Dev Notes

• This is a big release, the first of several that expand on Chapter 3. It adds all three lair quests, a custom soundtrack, and plenty of new content for our existing characters. Thank you to all the Patrons who playtested our early builds, and helped choose the direction for some of our scenes! Join us on Discord if you would like to be notified of new developments.

Features

• Quest: the Valzira expedition (three variants).
• Quest: the Bastion heist.
• Scene: you can offer a sacrifice to the sunken temple’s depths (collab with Val).
• Scene: Darja may have a special present for you, if the time is right (collab with Moosifer).
• Scene: you can ask for more from Marie-Anne, if she likes you (many variants, collab with Shadowen).
• Scene: you can finally give Valzira her cumuppance (two variants, collab with Moosifer).
• Scene: you can give the infernals what they want (bumper scene, collab with Maya Fae).
• Scene: you can choose to spend some quality time with the commoner during your initial escape (two variants, collab with Shadowen).
• Scene: a dream offers a glimpse of Marie-Anne’s past (collab with Shadowen).
• Scene: you may allow Chanwe to mount you.
• Captive: you can capture Valzira, the witch.
• Captive: you can capture Heloise, the Inquisitrix. Captive interactions will be added later.
• Captive: captive interactions have been added for Issa (collab with Maya Fae).
• Hordes: the infernals can be recruited. You cannot offer them captives yet.
• Hordes: the proteans can be “recruited”. You cannot offer them captives yet.
• Hordes: you can offer the witch to the kobolds or wolfmen (collab with Sihil).
• Hordes: followup encounters have been added for Cuchilla and Marie-Anne with the kobolds, and for Chanwe and Cuchilla with the wolf tribe (collab with Moosifer).
• Dynamic: Issa and Darja might have a wholesome surprise for you (collab with Maya Fae).
• Dynamic: Darja and Issa’s relationship continues to grow (collab with Maya Fae).
• Dynamic: Malagar takes a more active interest in the wellbeing of his niece.
• Dynamic: Malagar’s room is not a library (collab with Maya Fae).
• Art: Valzira’s anal scene added (JefNightly).
• Art: Valzira’s oral scene sketched (JefNightly).
• Art: Chanwe’s initial and captive mounting scenes have been sketched (DP).
• Art: Marie-Anne’s initial tending scene sketched (DP).
• Art: Naho’s character art added (Vira).
• Art: Mina’s character art added (Vira).
• Art: Chanwe’s character art added (Vira).
• Art: Valzira’s character art added (Vira).
• Anim: Marie-Anne’s idle animations added (Amon Ra).
• Anim: Cuchilla’s idles added (Amon Ra).
• Anim: Mina’s idles added (Amon Ra).
• Anim: Naho’s idles added (Amon Ra).
• VA: Marie-Anne’s mercenary scene (Var).
• VA: Mina’s journey (Marina).
• VA: Marie-Anne’s tending scene (Marina).
• VA: Adeline’s dream sequence (Marina).
• VA: Eburon’s negotiation (Var).
• VA: Eburon’s horde interactions (Var).
• Music: original soundtrack added to the lowlands, highlands, and mountains (Mortalitech).
• Music: original soundtrack themes added for Malagar, the infernals, and the proteans (Mortalitech).

Tweaks

• Content flags have been revised and expanded. Check your Preferences.
• Moving between regions no longer causes time to pass.
• A new dynamic soundtrack system has been created.
• A button to hide the interface has been added to the in-game shortcuts.
• Tooltips have been added to the custom options in the Preferences menu for desktops.
• Your approach to accepting minions will no longer affect your reputation.
• The heartbeat has been pitch-shifted to play better in most speakers.
• The knight has been removed.
• The peasant from Chapter 1 has a set of placeholder images.
• Improved stage direction for Naho’s and Marie-Anne’s sequences.
• Tweaked volume of mercenary’s lines for the Marie-Anne encounter.

Fixes

• The merchant will no longer reappear after eating her during your initial encounter (damn phoenix downs).
• The drunk, likewise, is less prone to resurrection.
• You can no longer gift dead captives to hordes.
• The happy merchant will no longer repeatedly arrive at your lair.
• Giving the wolfgirl to the wolfmen while in the wildlands is now a one-time thing.
• The wolfgirl/wolfmen followup encounter will proc properly if you give her to them after you’ve captured her.
• Fixed a missing image when the wolfpack take control of their former alpha.
• Fixed a missing image when leaving Issa’s quarters.
• Petruk no longer unexpectedly gatecrashes while you’re offering Darja to the wolf tribe.
• Broke up some overly-long segments of text, for ease of reading on mobile.
• Day counter and artist credit resets properly after sparing the commoner.
• Fixed access to captive farmgirl if you have a lot of captives.
• Giving Darja to your kobolds counts your captives correctly.
• Fixed broken “come on” voice line during Marie-Anne’s mercenary scene.
• Fixed missing mercenary voice lines.
• Fixed redirect after communing in the sunken temple.
• Corrected voice line when grumbling to the demon.
• Numerous typo and grammar fixes.

Known Issues

• Using the ‘skip’ function when entering a region may cause its audio components to become misaligned. So, don’t do that.