A Home Between Us v0.3.8a

This is my first game ever, so I'm super happy to get feedback and keep improving!

v0.3.8a

Fixed

• Fix bug on eviction

• In Work -fail (0 pay) > fail (half pay)

• Removed fixed text speed from most dialogue

• Some special scenes still have fixed pacing intentionally.

• Bait can now be bought in quantities of 1, 3, or 5

• Fish sell prices now calculate correctly

Changes

• Reduce mental Bonus when fishing

• Increase dirtiness when fishing

• Skip Main Story Introduction

• Added Overdose mechanics

• Food Boredom mechanics

• Move money/stats in Inventory

• Fishing rod now lasts 15 uses

• Stats move in inventory

New

• Continue of Main Story

• Continue of Ep2 Airi

• Ep1 Hana

• Ep1 Ava

• 1 H scene – Scarlet if you catch more than 16 fish

• Check fish option at the fishing spot

• Mc status in inventory

• Custom mode difficulty with food stock option

• Fridge mechanics

v0.3.7a
Fixes

• Rent Bug that can skip

• Fix issue skipping day on hospital

Changes

• Add limit when rest in hospital once a day

• Increase base money in difficulty choice by 40

• Remove Penalty issue in corruption of heroin

v0.3.7
Fixes

• Airi event trigger

• Main story trigger

• Recover sleep that max always 100 stats

• Task don’t appear properly

• Bug on kitchen when leave

• Fix bug on pay rent that works only on week1

• UI Overlaps

Changes

• Hospital Room

• Don’t force flirt Airi

• Interactable Tv where Cg & Achievements can be seen

v0.3.1
Fixes
-Accuracy deduction bug in File Sorting minigame
-Improve transition animations
-Rent pay did not show properly
-Fix bug on check exp

Changes
-Reduced random job EXP by 10
-Remove skip bug issue
-UI Changes
-Expand 2 more save slot
-Now Stats and Inventory show while at work

New
-Added CG and 2 cg Character
-Main Story Progress Chapter 1 ep2
-Ported PC
-New Character Coworker
-New Character Landlord
-Added Outline adjustment to dialogues in preference
-Added Apartment system
-Added Interaction to landlord during the day
-Added Pay rent upfront to landlord outside apartment
-Added Bathroom in park can be use only at night
-Added Airi idle animation
-Public Cr in Park Interactable during night

v0.3.0b
-Some Changes and Bug fixed

v0.3.0a
Map / Game Cycle:
-Changed 5-cycle system into full 24-hour day

Home:
-Bathroom stats capped at 100 instead of bonus 2
-Smoother animation transitions
-3 new chores (stat bonuses)
-Rest/nap/sleep scenes completed

Work:
-Overtime bonus in click minigame
-Typing minigame time adjusted by difficulty
-Added new minigame

Shop / Events:
-First shop event added
-First Ariri event added

Alley:
-First encounter added
-Alley girl shows when collapsed

Game Improvements:
-Save slots increased (3x2)
-First main story sequence started (unfinished)

Visual & UI:
-Game icon, banner, cover, splash screen added
-Map shows time-of-day icons
-Inventory and task UI fully redesigned
-Status UI tweaks and new SFX

Bug Fixes:
-Rent button fix after sleep
-Bathroom multi-click bug fixed
-Trash spawning corrected
-Time cycle issues fixed for park visits

v0.2.9b
Game & Visuals
-Added official game icon, banner, cover, and splash screen
-Map now shows time-of-day icons

Home
-Fixed rent button appearing after payment during sleep
-Fixed bathroom multi-click bugs
-Added dev help on home computer
-Smoother animation transitions
-3 new chores (cleaning tasks with stat bonuses)
-Bath scene + SFX
-Rest/nap/sleep scenes (sofa & bed scenes completed)
-Rebalanced bathroom attribute costs
-Entering/exiting home now costs energy but doesn’t advance time cycle
-Fixed trash spawning in wrong areas

Inventory
-Completed full item UI designs
-Revamped backgrounds and item boxes

Tasks
-Separate pages for “To Do” and “Finished” tasks
-Larger font size
-Adjusted animation speed
-Full design revamp

Shop
-Finished food item UI designs

Work
-XP gain tweaks and fixes
-+$2 base pay increase
-Random XP range increased (20–30) from (10-20)
-When peacefull job level+3$ bonus

Status System
-UI fixes and tweaks
-Added Yumi & Chloe status trackers
-New status SFX

v0.2.9a
Game-Wide
-Difficulty settings
-Improved, more personal game over endings
-Voice lines fixed + new voiced dialogues
-Dev advice pop-ups (I’m judging you)

Home
-Full interior visuals: bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom
-Nap/sleep recovery rebalanced
-Bathroom limits, wardrobe navigation fixed
-Rent payment via home computer fixed
-Day/date progression bugs crushed

UI / Map / Inventory
-Completely new icons (inventory, status, tasks, map)
-Revamped status UI, fixed overlapping & alignment
-Smoother inventory animations
-3 new items

Store
-Food display shelves/still mising some item
-Basket icon & system
-Updated icons

Hospital
-Adjusted stat recovery & collapse costs
-Visuals (SFX added next update)

Pharmacy
-Now fully interactable
-New voiced girl behind the counter
-Hidden secret interaction (find it if you dare)

Bug Fixes & Polish
-Rent payable after day 6
-Voice playback in dialogues
-Countless crashes, overlaps, and broken flows

v0.2.0
-Mandatory rent – miss it once and it’s game over
-Hospital location – collapse from zero stats and wake up with new problems
-Overtime clicking minigame unlocks at Job Level 5
-Shop now has full (not yet) sfx + shopkeeper will call you out if you try to steal
-Unique eating sounds for every food item
-Completely redesigned Inventory UI (will improve later on)
-Tasks, Stats, and Inventory always visible while at Home
-Stats change color when critically low or high
-Build size reduced by ~60%
-First working achievement
-Numerous bug fixes (sleep crash, map animation, text overflow, post-work progression, etc.)
-Move the dialogue to center same as characters name

v0.1.0
Added

• Complete core survival loop (day cycle, hunger/energy/mental health)
• Three fully functional locations: Home, Work, Shop
• Basic job system with multiple part-time jobs
• Shop with categorized food and inventory management
• Five placeholder map backgrounds (Park, Beach, Forest, Mall, Alley)
• Stat decay and game over states when stats hit zero