This update introduces an entirely new mechanic: training the bodies and minds of defeated Chosen in order to sculpt them into Forsaken warriors that fit your particular needs. The game's main combat loop went through several iterations before its first public release, and because the training mechanics are completely untested, they might also end up needing significant changes. I'm especially interested in feedback during this early phase, before anything is finalized.
Each training session involves choosing multiple training actions in turn. What happens during each training action varies according to the Forsaken's personality, the Forsaken's corruption, and whichever other training actions are already in progress. If the training gets intense enough, the Forsaken's Hostility, Deviancy, Obedience, and Disgrace scores can be increased. High Obedience makes the Forsaken more likely to cooperate with the training. High Deviancy, which represents dissocation from reality, allows the Forsaken to endure more intense training without changing their behavior or worldview.
Corruption from training always goes up, never down. However, there will be benefits to having some of your Forsaken at low corruption levels. This (along with the Stamina, Motivation, and Skill mechanics) will eventually add some gameplay depth to the training system. In the meantime, I'm mainly concerned with ensuring that the training system itself works alright. It isn't as granular as the one commonly used by eragames, but I hope that it's still satisfying to use.
Only the first tier of training actions is implemented in this update, which consists of the easiest, most mild training types. Most Forsaken who have been beaten the regular way during the final battle will be completely unfazed by all of them. In order to make the consent and corruption increase mechanics relevant, I've added the option to generate a new uncorrupted Chosen and then immediately "defeat" her so that she can be trained as one of the Forsaken. Players with early cheats turned on can access this option from the main menu even if they don't have any Forsaken on their save files.
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- Content: Added a system for subjecting defeated Chosen to various types of training.
- Content: Added the ability to generate a random uncorrupted defeated Chosen who can then be trained.
- Bugfix: Added pages to the Forsaken menu in order to prevent the list from overflowing the screen.
- Bugfix: Chosen attempting to inflict self damage greater than Long.MAX_VALUE will no longer crash the game.
