Night Games - Cats, Escorts, and Grudges is now available to all patrons!

Hi Everybody!

The new major update for Night Games is ready for release, and it's an exciting one! We have the sprites for Kat and Samantha that were promised in our $400 goal. The sprites for Reyka and Eve will be next.

If you're supporting at the $5 or above tier, you should head to the premium release post to download the premium build. 

If you're supporting at a lower tier, you can download the standard build from the post below.

If you aren't supporting at all, you have two options. First, it's not too late to become a patron. Just $1 a month will get you the early release. If you're not interested in that, the standard build will be available to the public in a week.

I want to take a moment to thank Veroen for the suggestions he posted in the forum. The two biggest mechanical additions, the Grudge System and Challenge Mode, were based on his suggestions.

For anyone with a passing familiarity with Shadow of Wardor, the Grudge System is like a light version of the Nemesis system. After you beat an NPC, she'll get a grudge buff the next time you fight her that night. These grudges are mostly unique to each character based on their fighting style and personality. This will give you something extra to deal with if you keep picking on the same NPC repeatedly.

The Challenge Mode makes use of the handicap system that was already in the game. Instead of being offered handicaps for bonus money, in Challenge Mode, you'll be automatically given a handicap each night. I've also added some more handicap types to make sure there's a variety. This will be great for players that find the vanilla game a bit too easy, but don't want to use the Hard AI.

Now I'm glad that the Hard AI is in the game, because I know some players are really fond of it. Thank you Jos for making it. However, I've never found it fun to play against. Optimized behavior is just too predictable for my taste. I'm glad that we have an alternative now.

The last addition I want to talk about is something that no one complained about, but bugged me during testing. NPCs that equip strap-on dildos now show them in their sprite. AimlessArt even went the extra mile to give each one a unique design.

Changelog:

Added Sprite and clothing for Kat

Added Sprite and clothing for Samantha

Sprites now show when strapons are equiped

Some tweaks to Yui's sprite

Fixed an issue with incorrect underwear detection

Implemented a new Dummy class that lets me add sprites with different expressions and states of dress to scenes

Added sprites to Tutorial

Added sprites to several daytime scenes that were missing them

Remade several of the Horny expressions

Old Fuck art is now associated with the Missionary position rather than the specific skill

Added Cowgirl art

Added Carry art

Fixed a crash involving Masochism status and the hard AI

Fixed a crash talking to Yui with portraits enabled

Added portraits for Yui (They're just cropped sprites, but better than nothing)

Added Angry expression for Yui

Training now only increases stats for the Character that initiates it

Fixed some flagging to handle improbable event collisions

Fixed some flagging to prevent threesome scenes from appearing multiple times in a day

Nerfed Dark Tendrils, it now costs more Arousal and does not scale as strongly with Dark

Nerfed Binding, it does not scale as strongly with Arcane

Bind (zipties and handcuffs) are now only usable against targets in immobile submissive positions.

Reduced the amount Advanced training scales per Attribute point.

Active Imagination weakness now applies a uniform +50% to all Temptation damage

Mojo can no longer be reduced below 0

Fixed an issue where Toy Master perk was not being applied correctly

Base stamina regen per turn is now 2% of max stamina instead of flat 1

Added some bolding to improve Challenge readability

Challenges now add an item to you inventory that you can reference if you forget your goal

Added some new possible results to cooking based on Science and Ninjutsu

Added Super Energy Drink, doubles the stamina regen of normal energy drink

Added Eve defeat scene by Onyxdime

Fixed a major issue with Substitute used by NPCs

Fixed some behind the scenes position behavior for NPC only fights involving penetration

Characters can no longer struggle when Enthralled

Matches will now continue until player finishes ongoing actions

This should prevent issues where the match ends twice

Separated match scoring screen from postmatch events

Had to move Patreon supporter credits to their own dialog

Added $ to store prices for clarity

Cynical status now reduces Temptation damage by 25% instead of a flat 5

Shamed status no longer triggers Cynical

Shamed status is now more severe, inflicting a stackable -10% damage penalty to many skills

