In summary: Revisions to gamepad input in certain contexts, stability improvements, and minor bugfixes. Patch Notes for Version 0.4.2 (11/25/2025) Controller input revisions: Analog stick now emulates...

In summary: Expanded accessible interiors and NPC interactions, primarily in First Layer areas. Added tooltips to main menu to reduce confusion in how to continue onto the Second Layer. Patch Notes fo...

Watch the release trailer here. It's good, do it! Version 0.4 of Reality Layer Zero is now available. This update constitutes a major revision to virtually all content present in earlier builds of Rea...

Reality Layer Zero Version 0.4, which contains updates to character portraits, graphical fidelity, script improvements, stability, a new debate mode, gameplay balance adjustments, and so many other th...

Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. Wow! Where did the last three months go? You’ll recall from last entry, I claimed that the v0.4 update would be coming out soon… Barring...

Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. Many of you may be wondering about the status of Reality Layer Zero Version 0.4, the character art update that I first introduced a while ago...

Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. I've been pretty quiet about the state of the project around here for a little bit too long, so I'm writing this update to rectify that probl...

Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. It's been a little over two months since the Second Layer update came out, so it's due time for an update regarding what's coming up next for...

In summary: Adjustment to reload logic to prevent "falling through the floor" in certain save positions, fixes for minor "odd" bugs. Patch Notes for Version 0.3.2.1 (06/09/2024 Update) - Adjusted scen...

Also available in playlist form ! All of the new music tracks from the second layer have now been uploaded to YouTube for your listening convenience (10 tracks total). Last time I promised that the so...

The second part of Reality Layer Zero (version 0.3.2) is now available on itch.io and Steam ! (Please note that for the time, I will be leaving the previous version (v0.1.6) up on the itch.io page. Th...

06/01/24 - "Second Layer" Release Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. In the last Development Notes entry , I mentioned that the second layer was in "beta", implying that a rele...

Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. It's been "radio silence" from me about the Second Layer since late last year, so I'm going to open this Development Notes entry with this un...

Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. It's been a few months since the last Development Notes entry, and since we're currently right in the heart of the period where I previously...

Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. It's been a little while since the last Development Notes entry, but rest assured I've been hard at work on Reality Layer Zero's second act--...

Hello, this is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. In the last Development Notes entry , I wrote a bit at the end about a potential VRAM bottleneck discovered by a friend of mine attempting to...

In Summary: VRAM-usage optimization, more options for lower-end PC's, massive reduction in download size, and some QoL improvements. Patch Notes for Version 3 (03/28/2023 Update) - Optimized shadow ma...

You can now listen to the entire "first disc" of the Reality Layer Zero soundtrack on YouTube . It's over an hour of original game music! I've embedded a small sampling of some of my favorites in this...

In summary: A fix for several crashes in the deck editor, as well as some QOL improvements. Patch notes for Version 2 (03/10/2023 Update) - Resolved the Paulby crash in the deck editor. (Many thanks f...

02/28/23 - "First Layer" Release on itch.io Hello, again. This is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. As promised in the previous Development Notes entry , I've been hard at work finishing the...

Hello. This is Garrett Thompson, sole member of Act-Novel. It’s been a little over two months since Reality Layer Zero was officially announced. I’d like to take a moment now to write more at-leng...