RIP public releases.

https://aura-dev.itch.io/star-knightess-aura

Last weekend I changed the public version to a demo version (covering the same amount of content as the Steam Demo version, that is until the end of Chapter 1 or the end of the Festival, but with NSFW enabled).

From my previous week of testing out the model of using a demo instead of a full public version, I'm not sure yet on the impact on Patreon itself, however, it appears the itch sales have been affected significantly. We used to only make an average of 1 sale / day, but that average has increased to 4 / day. Now of course, I don't know if this is a sustainable increase or just a response to the switch, but if so it would definitely be a big help in getting us the last steps to 1.0.

For reference, 1 sale / day ~ 30 sales / month ~ 500€ / month. So quadruple that would be 2000 € / month or a +1500€ / month. Again, I'm not sure about the sustainability of this so I don't want to promise our freelancers more money too soon, but perhaps we can at least increase the payment for some singular next month projects so they have some less money troubles to deal with.

Regarding the actual changes, we have a bunch of bugfixes as usual, I don't think there is anything that stands out in particular I would need to highlight.

Changelog 0.46.2 (13.09.2024)

• None

Balancing

• None

Bugfixes

• Fixed enemies being able to use Lunge skills wihtout Flying state
• Fixed MP and DEF description glitches in Rock Armor II
• Fixed outdated pattern for setting illumination in Northern Mines and thus not working when returning from Clear Gem
• Fixed Pasciel earth teacher stating incorrect number of days for training
• Fixed wrong corruption missing being discarded after choosing book option for Alexis
• Fixed migration script for version 57 never being applied
• Fixed being able to fully corrupt adventurer twins by stopping them drinking twice
• Fixed Lorraine still giving option to learn Pierce III if player already has it
• Fixed Corrosive Mantrap not showing armormelting resistance
• Fixed teleporting to Flooded Vault not adding Ascend skill
• Fixed usage of temp variables in Arwin Domain 4 causing unpredictable behaviours if player accesses the Clear Room
• Fixed losing in Arwin Domain 4 with 20k or more Perika leading to a broken game stat