One of the main influences for Love of Magic was of course Persona 4 and 5. I loved the way it combines a sandbox with a constantly progressing calendar, the themes of balancing a normal life against a supernatural destiny, even some of the character archetypes. 

One feature that all the Persona games share is the idea of a New Game+ mode, where you can start a new game with the end of content save, and experience a subtly different game, and maybe even a ‘true’ ending.

With that in mind I set out to create a New Game+ mode for Love of Magic; you can find lots of hints for it, especially in Book 3 (but occasionally also in book 1 and 2). The way it works is that it takes your end of Book 3 save (called Act16.sav3) and begins a new game with it. You’ll start with higher stats (15/15/15) and more cash (£10,000), as well as all your existing gems. The game also remembers a number of the actions you committed throughout the game, and occasionally reacts to them. A lot of dialogs change in subtle (and not so subtle) ways, especially those related to your core group of characters.

The game also adds in several new NG+ only events, with Fae showing up at the Crowley, and some of the more unique characters of Book 2/3 returning to engage with the player. 

I also decided to add some fan-service. The Kult of Kath’s long been asking for an event with everyone’s favorite werelynx, and this time I finally agreed. Diana’s got a new book for you… make sure you read it before Kath becomes your barmaid on day 112 onwards. There’s also new questlines for Jenny, Olivia and Nimue. 

Finally I ported all of it to Book 3’s version of the engine, which adds a number of quality of life improvements, including rollback, video backgrounds, a gallery for replaying erotic scenes, gamepad support and hundreds of other little tweaks.

Some of the new content is only accessible if you’ve got a final Book 3 save (called act16.sav3), while most of the new side-events (like Kath, Jenny and Olivia) can be played either from a new save, or a NG+ save. 

So. Hope you enjoy the update. I'm returning to work onMorningstar, with Act IV starting on day 54. Go check it out!