[RELEASE][FEEDBACK]HERO CORRUPTION V0.95c

[Slagblah]

Ok, I've played through 0.95C several times now and have some general comments.

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1) I didn't like getting locked out of Tavern Jobs through no fault of my own, except simply doing well. As spaisin mentioned, this can occur very early on in the game, leaving only a few chances to actually do anything useful in the Tavern. Sleeping in a Tavern room being mostly useful only after a work session.

1a) I would much rather see the Tavern clients pay extra for a famous patron. That seems more reasonable than a lock-out to me.

1b) In my current run through, I've found that getting locked out of Jobs is not necessarily permanent, but I'm not sure what changed to allow me back in (and then right back to lock-out a few days later). I had just escaped the Amazons, so maybe that? I'd still prefer my suggestion in (1a) though.

2) I'd like to second the vote on more repeating content from the Heroine. I see you have more plans for her, so I'll look forward to that when it comes out.

3) I do like the new Church event. I'm not so sure about the Max Lust hit, though. Apart from that, I wouldn't mind being able to voluntarily repeat the task. Maybe with a high enough corruption, you could get an "I've strayed and need re-education" button?

3a) Alternatively, I did try the new "Finish Kira" route, which I found interesting. However permanently locking out the Church was too much, in my opinion. Perhaps this situation could temporarily lock-out the Church until you undergo a "cleansing" in the form of the new event repeating. You could bump up the charge for this service to emphasize the seriousness of it, of course. Upon successfully completing treatment, the nightly Kira events would cease, and normal Church services resume, but as to whether the gains achieved are retained or not, I leave to your discretion.

4) The "trapped in Amazon net after end game sleep" issue still exists. This occurred for me on the morning of day 15, before Exploring anywhere.

5) Some of the addiction boosts (like Big Breasts) from the Dark Priestess don't seem to work. When I choose that one, I get the Gold and a message that Big Breasts addition was increased (unless she flubs it), but checking the Codex upon return to camp shows no increase. Otherwise, cool idea!

6) Gloves: Codex lists materials needed as 2 Fabric, but crafting at Blacksmith shows and consumes 2 Plastic.

7) I like the addition of Chloe. The change of pace required for your attack style is refreshing. Of course once it was clear that regular attacks were ineffective and it became obvious that some other strategy was required, then there's really only a couple other options (both of which work to varying degrees).

7a) However, it seems that Corruption gained from actively fucking Chloe does not accumulate, or at least does not persist beyond the Castle. Upon return to camp, it is unchanged from its pre-Castle value.

8) How did I end up with 28 attack damage? I have the Hammer plus Attack level 3. I did not finish off Kira this run, do not have "Stronger" active, and am (obviously) not using the Fallen Champions Sword. That should put me at the normal maximum of 26. Dark Priestess, maybe? I saw her twice this run, and for both I selected Big Breasts. One was bugged as in (5) above, and the other she flubbed, giving me +10 Blowjob. In case it matters, I also saw the Fairy twice and this was before I attempted the Castle.

[Bee4]

One difficulty I have is after a certain number of days the game seems to end. So I can’t get very many weapons to be ready for the boss battles. I don’t feel strong enough for the bosses.

Do you have to beat the game within a certain number of days?

Am I doing it wrong? Is the game easier slow pace with lots of rests or fast paced?

[Slagblah]

One difficulty I have is after a certain number of days the game seems to end. So I can’t get very many weapons to be ready for the boss battles. I don’t feel strong enough for the bosses.

Do you have to beat the game within a certain number of days?

Am I doing it wrong? Is the game easier slow pace with lots of rests or fast paced?

You'll get a score and a game over message after 14 days, but you also have to option to continue playing. Don't worry about the warning of potential crashes, that's just a standard disclaimer.

Doing everything in only 14 days is almost impossible.

[Bee4]

One difficulty I have is after a certain number of days the game seems to end. So I can’t get very many weapons to be ready for the boss battles. I don’t feel strong enough for the bosses.

Do you have to beat the game within a certain number of days?

Am I doing it wrong? Is the game easier slow pace with lots of rests or fast paced?

