RPGM Completed Star Knightess Aura [v1.2.1] [aura-dev]

[Yellowie The Goldie]

Skipping the corruption path is not an option, even in the purest path; Aura will still get corrupted daily, no?

After much facepalming, slamming my head into the wall, desk and about every other surface in my room...I've beaten this god damn game on the Nightmare mode. It took me almost full 7 days but I effing did it.

I AM NOT DOING A NIGHTMARE RUN EVER AGAIN. PERIOD!




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As you can see...My Aura playthrough months ago on NIGHTMARE difficulty has yielded the near-perfect score of 254, just short by 18 points. NO corruption whatsoever, fully resisted Alicia's influence.

And I won. Against all odds, on day 100 on Nightmare difficulty.

So yes, doing a 100% pure run is not only possible, it is also rewarding in the end because it makes you feel like this is the very same Aura who beat Richard the first time in the prologue, only MORE seasoned, experienced and now truly his equal even without the Divine Gift.

It is very rewarding seeing Richard break down and get furious and it's even more rewarding to see him get what he deserves.

Once more like a broken record:

100% PURE. NIGHTMARE RUN. UNIMAGINABLE PAIN!

 

[Arachel]

I picked up this game again as it has now been completed. I had first noticed it many years ago, when I gave it up because it was both overcomplicated and buggy. I never attempted to depreciate it because I could see the devs were serious about their work. But after some time of serious playing and reading some posts here, I feel I am obligated to remind the devs about some ideological misunderstanding, kindly:

Sexual liberty ≠ slut, though you can depict it in a slutty way. But it can't be more wrong to present sexual liberty with bullying, blackmailing, drugging, spiking, raping, molesting, or being taken advantage of. From the female perspective, nothing can be scarier than being bullied and blackmailed to have sex with males who are repulsive to her. That was why I lost all appetite for the corrupting path immediately after carefully reading the dialogues in the prologue this time, until many days later, when I overcame that repulsive feeling toward Richard because he is marginalised (so far, by the point in the middle of my playthrough). No wonder many players get offended by the pornography in this game. I am one of them, even though I believe Aura could be more liberal in many aspects.

In this game, sexually, I feel it is objectification of the female main character rather than "corruption" of her, because Aura consistently lacks acceptance of "lewd" activities. There are so many instances of drugged, blackmailed, and even forced sex against Aura's will. At least in the first half of the game, she is like a piece of meat, which reminds me of statutory rape, which is NOT sexy at all. Objectification can be fun in some kinky activities, such as a sub/dom dynamic, which developers of this game love so much. However, such activities typically require mutual consent to occur. In those activities, "being objectified" is usually not the purpose, but the result of the passion and dedication that apparently Aura lacks.

So, the corruption path presents players with a significant dilemma. On the one hand, you devs spend hundreds of hours on sex scenes that the Corruption path leads to, so that they become a very significant part of the game. On the other hand, we inevitably sympathise with Aura as the victim consistently (we are playing her after all, or do you want us to play her at all?). It makes the situation even tougher for players when it comes to Aura bullying her old friends, which is unbecoming, uncomfortable and unnecessary regarding all aspects of this game. The conflict is a curse that renders this game unimmersive.

Skipping the corruption path is not an option, even in the purest path; Aura will still get corrupted daily, no? Besides, I would never spend even one mumite on an unadulterous RPG that is made with a gaming engine born more than 20 years ago, while we have plenty of UI5 games everywhere nowadays.

I am glad to hear you are developing a new game with RPGMAKER. I present my kind wishes. I believe the new game would be even better if you spent more time on submissives' psychology within the framework of BDSM, which has already provided a lot of ideas that guarantee sexy content without offending anyone.

They don't need to adhere to your ideology so you don't need to "remind them" of anything.

You say Richard is marginalized? Must not have read the bit where he commits murder, fakes a suicide of the guy whom he murders wife and then holds her captive until she eventually becomes his maid after plying her with torture and drugs. The people that play the game don't care about the scenes in the least it's usually a discussion of whether the game is worth playing due to the length and relatively low amount of scenes for that length that is the bigger discussion.

