11.D.0 is out - Full Act 1 Overhaul + New Ch2 Scenes 🔥⚔️ (Patreon)

Heyo everyone again! 👋

So the game was updated to version 11.D.0 with a pretty huge update since Friday. We got three more Chapter 2 scenes, the Blightwood masturbation scene was overhauled, the Nimeria masturbation scene from the Chapter 2 ending as well, and a new dream corruption scene between Seryk and Mariel was added between Chapter 2 and 3. That one includes a short makeout between them and already sets up the next stuff, like the letter scene that will follow shortly. 🔥

The bigger update was more on the technical side. I felt I should finish the Act 1 overhaul as soon as possible in case people want to replay the game. And well, let me tell you, it was a huge amount of work. There's basically not one passage from Act 1 left untouched.

Get ready for a huge wall of text. There's so much to talk about that I'll make 2 posts shortly after each other.

🖥️ UI & Passages

First of all the UI of all morning and night activities before the already overhauled Chapter 6+ hub was remade. The old ones looked honestly horrendous. Some other menus got the same treatment.

All passages needed some slight fixing to make them work better in Ren'Py mode, so long dialogs were split into multiple dialogs.

Most face expression animations were deleted for now for performance gains. It honestly doesn't feel worth it anymore to have animated face expressions in passages compared to the performance costs. Passages and UIs all use stills instead, only the right sidebar still has the option to stay animated. That was the biggest performance gain by far. 📉

I've also implemented multiple systems now that preload animations and images. So far I had no issues after that, but we'll have to see how it is on different systems.

⚔️ Act 1 Battle System

The Act 1 battle system was overhauled and even pulled into Act 2. After remaking it, it was actually fun to play for me again. Opinions on the new lust raids are mixed, so I decided to give this one as an alternative option for Act 2. You can switch between both modes. Stats, talents and gear affect both.

Personally I still prefer the survivor-like mode, but I get that there are different preferences. The Act 1 system should also run better on lower end PCs.

So what is it about?

It's turn based, similar to the old system, but with a better UI and a few ideas taken from the lust raids.

Characters can get dragged into bushes to grope. For that time they leave the battle.

You can still command their skills. They jump back shortly after, effects are halved, but they deal lust damage while they're in there.

Click the bush to see the animation. It's blurred by default, you can lower that with the sliders in the new settings overlay.

Stats aren't party-wide anymore. Each character has their own stats and can be defeated.

When someone attacks, they get attacked back right away. So the idea is to switch attackers to keep them alive.

Lust attacks are chance based on every attack now.

Front has 4 slots, the rest is support. Skills can be cast manually or set to auto. Support skills have a longer cooldown.

Support can do lust attacks too.

Every enemy has different fetishes. Your fetish stat + their fetish stat decides if an attack deals more or less lust damage.

Lust still works as a damage multiplier.

Autofight is still there if you just want to skip the thinking.

Sounds like a lot written down, but it should feel simpler than the old one.

There's also an option to skip lust raids now. Little warning though: story is often baked into those fights, so that gets skipped too.

🌲 Blightwood & Lust Dungeon

Completely different UI and gameplay.

You have a set amount of fights you need to win. 8 fights max. Lust raids are 3 waves per fight, so 24 waves total.

Between fights a random H-event can play, or you can pull some extras. Before each fight you pick a power up card that lasts for the whole run. In lust raids you keep your level and power ups across all waves.

H-events are still the old ones for now, besides the masturbation scene which uses the new Chapter 2 scenes. More will get swapped in as old scenes get remade.

Rest areas are a bit more interesting now. You sit around a campfire, and anyone with high lust walks off to relieve themselves, or people might walk off together. When you leave you can watch those scenes one by one.

For now it's the old Seryk x Liora scenes plus the new MC masturbation scenes.

Lust dungeon works the same way, just with the addition that it's available in Act 2 now too.

🛡️ Dungeon Defense

This one looks like it got the least overhaul, but it actually took the most work.

New layout, because traps get placed automatically now. 7 lanes for now, and 2 stages for performers. Enemies follow the lanes similar to before.

You place defenders yourself, mercenaries included. They deal damage based on their battle stats and slow enemies down on their lane.

High lust comes with a cost though. They'll leave the lane to relieve themselves in their room, or even take someone with them. That lane stays unprotected until they're back.

Performers still loop their fetish attacks and deal lust damage. You can now only trigger lust skills from performers.

⚙️ Extra

All Act 1 content now drops gear you can take into Act 2. Same gear as Act 2 drops, you just can't upgrade it before Act 2.

The Sora sex scene is around 33% finished. It'll still take a bit, hopefully next week. I just felt the system overhauls needed priority while I was already remaking older scenes.

H-Scenes: 🔥

Nimeria masturbation finished (Chapter 2)

Blightwood masturbation remade

new Seryk x Mariel dream corruption + short makeout (between Chapter 2 and 3)

System:

removed Ren'Py mode from non Ren'Py passages again (too many issues)

removed the author note, no one reads it anyway

overhauled the Act 1 battle system

changed Zirel capture chance (since Nimeria's manipulator skill was removed)

overhauled settings menu

added difficulty settings (more rewards) to settings

improved some Ren'Py mode designs

improved some Act 1 talents

added support slots for the Act 1 battle system

improved UI for Act 1 and Act 2 battle systems

added an option to switch Act 2 survivor mode battles to the Act 1 turn based battle mode

added display settings for Act 1 fights

Blightwood (dungeon exploration system) fully remade

performance improvements for dungeon explorations

most Act 1 early chapter UIs overhauled

most face expression animations deleted for now (passages and UIs use stills, only the right sidebar can stay animated)

added preload systems for animations and images

added the new lust dungeon exploration to Act 2 with lust raid option

split most long lines into smaller lines (for Ren'Py mode)

dungeon defense overhauled

all Act 1 content now drops gear you can take into Act 2 (same gear as Act 2, but no upgrades before Act 2)

Bugfixes: 🐛

fixed an error in memory manipulation

fixed a bug that could lock Nimeria from bed scenes

fixed Sora's face expression not showing in some menus

fixed some choices during Ren'Py passages being cropped

fixed an error in Night Activities

fixed Thalor grope triggering even when Bonds is off

fixed visual error in talents menu Act 2

fixed an issue that didn't set Sora's flag which is needed to progress past Chapter 9

fixed a bug where new memory manipulation scenes could jump you back to Chapter 2

fixed flashing images in gamehub in Chapter 10

What's next? ✨

Shortly after this I'll make a second post about going forward. That one will have a major poll about how much focus I should put on Act 1 and Act 2. The poll will be on Patreon, SubscribeStar and Boosty only. As mentioned before I will still progress Act 2 either way so the story and H progress can continue.

That is it for now. Have fun with the update and see you soon. 💕

As always, the latest update can be found in the pinned post, on Discord, and here:

🔽 All downloads & passwords (always updated):

👉 https://www.patreon.com/posts/144794604