was the foundation. This is the building.

Studio Build Mode — Replaces the old studio upgrade system entirely. You're now placing and arranging rooms rather than clicking upgrade buttons. Art is placeholder, the system is not.

2D Visualizer — New seasonal visualizer is in. It changes with the in-game calendar.

Streamlined Creation Flows — Anime creation is down from 9 screens to 5. OVA contracts from 4 to 2. Fast, readable, done.

Localization System — The groundwork is laid. Translations can now actually be built on top of this.

Auto-Updates (Windows) — Small patches will push directly in-game from here. No more downloading new zips for minor fixes.

New Tutorial — Full 5-chapter start experience. If you bounced off early versions, this is worth another try.

Bug Fixes

• Player energy
• Project name abbreviation
• Chapter counter going negative
• Some manga refusing to end
• TV & Streaming in self-financing
• High rank staff research gate
• Studio name save/load
• Animator count error
• Hiring bug
• Build screen auto-cancel bug
• Distribution errors
• Critics screen fix Also Added

New game start screen, save screen, settings screen, contracts screen, teams screen, staff cards, crash logs, auto-commit deal, studio save names, better autohire logic (in-house priority), better cost management, better manga logic.

A Note on the Delay

This was supposed to go out Sunday. Saturday morning my laptop gave out — screen glitching, memory corruption, RAM and VRAM both gone. Took it in, it's bricked. Finished this update on a borrowed machine, so it's a bit rougher than I'd normally push.

The auto-update system means you'll get those fixes without needing to re-download anything.