Saying a lot of words doesn't make you sound smarter you know. Can you actually define statutory rape? The little opening says depictions of characters are 18+ that makes it NOT statutory.

It's a good thing that it's just a game huh and you can't invade somebody's mind and rewrite their personality in real life, the best you can do is propagandize things in the media and try to sell ideologies as being "right" whilst having a mental breakdown whenever anybody expresses opinions that are different then yours like you're doing. You're trying to be the moral police on a pirate hentai site, try Twitter or Reddit with that garbage.

You can put it on easy mode and then you're not forced to make changes as the corruption caps out so you can avoid all the scenes with impunity and just play the game so you could actually avoid it, but it goes against the spirit of the game. The classic if you can do better then make one yourself comes to mind. There's plenty of AI slop on that pops up as well maybe you want to shill for that as well while you're at it.

The new game is largely the same, contracts to enforce behavior to save the boyfriend so you'll can get your feminist outrage on now and save us all time of ignoring you later.

 

[NTR unavoidable!]

The biggest issue I have with her (and the likes) is how she doesn't understand that some people enjoy things she finds offensive. Instead of playing games that won't trigger her she wants to mold the ones that do to her own liking presenting it as 'valid criticism', when in reality it's just a tantrum.

Like her Liora take and saying how her own idea of the game would make it 'sexy' without offending anyone. Sexy for you but not for people who already enjoy these games as they are...

Not every game is for everyone and some of us even love the ones that make us uncomfortable. It's part of the appeal.

 

[flies12]

This discussion is silly considering Richard is basically Andrew Tate, the demon worshipers are misogynistic, and Roya itself is sexist. Everyone in this discussion has missed the point of the story. Aura spends the entire game fighting against sexism and misogyny, all while Alicia, and the rest of Royan society, attempt to turn her into an object for Richard to obtain. The game doesn't want you to see porn, the more porn you see the more Aura is losing the fight. It isn't a game about sexual liberation, it's a game about fighting an army of Andrew Tate loving sexists who only see women as objects.

 

[slavegal]

The classic if you can do better then make one yourself comes to mind. There's plenty of AI slop on that pops up as well maybe you want to shill for that as well while you're at it.

Instead of playing games that won't trigger her she wants to mold the ones that do to her own liking presenting it as 'valid criticism', when in reality it's just a tantrum.

Paid trolling 101: If you can't beat others with reason, then question their identities to sabotage their credibility. If that failed again, then challenge their right to speak so that you can silence them; tsk, tsk... old school. What you say here is precisely a paradox to yourself, ironically. Just like you can express your "professional" thumb-up here, others also have the right to express their own opinion, no? Or did you make a rule that this thread only allows trolling, chanting, worshipping, and sycophants?

It's NOT YOUR PLACE to have issues with any user who is friendly and civilly expresses ideas here. It's NOT YOUR PLACE to judge what other users need or need not to say. At least, we are the real players; as the receiver of this game, we naturally have the right to communicate. Otherwise, why didn't you stop acting hypocritically and shut down the comments altogether? If you cannot do that, please allow me to return what you say to you: What I say is none of your business. I have no problem with you; I was not even talking to you at all. Please stop picking on me.

I respect that you must be trolling to make a living; that's your job. But at least you can find a less disgusting way to do it?

 

[slavegal]

As you can see...My Aura playthrough months ago on NIGHTMARE difficulty has yielded the near-perfect score of 254, just short by 18 points. NO corruption whatsoever, fully resisted Alicia's influence.

And I won. Against all odds, on day 100 on Nightmare difficulty.

So yes, doing a 100% pure run is not only possible, it is also rewarding in the end because it makes you feel like this is the very same Aura who beat Richard the first time in the prologue, only MORE seasoned, experienced and now truly his equal even without the Divine Gift.

It is very rewarding seeing Richard break down and get furious and it's even more rewarding to see him get what he deserves.

Once more like a broken record:

100% PURE. NIGHTMARE RUN. UNIMAGINABLE PAIN!

