SA: The Ethereal Collapse (Update: 0.12d1) (Edit 5)

Hey!

Well...

I'll start with my apologies for the delay.

As you probably guessed, things didn't go to plan.

Everything that I thought would've taken most of the time, ended up taking the least. Everything that I thought would've taken the least time, took significantly more. And stuff I thought I wouldn't need to touch and was done... Took most of the time... Having to do several re-renders only to find I'd have to do them again to change something else I missed, it's usually minor things in the animation but I'm not happy with it being there. But I'm not waiting any longer, I'm already way past the point when I said I'd do a release. So I'm just going to release it with the content that's mostly done now and continue to update it as soon as it's done.

You can download it if you wish or wait until the update is more done, more polished, with all the content I wanted to add and has the fixes/changes to older stuff I was planning to do but ran out of time. So keep that in mind if you download the update. I'll have a more detailed list at the bottom of the things the update is missing and to be done.

I'll update this page and the download links whenever I add to the update until I reach the point I originally wanted for it.

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(EDIT 5)

Update 0.12d1, just a quick update mainly fixing some grammar and a bug that could happen if Lilia was sleeping in your bed when the 'Harmless Snack' event happened. This is also my first attempt in tying a patch only download option so you don't have to redownload the whole thing for small changes. If you have any issues with it, let me know!

Download Links 

0.12d1 full game:

MEGA 

0.12d to 0.12d1 patch only:

MEGA 

0.12d1 update notes

Fixes:

-Various grammar fixes across all chapters (Special thanks to Flying Mage!)

-Added missing Lilia expressions for the dialogue that happens when she gets removed from the player's room by Aziela.

-When triggering the Aziela event 'Harmless Snack', it should no longer load the wrong room if Lilia was sleeping in your bed.*

*The fix should apply to all saves at any point but if it's after the event, you'll just miss a small bit of dialogue with Lilia if she was kicked out of the room.

Other:

-Some minor unnoteworthy changes.

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(EDIT 4)

Update 0.12d, which includes the 3rd CG and was meant to be the initial release quite some time ago. There's a few improvements I plan to make but I'll be making a post later with my short and long term plans for those interested.

Download Links (0.12d):

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0.12d update notes

Content:

-Added NSFW CG 'Harmless Snack' (Titfuck)*

*You'll notice some changes from the original teaser as I tried to make it look closer to the original character, it's not perfect but I think it's an improvement.

-Added questions/conversations to Aziela while in the Shadow conclave*

*If you feel like there should be anything else that makes sense for the MC to ask Aziela at this point in the story, feel free to let me know.

Small changes/additions:

-Minor dialogue changes/fixes

-Added relevant discord links

-Various movement/expression/changes/addition to Lilia during story dialogue

Fixes:

-Bellatrix CG will now unlock correctly for the gallery, instead of always doing so.

-Skipping should no longer unintentionally be disabled in certain circumstances when loading a save.

-map/storage room nav UI should now be removed correctly when using rollback

-Fixed UI elements not being removed when using roll back in some conversations (on going)

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(EDIT 3)

Just some quick story changes to 0.12c

(I was going to make it so it should work with any save no matter where you where. But stopped myself when I did the first part of it, as it's only a few seconds skipping through the changes to reach the same point, and wouldn't really be worth it. But the part I did do, I'll leave in for those that want to use it and should show up if your save is at the end and you don't want to see the small changes).

Download Links (0.12c1)(WIP Pre-release):

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0.12c1 update notes

Content:

-Quick story alterations so there's a route that the MC can avoid the 'Breathless Understanding' Scene**

*It being a more niche type of scene, I've made it so the MC can avoid it all together, instead of it being unavoidable for the MC but still skippable for the viewer if they had any of spoiler options on. Might not be necessary to keep the skip scene option in now there's a way to fully avoid it, but I'll leave it, more options can't hurt.

*If you got to the end of 0.12c you 'should' get an option to pick the missed choice if you wish, but I unfortunately overwritten my save by mistake to test it. So I recommend just playing through from a 0.12b save if possible, as it's extremely quick when skipping through everything.

Any save after the point where you talk to Bellatrix when she's waiting outside Hallowspire and before the end of the update message, won't work.

-Dialogue/scene changes to 'Breathless Understanding' due to above story changes.

