Decide 4 God news & patch notes

Decide 4 God is now fully released on Steam!

Version 1.0.0 offers the full intended content of the game including all Exploration Segments, all achievements, all CG, all paths, all Permanent Endings and also maybe a cat?!

About the game's content

I estimate the game contains around 400k words in text, Lore descriptions, keyboard entry flavor text, and much more. There are 72 total CGs, some of which are alt versions of each other. There are over 200 VN segments without counting the massive, sprawling "Escape Room"-style Exploration Segments which in and of themselves count for at least a third of the text. These Exploration Segments contain probably close to a thousand total interactions if not more.

There may be a few bugs left and there is a bit of an unfortunate slowdown during said Exploration Segments. Future patches may deal with those through optimization but it is currently a little unlikely (bugs will still, obviously, be fixed if any come up). Hopefully you can still enjoy the product as it is right now.

On a more personal note

This project has taken me over four years to complete. There was a period during it that I wasn't quite sure where I was going with the actual content of the game beyond the initial setup, some story beats and the ending but I prevailed. There were many times where I felt overwhelmed by the amount of work required, by the testing required, by the hundreds of thousands of words I had to write... it was just a lot. Hopefully you enjoy, because I don't know if I'll make a game this incredibly massive ever again. Other than the commissioned artists, I'm only one person working on this after all.

Thank you all for your support

This game could not have existed in the form it has without the support of the people on Patreon, Discord and other platforms, but especially Patreon. The extra funding likely ensured the game had all the CG art in the world, and even then I wish I could have given more. With more funding I may have been able to secure more OST, but what we have is still incredible. Thank you all so much for making this trilogy a reality and see you all in the next project.

Final words

If you encounter any bugs, please post them on the Steam forums or the Discord! More content will be coming from me in the future unless I get abducted by aliens. However, Decide 4 God is the finale of the Abime Series and that series is now concluded.

Patch notes

General:

• Several typos were fixed.

• An alternate answer to a specific keyboard entry part has been allowed after much feedback. This doesn't open a new path, it's just quality of life. Or death, in this case.

• The game will remember you put it on full screen when launching it again.

• The game will remember you solved an Exploration Segment during important post-Exploration Segment visual novel segments.

• You will no longer warp back in time out of nowhere during Day 2 Side A.

• A segment that wasn't supposed to be accessible is now properly not accessible again. If you already accidentally unlocked it, you get to keep it, but shh, what's in there is a spoiler without context. Unfortunately, information retention is permanent for real people too, so you'll have to live with this knowledge.

• The Lore Flowchart now has proper marks for which Lore is inaccessible in Early Access.

• A certain character sheet displayed something weird and it has now been removed, 4 years after it was canned. About time.

• A certain change on the flowchart didn't happen under specific circumstances and now it happens.

• It is no longer possible to sequence skip by accessing certain Exploration Segments on Side B without reaching the Exploration Segment first.

Exploration Segments:

Side B

Day 1:

• A certain character will now properly disappear from the map after you do something stupid but useful.

Day 2:

• It is no longer possible to commune with the dead.

Day 3:

• Taking care of plants will no longer kick you out of where you previously stood. The dissenting plant insurrection has been quelled.

• Interacting with a certain hotspot on a certain object up the ladder will no longer cause the console to stubbornly stick around in a show of defiance.

Reported bugs to be fixed in a future patch:

• During some part, multiple music tracks play on top of one another. Exiting to the main menu and returning fixes this, but a more permanent fix will need more accounts of this happening (or a bit more time so I can test myself).

• Opening the map while in the computer corner makes it disappear until the down arrow is pressed (twice?).

Patch notes

General:

• Several typos were fixed.

• Entering a certain segment from the flowchart will no longer cause you to have a spiritual vision about events that shouldn't be happening without having done certain actions within the second Exploration Segment of Side A first.

• Annie's face is now no longer temporarily detached from her neck during a certain flashback transition.

