Historical Fashion Dress Up 1.2.0: Rococo is here!

Historical Fashion Dress Up version 1.2.0 is finally live on Steam!

Hey everyone!

This is a major update that overhauls the game and adds three new fashion packs for you to explore: 1680s men's fashion, and the long-awaited 1780s women's and men's fashion!

We have also updated existing packs to support our new multi-color system, and added animals taken from historical paintings as a new accessory category! The UI has also had a complete redesign ✨

A big focus for us with this patch was to improve the general flow and pacing in the game, and we've made it quicker to navigate menus, switch packs and manage wardrobes. We also decided to remove the tailors and the rudimentary dress-up events from the game. The idea of dressing up for certain events is one we want to explore more fully in a future implementation.

Another big focus was performance and stability. In previous versions of the game there was a slight stutter whenever a character was randomized, and there were some bugs with the old wardrobe where your saved outfits and characters would look different when loaded.

To fix this, and to allow for more customization, we have rewritten the game's code from scratch with a more robust architecture. Now the game supports fast randomization, stable saves and even undo/redo!

With all these structural improvements to existing packs, saves made in the previous version (version 1.1.1) are no longer compatible with this version. To remedy this we have added a one-time migration that runs when you launch the new version. It exports the thumbnails of your old outfits and saves them to Documents/HFDU/LegacySaves, so you can recreate them if you wish.

Furthermore, we've added the old version 1.1.1 as a beta branch on Steam, so you can switch between the old and new versions at your leisure.

If you detect bugs in this new version, or have any other feedback, please let us know. We want to keep making HFDU as great as it can be!

Have fun exploring the new content, and remember to take plenty of screenshots! 📷

Stay tuned for more updates! ⭐

• Maria and Carl from Tidvis

Version 1.2.0 - Changelog

Added

• Added three new fashion packs(!)

  • 1680s men, 1780s women and men

• Added animals as a new accessory category shared by all packs 🐶

• Added more outfit and character options to existing packs

• Added undo/redo support

• Added support for multiple color slots on a single item

• Added a new row to color swatch panel

• Added more colors to existing color palettes

• Added new Steam achievements

• Added more wardrobe slots per pack

• Added more historical backgrounds

• Added live-preview of color mode changes in print menu

• Added timeline to pack select menu

• Added ability to zoom in on character at will

Changed

• Rebuilt game's systems from scratch for better performance and customization

• Reworked outfits from existing fashion packs to support multiple color slots

• Reworked the structure of the 1820s women's fashion pack to be more aligned with the other packs

• Reworked user interface graphics and colors

• Reworked wardrobe to support cross-pack loading, and streamlined save/load/delete modes

• Reworked existing Steam achievements

• Reworked the separate info menus from each pack into a singular encyclopedia

• Reworked the historical backgrounds present in existing packs, favoring paintings and contemporary art

• Improved game flow by allowing easy cross-pack swaps without visiting the main menu

Removed

• Removed tailors and their dialogue prompts from the game

• Removed events from the game and changed existing event-related achievements to trigger on finishing unique outfits instead

• Removed requirement to wear a base outfit before being allowed to hit the Finish button