Devlog: 0.3.0-prerelease-3

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A smaller update to Liora. The main addition are the new Titjob H-CG variations, so the Edgar event for it will no longer do a fade-to-black.

Outside of that, we have some bugfixes and then a number of balancing changes. I will quickly go through them.

• Removed edgar passive Sneaky Movements. A test from last week that didn't work out.
• +1 Ration per Prosperity -> +1 Ration per 3 Prosperity. The number of available rations increased a bit too quickly, making HP investments lose their strategic value a bit too fast.
• Negotiation value of Guard 10 -> 15, Protect 20 -> 25, State Target Rean 20 -> 30, Receive Advantage 2 -> 3. Mostly focusing on repeat Protect triggers becoming more expensive. Guard and Protect becoming just a bit more expensive to encourage using Restrictions on them.
• Brown Hair Dye 800 -> 600, Blue 300 -> 400. I wanted them to cover a wider spectrum so they can used in a variety of deals, but I felt the difference was a bit too big.
• Reduced value of "Offer to help" clauses. It's a bit difficult to summarize the change here, but basically Exploration type clauses are bit cheaper.
• Decreased number of bombs for destroying walls from 20 to 15. Since rock/wall obstacles don't come back and there should be an interesting strategic decision between investing bombs into this or not, but 20 was a step too high in investment.
• Doubled value of cannot strategize rean. Not sure what value this will end up with at the end, I suppose it will keep getting relatively adjusted as the general value of clauses increases as the game goes on.
• Changed Rising Heat/Hidden Desires to trigger on Orgasm instead of general Lewd Action. I took the mechanic from SKA, but in Liora where we have dynamic orgasm and a lot of harrassment actions, orgasm should be the trigger here instead.
• Changed negotiation module to trigger per default during date. Edgar will now by default make a proposal during a date

Also, I have been researching how others have done recruitment for VAs and put together a VA recruitment. I will be doing a last round of iteration tomorrow and then send it out: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FWMgj2ewsWpRDvRlCZ9KrGFs9IXBmB1nO9DWKyry6nw

The plan is to proceed similar to the artist selection. I will pick promising candidates from the first audition round, do a paid sample commission with them for some scene excerpts and then do a poll here to get further feedback on that.

0.3.0-prerelease-3 (28.11.2025)

• Added sexual service titjob H-CG variations
• Added bombs to list of items that can be given to Edgar
• Implemented better support for effect checking so triggers of the same type (such as handjob and titjob) can be better checked for

Balancing

• Removed edgar passive Sneaky Movements
• Reduced number of rations per prosperity to 1 every 3
• Increased value of Guard to 15, Protect to 25, State Target Rean to 30 and Advantage to 3
• Decreased Brown Hair Dye value to 600, Increase Blue to 400
• Reduced value of exploration "Offer to help" clauses
• Decreased number of bombs for destroying walls from 20 to 15
• Doubled value of cannot strategize rean
• Changed Rising Heat to trigger on Orgasm instead of general Lewd Action
• Changed negotiation module to trigger per default during date

Bugfixes

• Fixed option dialogue for sexual service choice always setting to titjob
• Fix missing respawn tag on Granitite Mines plant
• Fix incorrect graphic on looted lootspot in Highwarden
• Fix flipped usage of seen edgar dick flag during ariadne training
• Fix incorrect tmp variable for tmp saving Liora clothing during Ariadne Training