Public Release: Beta 1.2: Machines, Plants, and a Seedbed

Elite+ and Streamlining Encounters

There are two common complaints about the difficulty of the game, it is too hard for newbies and too easy for experts. There's a reason for this. Dungeons have four difficulties (Novice - Adept - Veteran - Elite), and there are three encounter difficulties (Easy - Medium - Hard). 

From the easy side, even on Novice you could get some Medium encounters. Now, Novice dungeons now only exist of Easy encounters, preventing unavoidable team kills from sudden ratkin lancers. From the hard side, I added a new encounter difficulty: "Elite". These are very difficult encounters, most often containing resources or special field effects. Then finally, there is the Elite+ difficulty. These consist only of Elite encounters and have a larger dungeon size.

For more details, see: https://madodev.itch.io/lewdest-dungeon/devlog/728975/progress-report-alraune-du...

More Machine Enemies

First, I've added an upgraded version of the existing machines to allow the labs to be more challenging in harder difficulties. Second, I added a large amount of new machines, where each of them has a grapple move. I'll illustrate them below:

You can also find some of them as animations on my Xitter: https://x.com/madodev18

For more information, see https://madodev.itch.io/lewdest-dungeon/devlog/736024/progress-report-more-machi... and https://madodev.itch.io/lewdest-dungeon/devlog/739073/progress-report-even-more-...

The Seedbed Boss:

The seedbed is a parasite based boss dungeon.

I won't give spoilers here, but you can read more about it in: https://madodev.itch.io/lewdest-dungeon/devlog/732902/progress-report-seedbed-bo...

More Alraune Enemies:

There are three extra flowers (acid, love, and fire) each with unique effects:

There are five new Alraune variants:

Finally, there are two new big Alraunes:

For more information, see https://madodev.itch.io/lewdest-dungeon/devlog/728975/progress-report-alraune-du...

Transformation Rings:

Playing as the Ratkin has been a popular request since the start of the game. That still isn't possible, but now there are cursed rings (pretending to be outfits) that turn adventurers into enemy types (including their effects and moves). This is pretty neat, and seemed like a good way to finish the gear reworks.

Supporter Only: The Mechanic Dungeon

The next boss dungeon is the mechanic. The dungeon consists of multiple floors which must be completed by interacting with one of four curios. You have the choice between a PERMANENT artificial enhancement, or have a fight where one of your adventurers start grappled. It mostly serves as a way to let players enjoy all the new machine content - and primarily the grapples - in a conveniently placed location.

Layout:

It's a tower, fortunately those are rather easy to design.

Curios:

Some of the enhancements go a bit far though, so remember that they are all optional.

This is what the ideal body looks like. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

Next

Creating boss dungeons and expanding the enemy roster continues. Next up are the Errant Signal and Dreaming Adventurer, so expect some new Ratkin and Human enemies, including Human being its own encounter group.

I'm also working on some administrative busiwork for Steam. This already led to a very nice capsule image and (for supporters) a fancy new menu image.

Changelogs

Changelog Beta 1.2:

Major:

• Elite+ encounters and an improved encounter difficulty curve.
• New Seedbed boss and dungeon.
  
• 10 new Alraune/Plant enemies, and around 50 new Alraune/Plant encounters.
  
• 8 mk2 versions of the known machines (and technician), and around 50 new Machine encounters.
  
• 11 new machines, each having grappling moves.
• Signet Rings, cursed items that transform the wearer into an enemy class.
• 22 new pieces of gear.
• All gear now has descriptions.

Balance:

• Exposure tokens now counter dodge tokens.
  
• Some evolving items (like bunny beads) now devolve to their base form when unequipped, thanks Haraberu!
• Nerfed the fire spells of the mage.
• Thief's veil and mark of change are now more rare.
  
• Adding a token when you're at your limit now replaces the oldest token instead of not doing anything.
  
• Double and Triple vines now have two and three turns.
• Big Alraune's cleave is no longer more powerful than her single attack.
• The Plugger machine now moves forwards instead of backwards.
• Slime's point blank shot can only target rank 1.
• Latex cocoons also allow waiting now like their non-latex counterparts.
• DoTs now count for the deal and take damage goals.
  
• Locked quirks now cost more to remove and Premium Locking has been removed.
• Affliction strength is now always 100 instead of increasing at higher desires.
  