You'll get a score and a game over message after 14 days, but you also have to option to continue playing. Don't worry about the warning of potential crashes, that's just a standard disclaimer.

Doing everything in only 14 days is almost impossible.

Thank you, is there a way to avoid corruption?

I’d also like a save feature especially if it crashes. I know it’s coming in the next update next year but it would be nice to have it soon.

[Somerfield42]

Hey - overall I found this enjoying, yet again! Just a few pieces of feedback below if helpful to you:

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- Amy is a fun addition. You've been consistently good when adding new girls and I feel like you've done it again here.

- Chloe offers a new fight dynamic, which I thought was very refreshing. To be honest, I like the dynamic so much that I thought it would be cool to implement in the "normal" part of the game, but I haven't thought through how that would work as it might require you to get some addictions unreasonably high given "enduring" seems to be necessary. One other thing that's a bit annoying is that her pictures don't appear in the codex or the shop after you beat her, which seems like an easy thing to rectify? Especially as given the time it takes to get there without a save function means I probably won't be doing it again anytime soon and she has various "options" that I'd like to see the images for.

- New Church event. I personally didn't particularly enjoy this. I get it can lower corruption, but honestly I never let that get too high anyway and the lowering of max lust is a steep price. When I tried out the event just to see what it was like, I thought the lack of new girl content (bar one scene in the church that you can peep in on) made it a bit dull. I'd compare it to Mia's special event, which is much more exciting in my opinion.

- Endgame. After the Castle, it would be great if your addictions reset to what they were before you entered so you can continue to explore if you like? As it is, my addictions were sky high, which meant you'd lose in any new fights to earn some money to get them down and it was too risky to try and get new blue potions. Also by that point I'd been locked out of the Tavern for jobs.

[Slagblah]

Thank you, is there a way to avoid corruption?

Avoid it? No. You can only manage it with Blue Potions and/or visits to the Church.

[LittleElfBoy]

One difficulty I have is after a certain number of days the game seems to end. So I can’t get very many weapons to be ready for the boss battles. I don’t feel strong enough for the bosses.

Do you have to beat the game within a certain number of days?

Am I doing it wrong? Is the game easier slow pace with lots of rests or fast paced?

You'll get a score and a game over message after 14 days, but you also have to option to continue playing. Don't worry about the warning of potential crashes, that's just a standard disclaimer.

Doing everything in only 14 days is almost impossible.

Only in legacy mode, in Normal Mode you can stack your starting attack and start with like 5 blue potions and the backpack if you accumulate enough points.

[spaisin]

Couple more runs, still pretty rough.. that's a good thing, I guess

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I started to dodge fights I could easily win just to avoid getting addictions essentially above 6.. they'll end up around 10 anyway, but at least that seems to buy some stability from a single thing just destroying the run. All the fights are a net loss anyway, just takes a little getting used to to keep escaping for most of the day. Trying that as the tactic, I got two decent runs somewhat close to d14 castle runs... seems it may be possible, but the odds are definately terrible..

If you visit the church too many times the event will be forced,

Right, I was using it as a Codex-in-town, sometimes visiting it thrice for a job (check coming in to town, be a nab and forget while looking the jobs, go back, and then go back after the job and buy off a couple points...). Started memorizing the stuff better at camp, no issues anymore. Thanks!

so if you have money to spare on the early game

*blank stare* ... that just doesn't compute .. :D


Couple moar bugs..
1)
The old talisman seemed to auto-equip a Holy Necklace; only noted it as Kira's visions didn't seem to care about the bra I was supposed to be wearing.
Once I realized that, I equipped the bra again, don't have a holy talisman to re-equip. Of course, I never made one either.

Damnit, cost me a Day 14 castle run, that did. Got in, but lost to Kira in the castle due to not understanding the equipment issue.. Probably would've instantly lost to the last fight anyway (due to the no-reset-between-rooms change, that took me by surprise), but would've been fun to see who it is ...

2)
After the swamp priestess, a typo in "Heading back to base", was "Hading back to base". Was also so quick that I barely saw it ..

