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Release 1.0.7Jun 2, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeyho! Maintenance patch and one significant balancing change: On Explorer and Story mode purification effects had their effects doubled again - that is, Blessed Water and co now reduce x4 as much corruption compared to the Normal mode. The reason for this is the same reason as the doubling effect was introduced initially: If a player wanted to take his time (a design goal for Explorer and easier) and also not continue down on the corruption route, this would cause corruption to accumulate. While Soul-Break is disabled on these difficulty modes, effects such as the stat debuffs remain. A purification factor of 4 means that through buying the 3 x Blessed Water restock every 20 days (=10 Corruption from 20 days, and =-12 Corruption from the Blessed Water), you can effectively reduce the time-based corruption gain to 0 on these difficulty modes given sufficient money to buy Blessed Water. Since Explorer is not supposed to trivialize the game and only soften up the time-aspect, the gold increase of Blessed Water should prevent a true "infinite" corruption reduction. On story mode where trivialization is okay, the massive amounts of gold you get should allow you to continously fuel the corruption reduction if so desired. It's a bit of a risky balancing change due to the risk of overtrivializing Explorer Mode since the corruption reduction can also be used to get a lot free Star Knightess usages, but based on my data it should be fine, so I want to give it a try. Changelog 1.0.7 (31.05.2025) Balancing - Increased effectiveness bonus on purifying effects on Explorer/Story from 2 to 4 Bugfixes - Fixed typos - Fixed incorrect Thunderbolt III stat check - Fixed Art of Thunderbolt only doubling damage from Numb if it lasts 1 turn - Fixed incorrect reference to pussy instead of ass in streaming scene - Fixed Heart of the Artificer having a doubled stat growth effect - Fixed Invigorator description not showing MP recovery boost - Fixed Slime Queen split giving Enhanced to split slimes if fog was purified by killing Asmodeus instead of using negative energy spotsRelease 1.0.6Apr 28, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeyho! Maintenance patch. Quite some nasty bugs that have been caught! Thanks as usual for the reporters! Changelog 1.0.6 (25.04.2025) Bugfixes - Fixed typos - Fixed Immortal skill appearing in Nightmare Sorceress entry - Added tmp variable initialisation to rare spell selling event to avoid potential data pollution if no spells are selectable - Added safety disable lewdTriggerSwitch at end of day - Added missing database entry for Blessed Lightning Jam Coating+ - Fixed passability error in Nephlune spellshop - Fixed Luck Professor and druggable maid not resetting vice tags in their checks - Fixed Swift Slayer not unlocking if Leviathan and Beelzebub were the last generals killed - Fixed crash if using security override on Thunder Golem with Thunder Charge active - Fixed glitches from tiggering lewd scene from contract with entertainment mage [Devlog] The road past 1.0Apr 1, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeyho! It's already been nearly two months since the game's 1.0 release, sheesh, time flies by fast. Post-1.0 Roadmap Those who have been following the game's development on other social media sites, probably already know on my post-release plans. In this post I want to summarize the main important points for the Steam audience including a roadmap of future updates and a sneak-peak on what we have been up to over the past month (besides bugfixing). For the 1.0 release I largely focused on producing a coherent, complete game within the scope of my available resources in terms of budget and development time. As such, I focused on features that would ultimately always serve the purpose of bringing the player closer towards the Corruption Ending or the Victory Ending. Since our resources are limited, my artist can only produce art so fast, that of course means focusing on certain aspects, while having to cut out other nice-to-have options. The focus of the post 1.0 development (or "2.0 development") is to focus on those aspects that I had to cut. I based this development approach a bit on how Larian Games developed the games Divinity: Original Sin 1/2. In a similar way, you can think of the end of the development road of 2.0 to be a sort of Enhanced version. Don't expect a lot of new content in terms of new main storylines. The main story is definitely finished. The focus of 2.0 will be on: More choices - Different costume choices. More reactivity - Better reflection of Aura's current corruption status, more ending variations. More replayability - New game modes. Longer lewd event chains - Various characters will receive more events for their event chain so you aren't forced to pick ones you don't like to further Aura's corruption and can instead focus on the ones you do like. Besides working on Star Knightess Aura, I am also currently in the process of starting up my next game. The plan is to work 50% on SKA and 50% on that new game. That in particular allows my artist (I will be using different artists for the different games) to produce content at a faster pace than I expand the game. This would allow us to increase the art density in the existing game. Currently I am working on the first post-1.0 major update (Version 1.1 "Maid Bad