• Prisoner's tattoo now decreases durability damage received.
  
• When sorting weapons by "Type" they will now be sorted by their class.
  
• Flagellate for Paladin no longer has a CON save.
• Boobsizes no longer affect DMG and REC
  

QoL:

• Some tooltips now have subtooltips that explain tokens or moves, thanks Haraberu!
  
• Clarified the take heal damage and deal heal damage goals.
  
• EnemyInfo now shows the backup move of an enemy, including explanation.
  
• There's now an overview of all crests and their effects.
  
• Trapless and masculine censors are now split apart, thanks Princessity!
• Uncursed gear now always stacks in the guild, even when not infinite, thanks Haraberu!
  
• Presets now have their own icon frames, but Aura and Tomo are no longer considered unique presets.
  
• There is no longer a reduction on slots when jobs become instant, so you can still use those slots to complete goals.
  
• The Class Overview now has info on the job efficiencies of the adventurer and timed effects.
  

Minor:

• Five new presets: Kaldea, Aster, Yu, Vian, and Ryona.
• The map overlays are now cleaned up.
  
• Console commands: gear_viewer and enemy_viewer (consider them a gallery of some sorts).
  
• There's a new console command combat_speed, it changes the speed of combat and is currently experimental.
• Evolving items and permanent items can now become unlimited and are handled for the item catalog, thanks Haraberu!
  
• Not all enemies have to be killed as often to count for the bestiary.
  
• New custom rule, items become infinite at 2 instead of 4, thanks Haraberu!
• Enemies now have custom backup moves, replacing relax. 
• Added new affliction expressions (with heart irises) while removing the faltering expression.

Translations:

• New Vietnamese translation, thanks AER! If by any chance you speak Vietnamese, head over to the Discord to help him out.
  
• Updated and improved Chinese translations, thanks Roland3, Xe-No and Fishplate!
  
• New Thai translation, thanks Gainvictory and TranslatorGuys!
• Updated Russian translations, thanks Hitmir!
• Translations can now be extracted through the Mod Importer, or use the export_translations console command (this also works for non-supporters).

Bugfixes:

• You can find all bugfixes in the previous devlogs. No need to fill two pages with all of them.
  

Changelog Beta 1.2.1 (Supporter Only):

Major:

• The Mechanic boss dungeon, including 9 permanent artificial enhancements for your adventurers.

Minor:

• New menu image.
• Added an "all_bosses" console command.
• New perseverence, ignore dots, and endurance tokens.
• New preset, Limo.

Bugfixes:

• Tavern curio interaction was broken.
• Complete dungeon with cash goal didn't count captives.
• Replacing an extra slot also removed the first extra item.
• Gear could stack in dungeon instead of only in the guild.
• Fucking machines would target themselves when applying estrus.
• Shotgun move replacements were physical instead of magical, causing problems with the magic disabling seal.
• Signet rings no longer allow hiding base layers (only affects mods).
• Latex Corset would scale the received dot as well.
• TubeDress reduced magDMG instead of magREC.
• Cat collar didn't show on the kneeling puppet.
• Durability restoring morale effect wouldn't add the effects of the outfit back if it started broken.
• If you ended the combat with a forced move and switches weapons, you'd keep that forced move.
• Spankers could grapple the same person multiple times.
• Plastic Slime's token was working incorrectly.
• Error items - from removed mods or older versions - could not be deleted.
• Checks on enemy targets (such as the vine choker) took dead enemies into account.
• Rewind time wouldn't update morale bar after usage.
• Mantra of Community and Relaxation had swapped effects.
• Emboldening Vapors and Regrowth will no longer target scrap.
• Mature Brain Parasite lacked damage bonus of weaker versions.
• Cow party bonus didn't work.
• Enemy moves would show durability damage even when targetting allies or not dealing damage.
• You could still move while a girl's overview was selected in dungeon.
• Incorrect boss dungeon tiles in TypeMapView in overworld.
• Rescue missions also created a pop that could be rescued the normal way, causing issues.
• Many icons for the machine mk2's were missing.
• The huge slime grapplee missed boobs and had miscolored belly.
• Church uncursing would duplicate move tooltips of items that had them.
• Set application in the tavern was broken.
• Quests with random participants can no longer pull from girls with locked jobs.