I don't even know how to get to the festival without performing any "lewd" scenes. I tried, but I found that I had to be either a maid or a temporary girlfriend to get the invitation; both paths involve unwilling "lewd activities"(Aura acts like that---depicted by the devs). Now I am at the maid academy, and there is no obvious clue on how to go around it again. Perhaps it's possible, but I don't play a game for unimaginable pain, for sure.

 

[flies12]

I don't even know how to get to the festival without performing any "lewd" scenes. I tried, but I found that I had to be either a maid or a temporary girlfriend to get the invitation; both paths involve unwilling "lewd activities". Now I am at the maid academy, and there is no obvious clue on how to go around it again. Perhaps it's possible, but I don't play a game for unimaginable pain, for sure.

You literally just need to help the guy you saved from the demon on like day 3. Do two quests, give him some gold, and problem solved.

Every single problem in the game has a normal solution, one that you'd see in a sfw game, that allows you to bypass any corruption gains.

The whole point of the game is to avoid gaining corruption and as a result there's always a non-corrupt way to solve a problem.

 

[slavegal]

The whole point of the game is to avoid gaining corruption

It's not very clear when it comes to the game's objectives, specifically the lewd points and corruption points. It would be very unconvincing if the devs said the game's objective is to steer clear of all corruption points and lewd points. In that case, they could remove them altogether with the mental alteration from the game. Players can still beat the game as a "pure path" without feeling any difference. In many cases, the devs encourage players to take a corruptive path by setting the non-corruptive one extremely difficult, like the post above said, I quote: " UNIMAGINABLE PAIN! "

 

[slavegal]

You literally just need to help the guy you saved from the demon on like day 3

Wait a minute, you mean Edwin? I tried, I literally went to him first....he said he was not significant enough to get invited to the festival, even though he is the nephew of Aiwen(the bad guy).

 

[flies12]

It's not very clear when it comes to the game's objectives, specifically the lewd points and corruption points. It would be very unconvincing if the devs said the game's objective is to steer clear of all corruption points and lewd points. In that case, they could remove them altogether. In many cases, the devs encourage players to take a corruptive path by setting the non-corruptive one extremely difficult, like the post above said, I quote: " UNIMAGINABLE PAIN! "

I really do need to ask, did you actually read any of the dialogue? The whole reason Aura keeps saying, "As long as I'm thinking, I can win" is because that's how you are supposed to play. Each boss fight is a puzzle and once you know the solution they become simple, each blocked door has a way around if you think about it and look for help. The options that increase corruption are meant as shortcuts, and an "I win" button in the collar release, allowing you to skip the puzzle solving, but by using those options, you lower your score and bring yourself closer and closer to an ending where Aura loses and Richard wins. The whole theme of the game is "don't take the easy way out because in the end you won't get where you want to go and you won't recognize yourself."

Wait a minute, you mean Edwin? I tried....he said he was not significant enough to get invited to the festival, even though he is the nephew of Aiwen(the bad guy).

Yeah. You help him by doing to team up quest with John so he can start up his factory again. From there you need to get him out of his unfair contract, the second quest from him, and then invest 2000 gold so he can get back on his feet. Do all of that and you can get to the Greed Festival without a single corrupt action on your part.

Every single quest has an option like this. Like I said, the corruption options are a shortcut that lead you closer to a Richard victory.

This is a wiki for every quest that shows both the corrupt options and the regular ones:

You must be registered to see the links

 

[Zarkhy]

Every single quest has an option like this.

Certainly every single mandatory/necessary quest does.

 

[slavegal]

Instead of playing games that won't trigger her she wants to mold the ones that do to her own liking

Did you realise this game was completed? Why would anyone try to "mold" it at this point? Do you really know what you were saying? Everything I say is out of kindness and warmheartedness... maybe you are Alicia in real life, who never believes in kindness?

Really, please stop picking on me...Don't be the Alicia and Richard here

 

[slavegal]

I really do need to ask, did you actually read any of the dialogue? The whole reason Aura keeps saying, "As long as I'm thinking, I can win" is because that's how you are supposed to play. Each boss fight is a puzzle and once you know the solution they become simple, each blocked door has a way around if you think about it and look for help. The options that increase corruption are meant as shortcuts, and an "I win" button in the collar release, allowing you to skip the puzzle solving, but by using those options, you lower your score and bring yourself closer and closer to an ending where Aura loses and Richard wins. The whole theme of the game is "don't take the easy way out because in the end you won't get where you want to go and you won't recognize yourself."