Spank no longer calms the target

Unsuccessful Struggle and Escape attempts cause positions to decay faster, making future attempts more likely to succeed

Fixed Invite being usable with pants on

Fixed requirements of Fly to make it accessible to players

Fly no longer requires 15 mojo (it didn't spend it anyway)

Face Fuck's Shamed status now scales with Fetish

Reversal now maintains penetration, similar to Struggle

Pleasure bonus from Lickable weakness changed from 30% to 50%

Insatiable weakness now leaves character at 50% arousal after victory

Reduced the damage bonus from Ticklish weakness

New Submissive skill: Buck

Winded status negates all stamina damage, preventing characters from being stun-locked as easily

The AI should no longer attempt stamina attacks at winded opponents

Increased the amount most pain attacks cause Angry

Pain damage now pushes NPCs toward Angry based on magnitude

Temptation damage now pushes NPCs toward Horny based on magnitude

Weaken damage now pushes NPCs toward Nervous based on magnitude

Heal now pushes NPCs toward Confident based on magnitude

Changed Match Handicaps to give percentage bonus instead of flat bonus

Rewrote a bunch of Match Handicap related stuff for Challenge Mode

Underwear-only handicap now allows undershirts as well

Added Handicap Mittens: -75% finger proficiency

Added Handicap Lame Glasses: negates Mojo generation

Added Handicap Ticklish: gives Ticklish weakness

Added Handicap Hairtie: gives Achilles Jewels weakness

Changed difficulty setting to a group of non-exclusive modifiers during character creation

Added Game Modifier - Challenge Mode: Forces the player to accept a handicap each night without a bonus. A good alternative to the Hard AI

Added Game Modifier - Short Matches: Matches last 2 hours instead of 3

Added Game Modifier - Double XP: Player and NPCs level twice as fast

New situational pre-fight dialogue for all characters, referencing things such as state of dress and affection

Grudge System: NPCs you defeat will gain a potent buff if you fight them again in the same match

Grudge buffs are different for each character and are hinted at in prefight dialogue

Cassie Grudge bonuses:

*Spirited: Mojo gain bonus

*Determined: Recover Stamina and Arousal when standing up from prone

*Modestly Dressed: Clothes are harder to remove

*Overflowing Mana: Spells cost much less Mojo

Mara Grudge bonuses:

*Inspired: Cunning bonus

*Perfect Plan: Strips player at start of combat

*Plan B: Consumes an energy drink to heal whenever she would be stunned

*Experimental Weaponry: Bonus to all sex toy damage

Angel Grudge bonuses:

*Ice Queen: Temptation damage resistence

*Seductress: Seduction bonus

*Untouchable: Evasion bonus

*Succubus Vagina: Increased sex damage

Jewel Grudge bonuses:

*Flash: Speed bonus

*Powered Up: Power bonus

*Healing Factor: Stamina regen

*Confident Dom: Major stat buffs when mood is Confident or Dominant

Yui Grudge bonuses:

*Flash: Speed bonus

*Ishida 3rd Hidden Art: Returns more pleasure damage during intercourse

*Ninja Preparation: Binds at start of combat

Kat Grudge bonuses:

*Feral: Get Feral buff regardless of arousal

*Predator Instincts: Stronger pins

*Lands on her Feet: Can't be tripped or knocked down

Reyka Grudge bonuses:

*Overwhelming Darkness: Dark bonus

*Succubus Vagina: Increases sex damage

*Enthralling Presence: Enthralls at start of combat

Samantha Grudge bonuses:

*Tantric Breathing: Arousal regen

*Spare Handcuffs: Gets 2 sets of handcuffs at start of combat

*Veteran Prostitute: Reduced pleasure damage to vagina

Eve Grudge bonuses:

*Sadistic Mood: Inflicts Masochism at start of combat

*Defensive Measure: Starts combat wearing a groin protector

*Revved Up: Seduction and Fetish bonus when aroused

Premium Only:

Art for Cassie x Mara threesome

Art for Angel 2nd Sex scene

Art for Jewel 2nd Sparring scene

Art for Mara Faeries scene

Art for Yui