Hello everyone! The latest major update to the demo has been released, which contains several major changes as well as miscellaneous bug fixes.

A complete changelog for this update can be found at the bottom of this post, but here is a summary.

As you might have noticed, several features in the Bubby care portions of the demo are either nonfunctional or are simply forgotten over time, such as the naming of your Bubby. This new update brings full memory and functionality to all of these features, as well as adding a few more.

Your Bubby's name will now be remembered between play sessions, alongside how hungry your bubby is, and how much money you have (Meaning no escaping your money issues!). even more important, is that the game can now act as a real virtual pet for the first half of the game. Your Bubby will grow hungry even if left in the background or shut down, so you can treat the game like a true virtual pet if that's all you want from it (Though we all know that's not why you're here).

The Foodmart has been completely redone, now becoming a much more interactive and (dare I say) adorable activity rather than just interacting with a static menu, earning it the happy music it plays!

In the theme of food updates, you can now watch your Bubby munch on food! Also added to the My Bubby screen is the new ability to pet your Bubby, aww!

Aside from bonding, you can also pet your hungry hungry Bubby to pacify him for a bit to get some coins to buy food!

Besides from the Bubby Care section, several new secrets and areas have been added to the main portions of the game, as well as the ability to pause the game. Additionally, your bubby now continues to grow hungry at a much slower rate as you play the game, and you are able to return to the Bubby Care screen to feed and play with your bubby whenever you like.

Also, say hello to the soda machine!

You can spend 100 coins to buy a soda, which increases your movement speed for 10 minutes. Additionally, you can now go fullscreen whenever you want!

There are quite a few more changes, a lot of which can be found in the changelog below, but these are the most major changes.

• Full Changelog

  General Changes

• Added a Super Nova Studios splashscreen to the beginning of the game.

• Added a fullscreen option to the beginning of the game to make entering fullscreen mode easier.

• Fixed several misc bugs

  Bubby Care Changes

• Updated Bubby care GUI and menu

• Modified hunger decay rate, Bubby gets hungry much slower while playing Bubby Ski Time.

• Your Bubby will now continue to grow hungry while playing Bubby Ski Time. If your Bubby's hunger hits zero, then you will be forced back to the Bubby Care screen. Upon being caught by an adversary, your Bubby's hunger goes down by 1.

• Buffed the size of Tomo's mouth.

• Modified how Tomo's animations in the My Bubby menu function, animation no longer on the same fixed schedule, and is now randomly decided based on the mood of your Bubby.

• Added a "Pet" button to the My Bubby menu, which can calm down your Bubby if their hungry, allowing you to play minigames for a short period of time to earn coins and feed your Bubby.

• Added an eating animation to the My Bubby menu, now you can have Mukbang's with your Bubby!

• The game now remembers the chosen name of your Bubby between play sessions, along with your total amount of money and how hungry your Bubby is. No more cheating your way out of a hungry family and crippling debt!

• Up until a certain point in the game's hidden story, the game can act as a true virtual pet. The game remembers the time it was when it was shut down or made inactive, and compares that to the time it is when you open the game, allowing your bubby to grow hungry while the game is closed or left in the background.

• Updated the Bubby Ski Time graphics, obstacles are no longer limited to snowballs. New obstacles include trees and snowmen.

• Bubby ski time now politely informs you when the game is going to start. How nice!

• You can now see how many coins you've earned so far while playing Bubby Ski Time.

• Added a graphic next to the hidden entrance in Bubby Ski Time that tells you how to unlock it.

• Made coins much more frequent in Bubby Ski Time.

• Added a lap signifier to Bubby Ski Time, informing you whenever you loop back around entirely and making an encouraging noise!

• After unlocking the backscenes, you are now able to return to the normal ski time minigame to earn coins using a level select menu.

• Overhauled the Foodmart system. Foodmart is now a physical location you take your Bubby to, where you push them in a cart and purchase food from the shelves, complete with animations.

• Heavily updated the Mow-Mow My Bubby encounter to match the changes to the Bubby Care portion of the game.
  
  Backscene Changes

• Added the ability to pause the game. The pause menu can be activated using the X or ESC button on the keyboard.

• In the pause menu, you are able to press a fullscreen button to initiate fullscreen mode, or press the Home button to return to the Bubby Care screen. This can not happen during certain cutscenes or story events.

• Updated the layout of several rooms in the game.

• Changed the wording on certain lengthy notes.

• Added new notes to some sections of the games, including ones that clarify the purpose of the lift and the disc creator.

• Rearranged the locations of the computers, and added a new computer containing a small minigame that you can earn coins using.

• Added a soda machine from which you can by a can of soda for 100 coins. Soda lasts for 10 minutes, during which you move faster, allowing you to escape from enemies easier at the cost of money.

• Changed the TAR floor tape to match the order of the letters in the garage puzzle.

• Reintegrated the second piano puzzle into the game, although it serves no functional purpose until the full release of the game.

• Shrunk the size of the void in the birthday room considerably, no more endless wandering!

• The birthday room now changes after entering the hidden warp pad

• The generator now requires Steam to be activated, now requiring you to sustain the darkness for a slightly longer period of time.

• Added several new locations and rooms to the game, as well as new secrets to uncover. Look carefully, because exploration is rewarded!