RPGM Star Knightess Aura [v0.48.1] [aura-dev]

[smkey21]

The mental changes don't appear to have any bearing on her in Roya. You would think altering someone's very being would be reflected everywhere but it's not. Her outfit doesn't change in Roya like her irl outfit does. Her priorities and attitude don't change in Roya like they do irl. The mental changes only seem to matter in irl and Roya seems to be severly neglected. You beat one big bad and then the others are fodderized in a group or never show up then it's straight to the final boss.

You can say the progression is fine, that's your opinion as it is mine that it is not because she jumps the gun like crazy. I'm not going to argue this with you or anyone. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I am keeping mine. imo the erotic content is tacked on and the main campaign is phoned in and I want to know if that is going to change for the better.

There are a lot of elements in this game that I feel are being underutilized to the point that I don't understand why they are even in the game.

Being entitled to an opinion is fine and all, but several points you mention are just factually incorrect. Plenty of mental changes impact Aura's behavior in Roya. Bonds, a ton of perversions, language modifications, and other things I don't feel like typing out. Even her wanting to wear cute clothes has a debuff in Roya. There are also examples of changes in Roya influencing her in real world scenes. The debuff when she starts wearing heels also has a very minor impact on her appearance. If you are bulldozing all the boss fights then you are either playing on a super easy difficulty or cheating. I don't have an issue with that, but you can always try not doing so if you want that aspect of the game to be more engaging.

Aura doesn't "jump the gun like crazy" in any way shape or form. The game has a lewdness progression system that forces her to perform increasingly depraved acts. I mentioned this before, but there are hard limits on how early into her corruption she will perform certain acts. Her lewdness stat needs to be in at least the mid 30s before Aura will have sex, and multiple less extreme scenes need to have been triggered before any of those will happen. There's a clear logical flow to pretty much all of the lewd content. Early scenes are usually minor rewards with a minor cost, or easier ways of doing things that have a slightly higher corruption cost or start a chain. Once you reach the midgame the lewd scenes start having lasting consequences, and late game you have to struggle to not be overwhelmed by the compounding consequences of those choices. The main campaign is what it is. If you aren't finding it challenging then it's not going to suddenly magically become something you like in the final dungeon.

1. The collar. It takes away her OP powers and she can only take it off once a day. You would think this would lead to some spicy situations but it doesn't, it literally never does. As a story device it gives her a reason to start from scratch and join a guild which is good for balancing and progression but if she can handle all challenges the game throws at her with the collar then the collar is completely pointless. Is this going to change?

It leads to her spicy outfit. Her abilities being limited can directly lead to a couple of spicy situations, and I'd argue is the cause of all her scenes. Just not directly in battle. Which I'm glad for, because I can't stand most "battle fuck" style games. If you find all the combat too easy you should play on a higher difficulty, you won't anymore.

2. The erotic stances. These come too late to be of any use and are of dubious use to begin with given how easy combat is and the fact that enemies do not respawn. You would think the stances would lead to battle sex, game over rape, or even cut-ins of her flashing because that's what the skills say they do... at the very end of the game an entire section of her mindscape is dedicated to them. Are these ever going to amount to more than flavor text?

You don't need to reach that chamber to unlock any of the seductive stance related skills. This will be the final time I acknowledge the whole "easy combat" complaint, because that's a choice you are making. I don't really care about battle cut-ins, but it's something you could suggest to the developer. They seem like they would be a very low priority addition though. The lewd combat skills have their uses, but adding a battle sex system would be taking the game in a totally different direction from its current design.

3. Her guildmates.

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Is anything meaningful going to come from the guild? Any questing spicy or otherwise? Are they just here? Is their character ever going to be expanded on?

John can fondle Aura, and there's a blowjob scene with him you can miss as well. The only way to trigger sex with John is to have zero willpower after unlocking a mental change that tells you that it will lead to Aura doing sexual acts with others. It's literally Aura fucking John out of primal lust, so I don't know what other buildup is needed. Also, he's partially there to make sure Aura always has a source to take out her sexual desires once you have made that mental change.
John's dream is to build a harem and he seems like he'll be quite important in the good ending, so that might be expanded on in some of the good endings. If not there's a chance for something to happen after the main stories are finished.

