Dawn of Corruption news & patch notes

Dawn of Corruption - Special Edition is out on Steam as a DLC! It unlock a powerful Cheat Menu that lets you tweak or completely break the game’s mechanics in the most entertaining ways possible. Also lets you customize the race/species of your character with your own descriptors for your limbs! This lets you make yourself into any race/species you want. Have fun! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4485290/Dawn_of_Corruption__Special_Edition/?curator_clanid=40367963

Hey everyone! With this version, the game has all the endings I wanted for 1.0! Super excited to finally put this thing in the bag. I'm still keeping the door open in case people want post launch content in the future, but this is it for now at least. Next month will be fully focused on last minute bug fixing and polishing. Let's finally ship this thing. Release Notes 0.12.4 Features: New ending! - More than 6k words of new writing. - Featuring writing from Darknevoir! - Empower the Bind to reach his full potential. - Also adds new scenes for at the end of both dom and sub paths to setup the ending. Art: -Added art of the player when they're corrupted beyond recognition in multiple endings. (by Winty!) -Added art The Herald with 2 emotes. (by Winty!) Added "Memories of the Bind" achievement. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.12.3, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! Woooo the new build for Dawn of Corruption is out! I really wanted to write a strong ending for you guys since it's been a while. You won't wanna miss this one. 💜 I also finished making a little trailer and clean store assets for the upcoming 1.0 release. If all goes well I think the full release should be ready around March, but I don't want to lock in a date quite yet. Enjoy~ Release Notes 0.12.3 Features: New ending! - Available from the village when you are 30 times taller than earth's tallest building. - Very macro - Wanted to write a big ending for you guys as a thank you for supporting the game for so long <3 Added "Memories of the Barrens" achievement. (Special Builds) Cleaned up cheat menu. Added collapse categories to most debug options Added 4 size setting buttons for every character in the game. Added debug starters to every ending in the game. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.12.2, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! I managed to find some time during the holidays to clean up Dawn of Corruption some more, getting ever closer to that 1.0 release! Thanks again for the support everyone, and happy new year❤️ Release Notes 0.12.2 Features: Cleaned up a lot of writing throughout the whole game. Did lots of save file optimizations. Save files made in the normal version can now use the cheat/debug menu when loaded in the special Patreon builds. Bugfixes: Fixed optional infest passages for nyx spawn encounter not being shown when winning the fight. Fixed issues with abilities not being able to upgrade into new ones when reaching their max ranks. (This caused you to have both variants and being unable to reach max level with the upgraded one.) Fixed Mutate move language issues. Fixed losing to Ethrex resulting in looping sounds. Corrected Cray's pronoun usage. Fixed level ups descriptions not displaying with level updates. Fixed language issues with Echo's Form activation. Fixed issues with Mutate fight move. Fixed an issue where the Doppelganger fight in the manor couldn't be started in some cases. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.12.1, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! With this version, the game finally has all the endings for 1.0. I'll still be adding a few here and there but this is what I originally planned. The big release is awfully close! With Cray's art integrated, there's only one more character missing until everyone has art. Stay tuned, and thanks again for the support throughout the years. Release Notes 0.12.1 Features: Added the final ending of the main story path. (Neutral Eye of the Void path) -Unlocked when equally doing corrupted and pure storylines. -Hints at background lore of the world. Added "I of the Void" Fight Move -Unlocked with the final neutral ending. -Does world ending damage in future runs. Added "Finale of Mastery" Achievement Upgraded settings for custom race menus (Special Patreon Builds only) Art: Added art for Cray (by Winty!) -Has 3 outfits and 4 emotes. Balancing: Reduced cost to grow the imp after he joins your party. Bugfixes: Fixed multiple issues of passage transitions being duplicated when playing in Chinese. Fixed issues where using localized languages could make you skip some "first time" sequences for encounters. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.12.0, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

The next DoC build is ready! Polish polish polish. We're in those last few sprints before 1.0, so I've been focusing on finalizing a lot of old UI and mechanics that were never quite there yet. Game is starting to look cleaner and cleaner. At this rate, I can see 1.0 happening soon. We'll see! Release Notes 0.12.0 Features: Reworked Limit Break into Growth Limiters. -Growth is now uncapped by default, and you can add limiters to cap it. Growth beyond the cap is turned into Essence through Overgrowth. Mutant ability reworked to be more streamlined and with less restrictions. -Fight Move "Mutate" replaced with "Mutation Roulette", which performs a random ability during battle and may further Mutation. -Fight Move "Mimic" removed. Added UI for all ability triggers, both in and outside of combat. New Level up UI. New Options menu UI. New Save menu UI. New Achievements menu UI. New Stars menu UI. New Modify Metabolism UI. Made +/- icons for bunch of different menu. Cleaned background baked into side UI Optimized Echo checks (18ms saved for all passages) Optimized save file, making every transition 20ms faster. (Twine just works like that) Bugfixes: Fixed bad story pathing when being submissive to the bind for a long time, then suddenly switching to dominant. Fixed broken transitions in the Chinese version. Fixed highlight cover for ability categories being the wrong size. Fixed some Abel passages not stopping audio when ending. Fixed broken audio setups for Abel. Fixed some Ferro passages not stopping audio when ending. Fixed typos in The Might's audio calls. Fixed typo in Unstable Corruption's name. Cleaned up Naga Curse resolution. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.11.8, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

