Secrets of the Bastion [v0.6d]

• 10 Endings.
• 5 Night events.
• 6 temptation events (3 with large illustrations).
• 19 minor (work related) events.
• Boss card battle against Celine.
• 2 start of game boosters.
• New start of game deck.
• Additional card battle dialogue.
• 1 (non-collectible) card.
• Various art and text related additions and adjustments.

Balance Changes

• Rooms now start at level 1.
• Increased tension in most rooms, all activities now raise tension.
• Joining the dolls has a lower stress penalty but requires more lewdness.
• An additional 0.1 lust is gained for every 0.2 points of permanent lewdness every night.
• The audit introduction cutscene will now play at the end of the first day, it does not have any cost or penalty.
• You can no longer open new doors on the first day.
• Dungeon encounters will not scale past level 10.
• Night talk action was changed to -3 stress with no effect on lust.
• Various card effect and room action balance changes.

Quality of Life Improvements

• Added game screen display options.
• Bad ending will also now give you stars for mood and wealth.
• Reduced the cost of various boosters and reduced the extra price for upgrades from 3000 to 2000.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that allowed the dungeon to be accessed at night.
• Fixed a bug where negotiating could prevent a game over.

v0.5c
Bug Fix

v0.5a

• A new dungeon encounter.
• New event with large illustration.
• 8 new cards, 6 are collectible.
• Many rebalancing changes to older cards.
• Card battles now show the encounter level and the opponent’s total remaining strength.
• Various sprite and dialogue adjustments.
• Fixed a bug where card costs were subtracted after the effect.

v0.4a
New Content
Added 2 new lewd events.
Added unique sprites for the breakroom events.
Added backgrounds to Primheart and Slime Pit.
Added activity icons to the visit screen.
Added dialogue to 2 Prismheart maintenance events.
Bug Fixes and Other Changes
Opening a new room will no longer prevent days from advancing and will not assign characters to breached rooms (oops).
Fixed a rare bug where the stress icons would not appear.
Fixed a bug where the skip button could take you to the wrong screen.
Fixed a bug that allowed favor to go beyond 99.
Revised Alaric’s portraits.
Redrew the bastion view and time sliders to fit the art style.
Various dialogue adjustments and additions.
Various sprite art adjustments.
Slight card rebalance.

V0.3
New Content

• A new room.
• Portraits for all the main characters.
• Complete rework of the secret collection system.
• New events in the gym and 2 night events.
• A new dungeon encounter.
• Rework of battle temptations.
• Rework of the audit screen.
• Small upgrade to the event system, adding more functionality.

Game Balance and Other Changes

• Changed various room interaction results.
• Revised dialogue and touched up game sprites.

[Controls]
Left mouse button controls all actions
In the schedule menu, click on the portrait of an agent and a map location to begin assigning tasks. Drag the sun to change time.
Click the scroll with the “i” on it for extended help

[Future Plans]
Development for this game will continue! I plan to add new rooms, events, features and gameplay improvements for most of 2022.
All updates will be made freely available after several weeks of early access for my subscribers.
If you wish to support my work and influence future development, please consider joining me on SubscribeStar

[Credits]
All music and most sound effects are sourced from RP Music
Fonts are from https://www.1001freefonts.com/
Many ideas and suggestions were contributed by my wonderful SubscribeStar Supporters
All art, code, sound effects and other assets were made by me for this project.