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When a Flower Blooms - Changelog 1.4.8 - Sanctuary in Time
🕑 Added 2025-08-23 18:00:15 +0000 UTCGreetings, one and all!
You might find this quite surprising, because I've been focused on other projects of late, but I have a brand-new update to share for Sanctuary in Time. It's not a huge amount of new content, so don't get your hopes too high, but I think you'll enjoy it nonetheless.
We've got a brand-new, highly-requested feature in the form of virginity states for followers, new quality of life updates, and a few misc. tweaks as well. So, without further ado, let's dive into the details.
These updates are coming to patrons first, then after the early access period, they’ll be released to the general public as well.
Max
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New Feature: Virginity States for Followers!
Followers in the settlement will now have their states of virginity tracked & reported. Plus, new scene text has been added that supports this feature, and you can restore lost virginity in the Gene Lab.
Both Vaginal and Anal virginity are now tracked, with new (or existing) followers being assigned these statuses based on a combination of factors, such as their personality type, age, and level of skill in Courtship.
Inspection scenes have been updated so that a follower’s virginal state (or lack thereof) is now observable by the player.
Sex scenes have been updated so that if you attempt penetration with a virgin follower, a confirmation dialogue will appear asking if you’re sure you wish to proceed. Should you go ahead, a special scene will then be displayed which describes the loss of their virginity.
Gene Lab has been updated with a new selector for ‘Virginity’: If a follower’s Hymen or Anus are no longer virginal, you can now restore them for a certain cost in Energy using Celestial nanites.
Cosmetic updates:
Added new back tattoo, available for followers: 'A pair of wings emblazoned across the backs of the shoulder blades, depicted in the ancient style of the Greek goddess of Victory.'
Updated Gen Lab option for changing a follower’s age. Now, the initial value selected on opening is ‘No Change’ with zero cost attached, while every decade below that remains selectable with a standard cost attached. This allows for easier re-selection of a follower’s existing age range for the rolling of a new random value.
Updated logic used in Gene Lab when assigning a follower’s new age from the specified range. Now, the new random age assigned will never be the same as the age already possessed.
General Content & Balancing Updates:
Updated & expanded upon the sexual activities Courtesan followers might be witnessed performing while on assignment (though still all non-penetrative).
Updated Coaching Menu so that only those followers who are undergoing coaching or who are eligible to start a coaching regimen will be displayed (as suggested by user Xvordan on the audiogames.net forum).
Updated requirements for coaching followers so that ‘Moral Support’ coaching and ‘Overcoming Limitations’ coaching now have separate and distinct requirements. Text related to coaching requirements displayed in the Coaching Menu has also been updated to read “Only followers eligible are shown.”
Made adjustments to pricing for higher-tier combat assignment outfits.
Cheat Option Update:
When Cheat Option is enabled for Cost-Free NPC Generator Button, the dialogue launched by that button now includes a new selectable choice: SEARCH FOR DIFFERENT RECRUIT. This allows for the immediate generation of a new, random recruit without needing to exit & re-open the dialogue.
Accessibility updates:
Corrected issue in which TTS output would occasionally report a “blank” line at the end of a large section of text, even if no such line was present.
Corrected an issue in which during some rare cases, TTS output would fail to fire upon loading a new transitional scene during dialogues.
Double-clicking dialogue choices w/ mouse button-1 will now activate them immediately without the need for further key or button presses. (As suggested by player feedback.)
Added hotkey bindings for numbers 1-9 & 0 on the keyboard, so that presses of these keys during dialogue interactions will jump focus to the matching dialogue choice. (Keys 1-9 correspond to choices 1-9, while key 0 corresponds to the 10th choice. Choices higher than 10 do not currently have hotkeys available.)
Added hotkey bindings for Alt+1-9 & 0 on the keyboard, so that focus can be shifted directly to the first 10 follower filecards when a room is displayed on screen that contains filecards. (Filecards higher than 10 do not currently have hotkeys available.)
(Thank you to audiogames.net user Xvordan for providing detailed feedback & suggestions related to accessibility & other issues.)
Misc. updates:
Corrected issue that could cause arrow-key navigation of dialogue choices to sometimes go off screen. Now, the dialogue choices in question should automatically scroll up or down to keep pace with arrow-key navigation and remain visible.
Addressed issues that could arise if a combination of arrow-key & mouse-click navigation were used simultaneously in the lists of selectable choices found during dialogue events.
Arrow-key navigation of dialogue choices will now transfer to the top of the list once the end is reached and to the bottom of the list when the top is reached.
Updated functionality of dialogue interactions so that the choice auto-targeted after each dialogue selection will be the same one as previously selected (if found in the new list of choices). Otherwise, it will default to selecting the first item in the list (as was previously done).
Comments
Novus Operandi
Hey, Quickpawmaud. Thank you for the purchase. Due to the recent tightening of content restrictions on adult materials, Sanctuary in Time is no longer available on all the storefronts it once was. Because of this, I'm making the newest version of the game free to download for everyone exclusively on Patreon. This seems like the best way to get it into the hands of anyone who wants it, without those people needing to buy the game a second time. Your save files from Steam should be fully compatible with this release.
Quickpawmaud
I have the game on steam do you plan to update it there?
Novus Operandi
Awesome! Glad you're enjoying the update, Superfreq. You know, some of those keyboard & TTS fixes were actually developed while working on the DarkRPG project, but once I saw how well they worked in that implementation, I decided to bring them over to Sanctuary in Time as well. So, I'm glad they're appreciated. And you're right, they really do make a difference.
Superfreq
This has definitely gotten me back into playing the game again! While virginity isn't a kink for me personally, it definitely adds some much appreciated zest to things, as do the new courtesan scenes. Also, the wings tattoo is kick ass... I'm especially appreciative of the keyboard and TTS fixes, and in particular the numerical quick keys and double click activation are an awesome addition for any player to cut down on clicks. They also have the added benefit of reducing fatigue in players who have a limited amount of energy for UI navigation for any number of reasons. Great update max! Thank you. 😄👍