The next DoC build is ready! Got a big step done towards the upcoming 1.0 release. Every planned bit of voice acting has been made and integrated to the game. This means nearly 200 new lines! Doing all the data and mixing for them made my head spin, but it was worth it. Cheers, have fun! Release Notes 0.11.8 Features: Added Leviathan critter form voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Leviathan beast form voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added The Might voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Abel voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Hyper Abel voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Final Abel voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Ethrex voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Hyper Ethrex voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Final Ethrex voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Ferro voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Hyper Ferro voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Multi Ferro voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Apothus voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Apothus 2nd Form voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Tiadane voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. Added Nyx voice acting with 4 levels, 3 variants per level. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.11.7, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! The new release is ready! I've lost count of how many playthroughs I've made to iterate on the balancing, but it was worth it. Combat feels much faster, making the choice for your next move a lot more important. I hope you enjoy the Lost Naga ending too~ This is officially the biggest patch notes I've ever made lmao, big version! Have fun! Release Notes 0.11.7 Features: Added Lost Naga ending. -Available after strengthening Silas' Claim. Added "Memories of Silas" Achievement. Added art for the inside of Apothus' Castle (By Deriaz!). -Changes when you destroy the ceiling of the main hall. Added Overpower ability (Gain % Strength for each second spent in combat). -Unlocked at level 1. -Minotaur Guard starts with 5 ranks. -Lost Prisoner starts with 5 ranks. -Drenth starts with 5 ranks. -Apothus starts with 5 ranks. -Imp starts with 1 rank. Renamed Prowess to Agility. You can now fight Apothus even after promissing to join him. Won encounters requirement to starting The Might encounter is now 20 (from 30). Strength requirement to starting The Bind encounter is now 45 (from 20). Balancing: Changed player starting stats to 60 hp, 10 Agility and 30 Strength. (from 100 hp, 30 Agility and 15 Strength). Changed Nyx Spawn health to 170 (from 210). Changed Leviathan health to 150 (from 250). Changed Lost Prisoner health to 250 and Strength to 70 (from 500 hp and 50 Strength). Changed Lost Naga health to 350 and Strength to 160 (from 500 hp and 70 Strength). Changed Drenth health to 350 and Strength to 100 (from 700 hp and 70 Strength). Changed Imp health to 60 (from 64). Changed Apothus Form 2 health to 1000 (from 1200). Every global stat based abilities now grants multipliers on top of their bonus to their respective stats. -Size tiers grant 10%, 20%, 50%, 75%, 100% to Strength. -Muscle tiers grant 10%, 20%, 50%, 75%, 100% to Strength. -Balls tiers grant 5%, 10%, 25%, 35%, 50% to Agility. -Cock tiers grant 5%, 10%, 25%, 35%, 50% to Agility. Reworked "Unarmed Strike" fight move into "Pummel". -Has a 100% strength multiplier (from 70%). -Has 7 base damage. -Takes 2 seconds to perform. Reworked "Bash" fight move into "Quick Jab". -Has a 50% strength multiplier (from 100%). -Has 3 base damage. -Takes 1.2 seconds to perform (from 2). Warrior of Duality now grants strength when corrupted instead of arousal. -It is also unlocked from Level 1 (from 3). Increased Empowering Drink stat gains to 15 hp, 10 Agility and 10 Strength per rank (from 5 hp, 5 Agility and 3 Strength). Increased Deadly Aim crit chance gain by 10% per rank (from 7%). Piercing Precision is now unlocked at Level 1 (from 5). Vampiric Lust now heals for a percentage of max health instead of a set amount. Changed healing amounts for Joint Assault to 2.5% per rank (from 5% per rank). Strength of the Forgotten is now available at Level 1 (from 5) -Still needs to be in NewGame+ for it. Increased Block's damage mitigation to 45% (from 30%) Increased Prideful Ascent time cost to 5 seconds (from 4). Reduced growth multipleirs to Sigil Triad by about half. Increased Silas' Dominance growth multiplier to 50% (from 20%). Silas' Claim gains a 3x multiplier to its size theft values every time it's empowered. Changed stat gains upon leveling up. -Odd levels now grant 30 hp (from 20). -Even levels now grant 7.5 Strength (from 4). Changed leviathan choice restrictions. Changed leviathan corruption calculation. UI: Added animated fades to combat report as new moves are added to it. Moved time left before opponent's next move to the bottom of the fight window. Added tooltip display for XP and Essence modifiers. Cleaned up links in the main menu screen. Added Corrupted glitches to the Balls stat when infested by Nyx Spawns. Bugfixes: Fixed an issue where negative body stats would not be shown in the character sheet. Removed unused attack timing settings from Ferro's teammate menu. Fixed an issue where The Might's fight rewards were much lower than expected. Fixed an issue where Lukka would always complain that his reservoir was empty, until it was full. Fixed a Lukka passage counting as an expedition. Fixed issues with Mutation table. