• All AI-generated artwork has been removed.
  
• Statue puzzle has been reworked to be visually simpler.
  
• New Turkish community-created translation.
  
• New song by "Sunny Grey[www.instagram.com]" during credits.
  
• New cover art by "Isabel Li[www.instagram.com]".
  
• Minor bugfixes.

I changed Last Seen Online’s art style from realistic to cartoon. The intention was to remove all the AI art. This was a very hard decision. I want to acknowledge the many people who played and loved the first version of Last Seen Online, and I want to acknowledge how much of a tone shift it makes. When I have more resources, I want to return to the realistic style in a future game. Maybe in some extended version of Last Seen Online. The reason behind this change is not as simple as saying, “I am anti-AI,” because I am not. I’d like to tell you the story behind this change.

Before I was a programmer in front of a keyboard, I picked up the pencil and drew pictures. I struggled and struggled, but I loved drawing. I copied my favorite animes. I drew stories about zombies attacking the school. In class, I sketched sleeping students and teachers. I eventually hit a brick wall – and felt like my drawing skills wouldn’t improve. Sketching with a lead pencil on a notebook my entire life meant no experience with color. I continuously sucked at lighting and shadows. I was encouraged by teachers to join art competitions, where I lost. In college I was surrounded by actual, real, art students who were far more talented than me. I got discouraged, and I put down my pencil, lifting it up occasionally for a fun doodle, before becoming discouraged again.

More than a decade later, I developed my game Last Seen Online, which referenced a lot of the struggles I went through as a teenager. The game allowed me to display all the skills that I had built up to this point. I used AI art in the game.

(Read about "Changing Last Seen Online's Artstyle" on my substack.[open.substack.com])

Since the game has come out, players of Last Seen Online have messaged me asking to help with translating the game to their own language. After months of hard work from the community, coming together, debating and bug-testing... We are finally happy to announce 11 translations!

Thank you everyone at 💬translations-general[discord.com] for all your hard work, suggestions, and help! This is my first time ever attempting this so I am learning a lot along the way. I never would have imagined people would want to translate a game I worked on – it gives me chills to think about. I am incredibly proud of everyone and I hope you can tell your friends that your name is in this game.

If you want to help contribute to translating or improving on existing translations of the game, come join the Discord[discord.com]!

Fixed achievements and links being broken on all platforms. Sorry about this!