Hello everybody and, for those who celebrate, Happy Easter!
It was a coincidence, but it seems that the 3rd anniversary of the game falls on Easter this year! As I teased in the past months I prepared a big update for the game... it's not a complete "remaster" per se but I hope you'll like the new version! 
So enjoy the NEW TRAILER MADE BY FREI (link to their Vgen) and read about the changes down below!

1. GRAPHIC UPDATE! 

All the CGs in the game have been replaced with new art by Cherbox!
They did a TERRIFIC job and I'm so glad to have them on the project!

There are new CGs for the endings and some of them will be unlocked depending on how deep you explore the bunker. The true ending, in the perfect state, will feature four different CGs for it! 

Not only that, but the game now features two animations for the scenes that needed it and an alternative set of sprites to match the CGs, with multiple poses and expressions. You'll still have the option to select between the original sprites and the new sprites, so you can pick the ones you like.

I kindly ask of you not to feed the new art to AI in respect of the artist. 

2. VOICE ACTING 

Béla has a voice actor! All his lines have been voiced by Kevin Tsing, it was my first time working with a voice actor and it has been so fun! It was really interesting to participate to the recordings and to see how much he got into Béla's shoes. I can't wait for you to hear the result!

The full dub won't be forced on you: you will have the choice to select Partial Voice Acting (as the game as always been) or Full Voice Acting. The placeholder audio has been removed. 

While I still cannot afford to have the whole game with full voice acting I'd like to localize the voicelines of each character in the other languages (PT-BR, JP, ES and RU so far). It's basically 5 lines for each character, more or less.
If you would like to support this quest this is my ko-fi:
https://ko-fi.com/banyalaplace

Or, if you're a voice actor that speaks one of those languages, feel free to send me your demo reels and rates at: banyalaplace@gmail.com

3. NEW STRUCTURE

This is an invisible fix, but I rewritten part of the structure of the game. I basically prepped it to receive add-ons and also to decrease the load on the framerate. Some unexplicable crashes should be solved, but since the game runs on new code and plugins there's still the possibility of brand new bugs. 

I wish I could do more, like remaking the maps from scratch, but it would delay the development of Rule of Salt even further.

The flashlight is now fully automatic, there's no need to activate it from the menu. It follows the player everywhere and doesn't get stuck in the wasp pit room anymore; the timers work as intended, you're no longer immortal in the room with the skeletons; you won't automatically burn the queen if you're alone but if you do Béla WILL show up as intended this time... and so much more fixes.

Aside from this I have a 2 pages long worth list of the small fixes and quality of life, but it would make the devlog way too long. If you're curious I will share in another update! 

All the localized versions are up to date with the current novelties! 
Not only that, but they've been updated: a huge thanks goes to the translators who made this possible! 

4. AND SPECIAL THANKS

It's been three years already and it feels like yesterday! 
While I hope this game brought you fun moments and joy (and not only traumas), it brought to me the chance to meet and engage with lots of people, making me feel part of a community!  And so a huge thanks to...

My friends:
Lio and Dia, who encouraged and supported me from the start
Neil, who also heard me rave for the last five months about this
Cattleya, for being so passionate about this

The beta testing team:
Dekaloop Studio, Cattleya, CryptidPlays (MothGames), FaelelSparrow, Faebee, Cherbox, Kanenogi, William, JackOphelia and Oposhu

All the localizers: 
Maya Ooue, Ashiri, Tea Party Project, Mist, Yorek & Tsumayouji 

Kevin Tsing:
I have fond memories of the recording session, thank you for being on the project! 

...and you, the players! Thank you so much for making these three years special! I hope you'll enjoy the new version, see you next update!

TL;DR: the game has new CGs, animated cutscenes, an alternate sprite set, full voice acting for Béla and fixes to the code and the localizations!