Yet another delay

Once again I've ended up getting sidetracked by feature creep, and so the content for Helena's romance quest is now significantly larger than it was in my original plan for it. As a result, it's going to take me a little while longer to get it all finished off, and so I'll have to delay the release.

As soon as I've got it into a state that's just awaiting placeholder dialogue, I'll push to github, and then I'll release v0.3.7 once all the placeholders have been filled in. I will aim to have it released by this time next week.

I'm sorry once again for both the delay and the late hour of its announcement. I promise that I will do my very best to make Helena's content worth the wait.

P.S. I also just realised that I never re-enabled anonymous comments here on the blog, so at least those should be working again now.

Further delay...

I'm so sorry once again, but I still haven't managed to get v0.3.7 into a state that's ready for release. When writing the content for Helena's romance quest, I realised that all of her currently-existing scenes in the game (as well as those for Scarlett) needed to be updated to better fit the personality she's supposed to have. Due to having to go back and edit all this dialogue, I'm a lot further behind on progress than where I expected to be...

I'll try to get things into a state that's at least suitable for pushing to github tomorrow (so that you can see the progress that's been made), and I'll then do my best to have this version fully released by the weekend.

I'm really sorry about there always being a delay like this. I'll really try my best to make sure that it's not so bad for the next few versions after this one...

Minor delay on v0.3.7's release

Sorry to once again be announcing a delay, but I just need a few more days in which to get Helena's romance quest added into the game. Finishing the work on the penetrative size-difference content took longer than I expected, and so I'm currently in a state where the framework of Helena's quest is almost finished, but will then still require a couple of days of writing and testing.

I'll do my best to get v0.3.7 out by the end of the weekend, but it's highly likely that it'll take more time than I except, so instead I'll say that v0.3.7's release will now be on the night of Tuesday, 18th.

I'm really sorry once again for delaying it like this at the last moment. I thought I'd be able to get it done by tonight, but then I kept on running into minor issues that ate up all my time...

Version 0.3.6.8 Further Progress Update

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Minor delay on v0.3.6.8

Hello again!

I just wanted to make this small post to apologise for how the updated preview of v0.3.6.8 is being delayed, and to let you know that it will probably be pushed to github on Thursday evening now. The reason for this delay is that the expansion of penetrative size-difference content is taking longer to get implemented than I expected. It should be done in time for Thursday, however, and so I'll get the updated preview out then.

I'll then most likely get the full release of v0.3.7 out around Wednesday 12th. Sorry again for this delay!

Version 0.3.6.4 Progress Update

Hello again,

After fixing some bugs introduced in the last version, I got a little side-tracked with adding the long-awaited 'Complain' action at the stocks in Slaver Alley. Although I initially intended it to be a simple affair in which you could get locked up in a repeatable stocks sex scene, I ended up getting carried away and added quite a few scenes as well as a new unique NPC.

Due to this, I ran out of time in which to work on Helena's romance quest and the size-difference content, but I'm planning on getting that added for an updated preview version, v0.3.6.8, which I hope to have released by Sunday. After that, I'll add the Enforcer encounter scenes for the public release, which I'm currently expecting to be out around the 7th of February.

There are also still quite a few bugs that I need to get fixed from v0.3.6, but none of them (that I'm aware of) are game-breaking. In any case, the vast majority of them will be sorted out for v0.3.6.8. I'll also make sure that I've filled in the placeholders for at least Vengar's and Murk's content in the Gambling den (after completing Axel's quest).

Sorry once again for how this version has rolled over past my expected release date. I'll do my best to keep v0.3.6.8 and v0.3.7 on schedule!

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I package and release these in-between preview builds for backers over on my SubscribeStar, but anyone can play them at any time by building them directly from the public github (which is always kept up to date with the very latest version):
https://github.com/Innoxia/liliths-throne-public/tree/dev
(There's a build tutorial here.)

IMPORTANT: If you're building through github, you'll now need to place the 'liliths-throne-public/res' folder in the same directory as the exported .jar!

