Releases

The public version of MindWare 0.1.5 is now available.

• Play it online: https://playmindware.com/
• or download the offline version: https://pixeldrain.com/u/SqhzwDQ3

Here’s what’s new and different:

• Added post-psychological evaluation chat with Cipher.
• Added first transition appointment with Dr. Hart.
• Added first post-appointment chat with Cipher.
• Added second transition appointment with Dr. Hart.
• Added second post-appointment chat with Cipher.
• Added third transition appointment with Dr. Hart.
• You can now change your nickname and name in the Settings menu.
• You can now change your gender in the Extra Options menu.
• Fixed a bug that caused an error in Panacea Clinic under certain conditions.
• Small tweaks to the game difficulty settings screen.
• Added the option to enable infinite action points in the Extra Options menu.
• Added a new OmniPedia section about HiveProperties.
• Fixed a formatting bug in the Go Outside passage.
• You can now get drunk and black out.
• Fixed a bug during the first hospital visit.
• Added a mobile Synapse Steady VX diagnostics report.
• Redesigned the original Synapse Steady VX report.
• The Character Profile screen now displays the correct avatar iamge.
• You can now undergo your first psychological evaluation at the Panacea Clinic to begin your physical transition.
• Fixed a bug that caused the autosave feature to not work.
• The Extra Options menu is now better protected thanks to Moran, a Discord member. Thank you!
• NEW AVATAR SYSTEM that reflects all five stages of the player character’s transformation.
• New player avatar images.
• Added basic support for custom avatar images.
• You can now change your avatar in the Extra Options menu.

The update contains over 70 new images/videos and more new playable content than several last updates combined.

The new content is available only if your mental condition is at least Unstable (you’ve become feminized by AVA to such an extent that your gender doesn’t match your sex and you’re experiencing gender dysphoria). I’ve added an option in the Extra Options menu to change your gender, so feel free to use it to trigger the new content. Oh, and you can skip the wait between your appointments with Dr. Hart by clicking the button in the task description (click on the task name in the to-do list first).

• Play it online: http://playmindware.com/
• Download the offline version: https://pixeldrain.com/u/QxzBsRNA

I always dislike releasing updates that don’t contain a significant amount of new playable content, but sometimes it’s necessary for me to focus on stuff you can’t see. To give you at least something to enjoy, this update contains one randomly triggered encounter when you visit the SynTech location.

While you can currently only experience the encounter as a guy, I’ve also implemented the female experience (note: there’s one GIF used in both the male and female version of the encounter that should technically be used only for the female version — I haven’t been able to find a good alternative for the male version). This is something I will be doing a lot from now on, so I wanted to practice on something smaller first.

Besides the random encounter, I’ve been working on a new avatar system, one that will reflect each of the 5 possible stages of the player character’s male -> female transformation. The code is almost ready, and I now just need to generate a good set of avatar images. To give you some idea, here’s an early test (this character image set won’t be used):

The new avatar system will be available in version 0.1.5, and it will likely feature only one or two sets of character images to choose from. To make up for the limited number of avatars, I will add support for custom avatars so that you can add your own images to the “imgs” folder. Maybe some members of our Discord community will be able to come up with something amazing. If so, I would be more than happy to include their creations in the game as “official” avatars.

Changelog:

• Fixed a few typos and poor word choices here and there.
• Added a random encounter when you visit the SynTech location (1 in 20 chance of happening). Hint: you need to be infected with AVA for the encounter to get naughty.
• Done some preparatory work to implement a new avatar system (will be included in the next version).
• Implemented several custom macros to change various stats.
• Made the AVA minigame far easier to reuse.

Changelog:

• Added the first taxi camera hack mission from Ray, which leads directly to the second one.
• Added the second taxi camera hack mission from Ray.
• Added cum eating fetish (unlockable during the taxi mission).
• Added a chat with Cipher about cum eating (available after the taxi mission).
• Added information about fetishes in the character screen.

As you can see from the short changelog, this update is all about a new taxi camera hack mission that you can accept from Ray. The mission will trigger automatically when the following conditions are met:

• You’re more than 5 days deep into Chapter 1
• Your relationship with Ray is at least 40 points out of 100
• You’re located in the BrainFry main hub area

I hope you’ll find the mission(s) fun because I had a lot of fun making them. On Monday I will FINALLY start fixing reported bugs (THANK YOU!!! for taking the time to let me know about them — it helps a lot) while also working on the game’s story.

Specifically, my goal is to begin a major relationship sidequest with Trix to which the taxi mission servers as a kind of prequel. Of course, there are also many blank spaces that I need to circle back to and fill, such as the rent mechanic, EroSphere, PornNexus, and others.

On top of that, I have received a lot of excellent suggestions from you, my amazing supporters, and many of them have made it on my todo list.

Thank you for your ongoing support. Stay tuned for more content and improvements coming your way soon!

Here’s what’s new:

• Three neuroimaging sessions with Xavier added. Supporters can skip waiting using a button in the task description (visible only with Extra Options unlocked).
• Gender change status messages now say 1 point instead of 1 points.
• Added sexuality statistics in the Character screen.
• New bar area in EroSphere.
• You can now order a drink in EroSphere (doesn’t have any effects yet).
• The SynTech location is now accessible (but there’s nothing to do there yet).
• You can now go inside the Panacea Clinic (but there’s nothing to do there yet).
• Supporters can now teleport inside EroSphere from the Extra Options menu.
• You can now dance in EroSphere (but it doesn’t lead to anything yet).
• You can now enter the Glory Booths area (but there’s nothing to do there yet).
• It’s no longer possible for implantCharge to be lower than 0.

