one of the true tests of friendship

Gameplay Changes

• New game - "NOU" - a different take on Uno

• New chess mode - Chess960. The professionally recognized randomized chess mode that is always at least playable/fair. (Thx @Wingdinggaster656)

• Added more expressions in idle mode (brbs)

• Added way to ask Monika about the consumables she has in stock ("Are you running out of anything?")

• "Window React" settings page renamed to "Window Detect" to avoid confusion

• Added more names to the bad nickname list

• NYE dress will now always happen during new years even if you have already seen the dress

Topic Changes

Additions

• 1 new greeting
• 1 new mood
• monika_conventions
• monika_cupcake_favorite
• monika_esports

Changes

• Cleared up dialogue conflict regarding how Monika and Sayori met in the ""How did you get into reading?" topic
• Made hungry mood more general regarding player health

Spritepack Changes

Additions

• Chokers Pack 01 by @kkrosie123
• Dark Blue Sparkly Dress by @kkrosie123
• Flowered Button-up by @kkrosie123
• Jurassic T-shirts by @kkrosie123
• Red Ruffles Bralette by @kkrosie123
• Pink Kimono by @mayday-mayjay
• More Retro Ribbons by @Retrolovania

Fixes

• typofixes

• Fixed names like "Sergey" getting flagged as bad

• Fixed keyerror crash when trying to play chess with an edited save

• Fixed inconsistency in post-poem dialogue in d25

• Fixed inconsistency with flags for new years resolutions

• Fixed keyerror crash with the NYE dress

• Fixed dialogue issues when taking Monika on 922 but returning her late at night

• Fixed dialogue issues when playing Happy Birthday on the piano on 922 late at night

• Fixed logging crash when a Split ACS is invalid

• Potentially fixed crash when alt-tabbing while full screen on Manjaro

API Changes

• pronoun settings are now stored in a global map (MAS_PRONOUN_GENDER_MAP)
• events in the event list can now have context. Event list manipulation should ONLY be done through the approved APIs. see #8619
• sprite JSONs now support outfit options. This means no more custom code just to put on ACS with clothing - see #8027
• idle topic structure changed - see #7576. If you have idle (aka BRB) topics, you may need to make changes

What's Changed

• New idle mode exps + fixes by @Booplicate in #7576
• d25/nye fixes by @jmwall24 in #8542
• Add Event List wrappers and Event Context by @ThePotatoGuy in #8619
• some 922 fixes by @jmwall24 in #7889
• New greeting, new clothes and hair, and hair sprite adjustments by @Booplicate in #6915
• Fix undefined var by @Booplicate in #8902
• Adding more bad nicknames. by @KritRom in #8923
• adding convention topic by @ThePotatoGuy in #8709
• adding favorite cupcake flavor topic by @ThePotatoGuy in #8710
• adjust by @jmwall24 in #9036
• Adding Esports topic by @ThePotatoGuy in #8707
• [Small Rework] - Hungry Mood by @lunulae in #9030
• Check consumables topic by @Legendkiller21 in #9028
• [Chess System Extension] Chess960 Things by @Wingdinggaster656 in #7288
• Fixed text display when gifting Just Monika thermos by @WishStone-Dragon in #8992
• Polish hair by @Booplicate in #8929
• Cleanup pronouns by @Booplicate in #8996
• [Mood] - feeling grateful ❤️ by @lunulae in #7541
• Add outfit options to sprite JSON by @ThePotatoGuy in #8027
• [New Spritepack] Jurassic T-Shirts by @kkrosie123 in #9177
• [New Spritepack] Bralette (Red, Ruffles) by @kkrosie123 in #9039
• [New Spritepack] Dress (Dark blue, sparkly) by @kkrosie123 in #8940
• [New Outfit] Button Up (Flowered) by @kkrosie123 in #9172
• [New Spritepacks] Chokers by @kkrosie123 in #9115
• Small thumb fix by @Legendkiller21 in #9187
• [Spritepack] - Pink Kimono by @lunulae in #9186
• New card game to play with Monika [Warning:🍝inside] by @Booplicate in #5555
• set chess actions dict to defaultdict by @ThePotatoGuy in #9142
• Settings word change by @jmwall24 in #9242
• More retro ribbons from Retrolovania by @ThePotatoGuy in #9188
• NOU fixes by @Booplicate in #9260
• NOU EnHaNcEmEnT by @Booplicate in #9271
• Typos by @Booplicate in #8928
• More wr fixes by @Booplicate in #9233

New Contributors

• @karrigantaylor made their first contribution in #8709
• @KritRom made their first contribution in #8923
• @WishStone-Dragon made their first contribution in #8992

Full Changelog: v0.12.8...v0.12.9