Course of Temptation November Update (v0.5.5)

Here's this month's update from the contributor team and myself! This month I focused on the top priorities that emerged from the recent poll: starting inclinations, the aftercare system, and the ability to (attempt to) date someone in secret.

Starting inclinations can tweak your gameplay or give you a head start. If you hate accidentally succeeding at Willpower skillchecks, then Easily Pressured is for you, and selecting traits like Confident or Lewd Exhibitionist at the start will let you bypass some of those early skillchecks while still building the relevant skill.

Aftercare will follow most encounters, giving you some extra time with your partner (or a whole second round) before you say goodbye and resume the story.

This update also removes the block on getting professor numbers and seeing them outside of class. However, since it's against university policy, they do give the idea some additional consideration! You'll have to have already crossed a certain line with them.

These are just first implementations, so do let me know what else you'd like to see from these systems.

As always, a huge thanks to the contributors who added to this update.

If you're not aware, we're maintaining two parallel development cycles:

• The monthly update might contain new event sets, new locations, or new mechanics, but usually focuses on extending existing content or polishing existing systems. It comes out once a month with whatever we got done in that time period... hence the name!
• The roadmap update checks off one or more items on the roadmap, adding extensive new mechanics and a bunch of related new events in one go, often fundamentally changing how the game can be played. It usually takes multiple months.

Thank you and I hope you enjoy!

v0.5.5c release notes:

• You can now choose some inclinations when creating your character to define your starting personality
• Added Lucky inclination: sometimes produces better than expected outcomes from skillchecks, and reduces the chances of wardrobe malfunctions
• Added Unlucky inclination: sometimes produces worse than expected outcomes from skillchecks, and increases the chances of wardrobe malfunctions
• Added Iron Will inclination: Always perform a bit better at Willpower skillchecks
• Added Easily Pressured inclination: Always perform a bit worse at Willpower skillchecks
• Inclinations like Lewd Exhibitionist, Confident, Voyeur, and so on will give you a way past some low skillgates (only relevant if you take them at the start)
• Favorite positions are now proper inclinations and can be unlocked by the player
• Added colored contacts as a new cosmetics option
• Each eye is an individual cosmetics slot, so your character can now have heterochromatic eyes
• Implemented aftercare system, which will come between the end of (some) encounters and resuming the story, and will allow for things like the alleviation of effects from negative Fleeting Feelings, Romance attitude increases, and resuming the encounter for round two
• Edited a few pre-0.5 events that failed to acknowledge relationships: discovering the Regisaur, the cheerleader-footballer post-game, and spreading rumors
• You can now universally adjust butt size with a new worldgen slider
• Bulletin board conspiracy lore expands once more (contributed by RyDog and Meat Glacier)
• Some new books have arrived (contributed by Meat Glacier)
• Added a new wardrobe malfunction event at the pool (contributed by RyDog)
• Once you’ve crossed a certain line with your professors, you may be able to get their phone number and may be able to see them outside of class
• You may now be recognized by friends and not-so-friendly people when on hangouts and dates in public
• If you’re with somebody you shouldn’t be while in public, being recognized will lead to increased suspicion about what you’re doing with your date partner
• Once suspicion is maxed, the secret relationship may become exposed. Your secret partner will be reluctant to be seen in public, but may still agree to see you privately
• A fully exposed secret relationship will be treated as confirmed cheating by any exclusive romantic partner (Currently there are no direct consequences for an exposed relationship with faculty, but they’ll be coming!)
• Secret relationship suspicion will begin decaying naturally when you haven’t been seen in public together recently
• Added the Riverside Motel near the River Rat on Yohimbe Street, which can be used for secret liaisons and as a home base in town (for a per-night cost, of course)
• Streaming has been updated to allow you to stream from your motel room if you have a laptop, with the major advantage being that you don’t have to worry about being interrupted
• NPCs may now refuse to date if your reputation or inclinations go against their own inclinations. For now this is reserved for fairly extreme mismatches and can be overcome by high favorable attitudes
• Added a bulletin board Harvest Eve interaction (contributed by Meat Glacier)
• You can now purchase a rock tumbler! And rock tumbler grit! And find stones to polish! (contributed by Meat Glacier)
• Video game bets in the resident’s lounge have had a bit of a revision, with the addition of exhibitionist options and alternate locations (contributed by Sanae)
• NPCs now wear glasses sometimes
• By popular demand, some long-sleeved shirts will let you roll up the sleeves
• Added a random outfit creator to the wardrobe
• NPC customization is now extended to NPCs whose names you don’t know (Customizing every NPC can bloat save size somewhat, but it’s not really a huge concern)
• Random name button added to NPC customization dialog
• Many fixes and tweaks

Note: If you were part of early access, a reminder that the early access version will no longer be updated (until the next early access period). Please migrate your save to the current public version using the save export/import function (instructions are on the early access page).