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.11.6, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! The features I had planned for the Lost Naga became more ambitious than I expected, so it became the main focus of the version. I hope you enjoy ❤️ Even with the whole Itch.io situation, I plan to keep doing monthly releases as usual. Exploring sexual themes and identities matters. Release Notes 0.11.6 Features: Added over 6k words of new Lost Naga content The Lost Naga will hint at a secret powerful technique he hid within the Bastion if you lose to them enough. -You can then find it within the jail cell near the Lost Werewolf. -The technique can be strengthened further if you defeat the Naga. -Using the technique on someone drains their size and tranfers it to the Naga. -Using it on the Naga drains your own size and gives it to him. -Using the technique against him will change how he acts after the encounter. -The technique can be empowered further... Added two new full body transformation art for the final, hyper form of Abel. (by WInty!) -Has both hyper and fully corrupted bodies -Corrupted body has layered tendrils and Nyx Spawns based on the scenes. -The exile scene that lets you infest Abel with Nyx Spawns becomes available again if the player takes in more spawns in expeditions. The Curse of the Naga mechanic is still present with the new content -Curse is stronger if you lose to him after learning Silas' Claim Added "Silas' Claim" fight move Added "Silas' Curse" Ability Added "Silas' Dominance" Ability Added "Patron of Silas" Achievement Bugfixes: Fixed some Ethrex related abilities not being applied correctly. Fixed Lukka's final Evolution being able to be repeated on win. Fixed Incubus Strike name reference. (Special Build) Fixed up Debug learn skills and abilities causing issues. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.11.5, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! Finally got this new version done, sorry again for the delays! This was another busy month for me, but I'm happy to keep pushing DoC a bit further every time. This version finally sheds some light onto what my vision is for Echo, and what it represents within the story. Feels great to have his arc finally revealed after having it ingame for so long <3 I hope you enjoy~ Thanks again for the support, excited to see what can be worked on for next month! Release Notes 0.11.5 Features: Added final evolution for Echo. -Accessible by talking to Lukka after evolving it once (must be over level 20) -Made to have the intensity of an ending on an arc that keeps the game going. -Echo Form now has a 3rd rank, which gives stronger stats and 30% damage reduction. Added Achievement "The Urge That Remains" (Become one with the forgotten urge.) Reworked "Herculean Build" into the "Echoes of the Urge" ability. -"Echoes of the Urge" is obtained by reaching the last stage of Echo's evolution. -Grants 50% of your muscle stat as strength. -Some characters start with "Echoes of the Urge" (The Might, Apothus' second form, Nyx) Balancing: The pit full of Nyx Spawns now infects you with a Nyx Spawn Infection 3 times (from 1). Bugfixes: Made Metabolism and Mutant boxes directly editable, with a variety of controls: Press-and-hold +/- Directly input numbers Up and down arrows. Changed metric display for small numbers. Fixed mentions of "Ankou" instead of the player's name in Abel's muscle worship scenes. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.11.4, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! Insanely busy month for me, but we got there in the end. This is the first month where I let patrons vote and drive what I work on, and I really enjoyed the experience! With how far development has gotten, it's great to see what really interests the community, and what features need more love. I was pretty surprised with the results! So this month, the focus was on adding the option for the player to Corrupt the Golden Bastion after they get exiled. I'm really happy with the writing for what I ended up with, turns out I might have a corruption kink guys :P Thanks again for the support, let's see what we can improve for next month! Release Notes 0.11.4 Features: Added optional path to corrupt members of the Golden Bastion after being exiled. (over 5k words) -Citizens will seek you out after you get exiled. -Corrupting them will make them come back for more after you reach enough corruption. Added "Corrupted Worshippers" ability Added "Dwindling Influence" Debuff for the Herald whenever you strengthen your corrupted worshippers. Added "Corrupted Bastion" achievement Added support for fight move critical damage. Added support for fight move base damage Added new Fight Moves unlocked by acquiring related abilities. -Added Fight Move Incapacitating Growth (Grow your opponent, stunning them with pleasure. Scales with size and corruption levels. Unlocked at level 15) -Added Fight Move Sacrificing Strike (Empower a strike by sacrificing a portion of your size. Scales on size sacrificed. Unlocked at level 20) -Added Fight Move Growing Duel (Scaled Critical Damage based on cock size. Grows the opponent's cock and balls. Unlocked at level 20) Drenth stats now grow in his narrative passages. Balancing: Buffed the Herald's base stats to compensate for his potential debuffs. Beefed up Leviathan in a fight, while making him less Essence-greedy. Draco's Omnipotence now recquires level 25 to be unlocked (From 20) Bugfixes: Fixed Autosaves not working properly. Fixed volume and measurement choices resetting on NG+ Fixed widget reload potentially breaking NG+, forcing reload. Fixed Torgar getting softlocked if you don't buy the slime blob and Leviathan evolves Fixed certain verbs only displaying the first letter of the word. