Ruin Me 0.54.0: The Nostalgic Conjugation

Hello, perverts! It's time for another update to Ruin Me, with a new horror expedition and a bunch of other enhancements. That means that there's also a new free version, adding a new minor ruination and an assortment of other updates.

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Version 0.54.0-p is for $2+ patrons and adds:

• "The Nostalgic Conjugation" horror expedition, featuring unreliable memories, nightmares of strange words, and a petrifying well. It's available in Act II after a series of new nightmares; if you already have a save, you will begin dreaming of your true past the next time you would have a nightmare. It will take a few dreams for the expedition to get added to your journal.
• The new option to choose the order in which Theresa can be trained in penetrative sex. If you wish, you can teach her anal sex at Permissivity 3 and save vaginal sex for Experience 4, reversing their positions in the curriculum.
• Adjustments to several requirements to account for doing Theresa's training in either order. This involved rearranging the Play menu, possibly changing what scenes you have access to.
• A new-style interaction menu for Cathy at the docks, including new casual chat options.
• An improvement so that picking up a package from Cathy no longer makes time pass.
• Nightmares for expeditions are now acquired differently. In general, nightmares play in the order in which they were "gained." Previously, you would gain one "prophecy" nightmare when an expedition started and one "echo" when it ended. Now, you will gain all "prophecy" nightmares for an Act when that Act starts, to make it more likely that you see them before the expedition. No other nightmares have been changed, and players with saves in progress shouldn't notice any differences until they reach a new Act.
• An improvement to how nomenclature is tracked and stored. This should have no visible consequences. If you notice any errors or words in [brackets], please let me know!
• A flag so that you are only asked once if you want to skip nighttime check-ins. This occurs at some point when you haven't checked on Theresa in at least five nights in a row. You can still turn this prompt on and off by talking to Theresa about night-time liberties during the day in her chambers.
• An enhancement to the first step of Theresa's training in exhibitionism: if you have her squat, her art will now change.
• Sound effects for updating your journal.
• Improved formatting for the changelog accessible from the main menu.
• Assorted minor fixes and enhancements.

Version 0.53.2 is free for everyone and adds:

• A new minor ruination, "Rescue a Welcoming Couple", letting you help a couple become comfortable with nonmonogamy. These scenes have consensual cuckqueaning (a wife getting off on her husband fucking other people). It's available in the cellar of the Reform Institute in Act III once Theresa has informed you about the "birds". There are now five birds sequences available, but only three are required to progress the main story.
• A new menu for Byron in the style of the one used in Theresa's chambers.
• Update to "The Mica Sign" expedition so that certain short conversations don't make time pass.
• Ambiences that play in the mansion; by default, these occur once a day and won't play the first time you enter the entryway each morning. Additional ambiences unlock as the game progresses, and some depend on your sophisticated taste options.
• Additional possibilities for the photo that is sometimes slipped under your door in the morning if the "Jealousy" sophisticated text is active, based on what training Theresa has had. The chances have now increased so it should happen every five days or so.
• New backgrounds for when the Birds relate their backstories.
• Improved art for Cathy, clarifying her hair and eyes and adding shadows.
• You can now travel directly to the cellar from the main Reform Institute menu once Theresa has informed you about the "birds" in Act III.
• Theresa now retains her makeup when she takes off the Vamp of Dracula costume, at least for a bit. At some point, I want to provide more makeup customization.
• Your BDSM supplies now arrive just *before* you use them, not after.
• A main volume slider in the preferences, plus clearer labels on the existing volume sliders.
• The option to pick whether Theresa will offer play and what scene she will offer, if Control Randomness is on in the cheat menu.
• A fix for an issue that meant that accepting Theresa's spontaneous offer for play would send you to the main menu afterward.

If you sign up to be my patron at the $2/month level or higher, you get access to new builds as soon as they're done, plus the Reminisce feature that lets you replay old sex scenes without the trouble of rollback or save games. $5/month patrons also get access to a special cheat menu and the ability to submit requests! The current latest version will be available to everyone once the next patron-only build is up. If you want to contribute to the game's development, please become a supporter on Patreon!