Hello, Salty Hounds players!

We’ve been looking forward to sharing this update with you more than any other.

Thank you for believing in us and waiting so patiently. At last, Seha’s long-awaited romantic events and ending are here, bringing the first of our romance routes to its conclusion. ✨

You can now raise Seha’s Affection to level 5, with plenty of romantic events to discover along the way and an ending to set your heart racing. We hope you’ll savor your time with Seha, the rival CEO who loves to tease but is hard not to love!

🙏 A Better Game, Thanks to You

• Since the major system revamps in March and August, you’ve sent us so many thoughtful suggestions and heartfelt messages telling us how much more fun the game has become. We want to take a moment to thank you again. Your encouragement, enthusiasm, and feedback have reassured us that we’re heading in the right direction and given us fresh energy to keep working.

🚀 October Roadmap: More Content on the Way

Seha’s ending is just the start. Throughout October, we plan to roll out the following updates, bringing a substantial amount of new content to the game.

Dating System Revamp: We’re revamping riverside and movie theater dates to make them even more enjoyable.

(👉 Tip: The bar date, available from Seha’s Affection level 3, already offers a taste of the new dating system. Give it a try for an early look at what’s in store!)

Full Access to Maps and Systems: All items in the interior decorating system will become available to collect, and every assignment in the work system will be playable. We’ll also unlock the five remaining locations on the map.

The Next Romance Ending: Junho is next after Seha, and his ending will be arriving soon.

We’re also hard at work on plenty of other content tied to the endings.❤️

We’re aiming for a full release this year, and we’ll keep putting everything we have into making the game the best experience it can be!

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Hello, Salty Hounds players!

In this update, we've greatly increased the frequency of Special Requests and sped up their progression so you can enjoy the story at a smoother pace. We've also made gamepad controls more convenient and carefully polished a variety of UI elements and immersive details throughout the game.

• Special Requests and Aquarium Quests Overhauled: The chances of receiving a 'Special Request' or your selected 'Focus Target' during weekly work have been greatly increased. We've also raised the progress rewards for Aquarium Requests, significantly reducing the time needed to complete them, and improved the completion-reporting flow.

• Weekday Fast-Forward and Safeguards Improved: We've made the '4× Weekday Fast-Forward (hold button)' feature introduced in the previous update feel smoother to control, with more seamless screen transitions. Its safeguard now also stops fast-forward more reliably when an important event begins, so you won't miss any dialogue.

• Weekly Focus Preview: Before planning each Sunday's schedule, a new briefing screen lets you see your current work focus and person of interest at a glance.

• Continuous Conversations (Sohee): After finishing a conversation with Sohee outside the hospital, you'll now return to the selection menu so you can keep talking without initiating another interaction each time.

• Bedtime Prompt Timing: The bedtime To-Do no longer appears on the morning of the first day and will now be introduced naturally from 9 PM onward.

• When viewing unlocked illustrations (CGs) in the gallery, you can now click the image to cycle through alternate versions with different expressions and presentation details.

• Gamepad Quick Selection: In all Yes/No confirmation windows, including Save and Load prompts, you can now choose instantly with the gamepad's A button (Yes) or B button (No), without using the directional controls.

• Clearer To-Do Progress: To-Do items with specific goals, such as gaining ideas over coffee at the office, now display your current progress clearly (for example, Current/30).

• Auto-Expanding Character Profiles: When profile information such as Likes, Dislikes, or Weekend Schedule runs long, the field now expands automatically so the full text remains visible.

• More Stable Menu and Dialogue Controls: Scrolling through empty slots in the save list is now smoother, and focus handling has been improved to prevent the To-Do list from responding to inputs during dialogue.

• Movie Date Popcorn: Fixed an issue where one Popcorn was not properly consumed from your inventory after a movie date.

• Canceling Date Exit: Fixed an issue where the confirmation window could repeatedly appear after canceling the option to leave near the boundary of a date location.

• Person of Interest Display: Fixed an issue where the person of interest selected on the first computer in the office did not appear in the current-status briefing.

• SMS Contact Name: Fixed an issue in the 'Client's Tie Pin' event where Taemin's name appeared when the player sent a message to Junho.

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