Release - In Her Service [v0.89.70]

You can provide your feedback to me directly on my Discord or you can talk with others and myself about the game :)

What's changed compared to v0.89.50 ?

✅ 9,7h -> 9,9h Gametime

✅ 126 -> 128 Events [+2]

✅ 37360 -> 37644 Lines of text [+284]

✅ 5755 -> 5836 Images [+81]

✅ 385 -> 388 Animations [+3]

✅ E108 added

✅ E072POV added (IRIS)

✅ Added notifications when you unlock new POV's

✅ Added info/tutorial about Flowchart in E012

✅ Massively improved image compressions artifacts on Android and some on PC/MAC

Schedule for v0.89.70 access:

Today: SubscribeStar, Angel, Early Supporter, Supporter

6th of October: Members

Schedule for v0.89.50 access:

Today: Members

Public: When v0.90.00 releases.

Hi guys and galls !

V0.89.70

This is the third update this month and as mentioned in sneak peeks, it is pretty small. Just two events: One story E108 and one E072POV of Iris after training with Jack. Though I think you will find E108 interesting as it introduces a new character and it has an impact on what 0.90.00 will be about.

Additionally, because of technical debt I cleaned up a lot of junk from my code and took on a mission to re‑render almost all animations and recut them to reduce the size of the videos. For the past 5–6 releases, because the video files that contained animations were so large, I had to keep increasing the compression ratio on images. The last release was the worst, with nearly a 55 % compression ratio. After re‑rendering and recutting, I saved almost 800 MB and the compression ratio is back to a healthy 90 % (i.e., it’s basically impossible to tell the difference from direct renders).

Aside from that, I started working on a UI rework that I’m handling separately from version 0.90.00. One of the things I included in this release are notification pop up when you unlock a new POV scene in FLOWCHART, and I added a small info/tutorial about the existence of FLOWCHART for new players and what it does in Event 012—when you first receive a notification that a new POV is available from FLOWCHART.

What's Next ?

Finishing 0.90.00 is a big update that requires a lot of work. I thought September alone would suffice, but I was dead wrong. Right now I’m about 50 % done with it. I hope to release it by mid‑October, but I can’t be sure. If it won't be mid-October then for sure end of it.

For those who don’t know, the 0.90.00 update will bring an end to the main story of In Her Service, and that point in the story will split into separate endings. I’ll start working on them one after another. I’ll give more details when I release 0.90.00.

In the meantime, thank you very much for your support. Without you, I wouldn’t be able to work on this project as much.