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.11.3, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! Big case of "small patch notes for a lot of content" this time! I've been writing a lot, and got some much appreciated help by Rain for the "Pass time" section <3 This was a bit of an experiment but I want to keep doing polls with the patreon asking what you guys want for future versions. The whole exercise was pretty fun! I hope you enjoy, have a good day <3 Release Notes 0.11.3 Features: Added over 6k words to Abel in the village. -Added three intimate muscle worship scenes, each unlocking once your muscles are big enough. -Added worldbuilding scene available after you fought the Lost Naga for the first time. Added 20 unique scenes when passing time in the Bastion. Some only trigger when the player reaches a certain amount of stats. Added "Worthy of Worship" ability. Added "Devoted Worshipper" achievement (Let a friend unleash his fantasies of muscle worship.) Localization: Refactored how game logic is handled in localized versions of the game. Will greatly help improving stability in localized versions for the future. When a passage transition is inconsistent between english and localized versions, the english one will be shown to prevent bad pathing issues. Balancing: Increased the player's base health to 100 (from 60) Increased the player's base strength to 15 (from 10) Reduced the imp's base strength to 5 (from 20) Reduced Torgar's base strength to 10 (from 35) Reduced the time cost of Herald's Devotion (From 5 seconds to 3) Reduced strength multiplier of the first Size Diff global ability to 10% (from 20%) Bugfixes: Fixed an issue where some Cray dialogues could be played in the Village even after he left. Fixed bad pathing issue when fighting the slime as a macro before it turns into Leviathan. Fixed an issue where Herald's Devotion wouldn't be added to the player's moveset when getting the "Incomplete Memories" ending. Fixed progression of the Nyx manor dungeon for the chinese version. Fixed some display errors in Torgar's corruption path in Chinese. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.11.2, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! Got a pretty big version for you guys this time, a nice mix of new stuff and polish 💜 . Someone on the Patreon discord suggested having Cray appear outside the village after he leaves, but before he's fully immersed in Apothus's realm. I really liked the idea! So you can now encounter him in the Barrens, before he's truly lost. It also features new art to introduce The Might's encounter. Shards are powerful artifacts, and since he is much stronger than The Bind, I wanted his intro to feel a lot more overwhelming. And finally, I've been doing a lot of polish for some UI and designs. The stars rework should make things a lot clearer and offer a new potential challenge for seasoned players <3 I hope you enjoy~ Cheers! Release Notes 0.11.2 Features: After Cray leaves the Bastion, he will roam the Barrens. -This triggers a one-time encounter against him, with unique interactions based on the outcome of the fight. -Winning the fight will grant a stronger reward, but it's a challenging battle. Added “Faith of the Chosen” Ability. Added “Influence of the Chosen” Ability. Added Achievement "Triumph Of The Chosen" (Defeat the chosen after he leaves the Golden Bastion.) Added option to spend time in your current location instead of exploring. -This replaces the menu to extend stars buff duration. Simplified the Stars mechanics. -You can now increase the Strength and Health of enemies, increasing your Essence and EXP gain. -The inverse can be applied to yourself, increasing your Strength and Health, reducing your Essence and EXP gain. Stars descriptor in the village now says how many days are left for the current star. Character art will now be smaller on lower resolution displays. Now hiding title logo on the sidebar for lower res displays. Various grammar improvements for Leviathan's story arc. Cleaned up Moveset Menu. Cleaned up Stars Menu. Balancing: Ensnaring Goo now has a 50% strength scaling (From 0%). Art: Added art to The Might's introduction. (By Deriaz!) Bugfixes: Fixed an issue where Torgar's story would progress to its 2nd stage even if he still had potions to sell. Fixed an issue where some choices would be displayed twice in the Chinese localization. Fixed lots of bad passage linking for Chinese localization. Fixed an issue where the first passage after a fight was never localized. Fixed an issue where a lot of systems would break when going through new game+ in the Chinese version. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.11.1, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! Now that we're in beta, it's time to fix all the somewhat incomplete story arcs. A lot of characters were changed and tweaked over the years, so I'll be going back and giving them the love they deserve. <3 Also got some awesome new art for Leviathan! He's quickly growing to be one of my favorites. Expect more art for his later forms soon~ As always, enjoy the new features. Feels great to be able to close the loops on stuff that's been left hanging for so long. Cheers! Release Notes 0.11.1 Features: Added the Golden Bastion's guard post as a location to visit in the village. -Adds Cray as a new interactable NPC -Cray can give info about some encounters of the Barrens after the player meets them. -He can teach the player the First Strike move. (No longer acquired upon hitting level 3) -Cray's mood changes after some time, or certain events happen in the village SPOILERS ON NEW VILLAGE FEATURES START HERE After Cray's mood changes, he will leave the village at the next golden star. Abel will then mention Cray's departure in new conversations. SPOILERS ON NEW VILLAGE FEATURES END HERE The Lost Prisoner now escapes on his own after 17 days, even if not untied by the player. Added a passage when showing an empty Essence reservoir to Lukka. The village's flavour text now says which star is affecting the world. Tweaked the pacing of some writing in Nyx's realm Simplified mentions of the Eldest to refer to the Herald instead. Renamed "Infinite Development" ability category to "Endless Development" Removed mentions of learning the disabled move "Enraged Pummel" upon hitting Level 6. Art: Added art for Leviathan's critter form and beast form (By Winty!) Balancing: Fixed an issue where The Bind was using The Might's powerful Slash attack. Inhaling the corrupted cloth in the into now gives 3 Corruption (from 10) Bugfixes: Fixed an issue where buying every sigil from Torgar put him in his next stage, even if the slimey blob was still available. Fixed the fight move picker menu asking for 6 moves even when you only have 5 available. