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