V0.2.6 Corruption Route Poll

As mentioned in the development plans post, this poll will determine which of the next two corruption routes will start first in V0.2.6.

Spoilers ahead

One route, is the Goddess Erina. Her route will have you enter her mind, and corrupt her through that, much like with Yuma. Misaki and Yukako will be involved in her route, particularly Yukako, as she will eagerly help corrupt the goddess. The secondary aspects of her route, is the religious aspect of the city. You will be dismantling the church's influence in the capital, replacing it with your own. Eventually, this will lead to the establishment of a new religion based around the player that Yukako, a fully corrupted Erina, and Misaki will help create. I also intend to have aspects of this religion decided on by the player, which will effect the way people act in the world one it starts spreading.

The other route, is Queen Hikari. One thing different about her route from others, is that there will be a chance to change her relationship with Ayumi. You can either help them get along, and mend their differences, or you can solidify the rift between them, and have them compete for your attention and approval by the end of her corruption. There will also be the aspect of stealing her from the king, similar to how you steal Misaki from Romanos in the early game, for those that like that type of content. The secondary aspects of her route, will focus on removing the power, influence, and wealth Hypatia's nobility possesses, replacing them with people loyal to you, and gaining access to the resources they have. The more access to Hypatia's resources you have, the more you will be able to rebuild The Dark Lord's capital that Bogthos mentioned in his lore conversations.

Since the dark lord's capital content will have a lot to it, and it's own mechanics, I'll save going into detail on that for a future post. It won't be limited to Hikari's route though, as it will be expanded on throughout the rest of the game. The content with Hikari and the nobility will just get it started.

These are the main things exclusive to each route. There will also be additional generic and shared content in future updates to each route. The route that does not start in V0.2.6 will start in V0.2.7.

As I mentioned in the development update post, the results and feedback from this poll will also help me get a better idea of the types of content people are looking forward to most, and what should be expanded on.