Update: Foxglove

Hope you’re all faring well and have been enjoying plumbing the depths of Mask of the Rose since the Constance update! We’ve been busy planning and putting together this update, as well as looking ahead to the next.

Foxglove largely focuses on bug fixes for many of the issues you’ve sent through so far. Among other things, we have:

• Increased Rachel's repertoire so that she no longer runs out of things to say on being seduced more than twice.

• Calmed Ferret's fear of spiders so that they will no longer drag the conversation back to that subject rather than letting the player get on with the business of their visit.

• Removed a crack in your wardrobe through which falling snow could occasionally be seen.

• Stopped Ferret from recommending rodent-based cuisine once they are on speaking terms with rats.

• Discouraged Griz from acts of ventriloquism whereby she spoke at the supper table despite not being visibly present.

• Corrected several instances in which the code sigils that control the working of the universe inadvertently became visible to the mortal eye.

• Improved David's understanding of graveyard etiquette so that he will no longer pay calls on Horatia whilst deceased.

• Given Mr Pages the moral courage to meet the player at the Feast even after it has done something quite regrettable to London. Previously unseen emotional confrontations may ensue.

We have also introduced an autosave point: the game will now save when you change your clothes in your bedroom.

Here are the full patch notes.

The next update, Laburnum, will focus on your feedback about storycrafting and the murder investigation. We also hope to introduce more save points to break up known moments where there’s a long stretch of story without an autosave.

Many of us have annual leave, sabbaticals or childcare commitments now we’re practically in August, so you can expect to see Laburnum emerge in Autumn.

Thank you, everyone, for your support and bug reports thus far. Until Laburnum!