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.11.0, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone! This version is a pretty special one, as it marks the point where every encounters and story beats I planned for are finally in the game. So this officially makes it our first beta version! It's been a long road, not gonna lie. Can't say that it hasn't been without it's hurdles too, but I'm still really determined to push this game to the end. Cheers and thanks for your support, I'll never take it for granted <3 Release Notes 0.11.0 Features: First beta version! The game now contains 240k words, and has every encounter planned for the final release. Reworked the Slime encounter from scratch (with huge help from Myst <3) -Starts as a basic slime, but its potential can be awakened... -Torgar now has an option to sell you a "slimey blob" SPOILERS ON NEW ENCOUNTER FEATURES START HERE -Once evolved into Leviathan, he can be strengthened further to reach a stronger Beast form. -Leviathan has the "Sand Dive" move (Reduces incoming damage by 95% for 1 seconds.) -From there, he can reach a perfect pure or corrupted form and join you as a teammate. -Leviathan learns "Leviathan's Protection" move in his purity path (Reduces incoming damage of your teammate by 20% for 2 seconds.) -Leviathan learns "Leviathan's Corruption" move in his Corruption path (Heals your teammate for 10% of their corruption as health.) SPOILERS ON NEW ENCOUNTER FEATURES END HERE -Every damage mitigation moves now show how much damage is reduced when taking a hit. -Different damage mitigations can now be stacked. -Disabled the Save and Options menus during combat. -Shelving the Lost Entity encounter from the eastern Barrens. (It was stuck in a awkward state where their stats couldn't be persistent, unlike every other encounters. Plus a lot of its ideas were repurposed into other parts of the game. Not quite sure what to do with this one.) Bugfixes: Fixed display issues of hp and damage values showing lots of decimals after blocking. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.10.5, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

​Hey everyone~ As we wrap up another year of development, I want to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude to all of you. We should be hitting beta in the next few releases, then 1.0 a few months after, and it's all been possible thanks to your support. This game has been a life-changing journey for me. It enabled me to develop my own creative vision and skillsets in ways that years in the AAA game industry never could. So thanks again <3 I wanted this version to be a big expansion mid-late game, granting you guys more power to scale better into the final fights. Teammate-oriented builds were also a focus here since a good portion of players have been into growing their partners into truly godlike beings~ Enjoy the new build! Release Notes 0.10.5 Features: Added "Growth Tremor" as a level up ability. Whenever you receive damage, you permanently gain that much to your Muscle stat. (up to X% of your Muscle stat) Added "Joint Assault" as a level up ability. Heal (5%-25%) of your max health every time your teammate attacks. Added "Strength of the Forgotten" as a level up ability. Gain 5% Strength for each finished Cycle. (up to 50%-150%) Added "Reckless Maneuver" as a level up ability. Increases critical hits damage by 30%-150%. Reduce critical hits chance by 5%-25%. Added "Tandem Tactics" as a level up ability. Grants 25%-125% Strength to your teammate during combat. Added "Symbiotic Tactics" as a level up ability. Grants 25%-125% of your own Strength to your teammate at the start of combat. Added "Unstoppable Expansion" as a level up ability. (Whenever you gain any amount of growth, add (0.1%-1%) of your current size to that amount.) Added "Building Sized" Achievement (Grow taller than a building.) Added "Planet Sized" Achievement (Grow taller than Earth's diameter.) Added "Natural Leader" Achievement (Join forces with every potential partner.) Added new Fight Move "Block" to the player's starting moveset. (Reduces incoming damage for 1.5 seconds) Renamed "Actions" to "Seconds" to make it clearer that it is meant to express the duration of fight moves. Art: Added art for the Golden Bastion (by Deriaz!) Added art for Nyx boss fight (by Winty!) Balancing: Removed Slash from the player's starting moveset. (Replaced by Block) Herculean Build is now available at level 15 (from 1) Removed the "Momentum" ability until it's reworked to fit new combat systems better. Bugfixes: Fixed muscle stat inaccuracies with large values by a factor of 3 This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.10.4, but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements, and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Got a new encounter for you guys! A spirit of battle has invaded the Barrens, only seasoned warriors can face him~ If you've fought The Bind before, this new guy should feel familiar. I hope you like him! With that, there's only the slime encounter rework left before got everyone planned for beta. Gonna keep working hard until it's as good as it can be. <3 Thanks for the support everyone, and enjoy the new version! Release Notes 0.10.4 Features: Added The Might encounter. Is difficulty is balanced around mid-late game. Can be encountered in the Eastern Barrens. Featuring new art by Winty! Added "Harness of the Might" Achievement. Added "Health Infusion" ability that can be acquired when leveling up. Grants Health equal to your level upon acquiring this ability. (can be ranked up indefinitely) Added "Power Infusion" ability that can be acquired when leveling up. Grants Strength equal to your half level upon acquiring this ability. (can be ranked up indefinitely) "Power Infusion" is now the default pick upon entering the level up screen. Added "Infinite Development" category for level up abilities. Fixed a lot of small grammatical errors throughout the whole game. Balancing: Tweaked Herculean growth percentages and added extra ranks for it. (From 40,68,89,105,125 to 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100,110,120) UI: The Crit Chance tooltip now display all sources modifying it. Bugfixes: Fixed an issue where the "first time" intro passage for The Bind would not be used. Fixed an issue "Baptism In Corruption" wouldn't give stat