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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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https://dawnofcorruption.net/

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.

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.

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.

Features:

Reworked incubus encounter completely.

-He now called Erthex, the incubus.

-Features unique passages before and after each stages of your demonic transformation.

-He can now join your party after you defeat him as a Lord of Lust.

-Defeating him after he joined you grants the "Lust Incarnate" ability.

Added the option to have the choices be either inside the main window or at the bottom of it.

Added missing variant for hyper sized cocks in the glory hole room of the castle.

Adjust character portraits so that they float to the side to allow text to flow around them. (Thanks MuscleMage!)

Art:

Added art showcasing The Bind as a ring before his encounter (Thanks Deriaz!)

Added wip character art for The Bind (Thanks Winty!)

Bugfixes:

Fixed an issue loading a saved game after rebooting the game.

Fixed broken choice window in Firefox. (Thanks MuscleMage!)

Fixed broken narrative events in some of Abel's dialogues.

Fixed an issue with cancelling limit breaks after removing points from stats.

Fixed display bug in the description of Last Stand.

Fixed a display issue with one of Apothus 2nd form's attack.

Balance:

Tripled the amount of Limit Breaks gained by leveling up.

This version is NOT compatible with saves from 0.7.4.1 but you can restart the game with your Essence, Achievements and Exp from older saves.