Блик Надежды / The Silver Lining [v.0.9] (2023) (Rus/Eng) [Ren'Py] [Linux] [Android] [tsl] [Namuswill]

v.0.9 - 2025-04-05
Additional scenes with Mr. Siegel
Visiting the art gallery with Juliette
Meeting the Harrington family
The end of Chapter 1
Yes, this updates marks what I essentially consider to be Chapter 1 which is basically 1\3 of the game. So far the story follow the rough outline I laid out all the way back. I am generally satisfied with the direction, but I am not entirely satisfied with the quality. I have never worked solo on a creative project like this and it's been a learning experience. So I want to use everything I have learned and the base I have laid out with Chapter 1 and as I previously mentioned, polish, improve and add to what the already existent content. This means more environments, more music, more times with characters and I will definitly work on polishing the writing, as well as add some additional scenes.
Not long ago I have asked you for feedback and you some of you provided it, I am very greatful for that, it's a huge help when you tell me what you like about the game and what you want to see! Feel free to share any feedback in the comments or in the DMs. I will be sure to take that into account as long as it aligns with my vision for the game.
I will now take a week off, the update should work fine, but if you find any bugs, be sure to report them and I will fix those. After that, somewhere at the end of next week I will publish a detailed breakdown of what I plan for the 0.10 "soft remaster" let's call it.

I hope you enjoy the new update and thank you for your support

v.0.8c - 2025-03-14
- Date with Mr. Siegel and morning after with Tommy

v0.8a - 2024-07-04
- Hang out with Tommy added, next up Mr. Siegel and his date night! After Mr. Siegel portion is added, I will move into 0.9 and 0.10 will mark the midpoint of the game.

v0.8 - 2024-05-06
Okay, so we are at 0.8 but with a caveat. As I was putting everything together I realized I made a huge mistake or rather a series of mistakes when working on some of the new artwork which really messed things up for me and I had to pull back a bunch of stuff like new outer wear for some characters, emotions and stuff as well as new scene with Tommy.
I will be fixing all of that over the course of the week, but for now I decided to release the first part of the update as it was what I managed to fix up and get working.
If you're going for Juliette then don't hesitate to download and check out the new scene, but otherwise hang in there for a little while longer until I get this thing fixed and released properly.

v0.7
So, what's happening in 0.7? It's a small update, only one day that mostly deals with some of the decisions you have made so far, mainly Frank's task and kiss with Juliette, there's also a small scene with Tommy if you have romanced him. A couple of bug have been fixed and some previous text has been re-written in Juliette's scene, but those are not really huge changes.

v0.6a
- Now you shouldn't be sent to Tommy if you refuse Mr. Siegel's proposal.
- Tommy should need no reminding who Mila is if you went on a date with him.
- Because of some messed up ploting, it was possible to miss a scene where Mila would admit to herself that she had a crush on Juliette, now this scene should play correctly and additional options will be displayed in some scenes with Tommy.
- Re-worked some of the writing during the first sex scene with Tommy, but only for the sober version. You won't see much change if you had a drink prior.
- Few slight tweaks to the text in some scenes and fixed some characters not being positioned correctly in some scenes.
- Art finished.

v0.6 - 2024-01-16
- Frank's task
- Possible scene with Tommy
- Celebrate Christmas with family
- And drop by to Juliette's party

v0.5
- Some improvments in regards to how sounds stops\plays in some scenes
- Moving the story along.
- Scene with Juliette
- New character introduction and even with Mr. Siegel

v0.4b
- Implementing layered image system. Fully this time.
- Fixed a few typos and a bug that caused certain event to loop
- Minor art improvments
- Changed Main Menu background
- Changed default font

v0.4
- Flirting at work with Frank
- Lessons with Juliette
- Dinner and potential sex scene with Tommy
- New system for displaying images ... kinda implimented.

v0.3
- Added some additional dialogue and art
- Go shopping with Frank and get a new look
- Another scene with Juliette

v0.2a
- Small fixes, changes and improvments
- Background art for the butcher added

v0.2
- Introduces 3 new characters
- Family has a dinner with a guest
- MC meets a new friend. Possibly
- MC's first day at work!

v0.1 Release

0.6 has some unfinished art, I will work on that as well as some other aspects and release another update this week.