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This week is a dungeon focused one and we now have 5 / 6 side area maps done! You can now venture deeper into the Granitites Mines 2 dungeon.
The dungeon is currently lacking some milestone drops like a cool formula or something to pick up but after thinking about it, I think we first need more progress on the other fronts so I can then determine based on that what would be useful to pick up. Brightwood 2 also by the way got a new formula that allows you to make an item to counter blindness + gain extra accuracy.
In SKA, when you ventured into deep dungeons, I used rather dark lighting which put quite some strain on the eyes. So quickly integrated a simple visibility overlay plugin to show the visual progression in a less straining way. The dungeon itself is pretty big and also has another subcave, so mapping it out and creating the encounters took me most of the week. For the boss encounters, I don't have anything special to say, those who have played SKA will recognize most of them, which just some minor changes.
There is also a subcave that brings back the heat mechanic, but this time limited to a much smaller space. Basically functioning as an HP check to access a certain area that you could otherwise only access via a jump check.
If you go into the first level of the Granitite Caves, beware that there are various small changes similar to Brightwood that occur as the area level increase. Enemies gain some new skills, new rock spawn, etc.
Then we also have progress from our assistant developer Trihan who has implemented a new quest Fair Trade. The concept of the quest is simple: The local merchants and clerks need some help, but Edgar is refusing to give it. You can either invest money yourself to raise Town Prosperity or convince Edgar to use his influence to resolve the problems. Effectively, it gives the option to negotiate Town Prosperity increases with Edgar (3 total). You can also spend a day reading in the Bookstore to improve Liora's negotiation position.
Next week, I will be working on some little stuff here and there. Some extra clauses for the Edgar sex scene. I also want to add some more places where the joke clause can trigger (in particular during the Meeting event with the brothers, I would like for Edgar to use it to interrupt Liora). And if I have some time left over I can maybe already start on reaction content from the townspeople or rean for Liora spending so much time with Edgar / so little with Rean. But that's already going into plans for Part 3 and I expect my remaining dev time will mostly be occupied by asset integration as we have both a new CG for SKA and for Liora in the pipeline for next week + hopefully more voice acting content.
Our voice actress Allure reported that she came down with a cold this week, so there may be some delays on that side though. Anyways, see you next week for the 0.4.0 major update!
Changelog 0.4.0-prerelease-7 (20.02.2026)
Added map Granitite Mines 2
Added map Granitite Mines 2 - Volcanic Cave
Added boss Large Slime in Granitite Mines 2
Added boss Spider Queen in Granitite Mines 2
Added boss Salamander in Granitite Mines 2
Added detail design Granitite Mines 2 and Volcanic Cave
Added encounters and loot in Granitite Mines 2
Added formula Eyedrops in Brightwood 2
Added Granitite Mines area level 7 boss encounter powerup
Granitite Mines Area Level 6: Gave extra skills to Slimes
Granitite Mines Area Level 5: Spawned extra rocks
Added quest "Fair Trade"
Fair Trade: Added NPC stub Merchant Anthony
Fair Trade: Added objective 1
Fair Trade: Added objective 2
Fair Trade: Added objective 3
Fair Trade: Implemented completion and reward
Iterated Fair Trade
Fair Trade: Added bookstore research event
Implemented heat mechanic for Granitite Mines 2 - Volcanic Cave
Addded material Web Yarn
Improved effect trigger validation to suppress clause triggers targeting members not currently in party
Gave Vagina Sensitivity when Skillful Expectations passive is met
Balancing
None
Bugfixes
Fixed typos
Fixed Scam Records breaking when negotiating in exchange for Farm Defense
Fixed Town Archive being available in the morning slot
Fixed rean date cancellation being broken
Fixed broken date start after rean duel
Fixed rean bond triggering on first night when spending several days in intro
Fixed incorrect Rising Heat resets
Fixed Rean dialogue triggering during Scam Records when not on map
Fixed Smash missing Critical flag
Fixed Corpse Berries not giving extra Max MP to Liora