Hey everyone, it's been a really productive month for the update overhaul. To start off, Journey's base skills and animations are completed and the common Demon has been finished, as the first enemy I can now use the updates and changes I made for him as a template for every enemy after.

Being able to animate their moves and grabs has been incredibly fun and added a layer to the development of each enemy I've been enjoying alot.

Now in this update I'm going to cover some more of my progress and my plans for this coming month.

With the demon finished, I'm planning 3 more enemies for a private build I'm hoping to stress test this month with a few friends, it will include the common Goblin, Bandit and updated Vocator boss.

I'm hoping to comb through a find any possible critical errors I may have somehow missed, while I've been testing the new rpg system, h-battles and other interactions myself, something usually slips through the cracks.

Most of the enemies that transition to the new animated rpg battle system will work mostly identical to their original versions with changes to attributes. The biggest changes of course will be to their sex grabs.

Enemies will have a varying number of animations with the demon possessing 3 on the higher end. Goblins will have 2, one of which will be focused on the character's breasts.

I'm taking this opportunity to add more variety to the orifices or areas of the body enemies prefer, like the breasts or legs. With some enemies being noticeably tougher, this should help improve the value of defensive equipment to protect characters with vulnerabilities that a particular foe likes.

I've replaced the attributes for enemies with a list of their primary skills in the bestiary, if the attack uses an element or inflicts a particular state, it's icon will be listed along with it.

Besides Vocator, enemies won't have much visual change to the new system. I decided to update Vocator's final design mainly as personal taste, and to express more emotes when she's speaking.

Vocator will also have a sex attack of her own, excluding her AOE hydro tentacles or slimes.

As for the heroines, I updated Journey's final dialogue CGs as well as Saki's with a slight update to her final design, I wanted to add a touch of cute to her standoffish nature I felt she was missing visually.

Lastly I touched up their exploration sprites to their final version to better match their CG changes.

 
This coming month I'll be focusing on getting the private build ready and tested. This version only has Journey as a playable character and the first floor. If all goes well with the test I'm hoping to touch it up abit and release it for everyone else to try shortly after.

While the private build is being tested I'm going begin work on the rest of the girls, starting with Samara. 
She's going to receive an alternate form with sex attacks she can use in battle, which is as complicated as a character can get in Lilith Descent, I don't think there'll be any issues, but since she'll also be the first transformation character in the new combat system I want to be extra attentive with her first.

I want to take a moment to mention the Visa, Mastercard situation. While it hasn't affected me too much, it's affected a few people I know and respect. I first noticed this issue during the Patreon purge situation, it's a big reason why I abandoned any intentions to associate with it for Lilith Descent.

None of the creators I know produce illegal content, nor invite or tolerate minors in their spaces. People have been calling the payment processors in the thousands about this and I'm personally hopeful things will reach an equilibrium at some point, because censorship like this is indefensible for so many people and so many reasons.

I lastly want to say that in the worst case scenario if Subscribstar is affected, I won't stop working on Lilith Descent. I'll keep creating for passion and out of spite for the censors, I can't overstate how much censorship or people who call for it piss me off. This game isn't my livelihood, it was always a hobby and labor of love for the genre.

That wraps up this progress report, I'll be talking more about Samara and the others in the next update with a report of how the private test goes. Until then, thank you everyone as always for your feedback, support and patience most of all. I should be posting incremental updates in the discord as usual, keep cool and take care.

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