Growing Rivalry v5.02 (Patreon)

Phew, it's been a while everyone! New job has definitely kept me busy but thankfully I did alot of the work before I started so I could dedicate most of the month to refining and testing.

So let's get into a large-ish changelog then :D

New Stuff:

- Look Around Feature (Wandering Card now exists here) - Press 4 on the Keyboard to look around. You could find cards, new locations, certain events and potential even some enemies who you want to fight you!)

- New Cards - Machines, Fairy, Demon, Dimensional, Gambler, Gladiator and even the base set have received a plethora of new cards (Machine and the Base Set have a completely new Type in there that should be fun to play around with!)

- New Characters - On day 11, some new faces (or potentially familiar ones) will join the battle. You will not be able to become allies with them, but they will fight hard.

- New Ally Variations - So in additional to having Allies, they can now betray you! Each girl has a specific chance of betraying you with some having a value much higher than others. Each day, depending on whether your bigger or smaller, certain events will trigger and be present either during the morning or when the Sleep event occurs.

- Domination - In addition to the variations of betrayal, you can now Dominate your ally if your height is above their by a significant amount. Each time you successfully Dominate them, it will reduce their betrayal factor by 1. (However, failure will cause it to increase!) - If it increases and hits a specific number, they will dissolve the alliance on their own.... Otherwise, they'll be yours to do whatever you want with them.. Provided your bigger of course!

- New locations! - The Pier, The Library, The Backalley and the Shrine are new locations. Some will need the Look Around feature to be discovered!

- Lore and Quizzes! - In the Library you can learn all about the world of Aregia and learn how it all began! There's even a quiz if your brave (with 3 difficulties!) and if you manage to get all the answers correct, you'll win a special prize!

- VIP Area - The casino now has a VIP area. If you win enough games there you might be invited to it!

- New Special Characters! - There are a few new special characters now dotted around the place. They'll appear when certain conditions are met and no, they probably aren't on your side... (Quite the opposite actually...)

- Vorpals - Probably the hot topic here.. They are no longer in the base set... But they've been given a ton of new support and a few conditions to make them not so plug and play (Still strong, but require some deeper thought...) They are also only accessible through a special character unlock so get searching!

- Battle Scaling - When the girls grow, the map will zoom out slightly and the battleback will change to hopefully convey how big they've truly gotten!

- Castle Updates - The Castle still opens on Day 7, but there's a few extra hoops to jump through now. Valeria has enlisted the help of her Royal Guards to prevent the player from gaining easy access to her. Defeat them all to gain access to Valeria!

- Card Changes:  A ton of cards have been modified and altered (Mana costs, effects etc). I will update the Compendium in due time.

- Character Reworks: Maru and Kristy have received some different images to better match the other characters.

- Size 10's : Some characters now go all the way up to Size 10! The remaining ones will be done in V6 (but everyone got at least 1 more size, some even got 2. So the love was shared)

- Some Bad Ends! - That's right! Some of the special characters that were added will actually cause some Bad Ends if you let them get too big...

- Gallery! - A gallery has been implemented and should carry over all images you have seen throughout your saves. You can now view everyone that you've seen as they grow (so make sure you visit all the locations to collect it all!)

- and a ton of bug fixes!

So, grab a drink and start slinging some cards... Hopefully should keep you guys entertained!

As always, if any bugs appear, please let me know through or discord and I'll try to fix them as soon as I can!

Thank you for all your support and enjoy guys!

V5.02 is now live! Hopefully all the bugs are gone (or at least not too detrimental). Saves should carry over!

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