ALSO IMPORTANT: Make sure you build from 'dev' branch, as 'master' won't be updated until the v0.3.7 release.

v0.3.6.4 Patch Notes

Engine/Code:

Fixed issue with incorrect line endings at the top of most files.

Moved remaining Slaver Alley dialogue into the external .txt file.

Tidied up virginity loss code.

The 'companion' parser target has been shortened to 'com', and should now work correctly in conditional statements.

Gameplay:

Added content for the 'Complain' action in Slaver Alley's public stocks tile, which includes a new unique Enforcer NPC. (There are some additional dialogue variations for if Brax is in your party.)

Other:

The 'Tail swipe' combat move is now available to anyone who has a prehensile tail which has a girth of at least 'thick'.

Alligator-morph tails are now considered to be suitable for penetrative actions.

Added ability to have your companion join in on sex with slaves locked up in the stocks in Slaver Alley.

Added 'sandy' as a covering colour.

Slightly improved slovenly speech parsing.

Gave Helena a new surname and some clothes to wear.

Level drain option now defaults to 'off' in sex scenes which include your companion, slaves, or friendly occupants.

Scarlett and Brax can now have their levels drained via the use of the 'Orgasmic level drain' once they've been enslaved.

Added kissing interaction availability to 'mating press' + 'lying down' positions, and anilingus availability to 'face between legs' + 'lying down' positions.

Added 'phoenix-harpy' subspecies, which is just a harpy with glowing red, orange, or yellow feathers. They can only be found naturally spawning in the Harpy Nests as an extremely rare chance.

Bugs:

Numerous parsing fixes (most of them in the new Rat Warrens dialogue).

Feminising Murk will now correctly give her a vagina. (Fix is also retroactively applied if you've already feminised him.)

Fixed tail girth description in selfie/character viewer not updating to describe the character's actual tail girth.

Disabled unique position switching actions in stocks sex when there were more than two participants, as it was causing some issues. (You can still change position as the dom using the more in-depth position selection action.)

Quick sex now correctly takes into account each participant's banned areas. (i.e. In slaver alley stocks sex, the slave's orifices which are banned will be excluded from quick sex.)

Fixed more issues of quick sex ignoring the availability of sex areas.

Quick sex will no longer apply level drain to targets who should be immune (i.e. unique characters).

Characters with the deflowering fetish now correctly gain experience from taking virginities in quick sex.

Removed line in alleyway demon encounter which suggested that the demon grows a cock when you offer yourself to her.

Fixed bug where companions would go to work while being held as a captive (bug was present in the Rat Warrens loss scenes).

Parsing and dialogue flow fixes in scene where you get sent to the cells after losing in the Enforcer Warehouse.

Fixed bug in the post-loss Enforcer Warehouse cells scene, where you'd remain in the Enforcer HQ's cells after you were supposed to have been escorted outside by Claire.

Fixed inactive 'Continue' button being shown after Claire has warned you about the SWORD Enforcers in the Warehouse.

Your clothing now correctly gets unequipped when locked into the stocks (in the Enforcer Warehouse loss scene).

Fixed post-sex stretching information referring to every stretched orifice as the character's 'asshole', instead of the correct orifice.

Fixed issue with Helena returning to her nest when she should have been in Scarlett's Shop in Slaver Alley.

Fixed some minor issues with dialogue flow when talking to Candi and when getting the Lipsticks from Ralph (as part of the 'Buying Brax' quest).

Fixed awkward phrasing of the exhibitionist fetish's short description.

Quick sex should now display correct behaviour for if a sex scene is meant to end in a creampie or not.

Fixed issue with quick sex where it would sometimes throw a background error and not work.

Fixed bug in quick sex where characters with impregnation fetish would sometimes pull out of a partner willing to be impregnated.

Fixed 'ready for birthing' status effect having a nonsensical description for taur characters.

Fixed bug where you could request Claire's help in dealing with Vengar even after you'd completed his quest.