boosts. Fixed an issue where "Orgasmic Growth" could be unlocked before unlocking Echo. Fixed Tiadane as a teammate having bad cropping on his combat portrait. Fixed bad info display for "Essence Hoarder" and "Apex Predator" when they are triggered Fixed localized display for Corrupted Remedy This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.10.3 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Got a pretty big version this time! With a new encounter with Drenth in the Barrens after he escapes the manor. I hope you enjoy it, I know it's been requested for a long time. This is also the first version to fully handle language selection at any time! Just click the new options menu on the sidebar and you can choose between English and Chinese. The Chinese translation is still a work in progress, so the game will default to English if a page has not been translated yet. Thanks for the support everyone, and enjoy the new version! Release Notes 0.10.3 Features: Drenth will now escape Apothus's manor after you unlock the seal to Nyx's realm. He then becomes a new encounter in the Barrens, and will behave differently if hostile, pure or corrupted. Your encounter with him will affect what path he takes even further. Added "Forgotten Wanderer" Achievement. Greatly improved UI for the mobile version during combat. Added new UI icons instead of normal choices for features in the Village. Added option menu to the sidebar. Removed options selection on character creation. Added language picker to the new options menu. Supports English and Chinese (wip). Remove the journal from your home. Balancing: Turned size difference global abilities into percentage buffs instead of raw strength. (From 7, 10, 40 Strength to 20%, 40%, 80%) Removed arousal gain buff from Size Difference global abilities. Bugfixes: Fixed display of high Metric number shortenings (k, m, b) being off by 10 ^ 3. Fixed an issue where Drenth wouldn't switch to his alternate art in some scenes in the manor. Fixed some passage transitions not using the bottom choice menu. Fixed the level up screen mentioning "Stamina" instead of "Prowess". Fixed Herculean Build's buff being applied after the next time you grew, instead of directly after you acquire the ability. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.10.2 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves.

Hey everyone~ Lots of polish and cleanup for this version! Feels good to finally have paths and characters being affected by their choices in an increasingly meaningful way. I'll keep iterating on them until beta! Thanks for the support everyone, and enjoy the new version. Release Notes 0.10.2 Features: If you gain too much Corruption, Lukka will now be exiled as well for helping you in your journey (after a few in-game days) He will then work on rebuilding a lab in the Barrens. Nyx will have his stat boosts reseted if you lose the fight against him. Added an option to escape from Nyx's fight if you lose too often to him. Fixed broken fight UI display for the mobile version. Added tooltips explaining the Strength, Prowess and Crit Dmg stats when hovering them. Removed Gumroad link from the opening page. Removed passages related to changing teammates attack timings since it's irrelevant in the new fight system. Balancing: "Codex's Passion"'s healing is no longer affected by Corruption. Increased "Codex's Passion"'s healing to 5%,10%,15%,20%,25% (From 2%,5%,10%,12%,15%) "Herculean Build"'s stat boost is no longer capped. Ranking it up now increases the Strength multiplier (From 50% to 40%,68%,89%,105%,125%) "Masochism" and "Draco's Omnipotence" now requires the arousal mechanic to be unlocked before appearing in the level up screen. Bugfixes: Fixed an issue where the option to "keep exploring" after finding the crash site didn't work. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.10.1 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Got a much requested addition for this month, where you can corrupt Abel further by bringing Nyx spawns back into camp for him~ Gonna keep expanding on this for the next few versions! I've also been doing some much needed polishing to combat UI, I'm starting to be happy with how it looks and feel. The road to beta is in full force, gonna keep working on it! Thanks for the support everyone, and enjoy the new version. Release Notes 0.10.1 Features: Added new story path to corrupt Abel completely after you've taken spawns of Nyx within you. Having more than 15 spawns expands it further. Added fight cards display to timeline history. Replaced timeline bar with a much clearer text to express how many actions you can fit before your opponent does their next move. Added "Envoy of the Spawns" Achievement. Art: Added art for Torgar. (By Winty!) Bugfixes: Fixed being able to return to the Bastion even if you corrupted Abel once you went back to low corruption values. Fixed bad value display for the size growth caused by Sigil of Growth This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.10.0 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Finally, with this new ending, we're at a point where I can confidently say that the game is at an Alpha stage. It represents a full vertical slice of the game. Doesn't have every story and mechanics polished completely, but you can play the game from start to finish. That means that I can start planning for Beta! Have a nice roadmap of everything I want to cleanup and polish so that the game is in a true shippable shape. Words can't express how excited I am for this, crazy to think that this little random project I started as a spur of the moment thing will be a fully featured game. So yeah, thanks for the support everyone, and enjoy the new version! Release Notes 0.10.0 Features: Added final Corruption path of the game. Added 'Consume Size' is now given in the "Finale of Temptation" ending. Added 'Consume Power' is now given in the "Finale of Corruption" ending. Added "Finale of Corruption" Achievement. Art: Added art for Ethrex's ending. (By Deriaz!) Bugfixes: Fixed bad variable comparison in Cray's ending Fixed bad variable assignment in some Abel dialogues Fixed an issue where Ethrex's head would sometime not be rendered. