so like... remember when i said cryptid coffeehouse v3.0 was the final version? yeah, so, i LIED. every time i try to put this game down, artemis looks at me with big huge puppydog eyes and i'm like, "erm.... well.... wait, but this one thing could be done..."

it is today on november 15th, our sweet artemis' birthday, that i graciously bring you all cryptid coffeehouse version 3.1, the true final version of the game. genuinely, this is the version of the game i've always wanted to share with you all, and i'm so happy that i have the honor of bringing it to you all. with this update, the game now includes:

• improved accessibility! i've updated the user interface to make it easier to find things and updated tts/self-voicing support. additionally, rollback has been enabled and a trusty little "back" button now lives on the quick menu!
• bugs fixed and typos corrected! all of the weird little errors that have been brought to my attention and typos that have been spotted are now fixed! if any of you find any more let me know ;-) but i think i've squashed most of the issues, allowing for a nice and clean play experience.
• a new character creation screen! now, you no longer have to page through a bland choice menu of options to initialize your player character. it looks cute now! and it's functional! yay!
• all new original point pleasant and system five songs, text beeps, and sound effects! thanks to the hard work of my awesome friend gnommen, the bands now have completely original songs. all characters have better text beeps, and all of the sound effects have been replaced with game-exclusive ones! with this sound update, all of the assets inside of cryptid coffeehouse are now original, made either by me or by friends i've worked with. i'm so happy to have finally gotten here ;o;!!
• new supplemental images! you know how artemis talks about those polaroids with diana when you sleep over at their house for the first time? how about when you ask them about the polaroids on their wall back in their childhood home? yeah, well... those are illustrated now!! you can look at them!! they are so cute!!

one thing to note: even though this isn't an incredibly large update with story content, i've moved around a lot of the code and assets, so it's best to delete whatever version of the game you already have installed in anticipation for the v3.1 download. even if the files are the same, the game might not be able to read them because they have filepaths that no longer exist! best to play from scratch.

i know that i've said this a million times, but thank you, thank you, thank you so much for sticking with me for the past several years as i've developed this game. cryptid coffeehouse is something so dear to my heart, and i'm so happy that so many of you love artemis and their friends as much as i do. over 20,000 people have played this game and i truly can't even begin to describe how much all of you mean to me. thank you for playing my game, thank you for welcoming artemis into your hearts, and thank you for your continuous support! this chapter for cryptid coffeehouse may be over, but i have so much more in store for everyone :-) thank you!