Star Knightess Aura Internal Release 0.17.1

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

It was bugfix/technical week and damn there were a lot of bugs to squash. We also have some minor quality of life features that I decided to directly bundle into the patch (Which potentially means new bugs :'D). But I think they should deal with some grievances.

Besides these changes, we also have some balancing changes of which I would like to emphasize two: First of all I reverted the trigger condition of the lewd action from Womb of Lust to "At 0 Willpower on day start" rather than having the modifier reach -100. The latter felt uninteractive since you couldn't influence the time by having more or less corruption. However, in order to prevent a potential infinite masturbation loop, the lewd action cannot trigger twice in a row.

The second bigger balancing change is that quite a few early lewd actions now need 1 more lewdness. It's pretty much in-line with the fairly clear poll results. I also tried moving up Groping events to lewdness 2, but it didn't feel good. Especially the Jailer one since by the time you have discovered 2 lewdness or let Womb of Lust accumulate to reach the -2 minimum lewdness modifier, Charlotte is nearly out of prison. 1 on the other hand felt pretty good and helped giving that slightly more "corruption feel" I wanted.

That's about it! There will also be a prerelease tonight, but it will only have a minor content update. Expect some more posts today, though, especially regarding the project plan for April.

Changelog 0.17.1 (01.04.2022)

• Selling panties to guard now ends the day
• Player can now talk to Quentin during battle fight scene
• Added frustration marker to Young Merchant but removed random walk
• Improved multi-tile map transitions for mouse controls 
• All item shop buy prices are now additionally reduced by 50% on Story mode

Balancing

• Always reveal enemy in Compendium independently of Victory / Defeat / Running 
• Debuffed Pacify I spell: Duration is now 2 turns and MP costs 6
• Changed Womb of Lust back to trigger at 0 Willpower on day start, but cannot be triggered twice in a row 
• Set minimum lewdness of Selling Panties To Guard to 1
• Set minimum lewdness of Flashing Breasts to Guard to 1 
• Set minimum lewdness of Showing Pussy to Guard to 2 
• Set minimum lewdness of Groping Breasts by John to 1
• Set minimum lewdness of Groping Ass by Jailer to 1
• Set minimum lewedness of Ass Groping By Slaver to 1

Bugfixes

• Fixed typos
• Fixed passability bug after harvesting Maleficum in Kerberos Domain
• Fixed mapping bugs in Southern Forest of Runes 
• Fixed party members not being removed when ending day at a stone tabled
• Fixed incorrect description of Emeraldplating 
• Fixed secondary sex stat increases from watching Earth scenes in the recollection room
• Fixed incorrect restoration of earring variable after watching Shopping With Patricia 2 in the recollection room
• Fixed incorrect Vice increase from implanting Hedonism orb
• Fixed implanting value orbs not increasing mental changes count
• Fixed deadlock when triggering Charlotte in Prison when entering Barracks from above 
• Fixed incorrect stat increases from Maleficumplating
• Fixed standing image persisting after interacting with Hair Style
• Fixed Desmond sprite not disappearing in Hermit quest
• Fixed shaved / unshaved inconsistencies in Aura artwork 
• Handled game state of Main Chamber not being unlocked by the time Festival of Greed has started
• Fixed showing panties to alchemist and artist modeling jobs corrupting RL pose variable
• Fixed incorrect teleport return location from Alicia Childhood Memory Dive
• Fixed wrong Alicia turning her head during Key Memories intro
• Fixed Aura and Luciela making pre-Festival comments in Dinner With Young Merchant 2 when done after Festival
• Fixed Blessed Energy Potion restoring 20 instead of 30 MP
• Fixed incorrect scene label in recollection room