Yeah. You help him by doing to team up quest with John so he can start up his factory again. From there you need to get him out of his unfair contract, the second quest from him, and then invest 2000 gold so he can get back on his feet. Do all of that and you can get to the Greed Festival without a single corrupt action on your part.

Every single quest has an option like this. Like I said, the corruption options are a shortcut that lead you closer to a Richard victory.

This is a wiki for every quest that shows both the corrupt options and the regular ones:

You must be registered to see the links

But a 100% purity run is quite challenging, especially on first playthough.

I didn't have 2000 by that point, and then...I forgot it; it was not in the journal. I checked my journal many times before I pulled off the festival. And I had no idea it was related to the festival invitation.

 

[flies12]

I didn't have 2000 by that point, and then...I forgot it; it was not in the journal. I checked my journal many times before I pulled off the festival. And I had no idea it was related to the festival invitation.

Yeah, the game requires more attention than most of the games on this site. You can't play it with one hand lol

 

[NTR unavoidable!]

Did you realise this game was completed? Why would anyone try to "mold" it at this point? Do you really know what you were saying? Everything I say is out of kindness and warmheartedness... maybe you are Alicia in real life, who never believes in kindness?

Really, please stop picking on me...Don't be the Alicia and Richard here

Liora is not completed and let's not discuss morality and derail this thread. You are taking a video game way too seriously that you are trying to paint me as characters in it now.

I'm doing a purity run for my first playthrough and maybe later I will corrupt Aura. You know why? Because I see this as a video game not reflection of who I am as a person.

I'm not picking on you, I just disagree with what you did here. Apparently that makes me a demon king lol.


Anyway take care and maybe have fun if you decide to do a purity run. I don't hate you if that's what you think.

 

[Yellowie The Goldie]

It's not very clear when it comes to the game's objectives, specifically the lewd points and corruption points. It would be very unconvincing if the devs said the game's objective is to steer clear of all corruption points and lewd points. In that case, they could remove them altogether with the mental alteration from the game. Players can still beat the game as a "pure path" without feeling any difference. In many cases, the devs encourage players to take a corruptive path by setting the non-corruptive one extremely difficult, like the post above said, I quote: " UNIMAGINABLE PAIN! "

The game basically entices you early on with shortcuts by showing just how good they are and not at all a big deal. It starts off simple with just exhibitionism, and then with de-facto cheating by going on a 'date' with a rich merchant.

Even in the festival the most you can do is feed grapes mouth to mouth and kiss a guy, and another instance was plain ole exhibitionism again. (Not counting the NSFW stuff with the old pervert in his mansion ofc)

 

[boringapocalypse]

What makes the temptations so effective is how hard the game is without them too IMO, especially as you crank up the difficulty. And the single biggest financial (technically optional) check in the game has the nastiest penalties if you take the easy lewd route out, which is very fitting and kinda hilarious tbh, like a Mimic in dark souls eating you.

 

[Arachel]

Paid trolling 101: If you can't beat others with reason, then question their identities to sabotage their credibility. If that failed again, then challenge their right to speak so that you can silence them; tsk, tsk... old school. What you say here is precisely a paradox to yourself, ironically. Just like you can express your "professional" thumb-up here, others also have the right to express their own opinion, no? Or did you make a rule that this thread only allows trolling, chanting, worshipping, and sycophants?

It's NOT YOUR PLACE to have issues with any user who is friendly and civilly expresses ideas here. It's NOT YOUR PLACE to judge what other users need or need not to say. At least, we are the real players; as the receiver of this game, we naturally have the right to communicate. Otherwise, why didn't you stop acting hypocritically and shut down the comments altogether? If you cannot do that, please allow me to return what you say to you: What I say is none of your business. I have no problem with you; I was not even talking to you at all. Please stop picking on me.