3)
Naked causing +2 effect on lust might have carried over into the next fight after putting on clothes at camp. (I was getting 2 extra from Sophie, started at 0 HJ-addiction and got 3 from first attack, 19 from the last and had 17 HJ after fight. No corruption. Just had put clothes on prior to fight.)

4)
Bea's restrained may not have been cleared after losing the HP-fight and resisting after.. next day Julia was a little eagerly painful from her first move. This was across the day 14 end screen, but as that was manually triggered, I don't think it should matter..

[diogaoo]

Hi guys, thanks for all the suggestions and feedback, I've fixed most of the bugs you all reported.

Sadly, I couldn't find this one

The old talisman seemed to auto-equip a Holy Necklace; only noted it as Kira's visions didn't seem to care about the bra I was supposed to be wearing.
Once I realized that, I equipped the bra again, don't have a holy talisman to re-equip. Of course, I never made one either.

and this one

How did I end up with 28 attack damage? I have the Hammer plus Attack level 3. I did not finish off Kira this run, do not have "Stronger" active, and am (obviously) not using the Fallen Champions Sword. That should put me at the normal maximum of 26. Dark Priestess, maybe? I saw her twice this run, and for both I selected Big Breasts. One was bugged as in (5) above, and the other she flubbed, giving me +10 Blowjob. In case it matters, I also saw the Fairy twice and this was before I attempted the Castle.

but I'll keep looking into it and update the game asap


Also, those of you who are in dire need of a save state function and cannot wait till 1.0, fapnip was kind enough to implement it in v0.9. Here's the link to the modified version: Hero Corruption v0.9 w/ save

[Slagblah]

Hi guys, thanks for all the suggestions and feedback, I've fixed most of the bugs you all reported.

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and this one

How did I end up with 28 attack damage? I have the Hammer plus Attack level 3. I did not finish off Kira this run, do not have "Stronger" active, and am (obviously) not using the Fallen Champions Sword. That should put me at the normal maximum of 26. Dark Priestess, maybe? I saw her twice this run, and for both I selected Big Breasts. One was bugged as in (5) above, and the other she flubbed, giving me +10 Blowjob. In case it matters, I also saw the Fairy twice and this was before I attempted the Castle.

but I'll keep looking into it and update the game asap

Hey, it's not like I was complaining. An extra 2 points of damage? Sign me up!

However...

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It might be a good reward/effect to add for real to the Heroine and/or Witch.

[spaisin]

One last bug report, and I think I'm done. Seems a bit too much on the punishing side this round; you've managed to make me not skip swamp, mostly via never getting to a point where going there would be a sane option. Too addicted to fight anything.

1) The cleansing fountain lacks a 95% chance of having a water nymph giving you a sneaky handjob for +10 HJ-addiction. I mean it's about the only positive event left in the game ..

No wait, that wasn't it.
1) The amazon event.. once the net triggers once, later it seems to trigger without the "chance of escape" - dialogue. Not that it matters, but still.

[Bee4]

I’m too bad at this. Have failed a couple dozen times. Needs a easy for Brandon mode.

Has anyone video recorded beating the game?
What winners Strategies?

[Slagblah]

I’m too bad at this. Have failed a couple dozen times. Needs a easy for Brandon mode.

Has anyone video recorded beating the game?
What winners Strategies?

Much of it comes down to random chance, ultimately. Having good luck with random potion drops and getting a good split between lust and hp damage from encounters can make a big difference.

Personally, I tend to be somewhat of a conservative player; taking more time to reach the later stages of the game. Still, I can maybe average a score of around 50-60 at the day 14 end-game.

That being said, there are a few strategies I've adopted that seem to help.

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1) Obvious stuff first. You want to keep Corruption and Addictions as low as possible whenever you can. Blue Potions work best for this, but can be hard to find sometimes (there's that random chance factor). If you have the Gold for it, the Church can help too.