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.9.2 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Finally got the first True Ending done! I'm eager to finally reach Alpha in the next coming months, gonna keep writing until we got something amazing~ Had a lot of fun designing the moves for the final boss too, it gets pretty crazy. Enjoy the new version! Release Notes 0.9.2: Features: Added final purity path of the Eye of the Void. Leads to two final endings. Added boss fight with Nyx. Added 'Consume Size' Fight Move that absorbs size from every character in the game. Added 'Consume Power' Fight Move that absorbs stats from every character in the game. Both moves can be acquired by the "Finale of Temptation" Achievement. Added "Finale of Purity" Achievement. Added "Finale of Temptation" Achievement. Art: Added art for the Eye of the Void with 6 different alts. (By Deriaz!) This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.9.1 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Lots of fun stuff in this one, including setups for the true endings of the game, and new art for Kanathar and Lukka! I'm super excited to finally have the skeleton of what will become the endgame. Gonna make sure it's as good as it can be <3 Enjoy the new version! Release Notes 0.9.1: Features: Added option to "inspect the Eye of the Void" after it's fully repaired. Imbuing the eye with the memories of other endings and quests strengthens it, leading to future endings. Added combat portraits for all forms of every encounter and teammates. Cleaned up text descriptions for all fight moves. Tweaked mentions of the Nyx castle's "west wing" to simply say you're exploring the castle. Removed deprecated "Parry" move from Drenth's moveset. Added "Summon Parasite" to Drenth's moveset. Removed mentions of parries from the "Dragon Strike" fight move. Art: Added new "evolved" art for Lukka (by Winty!) Added new art for Kanathar's ending (by Deriaz!) Bugfixes: Fixed Sigil Triad missing some of the growth's description. Fixed the minotaur ending tracking the wrong flag to become available. Fixed Codex's Passion not doing percentage based healing as described. Fixed some passages with Ferro not applying Corruption as described. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.9.0 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Got some pretty cool stuff for this version! I've been planning to add some new content featuring Lukka for the longest time, and this month felt like a good moment to give him some love. He now has a new quest after you've acquired your symbiote, complete it and you'll gain some much needed buffs for it to scale into the mid-late game! Also, huge thanks to Winty for the new Ethrex art, I wanted him to grow into the biggest character in the game and his art truly reflects how massive he becomes <3 Enjoy the new version! Release Notes 0.9.0: Features: Greatly improved performance on all devices (more than 50%). Added new story for Lukka that's unlocked after merging with your symbiote. Clearing it evolves your symbiote further, giving it better stats, moves and scaling for late game. Added Inspect teammate button Added "Evolution" achievement Added "Tendrils Grasp" fight move UI: Added colored background to timeline log to show who's doing each action (player, enemy or teammate) Art: Added art featuring 3 forms for Ethrex (By Winty!) Bugfixes: Fixed inspected characters sometimes not showing their head. Fixed some bad branching in some of Lukka's dialogues. Fixed issues with Codex's Passion and Appetite of Growth that made them impossible to acquire. Fixed level up screen showing perk stats of its final rank when upgrading an ability to its next evolution. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.8.6 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Setting up new content for mid-late game that considers and adapts to the many choices players has been pretty challenging, but so rewarding <3 All that to say I got a fun new quest for you guys! Make sure to visit Abel after learning about Nyx to get it started~ Enjoy the new version! Release Notes 0.8.6: Features: After learning about Nyx, you can now let Abel know about your discovery. He will then give you a quest to restore an ancient artifact that was rumored to be crucial in overcoming Nyx. You must then find the two missing pieces of the artifact to restore it to its former glory. Two seperate encounters hold the missing pieces, you'll have to convince them to give them to you.= (This quest works even if Abel is corrupted and exiled.) Added "Eye of the Void" ability Added Mimic Perk (by Myst!) Added Mimic to slime Added "Pure of Heart" Achievement (Never fall to corruption in your travels.) Added "Bearer of the Eye" Achievement (Restore the Eye of the Void.) UI: Replaced chains icons on fight cards for a simpler "Action" cost. Added tooltip to Fight Card "Action" cost. Art: Added art for the minotaur guard (By Winty!) Added art for Drenth (By Winty!) Balancing: "Codex Passion" healing is now percentage based. Reduces healing based on Corruption. "Incorruptible" now grants 5% crit chance and 10% strength per rank (from 5% cc, 10% str) Bugfixes: Fixed an issue where size was not properly set after a fight. Fixed achievement progress sometime getting lost when upgrading save files. Fixed bad display of Ethrex's stats in some passages. Fixed the abomination achievement. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.8.5 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://gumroad.