We've got yet another huge release for you this month. Even though it's not record-breaking in terms of word count like 1.55 was, it's still got about 75,000 new words. This one has a lot more meat in the game/code department.

The star of the show is the reworked skill system. It's a pretty big change, so we'll keep working on it over the next few months (most of the work is done, but there's a lot of necessary followup). Please take a moment to check out the cautionary note.

Otherwise, we've got changes to fertility goddess, a large expansion of the deliberate start, medical knowledge, an easter egg hunt event, a big whoring expansion, and more.

Thanks to everyone for supporting and playing Accidental Woman, you mean the world to us!

ThaumX ~ Your faithful erolich

Just as a followup, the whyf just had surgery this week for the boob cancer. She's doing well, and we'll be starting in on the radiation and whatnot soonish.

Fertility Goddess Changes

• There has been a change to the way the Fertility Goddess and Fertility Storm mutations are gained.
• Mutations have been renamed as blessings to better match what they actually are.
• Effects of the mutations are the same, though with some minor improvements on how fertility improvement is implemented.
  • Blessings now increase fertility skill up to a certain level. (20/35 raw)
• Mutations are no longer gained automatically. This was a sort of long-intended but never actually done change.
  • To gain these mutations, you must now pray to the Goddess at her statue/shrine.
  • The statue is located at the Visitor Center on the world map.
  • This allows characters to be very fertile without being forced into these mutations, particularly the stronger one that gives a lot of extra knowledge about the character's reproductive system.
• Goddess Statue - Provides a little more control in how you obtain blessings.
  • There are three options when visiting the statue, one is to say a quick prayer, another is to pray "properly". (The last is to just leave.)
    • The quick prayer option will grant the player the Fertility Blessing (Fert Storm) mutation if they qualify to get the Goddess Blessing (Fert Goddess).
      • Allows players to still get improvement even if they don't want the full blessing with accompanying extra effects.
      • Characters that don't meet the requirements will get general messaging to help guide them.
    • The proper prayer option will grant the best blessing the character qualifies for.
      • Characters meeting the goddess blessing reqs will get that blessing.
      • Characters meeting only the fertility blessing reqs will get that one instead.
      • Characters that meet neither can recieve an increase in fertility (avg of 1 score step, up to score 5.)
  • Goddess statue has a neat image, with a fun effect when you pray.
  • Two different prayers and different text depending on how things go.
• Requirements Changes.
  • Obtaining either mutation no longer requires the twin wombs (or merged wombs) mutation.
  • Fix to cup size req for Fertility Blessing to properly match "F Cup". (unintentionally allowed large E cup previously).
• Maintenance mechanic occuring overnight generally works the same way, but applies changes from losing a blessing better.
  • Can no longer gain the mutations overnight by meeting their requirements.
  • Will reduce the goddess blessing to fertility blessing if the character still meets the requirements for fertility blessing.
  • Note: The player can visit the statue to regain mutations they lost as long as they meet the requirements.