2) Once you have the Backpack, and a good start on building up your Max HP/Lust, a good plan is to store up all "wild" Potions you find and use them in sets of 3. The first two you drink should be Red or Purple (1 of each or 2 of one type), followed by one Blue Potion. Since "wild" Red/Purple Potions cause +2 Corruption and Blue drops it by 5, this will keep Corruption low (zero, unless you already had more than 1). Also it helps keep most Addictions low too, depending on whether the first 2 Potions hit the same Addiction or not. Additionally, it's good to save Blue Potions until you have at least a few points in every Addiction.

3) I usually max out each Perk tree in this order: Attack, Gold, Lust, HP. If I haven't done well building up Max Lust by the time my Attack Perk is maxed, I may take a Lust Perk early. For the tier 3 HP and Lust trees, I always take the right-side option (no Domination half-damage and heal 3 Addiction points each night)

4) Always craft and use the best Weapons you can find. Another obvious point here is that dispatching enemies faster reduces the total number of Addiction hits you'll take in each encounter. Until you clear those points, keeping them low makes you more resistant to Lust damage in later combat.

5) Buy Maps from the Shop in Town. Later areas provide greater rewards in Gold and XP, but also have tougher enemies, so beware. It takes a little while to get a good feel for when you're ready to advance. You also don't have to do the Boss fights until you feel you're ready. (I tend to leave Bosses until I have the level 3 Gold perk, so that I have a better chance at the unique item drops.)

6) Sell excess Materials when you need Gold, especially Rubber Bands and Jewels. Keep Wood and Iron for later use, unless you have lots of them. Make extra Clothes with Fabric until you have several spare sets.

[Edgemycock]

I love this game, amazing. Been playing since the first release. This current version is definitely a challenge, I've been wiped out so many times haha! Thanks for making it, it's fantastic

[Bee4]

I’m too bad at this. Have failed a couple dozen times. Needs a easy for Brandon mode.

Has anyone video recorded beating the game?
What winners Strategies?

Much of it comes down to random chance, ultimately. Having good luck with random potion drops and getting a good split between lust and hp damage from encounters can make a big difference.

Personally, I tend to be somewhat of a conservative player; taking more time to reach the later stages of the game. Still, I can maybe average a score of around 50-60 at the day 14 end-game.

That being said, there are a few strategies I've adopted that seem to help.

Spoiler: show

1) Obvious stuff first. You want to keep Corruption and Addictions as low as possible whenever you can. Blue Potions work best for this, but can be hard to find sometimes (there's that random chance factor). If you have the Gold for it, the Church can help too.

2) Once you have the Backpack, and a good start on building up your Max HP/Lust, a good plan is to store up all "wild" Potions you find and use them in sets of 3. The first two you drink should be Red or Purple (1 of each or 2 of one type), followed by one Blue Potion. Since "wild" Red/Purple Potions cause +2 Corruption and Blue drops it by 5, this will keep Corruption low (zero, unless you already had more than 1). Also it helps keep most Addictions low too, depending on whether the first 2 Potions hit the same Addiction or not. Additionally, it's good to save Blue Potions until you have at least a few points in every Addiction.

3) I usually max out each Perk tree in this order: Attack, Gold, Lust, HP. If I haven't done well building up Max Lust by the time my Attack Perk is maxed, I may take a Lust Perk early. For the tier 3 HP and Lust trees, I always take the right-side option (no Domination half-damage and heal 3 Addiction points each night)

4) Always craft and use the best Weapons you can find. Another obvious point here is that dispatching enemies faster reduces the total number of Addiction hits you'll take in each encounter. Until you clear those points, keeping them low makes you more resistant to Lust damage in later combat.

5) Buy Maps from the Shop in Town. Later areas provide greater rewards in Gold and XP, but also have tougher enemies, so beware. It takes a little while to get a good feel for when you're ready to advance. You also don't have to do the Boss fights until you feel you're ready. (I tend to leave Bosses until I have the level 3 Gold perk, so that I have a better chance at the unique item drops.)

6) Sell excess Materials when you need Gold, especially Rubber Bands and Jewels. Keep Wood and Iron for later use, unless you have lots of them. Make extra Clothes with Fabric until you have several spare sets.

Thank you so much and level 3 gold sounds like a lot. I’ve never gotten that far. How much time does it take to get there?