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Lots of balancing and game flow improvements for this one. Feels great to finally have the time to do full playthroughs over and over and be able to tweak stuff ❤️ I'm finally working on the game full-time as of this week, so versions are gonna be bigger from now on~ Enjoy the version! Release Notes 0.8.5: Features: Abel now joins you in your camp in exile, a few days after you corrupt him. The game now displays the final hits before ending the fight. You now always have 4 unique fight moves to pick from. Your moveset is now set to 6 unique moves. Focus has been reworked to clear all Stun effects from your character. Sigil of Vitality is now part of the base moveset. Removed the starting "Herculean Build" from Torgar to reduce snowballing. Art: Added art of Nyx's realm (By Deriaz!) Balancing: Reduced starting Prowess of every encounter Buffed stat gains per levels. (20hp and 8 limitbreaks on odd levels, 5 strength and 4 prowess on even ones.) All four sigils now have a timeline cost of 0.5 (from 1) First Strike's damage multiplier is now 2.5 early in the fight (from 3) First Strike's damage multiplier is now 0.5 later in the fight (from 0) Increased health gain from Warrior of Duality (3hp from 1hp) Removed Valiant Rush Removed Enraged Pummel Bugfixes: Fixed an issue where the first meeting with the Bind skipped unearthing the ring. Fixed the Prowess tooltip being inverted (for example, showing 96% cost reduction instead of 4%) Fixed an issue where Unnatural Growth would give more size and strength than expected. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.8.4 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://gumroad.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Loooooooots of stuff in this one, not sure where to even start honestly. First of all, I really weanna give massive thanks to Myst and MuscleMage for their help on a bunch of improvements on this build. They're beyond awesome <3 Story wise, we're inching further towards building Abel's arc. Finally you'll be able to corrupt him enough for him to join you on your adventures, but to defile the herald appretice comes with important consequences... There will be more Abel content coming in the future too, stay tuned~ Thanks again for the support! Release Notes 0.8.4: Features: Reworked the combat UI to combine all character logs and attacks into one window. (Thanks MuscleMage <3) Attacks are now at the bottom of the screen and expand when hovered. (Thanks MuscleMage <3) After being in a relationship with Abel, you can infect him with your Corruption every time you have sex with him. Once he is very corrupted, you can help him fully embrace his changes. (The Bastion will take notice) This will make him join your party. Your bond with Abel will be explored further in later versions. Having sex with Abel now also gives him a rank of "Timeless Bond". Abel can stun your opponents by using the Dragonstrike move. Abel starts with 10 ranks of the Disciplined ability and 5 ranks of Piercing Precision. You can now pray to the stars above to increase or reduce their influence, tweaking the difficulty for potential extra EXP and Essence. (Thanks Myst <3) Added small stat bonuses based on your race. (Thanks Myst <3) The Mutant and Abomination perks have been reworked to grant bonuses based on your extra limbs. (Thanks Myst <3) Added an option for the Feline race in character creation. (Thanks Myst <3) Some scenes can now only happen once a day. (Thanks Myst <3) Added "View Form" menu in Modify Metabolism. (Thanks Myst <3) Highlights parts of the Bastion's menu whenever new content is unlocked. (Thanks Myst <3) Art: Added corrupted body variant for Abel. Bugfixes: Fixed Ethrex not using the right character stats in some scenes. Fixed multiple issues with time passing without going on expeditions. Fixed special imp intros relating to his growth. Fixed an issue where the imp would often replay the intro of your first meeting. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.8.3 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://gumroad.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Got a pretty big update to end the year on, with a new ending and a bunch of new art! There's really not much to say this time, except that I hope you enjoyed the additions to the game throughout the year. As if this version, it has over 200k words across 2500 pages. No way in hell would I ever thought it would ever reach that point lmao. Still I'm determined to carry it to the finish line next year, stay tuned. <3 Thanks again for the support and see you in 2024! Release Notes 0.8.3: Added a huge new ending about becoming the apex predators of the Barrens with Ferro. (With writing by SomeMuscleGuy) Added reworked art for Apothus' first form. (Thanks Winty!) Added new art to Apothus' second form. (Thanks Winty!) Added nsfw bits to Abel's art. (Thanks Winty!) Starting player stats have been buffed slightly (from 40 hp to 60), (from 5 strength to 10) Prideful Ascent now has a combo cost of 4 (from 2) Slash now has a chain cost of 4 (from 3) This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.8.2 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://gumroad.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/

Hey everyone~ Finally got some new stuff done for Abel. This is part 1 of a new arc where you build enough of a bond for him to become your lover. It unlocks once you've interacted with him enough and have spent enough time in the Barrens. Make sure to visit him once in a while to see if he has something new to say. Winty has also done some awesome new art for Abel! There will be more coming for him in the future too~ Thanks again for the support and see you next month! Release Notes 0.8.2: Features: Added scene where Abel offers to reduce your Corruption. (Unlocks after being slightly corrupted) Added scene where Abel confesses his feelings towards the player. (Unlocked after 10 ingame days and after going through important moments with him.) Added nsfw scene with Abel. (can be done once per ingame day) Added "Corruption Inhibitor" ability Added "Promise of Corruption" ability Added "Timeless Bond" ability (can be acquired once a day) Added new art for Abel (By Winty!) Bugfixes: Fixed temporary writing in some of Abel dialogues. Fixed an issue where the "merge with nyx" ending was unreachable. Fixed temporary writing in some of Abel dialogues. Fixed an issue where the imp could use his small head on his bigger body. This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.8.1 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves. I'm truly sorry for the delays, life has been a rollercoaster but hopefully it'll get easier in the next few months. Still, there's some fun Abel content since a lot of people have been requesting it. https://www.patreon.com/sombreve https://gumroad.com/sombreve https://dawnofcorruption.net/