Divine Dawn 0.18b Released!

0.18a is finally out! Celebrating the first anniversary of the game (February 8, 2021), this is the biggest content update yet, both in writing and mechanics.

While it's been a little bumpy along the way, and not all of my initial plans worked out the way I hoped, we've still made quite a bit of progress. I've learned a lot more about coding/structure, fixed a lot of stuff, and added quite the volume of content. The initial release had a bit over 20,000 words; this one takes us well past 200,000! That's roughly three novels long, for reference.

Here's to an even more productive year ahead!

Changelog;

• Metatron now has 6 and 8 affection scenes, exploring her character and pushing her romance forward. She also gets a conversation with Sarah, a conversation about gods, and (if you refused the moonlit visitor's offer) a special conversation about that.
• Aspasia now has art, courtesy of the gigachad jfc! Along with the usual expressions and ability to get naked, she also has an adaptive portrait next to the text. If y'all like it, I'll extend it to other girls next update.
• Aspasia also got two new conversations, which have a decent bit of lore and personality in them, as well as a 4 trust scene. She actually has a personality now!
• Sarah and Ashley both have massive new lewd scenes, available in the evening and at night respectively. They are by far the longest in the game currently. The Ashley scene was partially in honor of [USER=1533770]TheTimeHasCumAndSoHaveI[/USER] 's phenomenal review!
• Maya got a dumb conversation because I was wondering how she felt about pets.
• Most buffs and debuffs have been reworked; they no longer cost a turn, but instead cost mana per turn. They have been rebalanced, but not necessarily perfectly, feedback would be very helpful.
• Many new buffs/debuff abilities added, ex. AOE buffs/debuffs exist that can affect much of the battlefield, like permanently burning enemies. My tentative feeling is that they're probably too strong, but again, feedback is welcome.
• Massive amounts of functionality have been added to traits, and there are ~15-20 new traits taking advantage of it. Most magic and weapon types have 1-3 special traits, most of which only apply to that form of offense, but can grant benefits like increased freeze chance or reduced cooldowns for dagger skills. Once again, balance is WIP.
• Arden Outskirts and Arden Expanse now have monster art, courtesy of the talented Garrisen! I really love how the hobs came out in particular. Unfortunately, the Shaman is still a huge dick; art can't fix that.
• Complete honesty, I guarantee I forgot to mention a bunch of other changes and probably missed a scene
• Special thanks to grim for help proofreading, Pavonius for help getting ability sort working, and jfc for helping me get the instant ability UI looking nice!

With the anniversary update out and most of the characters now with a decent chunk of content, I'm going to try to find a balance of character content and finally push the plot forward next update.

The goal is to write Sam romance, Ina talks, and main plot forward, releasing... somewhere around mid-March. It'd be nice to get onto a consistent schedule, like always releasing on the 15th or something, but idk how it'll work out.

My hope is also to have Ina character art and Severn Floodplains enemy art next update, though I can't promise both will happen. As always, previews and sketches on Patreon as they occur.