New Skills and Attributes system

• The game's skill system has been completely redone.
• Skill checks now work differently, being more predictable and reliable without being completely static.
• Skill levels are now set up to be automatically adjusted based on a number of factors, such as your character's Attributes, status, and any ongoing effects.
• The way skills are learned has been updated, but follows a similar pattern of gaining points by practice (skill checks) and education (attending classes).
• There are now 20 standard skills (previously 18, only 16 of which were visible at character creation).
  • Some skills have been renamed to better match what they represent.
  • Some skills have been merged or otherwise adjusted to serve their purpose better.
  • Some are entirely new, such as the "Medicine" and "Fertility" skills.
• Alteration and expansion of pseudo skills (sometimes called "derived skills" previously).
  • Various activities like pole dancing, stripping, or performing first aid are covered by pseudo skills.
  • Now a more nuanced blend of base skills and attributes, and more visible to the player.
• New DESIRE attribute system representing the basic attributes of your character.
  • Discipline, Empathy, Spectacle, Intellect, Reaction, and Elegance. As expected from long gaming tradition, this is a bacronym.
  • Attributes have effects on effective skill level, the rate you learn skill points in dependant skills.
  • Works with standard skills in the function of pseudo skills.
  • Provides more "surface area" to have effects on your character based on your actions. Some examples: a drug like Zone boosting attributes temporarily (or draining them in withdrawal), being sleep deprived, or being heavily pregnant with giant tits lowering your physical abilities.
• New Encyclopedia Entries!
  • I'm not going to the huge amount of details about how things work and what they mean here... but there are new entries in the game encyclopedia that explain things thoroughly.
  • Entries on Attributes, Skills, how skill checks work, and how to earn skill points (with some tips/strategy).
• The systems are intended to be useful and provide gameplay opportunities (such as differentiating your character), without being something that you absolutely have to dedicate effort to.
  • Easier difficulties have a little easier skill checks, and can gain skills faster.
• Some skills like the medicine skill provide special effects like revealing more about what a consumable does.
• Important note: The new system is fully functional, but tie-ins to other systems (like the planned "effects" system that goes with transformatives) are not complete. Unique skill magazines and books mentioned in the encyclopedia haven't been added yet. These will be filled in as we go along.
• Brand-new skill display in the character menu. Also shows Attributes and Pseudo Skills.
  • It shows the effective skill level and base level, with a color indication to see at a glance if the skill is currently adversely or positively affected.
• New Backgrounds in character creation.
  • Consolidated to six options. (6 each unique options for both male and female starts)
  • More descriptive of what the background represents, rather than just a random job title. Fits a lot better immersion-wise.
  • "Free Spirit" option that trades assigned skill points for additional spendable points (at the cost of reduced total points).
• New skill point mechanics in character creation.
  • Spending points is no longer affected by the stats of your newly-created character.
    • The assumption is that your character learned those skills before their new body would have affected things.
    • Provides a more balanced/fair approach to earning points regardless of how your new character is.
  • Default assigned points are likewise no longer impacted by character creation choices.
  • Female start characters get more assigned skill points to appropriate skills, but fewer free points to spend.
    • The idea is that they have more practice at being a woman, so naturally would higher stats in things like grooming (makeup, etc) and similar.
    • They also have had a shorter life, so have spent less time learning random (spendable) skills.
    • Specifically, FS chars will have 20 more points total than MS before backgrounds are applied.
  • Male start characters get 50% more points from their background selection. They've had longer careers, after all.
    • The total difference in skills after all things are considered is only 10 points in favor of male start.
  • Female start characters are much less penalized in the skill department than previously, but maintains the feeling of a younger person by having fewer choosable points.
• New skill point assignment menu. Functionally it does the same thing (let you spend points).
  • New randomization options that allow you to randomize unspent points, or totally randomize points.
  • An option to do auto-assignment that spends points for you in a logical way. For those that want reasonable results without fiddling with skill points.
    • This option takes a generalist approach rather than focusing on raising key skills for certain job or playstyle.
• BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY:
  • Older saves will still work, the backward compatibility system will update the character's skill information.
  • There is a rough mapping of old skills into new skill system.
    • Not exactly totally sensical as some skills are averaged together to get some kind of value for new skills that don't correlate.
    • Should result in having a reasonable level of skill matching your character.
  • Attributes will be set to all 5s (neutral effect).
• CAUTIONARY NOTES:
  • Skills touch most aspects of the game, so there's a good chance that you may run into some weirdness.
    • Not game-breaking, but could be awkward like the skill checked not being the best fit, or a check that seems too hard/easy, etc.
    • Please let us know if you encounter any of this!!!
      • Seriously, something big like this is beyond our ability to test alone.
      • Don't worry about bugging us with duplicate info or things that might actually be intended.
      • Feel free to leave your opinions on the new system too :)
  • Skill progression, check, and other mechanics ARE going change!
    • As mentioned earlier, some planned tie-ins such as effects and drugs will have some significant effects on how the system plays.
    • Balancing and tuning of mechanics and probabilities is expected, this is currently a "starting point".
  • Certain mechanics mentioned in the encyclopedia are disabled or limited until basic balancing is complete.
    • In particular, the way attributes limit or enhance skill gaining caps and odds.
      • We want to balance basic progression before adding in complications.
  • With how widely skills tie into the game, it isn't feasible to provide a "use the previous system" option... sorry.
    • If it is giving you problems, trying an easy or fap difficulty can help.