This update represents a very significant step forward, though it might take some time before the benefits reach the playerbase as a whole. After being unusable for a long time, the commented replay system is finally back and better than ever! With this, experienced players will be able to use in-game tools to save every step of their run, both to compete against each other and to share tips and strategies with newer players. Now that the game is nearing maturity, it's high time to get polishing features like these worked out.
In repairing the commentary system, I've also worked out a couple of bugs which had been making it more difficult for players to share Chosen teams with each other as well. The "Export" feature in the Data menu is used to take the current Chosen team (in its Day 1 uncorrupted state) and store it as a .par file which may be easily sent to another player so that they can keep their .sav file without needing to lose all their other progress. If the playthrough contains commentary (via the Commentary: Write option in the Options menu), then this will also be stored with the .par file. Presently, this only works for Classic and Challenge mode, but players will soon be able to share entire Campaign mode seeds with each other using this same system.
On the content front, this update contains another system with a lot of future potential in the form of more humanoid Demon Commander customization content commissioned by Kalloi. When sending a Punisher-type humanoid Commander against the Chosen, the player can now choose to use a "Seductive" approach or a "Humiliating" approach. Against Chosen suffering from Total Vulnerability Break, this will give you some much more flavorful descriptions than the current default battle text. Going forward from here, it will be possible to add more approaches and more situations where those approaches give you some more interesting variant flavor.
In the coming month, I'll be continuing to expand the commentary system, as well as take care of some much-needed system reworks and adjustments based on player feedback about the midgame of campaign mode. And once all of those are finished, it will be time to start looking ahead to the final species and final bosses of Reign's route.
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- Content: Added "Seductive" and "Humiliating" Approaches for humanoid Punisher-equipped Demon Commanders.
- Balance: Love's "Pillar of Mercy" trait now gives her the "Stamina regeneration is based on lower between Hostility and Obedience" effect.
- Bugfix: The Punisher progress from the "Propaganda" item is now correctly reduced by Reign's traits.
- Bugfix: The game will no longer crash when Splendor tries to flip two negative traits but only has one left to flip.
- Bugfix: Boss Forsaken who remain deployable under the Despair Distortion will now correctly display their unique Defiler ability on the Forsaken summary.
- Other: During custom sex scenes, more Deviant Chosen will prefer to use their mouths for things other than kissing.
- Other: The commented replay system is now functional in Classic and Challenge single play modes.