End") and expect that it will need about 3-4 months of work (with the first one done in March). Due to the 50% time investment, I expect it to finish in about 4-6 months, so about August - October. For the roadmap over roughly the next two years, I have roughly planned to put the following updates: 1.1 "Maid Bad End" 1.2 "Roland Bad End" 1.3 "Hermann & Other Repeatables" 1.4 "Companions" I have focused the planning around the extra lewd chain event expansions, but that doesn't mean they are the only thing that will be worked on for them. To give a better idea, I would like to talk for the rest of this post on the work we have done in March for the 1.1 update. Major Update 1.1.0 - Maid Bad End As the name suggests. the ...Release 1.0.5Mar 24, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeyho! New batch of bugfixes in the stable build. Nothing critical but a bunch of small stuff plus some minor quality of life improvements. Changelog 1.0.5 (21.03.2025) - Changed mod meta property names decryptedImages and decryptedAudio to encrpytedImages and encryptedAudio and add them to the schema - Added base minimum lewdness as tag into the recollection room entries - Added tutorial message about lewdness increase limits after first lewdness increasing lewd scene - Added dialogue option to Matthias revealing Sathanas ATK and AGI Balancing - Made Sathanas attack pattern more deterministic by always using regular attack only when exhausted Bugfixes - Fixed typos - Fixed controller check sometimes giving false positives because of hard null identity check - Fixed Divine Guard and Fade Into Shadows missing Auto-Spell keyword in description - Fixed display glitch in Cheerleading Game 3 - Fixed passability issues - Fixed unlock message Coating Enhancer+ incorrectly playing at workshop level 9 instead of 10 - Fixed incorrect troop id triggers in double medium slime battle in Far Eastern Caves - Fixed forced day-start lewd scene not correctly updating stats if last eligible scene did not exceed pink scene threshold - Fixed Seductive Stance II incorrectly having a DEF decrease description tag - Fixed compendium check for Paul gender being incorrect - Fixed Paulina dialogue implying killing Asmodeus even if he lived - Fixed Aura not turning to face Rose during Infiltrating Cheerleaders scene - Fixed Summon Slime I learning dialogue not clearly saying it ends the day - Fixed guards and prisoners for Helping The Accused not disappearing after Demon-cracy ends if it was started but unfinished - Fixed book interaction in Trademond Adventurer Guild not having direction fix flag - Fixed Farmer Girl in Riverflow crashing the game if player cheated an Anti-Magic Coating into inventory - Fixed passability issue in Winterfall - Fixed being able to mention new shoes to Paulina before she gets them - Fixed previous Demon-cracy exp increase not being reflected in actual reward from reporting it - Fixed underwater and freezing debuffs not being removed when using compendium to teleport out of water - Fixed Alicia Bond minimum lewdness reduction using incorrect variable for its value - Fixed Verdeaux Brothel tips value using value of variable 817 instead of checking the rank for skill set 817 - Fixed Lorraine dialogue in Nothing But The Truth implying Aura betrayal if you got the evidence about her memories from Roland - Fixed Dolus being able to gain Tactical Advantage after being paralysed from an incorrect lie - Fixed Tenacity having no effect in Slay the Demon - Fixed Remove Collar causing follow-on states to trigger and not be removed - Fixed Acedia being offered as a teaching option if you already learned it Release 1.0.4Mar 7, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeyho! With the modding system implementation finished with the last patch, we are back to just normal bugfix patches. Couple of bad boys in here, so I hope those who might have gotten stuck at them can enjoy the game over the weekend. Changelog 1.0.4 (07.03.2025) Bugfixes Fixed Fire Slime autocasting Storm in Slay the Demon Fixed incorrect Elizabeth standing image expression layer Fixed being unable to learn Brothel skills after the first time talking to the Prostitute Fixed typo in mod_loader makeUrl function Fixed shatter picture plugin causing a crash when skip option is too high Fixed missing through flag on bird in Trademond blocking start of Fortress of Wrath if entering Trademond through bandit house Fixed incorrect check on having learnt Charlotte background story in Murder Victim Home Moved a badly placed Pyromantium in Mount Firestorm into better position Release 1.0.3Feb 28, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeyho! Mostly a bunch of minor bugfixes and improvements to the new modding system to allow for minimization of mod conflicts. Documentation on that can be found on the wiki: https://wiki.starknightessaura.com/en/Mods Changelog 1.0.3 (28.02.2025) •Mod Loader: Implemented wildcard support for id lists •Mod Loader: Implemented chaining of URL redirects •Mod Loader: Iterated namespacing and constant exposure of SKA level plugins •Mod Loader: Implementd support for sub-property selection for mod operations •Mod Loader: Implemented check if file in mod folder is a mod and only load it then •Mod Loader: Implemented support for manipulating arrays which don't contain objects with an ID property •Mod Loader: Implemented property chaining to simplify mods interacting with deeply nested properties •Mod Loader: Defined JSON