The Potato Update - v0.8.0

Cat and Sprite Changes¶

New sprites for paralyzed, sick/injured, and newborn cats.
Separated vitiligo and points from white patches. It's now possible for a cat to have all three!
New vitiligo patterns: PHANTOM, MOON, and POWDER
New white patch pattern: PETAL
New eye colors: SILVER and BRONZE
New accessories: Nylon Collars (in all colors), and INDIGO and WHITE collars of all types!
New mask-based tortie system! Tortie patches can now be any color/pattern.
New tortie patch patterns: REDTAIL, DELILAH, MINIMALONE, MINIMALTWO, MINIMALTHREE, MINIMALFOUR, OREO, SWOOP, MOTTLED, SIDEMASK, EYEDOT, BANDANA, PACMAN, STREAMSTRIKE, ROBIN, ORIOLE, BRINDLE, and PAIGE.
Rare "Wildcard Torties", which bypass the normal rules for tortie patch color/pattern to allow for wacky combinations.
Smoke pelt colors have been slightly tweaked for consistency. GHOST smoke has been given lighter points.
New separate tint that is applied only to the white patch and point markings.
You can now favorite cats! You can toggle favorite cat indicators on the list and patrol screen.
Pregnancy is now a condition that may prevent cats from patrolling.
EXP limit has been increased, and the EXP levels have been renamed.
Apprentices now graduate based on EXP, rather than age. This can be turned off in settings, if desired.
Cats can now retire any time between 110 - 140 moons.
New prefixes, suffixes, and loner names!
Some prefixes and suffixes are now specific to your biome.
You can now override special rank suffixes for particular cats.
New randomize buttons on the change name screen.
Moved list of possible names to a .json for easier customization in compiled versions.
The code handling relationship events have been rewritten, and new types of relationship events are now possible.

Relationship and Moon Events Changes¶

New system for accessory moon events, alongside many new accessory events and possible "congratulatory" accessories after a cat gives birth.
There is now more variation in relationship initialization, which allows cats to have more varied relationships with their family.
Lots of new relationship events!
Group relationship events have been added.
Affairs have generally been made more common.
Lots of fun new moon events, including special events for medicine cats and elders with certain skills.

Thoughts Overhaul¶

Thought code has been reworked to be way more specific.
Cats can now have thoughts based on their status, age, backstory, and even permanent conditions!
This should also have fixed those pesky bugs where cats would think about dead or lost cats as if they were still around.
In light of this update, A TON of new thoughts were added.

Other Significant Changes¶

New auto-updater! The game will now alert you when a new version is available, and will update without the need to re-download.
New re-designed family page! More family relationships are now shown, and it's easier than ever to browse through a cat's lineage.
Save files are now stored in an OS-specific data directory. You will no longer need to move save files when updating.
Added a button in the settings menu to open the save data location in your file-explorer.
New backgrounds: Shipwreck and Crystal River
Revamped background: Gully
Overlapping cat sprites on the clan page has been reduced. Once two cats are on a single spot, that position is considered "full."
You can now choose the starting season when creating a new clan.
Most backgrounds have unique cat placements.
The appearance of the allegiances page has been changed, and descriptions have been updated to flow better.
On the allegiances page, kits will now be listed with their parent, if they have one.
Lots of new patrol artwork!
New error screen when saves fail to load, which gives more in-depth failure messages.
New custom cursor (it's a little paw!)
Lots of bugfixes and QOL tweaks!