I respect that you must be trolling to make a living; that's your job. But at least you can find a less disgusting way to do it?

You don't HAVE a point. Your entire post is predicated that everybody has to subscribe to your specific ideology and news flash they don't. You going into your little woe as me victim schtick of "stop picking on me" is tired and overplayed. If you post in a PUBLIC forum then people have the authority to comment on those posts. As a member of this site who vehemently disagrees with your ideologically captured 3rd wave feminist dribble what you say is MY business just as much as it's anybody else's business on this site. If you don't want people to respond don't post PUBLICLY, there's a DM feature for a reason so the dev can tell you directly to kick rocks and not play the game if you don't like, nobody here would respond to your private messages that way. You're not worth actually debating because people like yourself are brick walls so far up their own arse that they can't comprehend they're not the center of the world. The world isn't going to bend to your whim just because you have verbal diarrhea and a chronic case of main character syndrome.

 

[slavegal]

You don't HAVE a point. Your entire post is predicated that everybody has to subscribe to your specific ideology and news flash they don't. You going into your little woe as me victim schtick of "stop picking on me" is tired and overplayed. If you post in a PUBLIC forum then people have the authority to comment on those posts. As a member of this site who vehemently disagrees with your ideologically captured 3rd wave feminist dribble what you say is MY business just as much as it's anybody else's business on this site. If you don't want people to respond don't post PUBLICLY, there's a DM feature for a reason so the dev can tell you directly to kick rocks and not play the game if you don't like, nobody here would respond to your private messages that way. You're not worth actually debating because people like yourself are brick walls so far up their own arse that they can't comprehend they're not the center of the world. The world isn't going to bend to your whim just because you have verbal diarrhea and a chronic case of main character syndrome.

You guys don't really have a better way to do your job, right? God, everything starts with a mild and civil communication to the DEVS. If THEY think what I said was reasonable, THEY could consider it at their own discretion. If not, I have no problem with them just simply ignoring it. But what is this? A bunch of frenzied maniacs pay so much attention to me suddenly? If someone must get upset, which should not happen due to my polite manner of speaking, it would be the developers. But even devs themself don't act like you, are you mad? Why? Did I hurt your feelings by not worshipping here? Do you have nothing better to do?

Liora is not completed

I told you, "I heard it" Why do you think I am even interested in that game? The fact is, I have never checked it. I only used it as a way to send my kind wishes to devs. If you are really concerned about Lori, why don't you go there and pick up someone who gives opinions there instead of picking on someone who sent kind regards here?

You can't play it with one hand

I totally agree with you on its nature --- this is a porn game whose pages are full of porn tags and content is full of "lewd scenes". So, the non-pornographic path is overcomplicated by its nature, for it's not the primary purpose. So, let me borrow the DEV's own opinion: "But a 100% purity run is quite challenging, especially on the first playthrough." Thus, most players will have to be exposed to porn content, who said they have an interest in playing it again? So people have the right to give their thoughts on its porn content as per the request of policies and laws.

It's funny to pretend it's not a porn game, and pathetic and hypocritical to presume that every player who has a different thought about the porn content can only play the "pure" path, so funny and illusional. I mean, look at the tags, the banner, the UI, and gameplay, and examine the gameplay of lewd, corrupt, and mentally altering content. It is shameful for someone to say "any dissenters" need to play it as a serious RPG, with a notebook and a pencil, instead of just hearing people out(even if they do nothing after that). Especially, if we go back a little on the thread, many players actually have the same idea, which was drowned out by the vociferous trolls.


However, I don't really have time for this, since developers shy away and leave the whole thing to a bunch of incompetent trolls who cannot tell apart goodwill ( have you never heard of something called guiding the direction of discussion? Your skill is so coarse, knowing nothing except taunting, bullying and browbeating. It's time for you to retrain yourself as a good troll.) I have a Christmas vacation to enjoy, and I need to get back to it. You also need to return to your reality, a disgusting business as a troll.

 

[Kekekerkek]

i'm kinda sad they weren't more sex scenes towards the end tbh(would have loved to see the fruits of the corruption more) i hope the dev will take that into account for the next game and put more