Unfortunately, we underestimated just how much work this part of the game would require. We had bigger plans for this update, but as development continued, it became clear that we wouldn’t be able to complete enough of the new content without releasing something that felt excessively fragmented.

Rather than splitting this section into pieces that were too small and disconnected, we decided it would be better to postpone it until we have enough finished material to properly deliver what we have in mind.

Over the previous months, we finished planning and defining the first X-Men lineup, and this month we focused heavily on refining their sprites and final designs. However, the X-Mansion section requires much more than just the characters themselves.

For what we are planning, we need a large portion of the X-Mansion backgrounds to be completed as well -- a process we already started working on this month -- because Doom will be able to move around the mansion, visit different areas, and interact with its residents during a day-and-night cycle.

This part of the story will work differently from what we have done before.

While infiltrating the mansion, Doom will need to slowly earn the heroines’ trust(NEW STATS) by spending time with them, talking to them and triggering character-specific events. Some of these situations may even push Doom a little outside his usual serious comfort zone.

As he gets closer to them, Doom will gradually uncover useful information about the location of the Mercy Crown, along with other interesting details about the mansion and the people living inside it.

Once a heroine’s TRUST reaches 100%, Doom will finally use the Dominium to bind her to him one by one. From there, the familiar control mechanics will begin again, but this time everything will happen from inside the X-Mansion itself.

That is the basic idea behind this part of the story, and it is something we plan to gradually expand with more familiar faces connected to the X-Men, both allies and enemies.

We hope you can still enjoy what we managed to complete for this update.

For Operations, we’ll add a proper tutorial screen as soon as possible, but the main thing to keep in mind for now is that the classes follow a classic rock-paper-scissors-style advantage system:

Blaster → Vanguard → Striker → Specter → Tactician →

Each class has an advantage over the one that follows it in the cycle. This means that building the right team isn't just about using your strongest characters—you'll also need to consider which classes are best suited for each Operation. Additionally, we plan to implement the same class advantage system when we return to expanding the combat system.

We have also enabled the X-Men characters in the new GIRLS interface, so you can already take a look at the finished sprites for the girls who will be involved in this upcoming storyline.

Thank you, as always, for your patience and for continuing to support Doomination.

We really appreciate it.

See you in the next update!

Content

A "quick" note about this update

Files