Fixed incorrect parsing in combat when sadistic characters took lust damage from dealing damage to their target.

Fixed bug where the breeder collar would spawn with a duplicate sealing enchantment.

Fixed bug where Murk's dialogue in the Rat Warrens would still be working even after he'd meant to have been enslaved.

Fixed Bree gaining a random colour for her vagina when undergoing her initial feminisation from Brax.

Fixed issue where opening the positioning menu on the 'sitting' position would place both doms and subs into sitting slots.

Version 0.3.6 Release

v0.3.6.1 Update: A hotfix was released very shortly after this post was made in order to address a couple of major game-breaking issues. The patch notes and download links have been updated below.

Hello again!

I've got the vast majority of Axel's quest content added now, but it's still got placeholders for the loss routes and the post-quest Vengar/Murk interactions. As you've no doubt already noticed, I've really struggled with getting this quest content designed, coded, and written. I've learned my lesson, and won't attempt to add such a relatively complex quest all in one go again. I've particularly found it hard to design/write the more 'non-con' aspects of this quest, so I now know in future to keep them a lot simpler when adding those sorts of scenes (or at the very least, add them in smaller stages).

I will be adding the dialogue for the loss routes over the next few versions, but I've already spent so much time on this quest that I'm going to have to move on and primarily focus on other things. Speaking of which, for the next release, I'll be focusing on getting Helena's romance content added, as well as some Enforcer encounters and size-difference mechanics/content.

I'm sorry once again for how long this Axel quest has taken me to get done. The next set of content should go back to fitting into weekly or fortnightly releases. If there are any major bugs in this version, I'll get a hotfix out on Tuesday night, but if not, then the next release will be a preview release in a week or so from this post. The next full, public release should then follow on a week or so after that.

Thank you all for your patience.

As always, you can also build these releases yourself from the public github (which is always kept up to date with the very latest version):
https://github.com/Innoxia/liliths-throne-public
(There's a build tutorial here.)

IMPORTANT: If you're building through github, you'll now need to place the 'liliths-throne-public/res' folder in the same directory as the exported .jar!

v0.3.6.1 Download Links

This is still an alpha, and contains bugs and half-finished content!

.jar

Pre-zipped: Mega

Full folder: Google Drive

.exe:

Pre-zipped: Mega

Full folder: Google Drive

32-bit .exe (For 32-bit Windows):

Pre-zipped: Mega

Full folder: Google Drive

v0.3.6.1 Patch Notes

Bugs:

Fixed issue where the game would sometimes freeze or throw other errors when opening the player's selfie menu.

Fixed game freeze in combat when sadist/masochist dealt/took damage while at 100 lust.

Fixed a parsing bug in the Rat Warrens' Milking Room.

Fixed bug where Helena would add three new slaves to her shop every day and never remove the old ones, which was eventually causing a huge number of slaves to stack up on that tile.

v0.3.6 Patch Notes

Engine:

Removed all of the Sex class's static methods. Sex methods are now called via 'Main.sex.' in the code, or 'sex.' in the parsing engine. This was done to enable sex methods to be referenced in text file parsing.

Added parsing command 'companion', which returns either your companion's relation to you (i.e. 'son', 'daughter', etc.) or the word 'companion'.

Added support for tiles to contain multiple generic Population types.

Gameplay:

Filled in a lot of Axel's quest placeholders. (The two loss routes and the post-quest interactions with Vengar & MUrk still need to be filled in...)

Added tail girth. You can alter tail girth via enchanting potions or the self-TF menu (for demons and slimes).

Items:

Some items of clothing now provide a key to the equipping character when equipped (such as chastity cages, chastity belts, other bondage gear). While in possession of this key, unjinxing (i.e. unlocking) the clothing costs no essences.

For modders: Items of clothing can be defined as providing a key with the new PROVIDES_KEY tag.

Unjinxing sealed clothing no longer removes the sealing enchantment. Instead, it simply unlocks the clothing so that it can be removed, but if put on again, will seal itself back onto the character. Seals can still be removed via the enchanting menu.

