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Author Sim Demo v0.2.0 - Patch Notes (2026/02/27)

Hello everyone! As always, thank you everyone for your support, feedback and ideas! I truly appreciate it! Based on your feedback, I split the original skill tree into a Mini-Games Tree and an Items Tree.

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changedSpilt the old skill tree into two separate trees: The Mini-Games Tree consists of five upgrade branches, one branch for each action mini-game; each upgrade progressively reduces the mini-game’s difficulty In Relaxing mode, the difficulty of each mini-game can be adjusted freely without spending skill points In Realistic mode, skill points must be spent to unlock upgrades that make the mini-games easier The Items Tree consists of four upgrade branches; each upgrade unlocks certain in-game element/s, such as the fanfiction writing action, fanfiction tags, books, social media posts, starting funds, and shop items
addedAdded current difficulty indicator displayed during each action mini-game, along with an explanation of the active difficulty level
addedRevised the tutorial to explain the new mini-game difficulty system and the two skill trees
addedChanged the new skill points notification window to display the number of skill points available for the Mini-Games Tree vs. for the Items Tree

As always, thank you everyone for your support, feedback and ideas! I truly appreciate it! Based on your feedback, I split the original skill tree into a Mini-Games Tree and an Items Tree. Below are the more specific changes included in this update:

  • Spilt the old skill tree into two separate trees:

    • The Mini-Games Tree consists of five upgrade branches, one branch for each action mini-game; each upgrade progressively reduces the mini-game’s difficulty

      • In Relaxing mode, the difficulty of each mini-game can be adjusted freely without spending skill points

      • In Realistic mode, skill points must be spent to unlock upgrades that make the mini-games easier

    • The Items Tree consists of four upgrade branches; each upgrade unlocks certain in-game element/s, such as the fanfiction writing action, fanfiction tags, books, social media posts, starting funds, and shop items

  • Added current difficulty indicator displayed during each action mini-game, along with an explanation of the active difficulty level

  • Revised the tutorial to explain the new mini-game difficulty system and the two skill trees

  • Changed the new skill points notification window to display the number of skill points available for the Mini-Games Tree vs. for the Items Tree

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