Caine's route is finally out! Go ahead and update your game through the Itch App, load your manual save file (your quick save file won't work, but it's okay, you can always create a new quick save!) and find Caine in the settings. Click on his profile and select "start new route" and you're on your way!  

For those curious, James' 1^st chapter is available to be read as well. You can't start a new route with him, but you can reread his 1^st chapter as it is unlocked for you.

Help, my game didn't update! If you downloaded a stand alone version of Tailor Tales and didn't install through the Itch App, then the game won't automatically update. Have no fear, you can transfer your save file! Please make sure to download the Itch App here:

https://itch.io/app

Then find and download Tailor Tales in the Itch App. Follow the instructions of the video below (ignore the fact that it's talking about a Patreon version, the method of transferring save files still works). All you need to do is locate where you installed the old version of Tailor Tales, and open the folder of Tailor Tales in the Itch app.

Caine's walkthrough for important clients:

A full changelog of updates below:

Content

• - Caine's full route has now been added (5 hours of content)
• - James' 1^st chapter can be previewed (go to chapter selection, then reread his 1^st chapter)
• - A whole bunch of new clothing accessories are now available
• - New clothing styles for tops and skirts have been added
• - Geometric shapes are available as details
• - Lots of new patterns to use
• - New wallpaper, flooring and furniture to customize your boutique
• - MC now has a sprite that has been added for side stories told in the love interest' point of view (Plus users only)

Bugfixes

• - Fixed a save file corruption error that would sometimes occur when the player tried to load their save file again, leading to an error saying "Cannot read property 'name' of null"
• - Fixed a few layer issues with clothing that wouldn't load when you first entered the designing screen
• - Some GPUs would cause an error with the screen after alt-tabbing and going back to the game where the screen was frozen, which has now been fixed
• - Sprites now fade in and out without seeing the underlying layers
• - Fixed a bug where you could select invisible colours when picking out a background for the camera mode
• - Some players would get errors with patterns displaying incorrectly. This issue was traced to the web-GL functionality being disabled on the user' computer. If the user cannot turn web-GL back on themselves, they must switch out their package.
• - After completing a route, players were asked if they wanted to read the other ending, but were sometimes met by the same ending regardless. It'll now set the chapter back to 25 properly so you can choose which ending to read

New features

• - All text messages have been replaced by a phone system that can show emojis and pictures as well
• - Players can change the size of the text to small, medium and large by clicking the AA icon
• - Players can now date characters after completing their route (Plus users only)
• - Dynamic tinting to account for the surroundings or time of day (orange during sunset, dark during night etc.)
• - Background blurring whenever a character approaches you has been remade and looks blurrier
• - Screen effects such as dashes, lights, and action lines have been added
• - The Profile in the settings of the main menu has been reworked to add a few more options
• - Players can now determine whether they're a virgin or not in the main menu, under Profile. Some routes (namely Caine) has slightly different dialogue based on this choice
• - Players can determine whether they want to hear MC's soundbites during side stories or not in the main menu under settings
• - Starting a new route, you'll be asked if you want to view the warnings and triggers for that route. Major spoilers are still hidden, so if you accidentally click yes, you will not be spoiled
• - You can rename your brother (Ralph), who appears in James' route. His sprite will take on the MC's CG colours

Artwork

• - A few backgrounds were redrawn
• - Gray, previously named Sam, has been reworked
• - Aiden and Neil has had some minor updates to their sprites
• - Some of Neil's CGs were redrawn
• - Some of the clothing has been redrawn, namely the midi and maxi circle skirts
• - A couple of hairstyles were redrawn

Misc.

• - The introduction tutorial has been remade and spread out as to not overwhelm new players. Returning players may stumble upon a tutorial here and there
• - All soundbites have been organized into subfolders
• - All backgrounds are now organized into a subfolder
• - Some quality of life fixes (more colours grouped, certain clothing elements excluded from being randomized)