Straitened Times -v0.57.0- -hrelease- -

: Added 4 new base animations, bringing the total count at that time to 11 .

Balance and tuning

Narratively, the -HRelease- excels in its environmental storytelling. There are no NPCs with lengthy dialogues. Instead, the story is told through patch notes and asset descriptions. The text file for a "Public Library" now contains the line: Asset Status: Gutted (Copper wiring removed, 12:03 AM). A derelict factory is described as having "one functional lathe, powered by a stationary bicycle and a man named Earl who believes the year is 1987." Through these fragmented, bleakly comic descriptions, v0.57.0 builds a world that is not post-apocalyptic, but merely post-maintenance . It is a world that has stopped believing in the future, and therefore, has stopped investing in it.