• ES's eye will no longer undergo mitosis and appear in a second location of the screen while also remaining within their eye socket during a certain segment.

• A Patreon supporter who was thanked twice in the credits is now properly only thanked once. Though every patron should be thanked a hundred times over, I'd have to thank everyone twice if I left that in and that's a long credits list then!

Exploration Segments:

Side A

Prologue:

• A certain hotspot within the machinery room will now turn blue properly when cleared while alone, after having solved it prior.

Day 1:

• A certain hotspot near the workshop will now turn blue properly when cleared in the company of a certain character.

Side B

Day 1:

• Certain hotspots within the lobby will no longer make Carrie treat it as if it was a scanner for ants.

• Matriarch's face will no longer undergo mitosis and slightly offset its second version on top of her face as if she was wearing a strange mask of her own self during a certain event.

Day 2:

• Matriarch will no longer be calling upon her secret evil twin sister to appear at the same time in another location while she's working on a specific object before a certain time has passed.

• A certain computer file will no longer escape from the screen and become permanently etched into your vision until you change angles while exploring a certain angle.

• You now properly need to investigate a certain object instead of tapping into latent non-existent psychic powers to divine a Solve Guide step you haven't found yet.

• When investigating a certain item a second time, the screen will no longer flash the UI a few times and add some time to your clock without giving you the proper event tied to it.

Day 3:

• Investigating the right vent with a certain character will no longer have them mistakenly believe it's a box. They have taken their meds and everything is now fine.

• It is now impossible to fill up your inventory with a certain item through magical duplication.

• It is now impossible to lose a certain item when using it on a certain hotspot with soil while accompanied by other characters. The alien bacteria that ate it have been vaporized.

Known bugs to be fixed in a future patch:

• During some part, multiple music tracks play on top of one another. Exiting to the main menu and returning fixes this, but a more permanent fix will need more accounts of this happening (or a bit more time so I can test myself).

• Picking to skip the solving of Day 1 post-search after having solved it once may still be breaking. More investigation needed.

• Launching the game with full screen selected doesn't launch it in full screen.

• Opening the map while in the computer corner makes it disappear until the down arrow is pressed (twice?).

• A certain circumstances will warp you to a character event who's supposed to be dead during the Exploration Segment on day 2.

Patch notes

General:

• Added a second possibility for an early keyboard answer, which works the same as the originally-intended one, just a variation.
• Some italicized text that should have been normal text has been fixed to be normal text.
• Finalizing the solving of the first Exploration Segment on Side B is now possible.

Exploration Segments:

• When examining a certain item in the first Exploration Segment of Side A, the game will no longer crash due to a wrong variable use.
• When examining a certain item in the first Exploration Segment of Side A while in the company of a certain character, the game will no longer clear the hotspot blue while giving no text.
• When examining anything within a certain view angle of the first Exploration Segment, the game will no longer cause an instant game over after severely glitching out.
• When examining a certain item in the first Exploration Segment of Side B, the number in the text is correctly assigned as "9" instead of "8".
• When talking to a certain character in the first Exploration Segment of Side B, the number in the text is correctly assigned as "63" instead of "53".
• When talking to a certain character in the second Exploration Segment of Side B and having them accompany you for the second time when they are in a specific angle, the game will now appropriately have them accompany you.
• When using a certain item onto a certain hotspot in the second Exploration Segment of Side B, the game will no longer mistakenly think it's a leg. Don't ask.

Known bugs to be fixed in next patch:

• During some part, multiple music tracks play on top of one another. Exiting to the main menu and returning fixes this, but a more permanent fix will need more accounts of this happening (or a bit more time so I can test myself).
• When examining a machinery part in the intact machinery room in the first Exploration Segment of Side A while alone, if the events that involve this machinery part have been solved prior, they will show as complete even if they aren't completely investigated yet.
• Some hotspots in the first Exploration Segment of Side B currently display the wrong text when accompanied by a certain character, which may impact completion, but might not.

The big day is today! But what does it mean?