Sayuri (shrine office miko) now can be asked out for dating/relationship interactions (both by male and female player's character). Her personality is focused on Shinto concepts of purity and cleanliness. Invitation success will depend on your character's "faith" skill.

"Ganzan Daishi Hyakusen" (omikuji encyclopedia book) can be received as a gift from Sayuri after reaching relationship level 15. It contains authentic quatrain verses used in real life Japanese shrines for omikuji fortunes, and their interpretations.

Indonesian language now can be selected in game settings > languages. This translation was done by volunteers. Credits for all translations are displayed at the bottom of language selection menu.

Translations for all other languages have various fixes and improvements.

• bamboo sticks now can be harvested from bamboo plant in the shrine, and used to craft kadomatsu (traditional Japanese New Year's decoration item). Crafting recipe: bamboo x3, pine twigs x5, rosehip x5, daisy x3.

• new hair front for boys (in character creation menu).

• new shirt for boys (long and short sleeves). Can be combined with neckties (x2 colors). Gakuran jacket is now equipped in the "jacket" (outer layer) equipment slot instead of inner "shirt" slot (if you load a saved game where your character was wearing a gakuran jacket, it will be replaced with long sleeve shirt). White shirt is now considered proper school uniform (for purpose of school rules), wearing gakuran jacket is not required. Both shirts and neckties can be bought in conbini.

• 2 additional sailor fuku necktie colors (blue and yellow). All types and colors of sailor fuku neckties now can be bought in conbini.

• new blue skirt for girls (in conbini).

• black socks for boys (in conbini).

• Different shaders for "window parallax" and "halo glow" effects (better cross platform compatibility, better visuals).

• "Stressed" now can be set as default face during character creation.

• School library has a new UI for borrowing books and returning them on shelves.

• Gakuran jacket now has two slots for attaching badges or omamori.

• Fixed a bug that didn't allow to use onscreen gamepad when mouse cursor was set to "hidden" in settings.

• Enabled onscreen gamepad for using swing and spring rider.

• Added object interaction button on the right side of the screen for easier access (when touch controls are enabled).

• Increased size of slider handles in settings menus (for easier interaction).

• Restored English as default language on first game installation/launch.

• Fixed a bug with picking up mining lantern in the drama club room.

• Fixed a bug with picking up kanji dictionary #6 in the library.

• Fixed a bug with music stands that didn't allow to properly use recorder and guitar in the music club room.

Polish, Thai, and Vietnamese languages now can be selected in game settings > languages. These translations were done by volunteers. Credits for all translations are displayed at the bottom of language selection menu.

Due to the game being in Early Access and various texts changing frequently, most translations will be incomplete until full game release (version 1.0), and some texts will fall back to the game's default language (English). Current translation status for each language is shown in square brackets in the language selection menu. Other languages will be gradually added in the future.

Sailor-style berets (2 colors) in conbini.

French language now can be selected in game settings > languages. This translation was done by volunteers. Credits for all translations are displayed at the bottom of language selection menu.

Due to the game being in Early Access and various texts changing frequently, most translations will be incomplete until full game release (version 1.0), and some texts will fall back to the game's default language (English). Current translation status for each language is shown in square brackets in the language selection menu. Other languages will be gradually added in the future.

• One new sandals design for girls (conbini).

• Improved hairstyle for Erika (curly sides). Erika's curly tails and curly sides are now available in the hairstyle design menu (during character creation).

• Classic "sukumizu" school swimsuit for girls (conbini). Two types of underwear for girls (conbini). Can be equipped in the pool changing room.

• Shrine miko girl (Sayuri) now has an additional routine of walking around the shrine and performing a Shinto purification ritual.

• Different font for all languages (better rendering of characters, particularly for Japanese).

• Screens of wristwatch and cassette player now glow at night.

• All characters wearing cat ears now add "~nya" at the end of everything they say.

• During spot conversation events, order of dialogue options is now randomized.