I'm not trying to complain. I'm just seeing a lot of what looks to be dead ends. And the game is coming to an end so..... but if you say it's going to be worked on after it's done then I suppose all I can really do is wait and see.

Except for additional art assets the lewd scenes are all supposed to be complete for the 1.0 release, so don't get your hopes up for anything before then. The good news is that 1.0 is on schedule for a release early next year. After that, the developer has said the plan is for extra content to be added in a modular way similar to how Larian Studios added side content to the Divinity games.

 

[Gerbalzlayer]

Being entitled to an opinion is fine and all, but several points you mention are just factually incorrect. Plenty of mental changes impact Aura's behavior in Roya. Bonds, a ton of perversions, language modifications, and other things I don't feel like typing out. Even her wanting to wear cute clothes has a debuff in Roya. There are also examples of changes in Roya influencing her in real world scenes. The debuff when she starts wearing heels also has a very minor impact on her appearance. If you are bulldozing all the boss fights then you are either playing on a super easy difficulty or cheating. I don't have an issue with that, but you can always try not doing so if you want that aspect of the game to be more engaging.

Aura doesn't "jump the gun like crazy" in any way shape or form. The game has a lewdness progression system that forces her to perform increasingly depraved acts. I mentioned this before, but there are hard limits on how early into her corruption she will perform certain acts. Her lewdness stat needs to be in at least the mid 30s before Aura will have sex, and multiple less extreme scenes need to have been triggered before any of those will happen. There's a clear logical flow to pretty much all of the lewd content. Early scenes are usually minor rewards with a minor cost, or easier ways of doing things that have a slightly higher corruption cost or start a chain. Once you reach the midgame the lewd scenes start having lasting consequences, and late game you have to struggle to not be overwhelmed by the compounding consequences of those choices. The main campaign is what it is. If you aren't finding it challenging then it's not going to suddenly magically become something you like in the final dungeon.



It leads to her spicy outfit. Her abilities being limited can directly lead to a couple of spicy situations, and I'd argue is the cause of all her scenes. Just not directly in battle. Which I'm glad for, because I can't stand most "battle fuck" style games. If you find all the combat too easy you should play on a higher difficulty, you won't anymore.



You don't need to reach that chamber to unlock any of the seductive stance related skills. This will be the final time I acknowledge the whole "easy combat" complaint, because that's a choice you are making. I don't really care about battle cut-ins, but it's something you could suggest to the developer. They seem like they would be a very low priority addition though. The lewd combat skills have their uses, but adding a battle sex system would be taking the game in a totally different direction from its current design.



John can fondle Aura, and there's a blowjob scene with him you can miss as well. The only way to trigger sex with John is to have zero willpower after unlocking a mental change that tells you that it will lead to Aura doing sexual acts with others. It's literally Aura fucking John out of primal lust, so I don't know what other buildup is needed. Also, he's partially there to make sure Aura always has a source to take out her sexual desires once you have made that mental change.
John's dream is to build a harem and he seems like he'll be quite important in the good ending, so that might be expanded on in some of the good endings. If not there's a chance for something to happen after the main stories are finished.



Except for additional art assets the lewd scenes are all supposed to be complete for the 1.0 release, so don't get your hopes up for anything before then. The good news is that 1.0 is on schedule for a release early next year. After that, the developer has said the plan is for extra content to be added in a modular way similar to how Larian Studios added side content to the Divinity games.

Nah, you are factually incorrect and being argumentative for internet points. This will be the last time I address you. Experiences are subjective. I play on whatever the default difficulty is and "bulldoze" the bosses. The fact that I am even put in a position where I am having to explain myself is proof that you have greatly overstepped your bounds. Have a nice day.

 

[TylerJ]

In Judgement of Pride side quest, how to find the key and cast open domajn on it?

the key is a painting of a black knight in rosemunds mansion 2nd floor

 

[djv007]

when can we expect the public version to come out??