schema for Meta.json •Mod Loader: Implemented file selector snippets in JSON mod-meta scheme for better auto complete Balancing •None Bugfixes •Fixed Bookworm achievement not triggering when having extra reading modifiers •Fixed incorrect playthrough unlock variables on Seductive Command books •Fixed deadlock when triggering Hermann Election Favor Contract in pink but not having unlocked Vice •Fixed incorrect attack skill id for Medium Earth Slime •Fixed Brightmane getting locked into Overcharge recasts •Fixed passability bug in Richard Castle in Intro •Fixed missing state updates for some NPCs in Maid Academy Foyer after killing Asmodeus •Fixed typos •Fixed incorrect check for Charlotte hunting Lucifer in Victory Ending •Increased Luck Debate creature question input limit to 10 characters and add Brightmane as an accepted answer •Fixed Brothel prostitute still having training line that no longer applies after a certain number of times working there •Fixed Nephlune chest reappearing if you take the gold after destroying it with Star Knightess Release 1.0.2Feb 21, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeyho! Besides a bunch of bugfixes (hopefully fixing the last broken achievements), this patch mostly focuses on one major goal: Introducing a simple modding system. When installing external mods to the game, Steam had kept reverting them when updating. I had hoped that I solved the issue in the 1.0.1 patch by improving the organization of the files that were prone to causing conflicts, but it appears that checksum mismatches alone can be enough to trigger steam reverting files and thus all "installed" mods. The new mod loading system I have implemented over the week was originally planned for 1.1.0 as I don't want to implement high-risk features like that in patch releases and it's very likely I have overlooked something and will have to do a hotfix over the weekend - but its support for adding game modifications without overwriting old files should finally fix the problem of steam reverting mod installations for good. I have also seen various players create their own changes to the game. If you would like to stop those from getting overwritten as well, check out the sample-mod in the mods/ folder to see how you can turn your own changes into a proper mod that can be persisted across updates! 1.0.2 (21.02.2025) •Created simple mod loader plugin •Added plugin loading to mod loader •Implemented support for mods to individually override properties or appending •Implemented full folder redirect support for mod loader •Implemented per-mod decryption flags for audio and images •Implemented override and append support for arrays •Implemented wildcard support for file names in mod Meta.json Balancing •None Bugfixes •Fixed typos •Fixed Bookworm achievement not triggering •Fixed broken achievement criteria for Good to be Bad and No Gods, No Masters •Fixed Small Earth Slime still learning Rock Armor I instead of Tremor I •Fixed slime morph animations not being element adjusted •Fixed passability issues in Clockwork Forest Hidden Cave •Fixed incorrect exhibitionism check at prostitute in refugee camp •Fixed glitchy enable and disable commands at Clockwork Tower Master Console •Fixed passability issues in Clockwork Tower •Fixed incorrect leave check description for hermit lewd options •Fixed lock when entering Maid Academy Hidden Room from above •Fixed syntax errors in code for achievement fixes •Fixed recollection room crash when watching Sluttiny Bikini 1 at beginning of game •Fixed remaining standing image during Nothing But The Truth •Fixed Draknor Fortress stairs treated as ropes •Fixed Charlotte not receiving EXP for completing Judgement of Pride •Fixed swapped alt texts in Clockwork Tower master console •Fixed doubled quest log entries in Homewrecking •Fixed deadlock when interacting with Congregation Slaver at the Enteratinment Den when Vice Locked but Gold Release 1.0.1Feb 17, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeyho! Bunch of bugfixes! Mostly a lot of small stuff. Also, if you went all in on Roland and now have to fight him, the duration of the kneel command has been capped at 10 turns so you don't end up with whatever huge number I have seen some players up there. :'D Changelog 1.0.1 (14.02.2025) •Refactored Just The Way He Likes It to account for possibility of making associated mental changes before viewing the scenes associated with the others •Improved day end wording for learning Morph: Fire •Improve day 2 tutorial message on Willpower Balancing •Increased damage output of Bandit Adventurer and fix bad ai for throwing smoke bomb •Cap Command: Kneel to sturn for a max of 10 turns Bugfixes •Fixed typos •Fixed chairs in Riverflow tavern being passable in horizontal directions •Fixed floating selection cursor when viewing skills for a character who has no skill types •Fixed inconsistent percentage text between The Art of Feeding book and associated passive skill •Fixed gold value of 0 not showing in the save file summary •Fixed walkable walls in Richard Domain: Wrath •Fixed game lock if Aura cannot leave Trademond warehouse while a guard is behind her •Fixed teleport animation for Richard in intro playing on the wrong event •Fixed being able to immediately activate Arms of Wrath curse by using the Clear Gem from Draknor, checking the scoreboard, and returning •Fixed outdated image version for Cothing 5 no-tan variation •Fixed lock when interacting with Luck Professor while