• Fixed a bug with interaction trigger of convenience store girl being incorrectly attached to the food stall girl.

• Fixed a bug with rain not affecting characters inside tennis court.

• Fixed physics stuttering issue for hair tails. (this issue affected only hairstyle bases #6 and #7 for girls).

• Fixed a bug with incorrect floor offset for characters of small height.

• Fixed a bug with placing various items (which cannot be placed in hand) in "hand" slots.

Japanese and Russian languages now can be selected in game settings > languages. Due to the game being in Early Access and various texts changing frequently, most translations will be incomplete until full game release (version 1.0), and some texts will fall back to the game's default language (English). Current translation status for each language is shown in square brackets in the language selection menu. Other languages will be gradually added in the future.

The tutorial was reworked according to feedback from players. Now locations of objects to interact with are highlighted with on-screen markers. Several tasks were replaced with simpler ones, all tasks now have more detailed descriptions.

• Taiyaki stall in the shrine map. New weekly schedule for food stalls: Mon, Tue: taiyaki. Wed ~ Fri: baked corn. Sat, Sun: grilled ayu.

• Wristwatch (conbini). Can be placed on left or right hand, and will activate display with current time on left or right side of the screen, respectively. Two "wrist" equipment slots are now available in equipment menu screen #3 (screens 1 ~ 3 are switched by clicking on "MODE" button).

• House slippers for boys (conbini).

• Sandals for girls x2 colors (conbini).

• Taiyaki recipe (frying pan + sweet batter + anko).

• Takoyaki recipe (frying pan + batter + octopus + ketchup).

• Purin recipe (frying pan + sugar + milk + egg).

• During conbini job, customers will sometimes place a point card, requiring to subtract 10% discount from price of items they buy.

• Items offered by Ririka during conbini job are now added to inventory when accepted as payment (only if you have empty inventory slots).

• 500 Yen coins can be used to give change to customers during conbini job.

• Amount of money placed in tray during conbini job is now displayed in additional GUI window.

• Attempting to get job in convenience store now works the same as other skill-based NPC interactions, and depends on "social" skill.

• Uwabaki now will be added to inventory when starting a new game (instead of a cup).

• Fixed a bug where previously collected harvestable resource didn't immediately activate interaction trigger after respawn period, and could be collected only after exiting area and entering it again.

• Fixed a bug where player and NPCs were placed in wrong positions after loading new location, if location change happened during their transition to/from sitting animation.

• Fixed a bug with character freezing in new game after game over condition on "hard" mode.

• Fixed a bug where active job status wasn't correctly reset when exiting to main menu or fainting, while working in conbini.

• Fixed a bug that didn't allow to start convenience store job from 0 AM, and required waiting a few additional hours (depending on when previous job session was started).

• Fixed a bug with incorrect calculation of amount of cooked food when finishing conbini job (it always was rewarded even when not cooked).

• Fixed a minor issue that allowed to start sports track event outside of class time.

• Added one missing block of text in Shizuka's story book.

Due to changes in structure of text assets, experience for all drama scripts will be shown at 0% (if you already had them finished), and must be acquired again. Now experience is stored per book instead of per character role, so each book can give only one point of experience for each different NPC.

• Uchiwa hand fan (shelf with anime merchandise). Can be placed in hand and used to get temporary cooling bonus in hot weather.
  
• Instant miso (x4 types) and instant tonjiru soups.
  
• New t-shirts for girls (x4 designs).
  
• Scarves (x2 colors). Can be equipped by placing them into the new "neck" slot.
  
• Air fan. Can be placed in apartment. Consumes electricity. Decreases ambient temperature by 3 degrees when turned on.
  
• Honey (used for castella recipe).

• Collars for cosplay (with and without suzu bell). Can be obtained in the school drama club room (require club membership).
  
• Castella cake recipe (sweet batter + honey).
  
• More posters and details in the convenience store.

