Esterium Project 0.060 (announcement)

New systems and mechanics

• Added an arousal system. High arousal will apply debuffs during combat. You can lower it through intimacy, by leveling Endurance, and in several other ways.

• Ability to spend the night outside the camp. In the wilderness you can light a campfire or sleep without one. This affects health recovery. Eating before sleep is now optional and influences buffs and debuffs.

• Replaced out-of-combat action points with an energy system, which is spent on battles, long travel, and some other actions.

• Added a small tutorial at the start of the game and some hints along the way.

Content: characters, quests, story, dialogues

• 5 new characters

• Added the beginning of Endri the Goblin girl's personal quest, including several intimate scenes.

• Continued the story with the statue in the ruins.

• Added an NPC menu with a list of all important NPCs, including bio details and relationship level.

• More dialogues with Hilde, the tavern keeper.

Locations

• 2 new locations: the watch post in the valley and the hall in the tavern

• Night versions of outdoor locations

Items

• Added a new item: a wooden kindling stick.

Tavern

• Added 4 types of alcohol to the tavern, plus one special drink.

Customization

• 1 new face and 1 new hairstyle for the male character

• 1 new hairstyle for the female character

Graphics and sound

• Improved detail on some characters.

• Several new music tracks.

UI and combat

• Changes to the interface and dialogue screen

• Updated combat UI

• ⭐Release for $10+ patrons — 📅 May 24

• ⭐Release for $5 patrons — 📅 May 29

• ⭐Release for $2 patrons — 📅 June 3