So, from the looks of it, there are some relevant changes to the meta aspects of the game.
Good News: The Perk tree at the beginning of the game got bigger! Also with some end-tree perks that you can repeatedly purchase (with Fame) to increase either your Exp, Gold drops or your Starting Points (for choosing your initial Traits).
Bad News: Your Save
GETS DELETED! (The Meta-save, the one with Achievements and Tree unlocks etc).
Kinda sucky imo, I feel like there were better ways to handle the changes done to some of the Persistent variables (such as having an Update Save option upon starting the game in a newer version, that changes your Persistent variables to fit the new ones; other Renpy games do that from time to time), but I guess it happens.
To counter that, for the time being, I found some of the Console Variables of the game! Placed them in the Text file attached.
First, reminder, to Enable the console, you either do the steps to enable it in renpy files (find the "00console.rpy" in "renpy/common" folder of the game, turn the "config.console" to True), or get
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that can do that automatically (place in game folder, run the .bat file, choose option 1).
After the console's enabled, in-game, press "Shift+O" (the letter O) to open the console (exit it with Esc).
In the Text file, the first segment I placed there, you can simply paste that part in the Console for most stats your Run might need.
The 2nd segment gives you the "persistent.fame" variable, to also be able to fully unlock the Skill Tree.
If you want to find more Variables (that I haven't found yet, such as the ones for Achievements, Gallery unlocks etc.), I recommend the
[Universal Ren'py Mod], a very-nice program that can help a lot to find Variables in Renpy games without needing to scroll through pages of Console logs.
I'll probably update my Blogpost on the Hero Corruption game series soon with the new info (on the variables), look forwards to that!