April - Tales of Androgyny v0.1.30.0! (Patreon)

How is it April already?!  Well, there's a new monthly build, so that works out just fine.  Like last month, the monthly is capital V very capital B big, and like last month, it definitely looks like we're at the end of  the current roadmap, which means a new roadmap will be debuting sometime this month, and that we'll be moving into project phase Alpha, which is craaaazyyyyy.  

To give you an idea of what big items remain on the current roadmap: Dungeons, Stealth, Camping Improvements, Town/Shop Improvements.  

The battle UI overhaul will probably be the first thing on the new roadmap.    A lot of stuff needs fleshing out in the existing encounters, like willpower, lust (and with that the long-awaited slut variants: a slut knight rises), knowledge, and femininity checks, ambushes, battle uniqueness, and of course more art and animations.  As we move into Alpha, we'll see a greater focus on that kind of vertical improvement.  As you can see by the below changelog, our current focus has been on adding new features, both gameplay mechanics and UI and navigation elements.

You'll see a bunch of new combat additions below, and you might be wondering "why bother with the combat, isn't this a porn game?"  Well, don't!  Doesn't that feel nice?  It does, doesn't it?  You feel like a weight has lifted off your shoulders.   I'm going to count backwards from 5, and you will feel all of your worries melting away... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... there we go.

(we should have added Hypnosis sooner - this is good stuff)

Version 0.1.30.0 - "Bottomless" update

New features:

• Implemented Kylira healing the player during combat when he is a companion
• Implemented Hypnosis effect/spell
• Implemented Paralysis effect/spell
• Implemented four new advanced stances, joining Blitz and Counter:

Berserk

Stonewall

Haymaker

Focus

Currently available by learning the gateway skill (Berserk, Stonewall, Reel Back, Center)

Limited movepools for each currently, but useful abilities within

• Implemented the ability to drop items
• Implemented return to main menu pulldown on the top of the screen
• Implemented hide/show battle UI button
• Implemented hide/show xray button in battle
• Implemented health regen, improved by Endurance
• Stability is now both more volatile and more consistent 

Skills that require stability can no longer be reduced to 0 stability

Skills that restore stability can now restore more tiers than before

More stability tiers were added

Combat log correctly reports how many stability tiers the force of a blow destroys

• Overhauled Defense

Evasion now provides damage negation like Parry and Block

Most attacks provide 1 level of Parry and 1 level of Evasion, effectively halving damage taken while using them

Armor durability now more in line with Health, so even weak blows chip away at armor

Most straight damage reduction has been removed to make damage more consistent; only enemy that currently has damage reduction is the Slime

Implemented magic resistance

• Implemented Ranged Combat

Bow now goes in ranged weapon slot

Some fights can be started at a range, giving you the option to draw an arrow and fire or cast a spell or prepare

Melee attacks (yours or the enemy's) will miss and draw you forward

Visually represented by enemy being more distant

• Implemented equipped item bonuses
• Implemented world map zones differentiated visually
• Implemented companion affection ranking

This currently affects the power of companion actions and can affect when they'll be willing to do things for you during encounters

Raised by speaking with your companions

Implemented companions affecting potential encounter branches

Trudy werewolf defeat

Kylira brigand meet-up

• Implemented companion background chatter in encounters

Once you have Trudy or Kylira as a companion, they may chime on events

This is separate from the branches when Trudy and Kylira play a more active role

Most encounters have had some chatter added

• Implemented knowledge of anatomy

- This will be useful information that allows you to take different options

- More anatomy features to come

• Implemented knowledge of creatures
• Companions now cost food to feed
•  Implemented Achievements

Progress screen where you can track achievements and unlocked starting bonuses

Currently available achievements: 

    "Fallen Goddess" - defeat the lord of Mount Xiuh

    "Pure Hero" - defeat the lord of Mount Xiuh while a virginity

    "Bounty Hunter" - complete the Brothel Madame's quest

• Implemented starting bonuses

Complete the "Fallen Goddess" achievement to unlock a single starting bonus

There are six basic starting bonuses - start a new character creation to select one once you've completed the "Fallen Goddess" achievement on any playthrough

• Implemented the ability to unlock classes - for now all classes are unlocked

New content:

• Futa Warlock encounter

Found in the second town (northwest)

 Visit the Manor

Multiple options to top

Need to have a magic score of 6 to reverse her hypnosis back on her

• Brothel Quest

Visit Madame and converse with her until you accept the quest

Ties in to the second town

• Animated the phallus displays

Includes an animation for each level of arousal, including previously invisible states like Edging

Includes several new phallus types - avian, equine, canine

• Implemented Trudy animation
• Added Centaur gangbang art
• Expanded Centaur encounter
• Centaur camp (non-defeat) scenario added
• Most enemies now have multiple satisfaction endings, including goblins
• Many enemies now have an ending for submission

Tweaks and bug fixes:

• Prostitution no longer causes a game over, just a class change
• Drastically changed how loading works - transitions should now be shorter and smoother
• River now looks more natural
• Reduced occurrence of ice cream and hunger charms
• Reduced bleed recovery, improved Endurance bleed regen
• Moved help text to help screen instead of loading screen
• Increased tree density
• Made some improvements to harpy animation queueing
• Fixed werewolf anal CG art not displaying battle
• Changed random enemy skill generation to a saved seed
• Added portraits on Camp screen
• Added some minor animation to character screen
• Fixed enemy pulling out
• Fixed crash bug with belly animation
• Fixed world map freezing
• Fixed Trudy/Kylira spawning too far away
• Fixed second town world map warp bug
• Prevented gaps in world map gen (visual gaps may still appear if there are hidden locations)
• Fixed a bug in Copy Log - should now copy all available text each time it's pressed
• Fixed solicitation encounter text overlap
• Fixed Centaur Xray in combat 
• Fixed typos