​Court Magician - Game Update Paddling and Bug Fixes Version Update 0.8.4

This is my 4th update to the game in the last 5 days, and it will likely be my last game update until the next private Beta build (patrons only) scheduled for Feb 18th.

I want to thank everyone who took the time to give my game a try and especially for giving me feedback on the content, vibe, and of course, the bugs. It was my goal to have a stable build out in the wild, and with this latest version, hopefully that will be somewhat achieved.

Unfortunately, as a solo dev, QA testing is very difficult and time consuming, so receiving all of your feedback has really helped me to find and isolate the bugs.

I do keep an eye on the comments and forums, but also feel free to report any bugs or suggestions in my discord channel. As Patrons, your reports and requests take priority.

I do count on your support as patrons to justify the time spent away from work and family, so you have my heartfelt thanks!  It is appreciated and goes a long way toward me spending time on the game (and investing in assets).

The Latest Version is available on itch here. It is NOT backwards compatible with most saves. Make sure you are using 0.8.4.

Bug fixes/changes:

• YOU CAN NOW SPANK THE MAID (Quest for Discipline) (and its pretty fun if I do say so myself)
• fixed moving portraits/backgrounds bug
• fixed face cream alchemy recipe disappearing from bookshelf
• added talking Baronessa, Tanner, guards, blacksmith talking animations
• added talking animation to gift dialogue and other systemic dialogues
• removed annoying explosion sound from intro
• updated maid movement routes in your lab so she has specific path and doesn't block exits
• fixed Baroness door interaction to enable paddling (you can now speak with the Baroness if you have sufficient reputation-the star icon, or affection-the heart icon)
• fixed game crashing blue-screen bug after sex scene
• changed capitalization of fonts for Linux users
• various other bug fixes and optimizations

Known Issues:

• "quest for discipline" has variable visible in the journal
• after using sootheweed tea, get an undefine dialogue message (but the rest of the dialogue still makes sense)
• can repeat 3rd deprav training with Baroness
• The baroness' depravity and obedience training is buggy. Will be streamlined and cleaned up in subsequent versions. It is less buggy if you try to do it in the order and time it is told for you to do. ie if she tells you to come back in the evening, dont try to force the event during the day.
• there is a bug where you get a 1000 gold somewhere, not sure how this happens but let me know if you find it
• talking animations not implemented for later goblin conversations
• placeholder art for shopgirl, goblin guard, backup shamans and pigherder
• placeholder map sprites for blacksmith, tanner, farm boy
• shaman questions at end of first chapter are a bit messy
• image capitalization issues for Linux users

Next Version:

• Maid FAP progression
• Maid Upskirt training
• balancing of stats for doing various activities
• limit certain training activities per time period
• consequences if she doesnt like or disrespects you
• add benefits to doing harsh or gentle paddling based on personality or totem
• buttons in sex scenes need tooltips and reactivity
• more consequences if you try to shout at people of higher station then you

After this update, I will be pushing out an experimental build to my patrons on Feb 18th and when that build is stable will publish to itch a few weeks later.

Thanks to everyone who gave me support, an honest review or feedback, very much appreciated!