HUGE Update! Passive Dialogue, Examinations, Leaderboard and MORE!

Good day, dear traveler!

If you want to deeply dig into every little thing that has changed, you can find the patch notes right here! For those less patient with a huge wall-of-text in your face, look no further than this post! While this isn't the "Story Mode" update yet, we figured we would give you something to tide you over and with that, this major update to "Endless Mode" has been crafted with long-awaited features that were supposed to be in the Game Jam version to begin with, but sadly couldn't be included due to time constraints.

Major Feature: Passive Dialogue
Ever since we first started working on Cursetorn, we wanted the dialogue to be passive - the talk option ended up being an okay replacement, but it just can't compare to the real deal. Now we're finally here! Kein will now interact with you of their own volition and you will need to timely respond after they've finished talking in order to not irritate them.

Major Feature: Examination & Focus System
Replacing the old "Talk" option is now the Examination system, giving insightful information about your patient's current status. Kein will also expect a regular check-up - so be sure to perform it once a day! The new "Focus" option gives you a small boost to all other actions while you are focused, as well as BIG changes when you research "Focus Actions". It lets you lock research into place, negate the chance for negative events and MORE!

Major Feature: Leaderboards
Coming with this update is the leaderboards! If you set a name from the main menu, you can easily submit your score after every run. Please check out the long patch notes for more information on this as well as terms of use - it boils down to common sense and not choosing the names of other people.

Minor Feature: Huge Balancing Overhaul & New Research
With all these new systems in place, some old research has been adjusted and a lot of new research has been added! The irritation system has been completely overhauled to work with the new passive dialogue instead. 

Minor Feature: New Dialogue & Rewrites
A lot of the old dialogue had some issues that should be mostly fixed now and a whole SLEW of new lines have been added for all kinds of situations, including lines for the doctor's examinations! In addition, some of the new lines hint at content in "Story Mode", so do your best to uncover them all!

Find the full list of changes here! 
(https://pumamori.itch.io/cursetorn/devlog/360567/changelog-for-version-021)

That is all for now. We'll meet again for Story Mode's release. See you then!