Sakura-kun! Mamama-kun!! New guest stages!!!

We are very honoured to be blessed by this special guest!!! Sakura and Mamama are guest characters provided by Macop! These characters are a treat if you like big boys...

Mamama is a sheep boy who's found work as a milkman....!

(This character was previously available as a separate download by the author. By request, Mamama-kun is now free to play for everyone.)

Sakura always brings you the right tea, but this incubus has a big surprise...!! Unlock Sakura by completing Mamama's stage!

Demo-tan! Custom character improvements!!

The custom character example has been completely updated! Say hello to Demo-tan, a robot with additional "features", including seat warmer...!!!

Demo-tan does not have a official stage in Kemopop!. But, this character replaces the placeholder art in the example custom stage. He'll show up as needed...!

A lot of work was put into this update to improve the functionality of custom stages. Generate an example stage from Settings -> Data to play this level.

Merch drop!!

KEMOHAUS has partnered with Lemon-Crème for Kemopop! merchandise..!!! Lemon-Crème have a portfolio full of original kemono works, both SFW and NSFW.

Available now is the Azura Charm!! More merchandise will be created and released in the coming months, both work-safe and not!!!

If you haven't done it yet, you are still invited to submit the merchandise survey. The responses will determine what merchandise will be prioritised!!!

Changelog

• Custom Characters: For non-organic characters, an age of -1 will appear as ??? in the character biography.
  
• Custom Characters: Generating the example stage will now display and select it immediately. You previously needed to return to the splash screen.
• Custom Characters: On Character Selection, refocusing the window will now reload any custom characters and display updates immediately.
• Custom Characters: The game will now check for an existing example stage directory before trying to generate a new one to prevent potential data loss.
• The credits have, finally, been added to the game. If you progressed far enough to trigger it already (clear each of the nine campaign stages, before the last), the credits will begin immediately.
• Two new hyper campaign stages have been added.
• Some sweet artwork has been updated.
• Some background artwork has been updated.
• A new Special Weapon has been added. Cake's Special Weapon is now the Purifier!
• A new piece of fanart has been added to the Gumball Machine!
• Some new sweets have been added to the Gumball Machine!
• Demo-tan now helps out during tutorials.
• Demo-tan now gives you advice or compliments on a Game Over.
• Character Selection has again been minimised to make space for new characters....
• The Guestbook zoom feature has been enhanced, and made more obvious if you've missed it.
• Character selection now tracks the last stage played for a character.
• Some subtle sweet hinting has been added.
• Seasonal title screens have been added (look out for them throughout the year!!)
• Fix: Cake's unlock requirement has been corrected.
• Fix: Added missing colour tags to some sweets, reducing ambiguities.
• Fix: Campaign clear achievements were not being achieved if custom characters were present.
• Fix: The "Reset Tutorials" button was non-functional.
• Fix: Shattered Ice, and regular Ice, are now considered identical for matching purposes (e.g. for the Eraser).
• Fix: Some interfaces were leaking backgrounds from other scenes at tall resolutions.
• Fix: Character introductions for custom characters now display correctly.
• Fix: Custom character generation should now work correctly on Linux + Android.

What's next?

The content promise has been fulfilled. The game is now going to be cleaned up for a proper release. A new trailer will be launched on Steam, and the game will be launched out of Early Access very soon. 

I will reapply for Steam Deck Verified assessment, and hopefully we will hear good news.

The official soundtrack is lacking two new songs. An update will be provided soon.

There may be some post-launch content. Stay tuned.