The Birdcage is ready! Before mermaids?! How horrible of us!

The new spriter will be working on the mermaids' Spika right after Christmas, so we can expect v0.19 to happen around January!

THIS MONDAY we'll begin distributing 🦊Yako🦊️ This build (or any v0.18 Beat build) will be required!

Additions and changes:

• Bird Release!
• Bird Princess is now recruitable
• Bird Reign questline and pregnancy announcement scene added
• Added Bird Princess dialogues for Tavern / Campsite / Sexual interludes
• Bird visitors added around the Kingdom
• Bird Princess can now have field and siege battles
• Bird Princess can now join Tea Parties
• Added Bird Princess pregnancy/fertility cycles and mechanics
• Added 2 merchants (Bird Bonemancer and Bird Warmonger) with random sets of wares to sell in the Birdcage's "Pullet Inn"
• 404B has been added as DLC character
• Fina has been added as DLC character
• Yako has been added as DLC character
• 404B NSFW animation #1 added
• Fina NSFW animation #1 added
• Yako NSFW animation #1 added
• Sonnet NSFW scene added
• Sonnet NSFW Animation #1 added
• Eldritch Princess NSFW Animation #2 added
• Bird Princess NSFW animation #1 added!
• Bird Princess NSFW animation #2 added!
• Dragon NPCs (Feathered) NSFW animation #3 added!
• Dragon NPCs (Seahorse) NSFW animation #4 added!
• Purple kobold Progeny added!
• NSFW animations for purple kobold Progeny added (#1/#2/#3/#4/#5)
• Mermaid Wish added: Loot Ashore
• Mermaid Wish added: Abyssal Blessing!
• Bird Wish added: Clear Skies
• Bird Wish added: Eggmastery!
• Added portraits for the Bird NPC you need to save: Robyn!
• Reworked Campfire and Swirlies-burning with new cut-out animations
• You can now burn Swirlies for more party members at once
• Reworked Cow Race event
• Reduced performance stress in battle areas
• Cat Progeny now has 5 new haircuts and an additional hair colour that can be obtained in the moths' "Papillon Rose" salon
• Dog Progeny now has 5 new haircuts and an additional hair colour that can be obtained in the moths' "Papillon Rose" salon
• Mouse Progeny now has 5 new haircuts and an additional hair colour that can be obtained in the moths' "Papillon Rose" salon
• Rabbit Progeny now has 5 new haircuts and an additional hair colour that can be obtained in the moths' "Papillon Rose" salon
• Random NPCs can now come with alternative hairstyles (currently only for Human, Harvest, Desert, Goblin, Moth, Cat, Dog, Mouse, Rabbit Progeny)
• Added Futa variant to Holstaur NPCs THICC form
• New armor added: Kotinos!
• New item added: Queen's Roar!
• New trait added: Snitch!
• Reworked Fairy Princess' assets. Fixed her not always wearing the costume hung on her Mannequin
• New costume added: "Coatl Armor" (forge it at Vesta's) for Kobold Princess, Progeny and Amelie
• New costume added: "Coatl Armor+" (forge it at Vesta's) for Kobold Princess, Progeny and Amelie

Fixes:

• Spookfest crash during dialogues with Lamia NPCs
• Spookfest black screen after sexy times
• Passable terrain all over Insect Reign (when still underground)
• Ice Maiden fight outside Dragon Princess II's castle fixed
• Myrr not taking money from the Knight after shopping
• Holstaur Princess getting the wrong costume when gifted
• BGM not resuming after Sexy Times in the Spookfest room
• Player not going back to its location after Sexy Times in the Spookfest room
• Tea Parties freezing the game if there aren't enough participants
• Fixes in Human Princess throne scenes
• Eldritch Princess not having her own Battle Hud icon
• Fixed 404B as last dialogue causing every following NPC to skip to its adult animation, skipping many of the needed checks
• Fixed Mary-Annette disappearing outside Ghost Princess route
• Fixed some Rabbit courtesan speeches
• Fixed nuns portraits in the Pantheon of Dragon Queen's Castle
• Fixed buggy dialogues when reporting to Guild Clerk the completion of "The Rational Thing" quest
• Fixed new campfire BURNING ALL YOUR EXP
• Fixed mech-piloting Mouse NPCs being bodiless
• Fixed how Dog Princess reacts to Progeny. She now ignores males and eggs!
• Sexy Times with Bird Progeny now gives Affinity with their race
• Missing hairstyles when you hit certain combinations (Alternative color + standard hairstyle)
• Fixed Eldritch Princess automatically using her ability as you enter an unsafe area
• Reduced CPU stress in crowded battle maps
• Fixed Cinder Ribbon not working on Bird Princess
• Fixed Bird Princess remaining in Faun's Tavern even after withdrawing her
• Fixed Breeding Contract (Rabbit) rewards for birds
• Fixed Bulbous Root not working correctly on Bird Princess
• Komachi now rewards the player with the "Penned In" costume for Bird Princess & Progeny too
• Fixed Bird Princess fertility not being influenced by her bunny girl suit
• Mermaid and Bird Princess can now appear in slave auctions
• Fixed "Snitch" trait bugging crashing the Level Up screen
• Fixed 404B face in the Bunny Garderie menu
• Alternative hairstyles now remain after recruiting NPCs using the "Hero Banner"
• Fina offering Sexy Times in the campsite
• Fina campsite dialogues crashing during rainy nights
• Fixed wrong hairstyle/color combinations showing headless Progeny
• Fixed Fina and 404B both deposited in the Bunny Garderie crashing the game
• Fixed being able to recruit courtesans
• Adjusted bugs while reverting from flying to standard sprites some of the dragons
• Fixed mermaid sieges in slime/golem/cat/goblin not transferring the player to the correct location
• Fixed reigns conquered by mermaids, being left with broken ambassadors when Mermaid Princess gets defeated by the finheads
• Fixed intro speech being given anyway by Slime / Golem Princess if you meet them for the first time after their heir has taken their place on the throne
• Fixed SUCC Bird Princess wrong expressions
• Fixed the "Peace" medal from being unobtainable if resting in Faun's Tavern (and not resetting the day count when someone "conquers" the Mermaid Reign)
• Fixed some wrong portraits being shown during Sonnet's dialogues
• Fixed eggs sometimes hatching while resting in an Inn
• Fixed Bird Princess crashes in Tea Parties
• Fixed wrong armies sieging Bird Princess and the Sky Lift
• Fixed faceless crystal Progeny in Chillbite Blessing
• Random NPCs now retain the THICC trait if recruited with the "Hero Banner"
• Fixed male insect Progeny Chillbite costume
• Fixed Amelie crashes before "Sexy Times" in Faun's Tavern
• Removed access to the Garderie and interactions with some NPCs when the Knight is in his "bunny" form in Rabbit Reign
• Fixed Undeath Rosary / Catalyst Dagger / Debug items ending in the Mystery Box when used
• Various bugs and typos