Star Knightess Aura Internal Release 0.20.1

https://aura-dev.itch.io/star-knightess-aura-prerelease/patreon-access

Note that the public release will be in 1 week. You can also skip the waiting time by buying Star Knightess Aura on itch.

https://aura-dev.itch.io/star-knightess-aura

0.20.0 but with less bugs. Also some minor improvements and balancing fixes. Platings at Edwin's Workshop were a bit too good and had their efficiency reduced. Also Slime being very powerful got a minor nerf by having it's summoning cost increase by 1 whenever you feed him something. Slimy boi getting fat, haha.

On the flip side, there is one experimental balancing change regarding stat gains on level up to make the game a bit easier. I have tweaked the curves a bit for faster growth. In theory, this should provide some easier gameplay starting mid-Chapter 1 and smoothen out the difficulty transition from Chapter 1 to Chapter 2. Especially Aura's DEF and MDEF grow quite a bit faster. I have done some testing here and there, but we will need to see how this plays out in the long-term.

The last changes mostly make secondary lewdness stats have a bit more of an effect in some skills. i always thought I had already implemented the coating drug to give MDEF equal to the sensitivity stats but apparantly I never implemented that. When I tried scripting it, I also saw why :D I had to touch some deeper plugin parts to allow for the bonus to work. I did some testing but there is a chance that I overlooked breaking something :'D

The complete changelog is as usual below.

Changelog 0.20.1 (01.07.2022)

• Unified icons to be always in front of the name of an element/state/etc 
• Improved markings in instincts room
• Improved mapping of Trademond church for better navigatability
• Improved save compatibility if Open Domain II has been learned before 0.20.0
• Added mention of only 1 active enhance-spell and auto-spell in tutoriial popup

Balancing

• Disabled learning Assassinate I from grandma when taking highest vice option
• Changed flashing crotch kick to 25% Lewdness and 100% Exhibitionism ATK bonus
• Changed Lascivious Coating Drug(+) to add total sensitivty values to MDEF but reduced static MDEF bonus by 5
• Adjusted stat growth curve for slightly faster low-level stat increases 
• Decreased efficiency of platings to only have the power of 2/3 materials 
• Increased slime summoning MP cost by 1 per feed

Bugfixes

• Fixed typos
• Fixed Sexy Times With George 3 not unlocking gallery
• Fixed incorrect teleport locations for guard recollections
• Fixed incorrect secondary lewdness stat increases for Asking For Drugs 3 
• Fixed incorrect balloon for left guard
• Fixed broken teleport when leaving Formula Peddler after paying him for Save The Crops formula 
• Fixed Mountainreach mapping issues
• Fixed Trademond passability issues 
• Fixed John using outdated single heal spell instead of John and Aura group heal spell at festival
• Fixed mixed up conditions for investing into slave trader
• Fixed Basic Positions in Sword Fighting being double readable when gaining Useless Knowledge
• Fixed stair passability bug in Mountainreach Domain 1
• Fixed Aura stopping on novice room entrance tile when using mouse in Adventurer Guild glitch