• Skill requirement affecting chances of successful NPC interaction is now explicitly shown in the "luck" panel on the right side of the screen. Each NPC now has only one skill requirement. This was done to simplify NPC interactions and make it more obvious how they are affected by your character's skills.
  
• Equipment slots are rearranged, now there are two separate equipment screens instead of three: first for full body, and second for head-specific accessories. "hold in left hand" and "hold in right hand" slots are moved into the first equipment screen for faster access. New "neck" slot (first equipment screen) can be used to wear scarves and collars.

• Fixed several errors that caused incorrect initialization of NPCs with smaller height.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented updates of weather data in some cases.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented correct placement of objects on kotatsu table (if loading a saved game with objects placed on kotatsu table, please pick them up and place again).
  
• Fixed a minor issue with physics for short hair styles.
  
• Fixed a minor issue where occlusion script was initializing renderers with slight delay when loading a game saved inside school.

• Camera obstacle avoidance logic was reworked to resolve various issues with camera stutter/jitter when it has to adjust its path around complex geometry.
  
• Futon and mattress beds were slightly adjusted, so they will appear in different positions if apartment room is loaded from earlier save. Please pick them up and place again to fix their position.
  
• Added a check for obstacles in front of character when crouch button is pressed to prevent character getting inside walls and objects in various narrow spaces.

• New game logo design in the main menu.
  
• Object interactions limited to members of specific clubs now will show a notification explaining that they require club membership.
  
• Pan, pot, and kettle now can be placed on the floor or tables in apartment room.

• fixed a minor bug with object interactions (e.g., catching squirrels) that were triggered twice if action button was pressed twice within a fraction of a second.
  
• fixed a bug when dynamic objects (basket balls) placed on top of furniture were falling through apartment floor and disappearing. Now they can be placed on top of furniture, but will fall on the floor if their parent furniture is moved. If any already bugged objects existed in a saved game, they will be automatically destroyed when apartment level is loaded.
  
• fixed a minor bug with wrong material properties for sneakers shoes.
  
• fixed a bug with current state (on/off) of apartment room lamps not being initialized correctly after loading apartment location.
  
• fixed a bug with kanji dictionary/workbook #3 not displaying content.

• Food stalls in the shrine map now will change depending on current day of the week: Monday ~ Friday: baked corn stall; Saturday, Sunday: grilled ayu + dango stall.
  
• Drawstring bags (kinchaku) can be bought at the convenience store. They can be attached to randoseru and school bag, and each will add +3 inventory slots (2 bags maximum).
  
• New shoes: Mary Jane shoes (for girls), brown sneakers (for boys). Sold at the convenience store.
  
• Black and white thigh highs. Sold at the convenience store.
  
• Engineer's goggles (for cosplay). Can be collected in the drama club room (requires club membership).
  
• New base hairstyle (for girls) with tails in front is available in the character's customization menu. Set as default for Sayuri. This hairstyle is compatible only with the shortest tails. "Squashed" versions of torus-type tails are removed, because they didn't really look good. Torus-type tails are now compatible only with hairstyles where tails are formed on the upper part of head.

• Several scripts controlling hair/skirt/flags/etc. physics were reworked to make animations more fluid and get rid of a few physics issues. When sleeping in bed, characters' hair will now remain on top of bed surface, instead of going through bed (depending on hairstyle, particularly for ponytails, some clipping still will happen).
  
• Character faces now have two separate equipment slots, allowing to wear both glasses and face mask/mustache at the same time. Item ids for face mask and mustache were changed, so their old versions (if any existed in inventory) will be marked as deleted items. New versions of these items are available in the same places in school.
  
• Implemented new occlusion culling system inside school (which is the most complex location) to improve performance. This should provide significant fps improvement while inside school.
  
• Various NPCs will be visiting convenience store after school (between 17 PM and 21 PM).
  
• NPCs in the jinja map will now walk through the main gate and appear/disappear in the street outside of camera view, instead of the spot right below the main gate.
  
• Content of all script books for drama club was reworked, many lines were shortened to make them easier to remember. Content of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" book is replaced with a different (more interesting) fragment.
  
