This update adds the sixth and final Distortion path: Despair. As the Morality/Innocence Distortion, it involves convincing the Chosen and their supporters that they're doing more harm than good by fighting the Demons. Unlike the previous five Distortion paths, this one targets the entire city, and if you're able to activate it, then you can defeat even Chosen who haven't been corrupted at all. The overwhelming power of the Demons simply causes them to give up.
Against a regular team of Chosen, the Distortion is activated by going into the final battle with at least 1000 Evil Energy. This represents the fact that the Chosen have been committing evil acts and being more of a menace to the city than the Demons themselves. The requirement goes up with Morality and Innocence Breaks against the Chosen: they each get two "free" Morality or Innocence Breaks, and after that, every additional Break increases the energy requirement, as the Chosen become less restrained by their conscience and less connected to reality, making them care less about their own sins. On top of this, Chosen of advanced species increase the requirement further. On the other hand, the campaign mode achievement for beating Chosen with Despair will sharply decrease the required Evil Energy, potentially even allowing you to automatically win against weaker teams once you have enough momentum.
In campaign mode, most Chosen defeated by Despair will completely lose their powers, joining you as civilians who provide small passive buffs just like Spared Forsaken (although Chosen defeated by Despair have an extra x2 multiplier to the bonuses they provide). The bonus provided depends on their highest corruption parameter, so even in a loop where you can activate Despair at zero Evil Energy, it's still worthwhile to selectively break their Vulnerabilities before pulling the trigger. (When Despair is set as the Distortion plan, the Forsaken Preview function will show you which bonus they're currently predicted to provide.) Boss Chosen also have some unique interactions with Despair. If Splendor is defeated by Despair, she won't be able to do her usual sabotage. And Victory actually has two separate Despair traits she can get - one if you beat her normally while using Despair, and another if you manage to activate Despair without ever actually breaking any of her Vulnerabilities.
Chosen who are under a Distortion, or who have experienced Total Morality Break or Total Innocence Break, cannot be defeated using Despair. However, you can still activate Despair in order to use it against their allies, and Chosen who have had their Distortion cancelled by a "forbidden" Vulnerability Break will once again become valid targets for Despair. So, even when aiming for Despair, the other Distortion paths can still be used as well.
This was a major gameplay addition, and much of the month was largely spent on playtesting. As such, there's also a big batch of bugfixes in this release. On the sexual content side, this release also includes another vignette in the Significant Morality Negotiation chain commissioned by Kalloi, which is special in that it unlocks the "streaming studio" location which allows you to livestream your custom sex scene to the city's populace. The livestream action has some special mechanics where the partner wears a mask to conceal her identity. Presently, unmasking her to the public doesn't do much beyond causing her to stop worrying about concealing her identity in future livestreams. But once the next vignette in the chain is added, there will be a bit more to it. Of note is the fact that Forsaken can access the location and action by default.
Now that all the Distortions have been added to the game, the next step is to add the rest of the bosses and species. I'm eager to get started on putting together the endgame!
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- Content: Added the Despair Distortion path.
- Content: Added one new vignette.
- Content: Added the Streaming Studio location and Stream action for custom sex scenes (unlockable for Chosen through the above vignette).
- Other: When selecting a boss fight loop in campaign mode, the choices will now provide a brief summary of what each boss does.
- Bugfix: Some previously-missing portraits in custom sex scenes will now display correctly.
- Bugfix: The Forsaken Tempt action in the final battle will no longer carry over some improper functionality that should only apply before the final battle.
- Bugfix: The portrait window will no longer misplace itself when swapping between Chosen and Forsaken views.
- Bugfix: Penalties to Motivation restoration from Forsaken species will now behave consistently regardless of lost Motivation on the same day.
- Bugfix: Resolved a case of vignettes being filed under the wrong name in the archive.
- Bugfix: Small Forsaken Punisher bonuses will no longer sometimes drop a decimal place when being displayed.
- Bugfix: The Undead Forsaken deployment discount will no longer cause the Dutiful Harvester bonus to provide less Evil Energy than it should.
- Bugfix: The Wooden Stake bonus will no longer make it more difficult to activate the Angel warp route in campaign mode.
- Bugfix: The Angel Chosen 'Invitation to Heaven' move will no longer prevent different Chosen from being Surrounded on the same turn.
- Bugfix: The 'Invitation to Heaven' effect will no longer carry over between battles.
- Bugfix: Angel Chosen in the middle of a Rampage will no longer be able to use 'Invitation to Heaven'.
- Bugfix: Undead Forsaken with 'Eager Partner (Vitality Addict)' will no longer fail to restore Motivation when their Stamina is already full.
- Bugfix: The Forsaken summary screen will now take Forsaken species into account when calculating expected Motivation changes.
- Bugfix: Angel Chosen in campaign mode will no longer be generated without the associated angelic choir flavor in their personal profile.
- Bugfix: The game will no longer crash when a battle ends with both of Splendor's allies having been met before Splendor herself.
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