 

[SuperMaxo]

when can we expect the public version to come out??

Public version has already been leaked here, 0.48.0

 

[curuchett]

to WIN does the previous version still say?

 

[SuperMaxo]

to WIN does the previous version still say?

https://f95zone.to/threads/star-knightess-aura-v0-48-0-aura-dev.76764/post-15209423

 

[smkey21]

Nah, you are factually incorrect and being argumentative for internet points. This will be the last time I address you. Experiences are subjective. I play on whatever the default difficulty is and "bulldoze" the bosses. The fact that I am even put in a position where I am having to explain myself is proof that you have greatly overstepped your bounds. Have a nice day.

I'd love to know what I was factually incorrect about, but I guess I'll never know. I also can't think of many things I could care about less than internet points. The "subjective experience" you describe couldn't have possibly been had while playing on the normal difficulty without cheating. The game is balanced in such a way that bosses, especially the generals and some of the optional bosses, require varying tactics that sometimes even need to be adjusted mid combat. If that wasn't your experience then somehow you ended up not experiencing the "default difficulty" as it was intended.

As for me greatly overstepping my bounds... When exactly did expecting someone to be able to express themselves in a meaningful manner become an extreme taboo? The first response to your first post thought you were trolling. That's how far away from the normal experience your post was. I was just trying correct your misconceptions and "debug" your experience to see where that inconsistency came from. Have fun thinking you've won and argument that only happened in your own head.

 

[whittle]

The "subjective experience" you describe couldn't have possibly been had while playing on the normal difficulty without cheating. The game is balanced in such a way that bosses, especially the generals and some of the optional bosses, require varying tactics that sometimes even need to be adjusted mid combat. If that wasn't your experience then somehow you ended up not experiencing the "default difficulty" as it was intended.

Maybe they're confusing using the collar with actually fighting the bosses?

 

[Luau]

Just seems like gerbalz didn't bother to read any thing in the game, which is weird cuz they clearly can read, considering the nine or so paragraphs they wrote. Maybe they fed it into CGPT or something.

 

[smkey21]

Maybe they're confusing using the collar with actually fighting the bosses?

That's a possibility I had sort of dismissed. They didn't specify just bosses when they said that combat was easy, and without knowing which fights are actually a threat I feel like you'd build corruption much faster than you could spend it. I haven't actually tried a run where I raced against overusing remove collar since version 0.20 or so though, so I might be overestimating how difficult that would be.

The bigger issue was that it seemed like they would prefer this was in the category of game where the combat has a standing image of the heroine with a bunch of outfits you can choose from which take battle damage, then she gets fondled/raped by the opponents. They also suggested game over scenes for losing fights and other common tropes of that sort of game. Aside from the standing images and cut-ins, none of that is compatible with how the current combat system works, so they basically want a different type of game.

 

[Nytemare]

This is a decently fun game but there's too many mechanics flying around that makes it a hassle to play. Maybe the final version will iron out this issue, but currently it's not worth investing any time during development stages.

 

[temptressDiana]

The game is great, but there is one significant problem:

Periodically, some scenes in the real world are blocked, either because of the order of opening, or because you open too quickly (for example, after a certain mental change, scenes should happen in a day, in 3 days, and in 5. And one day you put on another improvement that the time of this scene pushed back.) I have so at first on the second chapter progress was slowed down (I had to play again), now at the very end (all changes are made (except for the room of combat skills in chapter 3), and the device with tokens (where the exchange of stats) in the second), the Vice is scored 27/29, and the Crystal of idealism still retains 13/200. Even if you take into account 6 points from the two remaining Vices, there will still be 7 points left. And of all the real-world scenes, only Laziness 2 isn't open.)

If anything, version 0.45 (ending by Changelog is ready)

 

[Shadow9855]

Can anyone help me with this? I want to download save from f95zone but it keep showing this sentence
- This site can't be reached
- attachments.f95zone.to took too long to respond.
I'm quite confident that my internet are good enough to download but why it still keep showing this?

