Damsels Progress

Progress on Damsels is moving right along, on several fronts. I've coded in new places to explore, including the Tomb, which is tougher than the 3rd level of the Dungeon and can be done for higher powered rewards than are found in most of the world and provides some more powerful magic items. There is a Domina camp and a Decadent camp you can explore and get benefits if your reputation with those factions is high enough, and both are supported with some full screen renders. I've made some UI improvements, done some re-balancing, added some useful traits. There's a couple new monsters. There will be more than that, as I am still a week away from release so I'm not yet in the "just testing and bug-fixing" stage of the cycle.

Part of the re-balancing is that parties will return to home base after a while of exploration. This serves several purposes -- it keeps the gold supply in better balance; it balances adventuring vs. sexy times with the girls better; it balances the characters a little bit, as some were virtually essential on super-long aimless adventures through the woods and others were liabilities; and it alleviates what could be a tedious part of the game; and it balances the dungeon with the woods and plains.

I've added "Dominance" as a trait, rather than a fetish. I wanted Dominant characters to feel a little rivalry with each other, and the more I thought about how it would work, the more I thought people would be disappointed every time it came on a magic item, both because a) it isn't as useful as the other fetishes, particularly if more than one character has it, and b) this isn't a femdom game.

I'm most of the way through adding a new character class, which I didn't necessarily expect to do this time around -- it will not be the Shield Maiden, as originally planned, but a Drow. The Drow girl is a very balanced character -- she does a little healing, has a nifty little "Faerie Fire" spell that makes it easier for everyone to do damage, and can hold her own from range or melee. As you might expect, she isn't as good at any of these things as characters who specialize at them. She's more petite than the other characters, increasing the variety of body types in the game. All in all,  thought she would add more than the Shield Maiden would. The Shield Maiden will still happen, just not right now.

One observation from playing the game -- right now, the Amazon is the only character you can buy an "upgrade" for. One of the side effects of this is that the Amazon is the one character whose affection you can buy. I'm looking at little "upgrades" for the other classes, whether they be new spells or skills or other bonuses. Nothing has been implemented yet, and this may or may not make it in the next release.

Anyway, I'm going full speed to add content. I sometimes wish it would go faster, as I can come up with good ideas faster than I can implement or render them, but this is a long-term project and it will get there, step by step.