having Vice unlocked but not Theft II and low Willpower •Fixed visible soldiers in intro •Fixed potential crash during Homewrecking 3 •Fixed freeze when being chased by guard in Rosemond's mansion while triggering a scripted movement •Fixed unhandled paths when returning to dice minigame after stripping •Fixed being unable to free Underground captives if player has corrupted Fleura •Fixed Just The Way He Likes It achievement only unlocking if slutty bikini was the last change made •Added steam mode check to migration script for •Fixed passability issues in Richard Domain 3 •Fixed repeating event loop when dying during Festival of Greed before the mental world event •Fixed missing Common Event change for previous Draknor clear room fix •Fixed being able to leave Underground Pub during incense section of John Rising •Fixed Aura portrait positioning when talking to Laval maids •Fixed passability error in Clockwork Forest •Fixed being able to use Skillbook: Protect I on characters who already have Protect •Fixed being able to use skill books to teach Aura a lower rank of a skill she already has at a higher one •Fixed being able to Shadowcloak II sneak past Richard Domain 7 last mob •Fixed Unicorn not supported as answer for Luck Debate •Fixed Julian not turning towards player during first dialogue when speaking to him from the side •Fixed missing conditions for Art of Tailwind choice when not in Chapter 2 •Fixed potentially lingering pink fog effect after Maid Job 2 •Fixed non-pink cur...Hotfix 1.0.0bFeb 9, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeyho! Some people reported issues of game crashes when steam would try to trigger an achievement. We were able to identify two possible cases where this can happen and fixed them - I hope that these fixes will cover the crashes for everyone who had them. The most common case seemed to be when starting the Game.exe from the steam folder instead of using the steam client. I hope we are doing everything 1000% the Steam way now, but due to my inexperience of creating working with the Steam API, I cannot promise that we covered all of our bases. There is a second bugfix here for a potential lock that would prevent certain Earth scenes from triggering. But in the reporter used a cheated save and I wasn't able his issue on a test playthrough, so I don't think it's possible to replicate the state in an uncheated state. But if someone else did somehow manage to suffer the same issue, the implementation is more robust now. Changelog 1.0.0b (08.02.2025) Bugfixes Fixed steam version crashing when running in a mode where achievements are not enabled or when starting game.exe directly from the folder instead of via steam Fixed Going Home With Alicia and all dependent scenes not triggering when raising Going Home Relationship very late and then very fast Hotfix 1.0.0aFeb 7, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsLots of testing yet some critical bugs still eluded us... Fixed a potential crash in the quest Papertrail and one that prevented the Roland event sequence from progressing past the first event. 1.0.0a (07.02.2025) Bugfixes Fixed broken apple variant check in Papertrail quest Fixed Roland 1 not progressing to Roland 2 1.0 Release NOW!!!!Feb 7, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsIt's ooooouuuutttt! I can only say thank you everyone how helped me get here and Have Fun!Release Date Fixed - 7th FebJan 25, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsBeginning of the month, I pushed the release date back by one more week in order to give the game some more time for testing. As of yesterday, I released the beta build of the game and also locked in the final Steam release date: Feb 7th is the date! I literally cannot change the date anymore in the steam UI, so from this point going forward, that's the definitve release date! Furthermore, I also updated the demo to the new 1.0.0-beta-1 build. There is no important new content in it - however, a bunch of quality of life improvements, polish work and bugfixes made their way in. In particular, the World Fog feature, which puts a fog effect on parts of the world map which have not been unlocked, should help to avoid new players getting lost in the early game. The remaining work on the game is now 99% more bugfix and polish work. Let's hope the last two weeks until the release can give us more wishlists so we can break into New & Trending on release day! Steam NEXT FestFeb 4, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsStar Knightess Aura will be participating in the upcoming Steam NEXT Fest with a demo. I wanted to give some brief information on the demo (that has been up for a couple of months now). In the demo version, you can play the first Chapter OR up to 40 days OR up to the end of a certain main plot event in the game. In total, I think it's about 10h~ of playtime. The build itself was created and submitted to checking by the Steam team in October and is a bit older (based on 0.35.0), so if you have maybe seen some more character graphics and similar things, don't be surprised they aren't in the Steam demo version. The demo will most likely remain up until the release day. Whether it will remain up after that isn't clear to me yet, as I'm not sure what kind of maintenance implications that would have. Anyways, I hope for anyone newly discovering SKA in the following weeks that you have a lot of fun! :)
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