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The Morning After Update
🕑 Added 2025-01-08 02:47:59 +0000 UTCUPDATE 4 September 2025 - The newest update can be found by visiting this post.
The Morning After Update is out of early access and now available for everyone to play!
Before you start playing, please read the important notes under the download links. There is a lot more info below, but it's not necessary to read if you just want to dive in.
Important Notes - Read Before Playing
The length of this segment is based on your choices. Some events lead to long, connected scenes, and some lead to flying quickly through the new content. If the latter happens, I encourage checking out how events change if you make different choices.
You must load a save made before the end of Day 2. This is only relevant to those of you who played the early access builds for this release.
If you load a save made before the end of Day 2 but after the end of Day 1, then interact with Alex, you will likely see the wrong sprites. This will resolve itself as you progress to the new content, but if you intend to interact with Alex during Day 2 before proceeding, you should load a save made prior to the end of Day 1 or start a new game to avoid any errors.
When you reach the end of the update, you will see "to be continued" and then a closing message. If your game randomly fades to the main menu, that means I messed up some code. I'll catch it at some point, or you could let me know if you feel so inclined.
There may be some errors. As this is an in-progress game made by a solo developer, I can't always catch every bug. If you find one that proves to be game stopping, please feel free to let me know either via a comment or a DM. I'll fix it as soon as I can.
These are the main things you need to know, but read on for a more detailed look at what's in the update!
New Content Overview
This story update picks up from where you left off at the end of your first day of school. It will continue on through the rest of the morning, which includes:
Dealing with the immediate aftermath of your evening choices, both good and bad
Talking with some of the guys about what went down, which can lead to some fun new opportunities
Deciding how you feel about the guys you've interacted with most, which will directly affect how their storylines play out
Experiencing special scenes for a few guys if you've invested enough time with them and made the right choices during that time
Crossing paths with more of the colorful supporting cast as you head off to your classes, including meeting a few new classmates
Discovering more about what your professors intend to teach you—but only if you ask first, of course
All of this content is heavily reactive to your choices. If you indicate your Connor is focused on romance more than hooking up, for example, the dialogue and interactions you have will reflect that. Same for things like preferred position and your mood.
Decisions you made with certain guys could lead to your next interactions involving casual greetings, painfully awkward conversations, longing looks, and/or hands-on lust. Some unique combination of choices open up avenues to future encounters that otherwise would never occur—not just for Connor but for those in his orbit.
The script for this section of the game is the length of an epic novel, and it includes everything from slightly altered dialogue to entirely new scenes based on what you chose to do. So please, explore, pick choices you otherwise wouldn't make, talk to guys who didn't initially catch your interest, or whatever else strikes your fancy. There's some really fun stuff waiting to be found!
Additionally, this update comes with over 80 new CGs to unlock, plus a hefty amount of updated art in service of the ongoing effort to bring every part of the game up to the same level of quality.*
*Alex, Leo, and Riley all have updated character models, but the majority of their existing CGs (and sprites for Leo) have not been revised yet. Expect discrepancies in the pre-Morning After Update CGs for these guys in particular—I'll add new versions of their CGs soon!
Accessing the New Content
Every end point where you previously saw "to be continued" is now able to be continued. Two new ending points for Day 2 have been added in service of players focused on Matt and Evan, who is now a romance option.
For a complete rundown on how to find the most content for each guy, please read my dev log post on Itch.io.
Troubleshooting
If you load a save made after the end of Day 1 and interact with Alex during Day 2, you will see him in the wrong outfit. This will resolve itself when the game reaches the new content, but it's possible you'll get a "file not found" error. If that happens, you'll need to load a save made prior to the end of Day 1 or start a new game.
The most common issue beyond this is seeing a "variable not found" error that breaks saves. I hope to have avoided that issue, but if you do see it, starting a new game and skipping back to where you were is the only way I know to solve it.
Most error screens—including some with that same variable not found message—will be something I have to address myself. I don't expect anyone to act as a free QA person, but if you come across an issue and want to let me know, I'll fix it ASAP.
Also: I imagine you will come across a few typos. If you find any and want to point them out, it'd be much appreciated.
Thank you for playing!
I hope you enjoy the Morning After Update!
Comments
Danny Nym
I give game status updates twice a month which discuss what I'm working on. I'm not giving time frames anymore, just listing out what I need to do and what is completed. Check out those posts if you want to follow along - I am constantly working on the game and will release the content as it is finished.
Geozerken
Danny Nym
Thank you, I appreciate your kind words 🙂 It's definitely a lot of work, but I think it's worth it for the end result.
SiJin
I stumbled upon this game by chance and spent two days unlocking almost all of the CGs. I deeply appreciate the creator's dedication and effort. It's an absolutely fantastic game! Thank you so much for your hard work. I'm looking forward to future updates!
Danny Nym
Thanks! I made it literally the night before I released the public update, I was feeling inspired haha
RP
Love the new Evan CG, he is staggering hot in it!
Danny Nym
Thank you for the suggestion! When you are sent to the main menu, does it just fade to there, or do you reach a message that says "to be continued" first? If it's fading to the main menu, can you tell me what choices you picked? You can DM if you prefer.
Sprinklers
Amazing, thank you Danny!
سامي عبد القادر
Hello, I would like to suggest adding a task list so I can keep track of what I need to do and where to go. Additionally, I am facing an issue where the game exits to the main menu when I perform certain actions, for example, when interacting with a character named Will. The game ends and takes me back to the main menu. I would appreciate it if you could help resolve this issue.
Danny Nym
No, it's different. There were bug fixes, code adjustments, and I also added two new CGs. One of the new CGs I already shared as a sneak peek, if you saw that post, but the other is brand new to this version.
Sprinklers
Is it the exact same version as the previous limited releases? Or are there any updates in content / art / bug fixes etc.?
DC Burns
The new one is cute too! Though I did like the presentation of the old one as well, with the Connors fading in. It really added a certain music video-like glamour. It inspired some of my fanart that I hope to share eventually
Danny Nym
Yeah, same! I realized I'd miss the menu screen art each time I updated, so I decided I'd add them to the galleries as I replace them.
DC Burns
Thanks for including the photo with multiple purple Connors in the gallery! I was fond of that one