 

[Umbra214]

Can anyone help me with this? I want to download save from f95zone but it keep showing this sentence
- This site can't be reached
- attachments.f95zone.to took too long to respond.
I'm quite confident that my internet are good enough to download but why it still keep showing this?

Use TouchVPN

 

[togainumaki]

Is there a walkthrough guide for this game?

 

[bunnychase.of]

Is there a walkthrough guide for this game?

I found one that helped me the first 40th days, but after that I screwed my game at a level that Im in the 200th day and everything is sex and I have to fk every 3rd day and well is not that bad, except that I believe that maybe I will not be able to fight the Demon King before Luciela end with me.

 

[whittle]

I haven't kept up with things, but I would imagine that one of the issues with older walkthroughs is that a few aspects of the game were rebalanced, and advice on some encounters may not be completely accurate anymore. Probably best to just understand the mechanics (or outright cheat your stats to make Aura unstoppable) rather than get too involved in precise guides?

 

[Gerbalzlayer]

Maybe they're confusing using the collar with actually fighting the bosses?

NO! You never have to take off the collar for anything. That's exactly the problem! What is the point of a mechanic that you never engage with? It's superfluous and pointless! Add to that you would think a power sealing collar on a hero in a porn game would lead to S&M play. The only purpose the collar seems to serve is as a get out of jail free card for the unprepared or an obnoxious limitation on how much you can get done in one day, and yes it is obnoxious because there is no time limit unless you count Alicia's brainwashing which I don't because the player controls her so you are never in any danger...

I grew up on turn based strategy games. I beat SMT apocalypse on apocalypse easily as well as the other SMT games including Nocturn, I beat Fire emblem fates conquest on the highest difficulty easily (Like 7 hours on an emulator). I beat most video games on the highest difficulty easily because most video game difficulty just requires that you pay attention and be patient. I don't care about difficulty!

Difficulty IS subjective. Anytime someone uses words like good or bad that is an opinion! Notice the emotionally charged language. You cannot tell me that I am factually incorrect for holding an opinion unless you are butt hurt and want to argue with me to try and bully me into shutting up or agreeing with you which is a waste of everyone's time and very rude!

Normally in video games when you beat a boss the next set of bosses is stronger. In this game after Greed the bosses are treated like Freeza in Dragon Ball Z fusion reborn - They literally don't matter and can be killed off in a group like basic enemies.

The Roya side of things contradicts itself. She's weakened by the collar and struggles against Greed. Alicia weakens her further by altering her mind. The lust curse weakens her. And yet despite only learning a handful of spells that anyone can use the bosses get reduced to fodder BY THE STORY. The story ignores everything it set up so that you can win a fight easily that you shouldn't have been able to from a logical perspective plus compared to the Greed fight it was just boring. The progression is BAD and doesn't make any sense!

Is it because I dared to play a porn game like a porn game? Who knows. The tone is all off though. All the moving parts don't seem to fit well with each other and only interact with each other in minimal and superficial ways if at all. Ex. Her giving up on studying making it take longer to finish books which are fringe easy to miss content to begin with or her hero outfit not changing with her real world outfit like you would think it would.

Locking stances to the very end (the benefits at least) ensures that they will be useless/underused just like the Mutagens in The Witcher's Blood and Wine DLC. etc. Only you can play Blood and Wine first so Mutagens can matter, you can't do that with stances, not even with NG+ last I checked and that's not even accounting for their dubious usefulness that I don't even want to get into.

I don't know how I could possibly be any clearer about this. I feel like I am repeating myself at this point because I am!

I just wanted to know if there where any plans for these things to change. That's literally it. Not get pulled into a pointless argument or get dragged for daring to think for myself.

 

[DerWahrePeter]

I ran into a bug with the Stolen Foods quest. The quest tells me to talk to Julian (after finding the secret food storage), all the guides tell me to talk to Julian, but when I do talk to him, the MC just says "(I gotta talk to the worshipper the guards captured)" and won't let me turn in the quest.