Good morning, itch! it's that day we've all been waiting for - the release of demo v0.4! Lots has changed since v0.3, so let's get into it now:

• Remade all character art, and added various animations
  • Facial animations
  • Stripping animations
  • Special card animations (blindfolded, tickled, etc.)
• Versus Mode HUD redone in the style of fighting game stamina bars
  
• Added new music for June's bar menu
• Animated menu icons to pulse to the beat of the music
  
• In-game color changes limited to background and HUD box on top of screen
  • If this is still too much for you, background color change can be disabled in the settings menu
• Each character given unique stats
  • Offense/Defense: increases/decreases damage dealt/received, respectively
  • Special: alters effectiveness of special cards
  • Passion Suit: Same as "turn-ons" from previous demo - this suit will always have a good special card
  • Favorite Special: This special will appear slightly more frequently than others
• Special card changes
  • Freeze removed
  • Heat added (speeds up target's fuse for a limited time)
  • Tickle added (randomizes target's non-Horn Chip emblems)
  • Bomb fuse resets whenever special hits, except with Heat
• Stripping incorporated into all 1P modes
  • Time Attack Mode: Matching a line of Horn Emblems removes an article of clothing and gives a score boost
  • Puzzle Mode/Casual Mode: Hold right trigger/shift key + direction to remove an article of clothing whenever you want
• Improved opponent AI
• • Hard AI is accessible by holding down trigger button/shift key while selecting AI character (name will turn red)
• Puzzle Mode added - this demo includes eight 5x5 puzzles
  • 10 Horn Chips are added to the unlock bank when each puzzle is cleared for the first time
• Added tutorial to explain the mechanics of Versus Mode
• Time Attack Mode updated
  • Settings streamlined to four combinations of grid size and time limit
  • 25% speed bonus given if line is cleared within [grid size] seconds
  • Matching Horn Chips removes an article of clothing, adding a 10% bonus on top of the speed bonus per item removed
• Control options moved to settings menu
• SFW mode (eSports mode) added to settings menu
  • Disables stripping in all modes
  • Alters staff's uniforms to be a bit more Twitch-friendly
  • eSports mode will be offered to player before game boots up the first time
• Quit game option added to main menu
•  Confirm and cancel buttons swapped for gamepad controls
  • Xbox: A to confirm, B to cancel
  • Playstation: X to confirm, O to cancel
  • Nintendo: B to confirm, A to cancel

Whew, that was a mouthful! Hope you enjoy the new demo, and if you'd like to offer your continued support to our projects, please support Horncore Studios' Patreon. Patrons of the $10 tier get early access to demo builds for both of our games, and without getting into it too much here, FLICK CLUB v0.5.0 is pretty close to ready.