Alpha0.2 of Divinity

This post is going to be very heavy on words and split into a few categories for insight reasons! As such, unlike the last post, the download link will be here:

DOWNLOAD: Divinity Alpha0.2

Alpha0.2 Changelog:

Story Changes:
- Slight changes made to the intro and some typos fixed.
ADJ- Dagger's first character quest line (Knife to Meet You, An Apple a Day...) is done.
PRO- Two new story quests added to the Promise path. (The New Recruits, Bye Bye Birdie)

Character Changes:
ALL- Jess' mental messages are now shown in pink.
ADJ- Moral choice at the end of "An Apple a Day..." gives a relationship boost to Dagger and Mimic.
PRO- Saying no to Void's bet removes the option to fight him again.
PRO- Very slight changes to the Mainframe early dialogue options.
PRO- Rabbit introduced. You get the first meeting the morning after talking to Edge.
PRO- Holden and Lucas introduced. You meet them by starting the story quest "The New Recruits".
PRO- Riley introduced. You meet her by starting the story quest "Bye Bye Birdie".
PRO- A new sex scene with Blaze. Get his relationship meter up and it'll come up as an option. For now, the only way to do that is to successfully finish "Bye Bye Birdie" without dying.
PRO- A new sex scene with Frigid. Get his relationship meter up and it'll come up as an option. For now, the only way to do that is to successfully finish "Bye Bye Birdie" without dying.
PRO- A new sex scene with both of the twins! Have sex with both of them, then the option to talk to both of them comes up in the sparring room.

Tweaks:
- Organized the sidebar a bit.
- Removed intelligence from stats.
- Revamped damage system.
- Changes made to dexterity (it gives lower crit chance, but now gives a small buff to damage).
- You can no longer run from special fights.
- Searching the blueprints at the Abandoned Warehouse and helping Gadget cut the wires at Starvent Labs are now dexterity checks.
- Cleaned up a bit of spaghetti coding. It's not perfect, but it'll do.


Bugs:
- Fixed a bug where being prompted to sleep in the Promise path made you wake up in the Adjudicator path.
- Fixed a bug where enemies would stop hitting you after certain stat requirements were met.
- Fixed a bug in the Void fight where the page would crash if you won your final fight.
- Fixed a bug where the final Void fight was replayable.

(Thanks to everyone who made this patch possible through bug reports and reviews!)

Game Direction:

So, I have been getting (surprisingly) a lot of reviews pertaining to plot elements within my game and the direction that I've chosen to take certain areas. Mainly, many people think that the suspension of disbelief in my game is taken too far and ruined with the way that the player character reacts to their new choices and life. I honestly didn't think I'd have to explain this stuff for a while and people would just ignore it until I was able to tie it together, but I guess I don't write sex scenes good enough to justify a very vague intro.

DISCLAIMER: SPOILERS HERE ON OUT

Nicholas Bright, as planned, is the persona of a character with a Superman-esque origin story, but with a few twists. Divinity is an alien princess born to a far off planet which has been destroyed. She was sent to Earth in the hopes of preserving her life and species, disguised as a human boy. That boy is Nicholas Bright. Within the carrier was actually a starter. It's designed to bind to Nick and to turn them back into Divinity after it was deemed safe enough for them to do so.

Nick's body and mind recognize this as a sort of familiarity. As such, he doesn't question it for a while, but it will eventually become a plot piece if I don't scrap it altogether.

For the people who enjoy the forced transformation aspect of a guy not wanting to be a girl, I apologize. That's just not how Divinity is going to pan out for now. That may change in the future, but it was never the original idea.

As for them not questioning their new superhero profession, Divinity's species heal through rest and are extremely durable. They also have increased reflexes and many other superhuman traits. Subconsciously, Nick recognizes this, so he has no problems fighting alongside the people who did save his life.

And finally, for the point that Nick and his new incarnation are fine fucking everyone, that's just them being pansexual. Yes, yes, super lazy I know. But that's what I am and I don't really know how I'd handle the whole, "Oh I used to be straight. Why am I attracted to men?" thing. I fuck everyone, so Nick and Divinity fuck everyone. EZPZ.

So, yes, Nick's absolute acceptance of the situation he was thrown in is weird, but entirely intentional. He'll eventually doubt it and have his own little identity crisis, but it's planned a little further down the road.

(Also, he was kind of a loner, and unaccomplished fuck, and his life finally has meaning. Cut him some slack for enjoying it.)

SPOILERS END HERE.

Personal Life:

If you are still reading this far into the blog post, I salute you~! I'm surprised anyone actually cares this much, but here is what's happening with me, and what it means for Divinity.

It should go without saying that I am not committing the time of a job to this. I work a full time job that has a weird ass schedule and I'm fitting in time to write this on the side. As such, I'm unable to really make any promises about when I'm posting updates. Due to this, I'm going to make it a habit to tag all posts like this as "build" just so you can get to the good part easily. In between, I'm going to try to put up mini updates so that everyone knows what's happening and that I didn't just disappear. Despite that, I'm trying to do at least weekly updates. Bear with me if I miss a week every now and then.

Speaking of disappearing though, I was actually planning to drop this project. In the spirit of honesty, the last few days have been terrible for me.

It consisted of getting dumped, crying, eating ice cream, contemplating taking him back, having a panic attack, eating more ice cream (this time in the form of a cake), listening to Every Open Eye and The Bones of What You Believe by Chvrches back to back, crying some more, sleeping for 14 hours straight, and finally, getting up. I learned that I didn't really want to do anything anymore, but then had a revelation that what I want isn't what I need.

What I need is to do something fulfilling. A project like this is something that has been in the making for a long time and I finally had the drive to start it. I may not have that same drive, but I'm going to finish it regardless. Motivation can go fuck itself.

(For the full disclosure, though, this patch is probably going to be wrought with bugs and typos. At least 80% of it was written through the hazy tears of a heart broken girl.)

BUT, it's not all bad, you know? I found out that drawing and writing are actually super cathartic activities. And I also learned that crying a lot makes your boobs hurt, which was funny and made me stop crying for a bit. And that Blaze and Frigid make for really hot af sex scenes.

Anyways, I guess what I'm getting at is that for now, Divinity and I are here to stay. Oooooh also, I'm super self conscious about my sex scenes. All the reviews are about my intro and quests. Can I just get a little insight about the fucking? Thanks.

Art:

(Yeah, I'm not an artist, and it sucks. I just wanted to put it here because I did work on it and used it to help guide my characters.)