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(EDIT 2)

I've been taking a break the past few days but I'm done slacking and got back to work. 0.12c is done and linked below.

The next update 0.12d should be the last one completing 0.12. After which I'll share what I have planned short and longer term update wise.

0.12c update notes (WIP Pre-Release)*

Added a CG, short story continuation, fixes and minor changes.

Content:

-Added NSFW CG 'Breathless Understanding' (facesitting)*

*This is a shorter CG and is part 1 of 3, with 2 and 3 being added and unlocked later down the line via negative relations with the character. Positive relations will be a completely different CG.

-Story up to 'Breathless Understanding' NSFW CG

Small changes/additions:

-Added the magic sound effect to Aziela when she uses magic in 0.12 content

-Added different Succcubi Guards name locations to better represent who's talking

-Added background ambience to post crystal cave, caves

Fixes:

-Fixed post cave nightmare sounds not ending when it should

-The screen should no longer stay black in the second cave scene when certain inspect points were the last to be picked

-Fixed newly added character text colors sometimes not changing with preference settings

-Fixed navigation UI not being removed when using rollback in the following: Hallowspire town center, road to Hallowspire, Shadow Conclave player room, some Lilia dialogue, some Aziela dialogue.

-Some grammar fixes in ch1 and ch2

-NSFW CG 'Reminiscence' should unlock in the gallery when viewing the scene

Other:

-Minor unnoteworthy changes

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(EDIT 1)

I made sure to keep better track of changes I make, so I can give a more complete list of changes for update notes. So as a warning, don't let the long list fool you.

0.12b update notes (WIP Pre-Release)

Mostly dialogue changes and fixes.

-Changes to NSFW CG 'Reminiscence' (Nyx Tail CG):*

*I ended up trying some in engine camera affects along with my first use of some Ren'Py's audio filters as a test, which I hope adds to the overall scene. Also on a side note, I did notice some more issues in some of the renders when doing these changes, again small things and will need a full re-render but I'll fix those once the other scenes of 0.12 are in.

• Significant dialogue changes/additions

• Added Camera movements/effects

• Added audio filters

• Reduced the ending fadeout time

-Added Chapter 2 to chapter Select.

-Added the NSFW spoiler system to new scene

-Minor Chapter 2 Dialogue fixes

-Player Affinity colors added to choices they were missing (Ch1 Rorath Peak & Lilia pre combat choice)

-Fixed Lilia pre combat choice not giving Affinity in Ch 1 

-Separated the audio in the post nightmare cave scene and made it loop better

-nyx should now be Nyx

-Updated the disclaimer warning to be more clear.

-WIP Pre-Release icon on main menu*

*Just so those who find the game not on Patreon can see it's an earlier than usual build and can choose to wait for a more completed update.

-Updated Ren'Py 8.3.3 -> 8.3.4*

*There was a bug where audio under certain circumstances would not stop playing from a video file, even when the video itself was not playing. Updating the engine seems to have fixed this as far as I can tell, hopefully not causing any new issues in the process, but I've not noticed any when running through the game to test things.

-Some very small un-noteworthy changes

-Balance Changes*:

*I've made these quick changes to further reduce the grind and time spent significantly as a temporary fix, and I plan to rework and expand this early part of the game at some point to something that works better.

Enemies:

-First Cutthroat Bandit:

• HP 12 -> 7

• Dodge 10% -> 0%

-Cutthroat Bandits:

• HP 25 -> 15

• Dodge 10% -> 0%

-Grey Wolf:

• HP reduced 8 -> 5

• Dodge 5% -> 0%

Weapons:

-Splinter (Starting weapon):

• Accuracy 90% -> 100%

-Quickstream:

• Price 300 -> 150

-Heavy Bow:

• Price 800 -> 350

-The Warsong:

• Price 1200 -> 800

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0.12a Update notes:

-Story Content until the first main CG

-New NSFW CG Cowgirl Tail Drain

The list of things needed for the completed update:

• Questions/conversations you can ask the characters that grow as you advance the story, that you choose a response to their answers and can positively/negatively affect what they think of you.

•  Add the other CG and the story content leading up to the points they can be.

• Creation of a new banner

• A few polish passes for improvements such as, more character movements during dialogue, added sounds in areas that could do with it, improvements to dialogue and fixes.

Have a great day!