I’m proud to announce the release of the latest episode of Back Home on Itch.io.

Episode 12 covers the fourth part of the fourth day of your voyage back home, hence the serial number 0.4.p4.x of this release. It contains the full story from the beginning up to episode 12. It’s available for PC and Mac. I haven’t tested the Mac version though.

This release is the end of season 1. There will be a second, final season. Development of it has started already. To play the final season, keeping all the choices you made in season one, it is adamant that you save your game by the end of the episode. You will get a notification for that. You can load this saved game into the second season.

A preview version of the first part of episode 12 has been released earlier on Patreon only. Saves made in this preview release should work if you only want to see the rest of episode 12. If not, please let me know.

Episode 12 contains 945 new images and 62 new animations. Some old images and animations in previous episodes have been freshened up. You probably won’t notice the difference, but I do.

There are three different routes to play the story of episode 12.  Well, actually four.  You can focus on Giulia, Victoria, or Elena. The fourth one is to focus on neither of them. Not the most attractive option, in my opinion. If you didn’t get intimate with Giulia on the second night of your voyage, Giulia won’t be interested much, so you won’t get her route as an option. You can’t play them all at the same time, so save your game regularly if you want to explore different options. If you played more than one route and want to know where each route will lead you in season two, you must make a save for every route.

As usual: if a light bulb appears in the top right corner of your screen, you can click on it to get a hint.

If there are blanks in the photo album, you can probably find them in parts of the story you haven’t played yet.

If there is anything, please let me know. All feedback is welcome.