It is with great pleasure that I announce the first version of Hero Corruption 2. It took several months of learning, research and work for this version to finally be released, many thanks to all who supported the project and offered your help.


First let's deal with the elephant in the room: This version is fully playable but far from optimized, especially the UI of some shops which can be unintuitive or messy.
Please be patient about this.
The idea was to release the first playable version so that I could collect feedback from all of you.


With that out of the way, let's get to the fun part:
First of all, you can access the Main Menu at any time by pressing the ESC key. In this menu there are important information such as Corruption level, Addictions, Enemies page, Hero Level and Attributes
Yep, your Hero now has a Level, the only way to gain experience is by defeating enemies, for now.
Every time you level up you can use the awarded Points to improve your Attributes, all you have to do is click the "Attributes" button at the Main Menu.
Each point spent on a specific Attribute increases a sub-attribute (Maxim. Lust, Stamina Regen., etc.), but also increases the cost of the primary Attribute
Keep in mind that you can only improve your Attributes while you are in Base.
Leveling up is not the only way to accumulate points, you can also acquire them by purchasing Perks in your Skill Tree every time you start a new Run. The currency used to buy Perks is Fame, which can only be earned in completed past Runs.




The encounters also had some changes, from now on you can use your own HP to get rid of "Addiction Checks", the option to "Struggle" will only be available if you have enough HP for it, so maybe it's time for you to start giving some love to your Hit Points too. You can still use "Resist" if you want to conserve your HP or are feeling safe with the odds.
Lastly, you cannot "Struggle" in all checks, especially Bad Endings triggers.


New Status Effects are present:
"Intoxicated" will cause your Lust to gradually increase based on your Corruption, regardless of your Addictions
"Masturbate" makes your hero skip his own turn and lowers his current stamina, think of it as Aroused 2.0.
Some powerful enemies can also make your Attributes drop, if this happens the cost to upgrade them will not decrease, so try to avoid this as much as possible.


Potions no longer increase Max. Lust and Max. HP, instead they increase the related primary Attribute (INT and VIT, respectively). You can still find them in the wild, but their price in the Shop is now related to how many days have passed in-game
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About the game itself:
There are four versions available: Windows, Linux, Mac and Android</strong>. Saves do carry over between new versions without an issue.
But please refrain from grinding in advance, this is the first version and a lot can change.


Most PCs should run the game without any problem, but some older machines may run into issues, here are the basic requirements according to the engine developer:
"(...)A user's computer have OpenGL 2, DirectX 9, OpenGL ES 2, or WebGL to run Ren'Py. The model-based renderer requires OpenGL ES 3 or WebGL 2. Ren'Py no longer runs on Windows XP ."
Also worth mentioning if you go to the settings and check "Skip Transitions" the gameplay will be much smoother.


Finally, This might make some of you happy and others not so much: GAME IS HARD
Even if you buy all the Perks, the Deep Forest boss won't be easy, the difficulty will be adjusted over time, just like HC1


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v0.1d:

Added all enemy pics to the Gallery

Added Hannah's Bad End

Added Tooltips to the Attribute Screen

Added a Tooltip Location Toggle in the Options Menu

Added a Return button to the menu

Added a confirmation button when the player choose to sleep before 22:00

Added a notification sound and changed the City unlock dialog

Added "Current" and "Cost" text to the Attribute Screen

Notifications should be a bit more readable now

Removed the "Exploring the ..." dialog

Renamed "Prefs" and "Preferences" to "Options"

Decreased Allie's HP 130 > 120

Optimized Attribute Screen coding

Fixed Laura Blowjob pic distortion (Let me know if you guys find some others weird images)

Fixed a bug causing the player name not to show correctly in the City

Fixed Church second input

Fixed Restrained debuff not clearing properly

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v0.1e:

ADDED A TUTORIAL

You can now complete the Hero Corruption tutorial, even if you already have a previous save

Choosing the Hero name: "tutorial" Will start the tutorial even if you have already completed it

Completing the tutorial grants the player a new achievement



ADDED A DIFFICULTY TOGGLE

You can now choose between Easy, Normal and Hard Mode

Easy mode disable achievements

This toggle will only be available for completely new saves, previous saves are set to "normal" difficulty


ADDED A "Clear All Data" BUTTON

You can wipe all your Data in the Options, doing so will enable the new difficulty and shemale toggle

You will lose ALL your progress in HC2 if you use this button

This is kind of experimental, so please let me know if you notice anything weird




OTHERS

Added 1 New Achievement

Added more diogaoo's tips