• Attempting to move inventory-expanding items from equipment into additional inventory slots now results in a warning message notifying why that action is blocked.
  
• Backpack shoulder straps now have better adjustment.
  
• School history workbook was reworked and simplified, several unnecessarily difficult questions/answers were removed.
  
• Chance of prayer success in the shrine is increased (from 5% to 10% without coin, and from 10% to 20% with coin).
  
• Erika's list of requested snacks is simplified by removing food that required complex cooking, and replacing it with food that can be bought in convenience store.
  
• Reworked "help" section in the main menu. Now it also includes screenshots showing various game objectives/activities.
  
• Effect of "health" blessing/omamori is changed: now it reduces time of all received negative health effects by 50%. Does not affect stress and chance of poisoning.
  
• Freezing/warming mechanics are reworked. Exposure to hot/cold weather and consuming hot/cold drinks now affect the same single "accumulated warmth" parameter which can go from -100% to 100% (from "maximum freezing", resulting in flu, to "maximum overheating", resulting in heatstroke). Drinks can give up to +-33% warmth bonus (~1 hour protection against hot/cold weather). Freezing/warming accumulation speed now depend on current environment + clothes temperature, and can range from 3 to 1 hour to reach 100%. Wetness effect works the same as before and will always decrease body temperature by up to 5 degrees.

• fixed a minor issue with drama book UI menu initialization.
  
• fixed a minor bug with position of Kuromoto's hat.
  
• fixed a bug with two buttons in convenience store being assigned to wrong glasses.
  
• fixed several minor issues with wrong footstep sounds on some surfaces.
  
• fixed a bug with NPC skirt physics initialization in a few rare scenarios.
  
• fixed a shader issue with shadows that were visible through hair.
  
• fixed wrong sitting positions on several types of chairs for characters with small height.

• "Alice in Wonderland" book is added to the school library, and can be used for drama club activities.
  
• Cucumbers now can be planted in the greenhouse (by members of gardening club), and will produce a cucumber plant (3 days until harvest).
  
• One new rock sample (jasper) can be harvested from excavation site #2 in the shrine map (by members of science club).
  
• New glasses, 2 types (x3 colors each). Sold in the convenience store.
  
• Added more questions to the Japanese history workbook (now 80 random tests in total). Several tests were reworded and changed.

• Multiple save slots now can be used for separate walkthroughs. Existing save data (if present) should be compatible, and will be shown in slot #00 after clicking on "continue" button.
  
• Night lamps placed close to bed in player's apartment will now provide additional energy regeneration effect during sleep (bonus value will be shown in the sleep activation menu). Lamps with energy bonus: mining lantern, cat night lamp, carved pumpkin.
  
• In 3D item view menu, all item attributes (top part of the screen) now can be clicked on, and have popup hints explaining their meaning.
  
• Cancelling drama, tennis, track, and music activities now results in +5 stress, and is marked with "event cancelled" notification.
  
• Starting track and tennis activities is now marked with "event start" notification.
  
• Wild squirrels in the school area will now appear for longer period (from 1AM to 9AM).
  
• Test workbooks now can be used only in the classroom. Library tables can be used to read any other books and leaflets apart from workbooks.
  
• Improved gamepad support. All game controls (with 2 exceptions) should be compatible with gamepad input now. Gamepad support is not implemented yet in settings > screen resolution tab, and in input fields for typing character's name.

• fixed a bug that prevented typing "Q" in your character's name or family name (in character creation menu).
  
• fixed a bug where NPCs following player's character could occasionally be placed in wrong position if their destination position was obstructed (at start of drama, dating, tennis activities).
  
• fixed a minor issue where some UI buttons attached to interactive objects (e.g., desk buttons for book actions) appeared slightly smaller depending on camera angle.
  
• fixed a bug where conversation choices from earlier dialogues were occasionally appended to subsequent conversations.
  
• added missing collider for mining lantern.