Chastity cages are now tagged as being able to be equipped during sex.

All clothing types which can be equipped during sex (and so are assumed to be sex toys), or which fit into the 'groin' slot, can now be enchanted with a 'vibration' effect (as a secondary modifier to a 'special effect' primary modifier), increasing the wearer's resting lust value and also giving them bonus arousal increases every turn in sex.

The item 'Mother's Milk' now advances pregnancy directly to the next stage, instead of skipping it forwards to an hour before the next stage.

Sex:

NPCs will no longer start ongoing mouth-nipple actions if the character whose nipples are to be sucked does not have breasts.

Quick sex: NPCs will now take into account the sex scene's special preferences when choosing what their foreplay/main sex actions are.

Quick sex: NPCs' action choice should no longer select actions that are meant to be banned from your content options.

Quick sex: In consensual sex, characters will no longer creampie others if their pregnancy fetish is negative.

Quick sex: In consensual sex, dominant partners will go past their orgasm limit to make sure the subs are also satisfied.

Quick sex: The dominant character now automatically uses 'Orgasmic level drain' (if available) when using quick sex.

Other:

Added a small chance (0.5%) for the 'finding an item' encounter in Dominion's alleyways to give you a joke burger item if you are playing in silly mode. The 'eggplant' joke item is now also restricted to being found only in silly mode.

Improved colouring of post-sex stretch effects text.

Added indication of a character's resting lust value in their lust bar tooltip.

Arcane storm vulnerability now gives +75 to resting lust level, instead of setting it to a base of 75.

Lust gains from sadist & masochist fetishes are now capped to a maximum of 25.

Characters will no longer refer to a penis as a 'shaft' in speech (as I thought it sounded quite awkward).

Bugs:

Parsing & typo fixes.

Fixed issue where unique NPCs were not immune to 'orgasmic level drain', but normal random characters were, instead of the other way around.

Fixed some minor incorrect text in the 'orgasmic level drain' perk description.

Fixed incorrect clothing on the four 'milkers' in the Rat Warrens.

Fixed issue where there was more than one removal button for when an effect has multiple descriptions in the enchantment screen, with the duplicate buttons doing nothing.

Fixed issues with Murk's 'milkers' clothing not being equipped or lacking correct colours/enchantments.

Fixed bug where some weapons (such as the broomstick and the scythe) would not grant the wielder the spells they were meant to unlock.

Fixed several issues in the Rat Warrens regarding hostile rats not spawning correctly at checkpoints or in the dice den. Also fixed some actions incorrectly being available at the entrance after clearing out the entrance guards.

Corrected corruption values of all unique NPCs.

Fixed issue where Lyssieth would sometimes not have her elder lilin subspecies status effect applied to her.

Fixed multiple minor issues with the flow of dialogue in scenes in the Rat Warrens.

Fixed bug (from 0.3.5.10) where newly-spawned characters would throw a background error.

Fixed issue with lust gains from sadist & masochist fetishes always defaulting to 1.

Lust damage from masochist and sadist fetishes now correctly damages energy and aura when lust is at 100.

Fixed issues of 'feet' being displayed in some scenes even if your game was meant to be using metric values for length.

Corrected minor issue of Lyssieth's breast size incorrectly being described as increasing during her demonic transformation scenes.

Fixed issue where Enforcers were described as being present in group sex scenes in areas where Enforcers should not have been present.

Fixed issue where cum 'wetness' enchantment was described as increasing cum production instead of cum storage.

Fixed issue where the magnitude of potion effects would be doubled every time you loaded a game while playing with the 'chef' background.

Fixed bug (from 0.3.5.11) where encounters with a companion in your party would bug out and not initialise correctly.

Fixed numerous parsing errors (from 0.3.5.11) when in the Rat Warrens with a companion.

Fixed an issue where using 'Quick sex' could sometimes cause the game to freeze.

Fixed debug menu's clothing spawn 'head' category not working.