Version 4.3.1, Rivalry & Royalty (Enhanced)

Dev Notes

• With so many new players comes so many new paths through the game - and so many new bug reports! Thank you for sending them in.
• Tosk has kindly put together this patch build, which also features some substantial performance improvements. Cheers, Tosk!

4.3.1 Changes

• Performance: Characters will change expressions more smoothly (Tosk).
• Nude sprites are used more often, where appropriate, and their transitions are better timed.
• A number of scenes have been added to the Gallery.
• Several lines have been edited to better reflect their voice acting.
• Valzira’s procreative scenes have art added to them.
• The gallery unlock has been fixed and restored.
  
• Attacking the convent with kobolds no longer causes an error.
  
• Darja’s animated princess dress is no longer an ungodly visual abomination.
• Darja will do better at managing her state of dress.
• Mina’s default dress is no longer ‘water’-repellant.
• Naho cannot be given to the wolf tribe twice.
• Valzira can still give birth if Sabetha & Inej are your consorts.
• Valzira’s name is easier to remember.
• Valzira's pregnancy events cannot be seen after her child is born.
• You may appreciate the background scenery when bathing at the bathhouse.

4.3.0 Features

• Consort: Sabetha & Inej can be chosen as consorts (collab with Garoompahfah).
• Scene: Sabetha & Inej apply their talents together (collab with Garoompahfah).
• Scene: Valzira’s captive interactions are now no-holes-barred (collab with Mattrex).
• Scene: Valzira can be double-dipped (collab with Mattrex).
• Scene: Valzira welcomes Malice into the world (collab with Mattrex).
• Dynamic: Sabetha is restless in the morning (collab with Garoompahfah).
• Dynamic: Sabetha and Inej want to know your favourite (collab with Garoompahfah).
• Dynamic: Sabetha and Inej are in a cuddly mood (collab with Garoompahfah).
• Dynamic: Sabetha and Inej are not where you expect them (collab with Garoompahfah).
• Dynamic: Sabetha and Inej are still not where you expect them (collab with Garoompahfah).
• Dynamic: Sabetha and Inej know how to help you relax (collab with Garoompahfah).
• Dynamic: Sabetha and Inej give you an unconventional farewell (collab with Garoompahfah).
• Dynamic: Valzira informs you of the consequences of your actions (collab with Mattrex).
• Dynamic: Valzira attempts to take care of her child (collab with Mattrex).
• Dynamic: Malice has opinions about how you treat her mother(s) (two variants, collab with Mattrex).
• Dynamic: Malagar is preparing for a very important experiment (collab with Mattrex).
• Dynamic: Mina will respond properly to the mercs’ presence if she’s recruited after them.
• Art: Enid’s brood mother scene (Lubbio).
• Art: Cooch’s wolf tribe fate (Lubbio).
• Art: Captive character art for Adeline (Irrelevant Art).
• Art: Updated nude character art for Adeline (Irrelevant Art).
• Art: Updated nude and broken character art for Chanwe (Irrelevant Art).
• Art: Updated character art for Rhyll (Irrelevant Art).
• Art: Nude character art for Sabetha (Irrelevant Art).
• Art: New emotes for Adeline (Irrelevant Art).
• Art: New emotes for Inej (Irrelevant Art).
• Art: New emotes for Rhyll (Irrelevant Art).
• Art: Messy and nude emotes for Sabetha (Irrelevant Art).
• Art: Sleeping emotes for Sabetha & Inej (Irrelevant Art).
• Art: A revised captive emote for Valzira (Irrelevant Art).
• Animation: Nude idles for Adeline (Amon Ra).
• Animation: Captive idles for Adeline (Amon Ra).
• Animation: Nude idles for Mina (Amon Ra).
• Animation: Pregnant idles for Valzira (Amon Ra).
• Animation: Idles for the kobold guards (Amon Ra).
• Voice: Inej’s part in eavesdropping, the reoffer, and the backdoor break-in (Gruella).
• Voice: Malice’s reveal with Heloise (Sunset Sofia).
• Voice: Rhyll’s arrival, commentary on morale, response to gifts, and part in fates (Greyscale).
• UI: New program icons have been added for all formats.
• System: Achievements have been added to the Steam version of the game (Tosk).

4.3.0 Tweaks

• Brood Mother, Consummation, Right Of Conquest, and Hair Of The Dog have been added to the Gallery.
• The option to unlock all scenes in the gallery is more clearly indicated.
• Adeline will be dressed differently when you are first reunited with one another.
• Young Malice’s interaction with the kobolds can be triggered by visiting them.
• Malice’s scenes reflect her parentage.
• Marie-Anne’s interaction with Valzira plays slightly differently if Val is pregnant.
• Getting shot by Mina’s crossbow causes a wound.
• Some laborious back-end improvements to how Mina’s wardrobe is managed.
• Mina’s existing animated idles have been resized for consistency.
• Sabetha & Inej’s quarantine message will no longer play on first boot-up. It can still be accessed via the Gallery.
• Sabetha & Inej’s audio should flow more smoothly if clicking or skipping through.
• Valzira’s scenes have been tweaked based on their context.
• The RenPy framework has been updated to 7.4.8, to prevent it from exploding when handling Steam achievements. Hopefully it doesn’t explode in other ways.

4.3.0 Fixes

• Attacking the convent will no longer cost Morale if you are in Power Fantasy mode.
• You cannot visit Cooch at Gutter’s Cove if she already arrived with the mercs.
• Fixes to the appearance of Darja’s princess idles.
• Enid’s Brood Mother replay no longer allows you to escape into the broader game.
• Heloise’s dream appearance is independent of her physical state.
• Malice’s name remains stable during the Moonday event.
• Mina’s birthday present art shows more consistently during the Moonday event.
• Mina’s cartback interactions take note of her state of dress.
• Mina’s interaction at Gutter’s Cove can only be seen once.
• Mina’s outdoor forceful scene will no longer reference an imaginary mattress.
• Mina’s wardrobe will reflect her current status at the beginning of the posh dress scene.
• Prolific corrections and improvements to spelling, grammar, and stage direction.
• ...and the dozens if not hundreds of bugs we found during playtesting. Thank you to our elite team of playtesters, you’re amazing.