Expected to drop in the early morning of Jan 22nd: Art pack update and hotfix.

Regarding the contents of this patch update:

Note: After the update, a small number of old save files may experience bugs or various issues that render them invalid. Due to engine limitations, this cannot be fully resolved. If you encounter such issues, please try loading a save file from one or two steps back to continue progressing through the game. We apologize for the inconvenience!

DLC Changes:

• Optimized and corrected character sprites and walking animations in the art pack.

• Added walking animations and facial portraits for [The Black Cat and the Crimson Moon Girl & Afterstory].

• Added select exquisite CGs for [The Black Cat and the Crimson Moon Girl & Afterstory].

• Added walking animations for the "Flesh Mound" monster.

• Added Kion's Popularity Poll commemorative illustration. Please note that the illustration gallery will be updated with more categories later.

• Added a full set of Chibi (SD) emoticons for Xiaoqi and Kion.

Bug Fixes:

Gameplay:

• Fixed the black screen issue that occurred when repeatedly entering and exiting the courtyard.

• Fixed the error where the wrong death scene would trigger during the final chase sequence.

• Fixed the exploit where certain puzzle items could be collected repeatedly.

• Fixed the incorrect lighting display when lighting lanterns.

• Fixed the bug where characters would turn transparent after viewing CGs in the Gallery.

Optimizations & Content Updates:

• AdjustedChase Difficulty AdjustmentIn response to player feedback, the difficulty of the final chase sequence in the Afterstory has been increased. The monster will now pursue the player more aggressively and utilize the "traditional art" of teleportation/blinking to ambush the player.

• Optimized certain text elements.