COTE: Red Sonata [v0.14.3]

Planned: Harem

• Fixed some issues with Spanish and Russian translation.
• Lockpicking minigame is now easier on android.
• Fixed chess resign button on android not working properly.

v0.14.2

• New Journal UI: Unlock pages by progressing the story (start the Waiting Room quest if you played early to unlock).
• Improved almost every existing image, including those from v0.14.
• Removed excess “…” lines for cleaner dialogue
• The journal is now free and removed from the shop.
• Fixed various inconsistencies.
• Chess games can now be ended on Android.
• Phone battery recharges when you sleep.
• Added elements from Chapter 1 to the Prologue.
• Lockpicking minigame can’t be skipped without a lockpick.
• Added Spanish translation (auto-generated, not fully tested).
• Reduce game size.

v0.14.1

• Fixed various grammar issues.
• Added Russian translation (auto-generated, not fully tested).
• Made some UI changes in the settings.
• Fixed UI issues on the Android version.
• Right-clicking no longer opens the menu.
• Choices can now be selected using numeric keys (1, 2, 3).
• Added chess annotations.
• Improved the cheats menu and added an option to unlock the gallery.
• Improved PC loading animation (removed lag).
• Fixed a bug where one Horikita scene wasn’t working.
• Revised chess skill leveling on PC; existing maxed-out skills should remain.

v0.14.0
Content:

• 1 New Animated NSFW Scene with Kei
• Story Continuation: 4 New Quests (around 6500 words)
• New Minigame

Improvements:

• Improved (and slightly buffed) Kei selfie photo
• Added new Discord presence script (hopefully this one doesn’t cause issues)

v0.13.4

• Fixed ‘pypresence’ error

v0.13.3

• Fixed the fast reader mode that was causing the game to freeze.
• Fixed glitches with character talking animations.
• Game will now skip the hori_choice_1 error, allowing you to continue playing.

v0.13.2
New Features:

• Added inventory system
• First implementation of exploration
• Money-making minigame
• Journal to track stats of other characters
• Two in-game shops

Other Tweaks:

• Reduced chess difficulty
• Reduced game’s size (again)

Two new reading modes:

• Immersive Mode: The game as it was.
• Fast Mode: Removes some clunkiness when setting text speed to max.

v0.13.1
Additions:

• Added Sleep system.
• Added some animations for backgrounds.
• Added some missing speaking animations.

Improvements:

• Improved almost every scene in the 0.13 update (mostly eyes).
• Improved the gallery replay system.
• Updated PC icons.
• Updated MC’s profile pictures.
• Made improvements to chapter selection.
• Removed some unnecessary animations on the PC screen.
• Disabled the music player in some parts of the game (spoiler).

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug when loading saved games in some parts of the game (spoiler).
• Fixed a small crash when using the music player.
• Fixed grammar and improved some dialogues.

v0.13
Content:

• 2 New Animated NSFW Scenes (One with variation)
• 6 New Quests (some longer, some shorter)
• 1 Path-Exclusive Quest

Other Improvements:

• You can now fully replay the animated scenes (first implementation, expect future improvements)
• Updated train and Horikita images in the prologue
• Ibuki now moans in her H scene
• Fixed some crashes with Discord presence on Linux (needs to be tested)

v0.12.2
Content:

• Story Continuation: The story progresses further, extending beyond the prologue.
• Two New NSFW Scenes, one is animated.
• New Characters: Ichinose & Ibuki

New Features:

• Quest System: The story is now divided into quests, making it easier to add future updates. This change was necessary to implement the next feature.
• Interactable Room: Between quests, you can spend time in your room. Here, you can select quests, listen to the game’s soundtrack, learn new skills, and more.
• Gallery: View unlocked NSFW scenes.
• Chess Minigame: Play chess in your room between quests to level up your chess skills, making duels with real opponents easier.
• New Soundtrack: Enjoy new music tracks.

Improvements & Bug Fixes:

• Optimized Game Size
• Improved dialogues throughout the prologue.
• Other Minor Improvements
• Fixed chess promotion not working on PC.
• Fixed some issues with Discord presence
• Every quest now has its own image on Discord presence.
• Fixed issue where loading to a new chapter after playing chess would kick you out to your room to play chess again.

v0.12.1:

• Extended and improved some dialogues.
• Improved a scene with Ibuki (the one where she’s sitting).
• Added some new background animations.
• Added new sound effects.
• More game size optimizations.
• Added some improvements to the music player.
• Chess Minigame for Android (Simplified version due to Android limitations, redone from scratch).
• The chess skill stat will now persist between saves (it won’t be reset if you’d like to start with a new path).
• Chess AI is a bit easier now on the lowest difficulty (still needs some testing).
• Fixed issue with the music player in the room, where sometimes pressing the ESC key kicked you back to your room, skipping the whole quest.
• Fixed lag when loading clock animation.
• Updated game’s icon.

v0.11.2

• Fixed the evil_meter error

v0.11.1

v0.11

v0.1
Initial Release

• Brand new story with our all beloved characters (more are coming soon).
• No sprites are used in this project. I wanted every scene to be a unique one in it’s own way, without constantly repeating the same character image.
• Licensed Music and Sound design.
• Quite a few animations made in Adobe After Effects.
• NSFW scenes (not many yet, story needs a bigger development).

Questions you may have:

• Is Xgirl going to be added?
  • Probably yes, just in its own time.
• How long before the next update?
  • Hard to say. But the initial plan is to update once in one-two months.
• Is the art AI generated?
  • Not 100%. I find AI generated stuff too unpredictable to generate consistent images, and I also don’t have a powerful enough PC to fully use it. So I’m using AI to enhance my sketches instead. Not using sprites makes this project about 10 times more difficult, but since I’m using AI in some capacity, I’ve decided to take this approach.