In this update, I’ve focused on adding more neuroimaging sessions with Xavier. There are now three sessions in total, and you can bet that AVA will attempt to exercise her will during them. Depending on your choices, the sessions can lead to future encounters with Xavier, but those are not implemented yet.

I’ve also made several areas accessible and created visuals for them. Unfortunately, life has been pretty busy these last few weeks, so progress on implementing these new parts of the game has been slower than anticipated. However, I am committed to continuing to improve and expand the game.

The next update will begin what I hope to be one of the most fun parts of Chapter 1—a drama-filled quest with Trix and Ray.

Thank you for your patience and continued support.

Here’s what’s new:

• Expenses are now stored and manipulated more intelligently.
• Added Community Zone and Panacea Clinic in the navigation hub (in Chapter 1).
• Navigation hub “Go Back” links now work as they should.
• GitGud now has a hub passage.
• AI coding assistant becomes available when you work at BrainFry for the first time since your infection.
• You can talk with Yuki about your surgery.
• You can talk with Xavier about your surgery. This leads to a side mission (NOT IMPLEMENTED YET).
• There’s a chance that Xavier will be “busy” when you visit him at GitGud.
• Added a few post-surgery linear passages.
• PornNexus website is now available (NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED YET).
• BrainFry and GitGud dialogs now display in the right order (newest first).
• The prank mission now becomes available on day 4 of the open section of Chapter 1.
• Relationship status change messages are more informative.
• The Notifications box now displays available ByteBunker jobs instead of hacking targets.

The story continues! With your Steady Synapse VX implant installed, you can now finally resume your life and see whether it can contain AVA.

To experience all new content, I recommend you use the Quick Start menu to start from the open section of Chapter 1. Later this week, I will publish a walkthrough so that you can easily see what content is and isn’t available in the game.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to address many reported bugs in this version because my work life has been keeping me too busy again. If you’ve already reported a bug and it’s still in the game, please give me until the next release to fix it. If you notice a new bug (one that isn’t caused by using an old save) — please report it right away!

Thank you for your continued support!

Here’s what’s new:

• The skip prank job minigame link now works as it should.
• HOPEFULLY, sidebars and topbar are fixed.
• It’s now clearer which ByteBunker jobs are taken.
• Nicer scrollbars in Safari.
• Fixed the following reported bug: Notes deleted after saving.
• Fixed the following reported bug: When starting a new game, if we change the “Stats Box” location to “Top” in the settings, there will be a padding-top (2em) applied to the CSS even if there isn’t anything shown yet.
• Fixed the following reported bug: There is an S at the top of the settings menu (before the “Display Settings” text)
• Fixed the following reported bug: hypnosis screen infinitely changing gender to female
• Fixed the following reported bug: Character Profile “go back” button going to wrong passage
• EroSphere introduction now shows as intended.
• Added task descriptions during the linear section of Chapter 1.
• Added post-surgery chat with Cipher.

This whole update basically continues where version 0.0.9b ended, giving me at least somewhat polished foundation to work with as I gear up to progress the story in the upcoming versions.

Here’s what’s new:

• The last Project XX hypno now affects player’s gender if looked at for too long.
• Added volume slider in the sidebar music player.
• Improved how various status changes are handled.
• Fixed issues with identical actions potentially triggering multiple variable changes.
• Changed how APs are displayed.
• Changed topbar behavior.
• Fixed a back button bug on the Extendo website.
• Added an OmniPedia entry for NeoUrbania.
• Added an OmniPedia entry for SynTech.
• Added a shuffle button to the large music player.
• Finished the implementation of the Synapse Steady VX cyberware.
• Lowered the maximum number of dishes to clean.
• Fixed the following reported bug: there is an typo in emailss on the left side bar
• Fixed the following reported bug: Spilling mistake: “bathrooms of possibly hundreds of his tenatns.”
• Fixed the following reported bug: The side bar comes out every time I click to move forward. After I click sleep, bam, it opens, work, bam.
• Fixed the following reported bug: “extendo.omninet” on our personal laptop “opens” someone else’s laptop
• Fixed the following reported bug: Stuck within the body details section of the Quick Access Menu, clicking “Go back” Just “refreshes” the page. Refreshes is in quotes because it takes you to the same page. You can permanently get stuck in the body details page with no way to go back to where you can leave your place.
• Fixed the following reported bug: I find that whenever a track finishes, it always goes back to the top, instead of moving to the next track for me
• Fixed the following reported bug: Oh right, very minor bit of feedback: If you talk to a colleague but you dont actually talk to them (ie: you dont have anything to talk about, or you click “back” instead of picking an available topic), it probably shouldnt consume energy?
• Fixed the following reported bug: Brick breaker has no ending
• Fixed the following reported bug: Click on the Extendo website in your laptop browser, it will output an error
• Fixed the following reported bug: playing erosphere SIMS did not cost money

Here’s what’s new:

• Added top bar to display player stats.
• Added play stat location setting to optionally display the information in the left sidebar.
• UI is now partially visible during linear sections.
• The Synapse Steady VX implant is now functional.
• Added a character screen and a corresponding shortcut button.
• Added a computer shortcut.
• Added a right sidebar customization tip.
• Added a Start button hover effect.
• Added a Quick Start button.
• Added an option to skip the Prologue.
• Added an option to completely disable right sidebar.
• Fixed a web browser 404 page back button bug.
• The SIMS watched variable now resets as it should when the player goes to sleep.
• Added a resist minigame.

As you can see, this release is all about core gameplay systems, and it doesn’t include any new story content at all.