Dev Notes

• Our third weekly update, once more made public by the kindness of our patrons. This one includes one of two upcoming options to charm Marie-Anne, as well as boatloads of new art and voice acting.
• I have moved away from the old version naming scheme, which was clunky and completely ill-equipped for these frequent builds, and towards something more descriptive.

Features

• Captive: Marie-Anne can be gently persuaded of your merits.
• Lair: the ‘hurt-chamber’ framework has been added, and now comes bundled with specialist expertise. Its first scene will follow shortly.
• Art: Adeline/Mother’s kiss (Lubbio).
• Art: Mina’s service has been coloured (Luccass).
• Art: Darja’s scene art has been further degollumised, courtesy of Pebble.
• Art: the commoner girl’s character art (Vira).
• Art: Eburon’s character art (Vira).
• Art: Malagar’s character art (Vira).
• Voice: Sabetha’s capture, and escape (Smol Rowan)
• Voice: The nun’s new variant scenes (Smol Rowan)
• Voice: Heloise’s dream sequence (Keta)
• Voice: The dragon’s remaining lines for capture sequences, and other odds and ends (Greyscale).
• Background: custom art for the tavern, swamp, town, streets, and royal road (Mortalitech).

Tweaks

• The rogue sisters’ intro skit will only play once (more).
• You may elect to behave yourself while visiting the convent.
• It is clearer that reneging on your deal with Mina does not automatically give her to your kobolds.

Fixes

• After a long and protracted struggle, the animated scenes will once more play as intended. I hate you, RenPy updates.
• Ordering a sacrifice from the kobolds increases Strength, as it ought.
• The nun’s animations will display better.
• Darja will not come to romance you if she is being kept as a captive.
• Promising Bastion to Mina doesn’t stop you from robbing it later.
• Removed a reference to an old music track when caught by the huntress in Chapter 2.
• Sparing the maid in Chapter 1 gives one point of Mercy, rather than two.
• Improved support for the rogues and mercenaries when using the Old art style.
• Malagar’s kobold assistant points the right way. Pay attention!
• And the (many) bugs found during playtesting. Thank you to our playtesters, especially GrayRaven :)