Hello all,

Thank you for your bug reports concerning the Windows and Android version of Sleepy Time Jack Version 0.3. BáiYù had tested the game on their Macbook Air running Ventura 13.0 as well as their Samsung Galaxy A32 Android device running Android version 13 and did not encounter any issues on either device upon loading up the game, so we did not anticipate the error message occurring on the majority of Windows devices. We apologize for this oversight and believe we have pinpointed the source of the error.

Previous players of Sleepy Time Jack had preexisting persistent data of the game in their Ren'Py games save folders, despite the game itself not relying on traditional save data. Persistent data often keeps track of things such as Preference settings (font, text size, textbox opacity, volume, etc.) so that players do not have to manually adjust these each time they boot up the game. In the future the game will ask for the Player's Birthday so Jack can give them a special greeting, which will also be stored as local Persistent data.

I was able to recreate the error message on my older Windows 10 laptop I hadn't booted up in a while, which had persistent save data from Sleepy Time Jack Version 0.2.1 yesterday night, after the initial reports had come in.

My current theory: the error that occurs for many players may be tied to the removal of Bubblegum linked to the default font that Jack uses when speaking to the player. When I removed this and switched the main default font to Rimouski, thus changing the default font and text size variables, this broke the Persistent data values for everyone who was not using the alternate Kinto font to play the game. It's possible I didn't encounter this issue on my Mac while updating/testing the game since I regularly delete save data and caches to get an accurate look at how fresh players will see the game, but it's extremely odd that I didn't have the issue while playing on Android...

BáiYù is currently sick again with a non-COVID cold so it may be a while before a new update patch is released. We thank you for your patience and understanding as we prioritize their health.

For the time being, a confirmed workaround for the issue is to do the following:

1. Enter the Preferences screen upon booting the application
2. Under Typeface, select Kinto to reset the size of the text
   
3. [OPTIONAL] You may switch back to Rimouski if desired

Please let us know in the comments if this solution works for you.

Thank you all again for your support of SnaccPop Studios, and we hope that you enjoy your copy of Sleepy Time Jack!