Servant Overhaul

Servant Overhaul, Apothecary & Better Steam Deck Support

The first update of the year is live! This patch focuses heavily on stability and deepening the core gameplay loops. The biggest change is a complete rewrite of the Servant System. I wasn't happy with the bugs and inconsistencies in the old code, so I tore it down and rebuilt it to be more robust.

Along with this technical overhaul, we have a new, high-stakes method for taming, a new crafting profession (The Apothecary), significant improvements to combat feel, and dedicated Steam Deck support.

Here are the highlights.

Feature Highlight: The Bonding Ritual

Taming is no longer just a transaction; it is a test of survival. To tame a creature, you must now use the appropriate item to initiate a Bonding Ritual.

• The Risk: The ritual requires vulnerability. You must survive a duration without armor or weapons.

• The Reward: If you survive the timer, the bond is consummated, and the servant is yours.

• This turns taming into a tense gameplay challenge rather than just a resource sink.

New Crafting: The Apothecary Bench

We are expanding the economy with the Apothecary Bench. This new station allows for more specialized crafting and ties into the new accessory slots, giving you more control over your build.

Combat & Movement Flow

Combat should feel snappier. I’ve added double-jump animations, increased air control, and tweaked melee combos so you can move sooner after finishing an attack chain. Ranged combat has also been made deadlier—enemies will now aim vertically, so high ground is no longer total safety.

🎮 Steam Deck & Performance

• FSR Implementation: We have replaced the generic DLSS fallback with AMD FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution).

  • Why this matters: For Steam Deck users (and anyone without an RTX card), this is a big improvement. You should see a significant boost in framerate and clearer visuals without draining your battery as fast.

• Official Controller Layout: With the new hotbar slots and UI changes, the default controls might feel off.

  • We have a new, optimized controller layout specifically for this update. Big thanks to Ludranos for creating this setup!

    

Patch Notes

🔥 Systems & Mechanics

• Servant System Overhaul: Complete code rewrite of the servant backend. This should resolve persistent issues with leveling, summoning, and state management.

• AddedNew Taming MechanicAdded "The Bonding Ritual." Taming now requires surviving a timer while vulnerable (no armor/weapons) to earn a servant.
• AddedApothecary ProfessionAdded the Apothecary Bench for crafting Pheromones required to initiate the taming ritual.

• Crafting QoL: Crafting stations now pull materials from your Inventory, your Hotbar, and the Station’s container simultaneously.

• AdjustedResource GatheringIncreased the physical size of branches and carrots to make foraging less tedious.

⚔️ Combat & AI

• Ranged AI: Archers and ranged enemies can now aim vertically (pitch) to hit players above or below them as well as have better aiming overall.

• Boss Loot: Bosses will now only drop Lore Clues on the first defeat (subsequent kills drop standard loot).

• Projectile Scaling: Enemy projectile damage now scales with character level. Player bow damage now scales with Bow stats + Player Level.

• AdjustedMelee FlowReduced the recovery time after the final hit of a melee combo, allowing for faster movement.

👗 Customization & Gear

• AddedAccessories ExpansionAdded 4 new Accessory Slots and multiple new accessory items.
• AddedCosmetic SlotsAdded 2 new Cosmetic Slots and 2 new cosmetic items.

• Light Armor Buff: Light Armor now grants a passive Sprint Speed bonus.

• AddedNew WeaponsAdded 2 new Bows and a Legendary Bow (found in a new unique chest).

• Guiding Light: This item has been moved to the Accessory slot.

✨ Visuals & Immersion

• Immersion Physics: Refactored breast and glute physics. They now react more accurately to different morph sliders and have a lower CPU cost.

• AddedProcedural AnimationAdded character lean and tilt based on acceleration and rotation for more grounded movement.
• AddedAtmosphereAdded idle animations for slaves in some stations (e.g., anvil, tub, tannery) to make bases feel alive.
• AddedLow Health FXAdded a visual vignette and heartbeat audio when HP is critical.

• Intimate Scenes: Scenes now visually hide armor rather than un-equipping it. No more re-equipping gear after a scene.

• AddedNew Scene endingAdded some sound/visual effects when a scene ends.

🛠️ Balance & Tweaks

• Progression: Successful Evasions and Damage Absorption now grant Armor XP.

• AdjustedPregnancy ChangesIncreased "Bulk" cost while pregnant (stamina penalty). Switched the penalty from Armor Rating → Evasion.
• AdjustedBreedingBreeding stations now produce Seed instead of babies directly. Adjusted the cost of raising offspring.

• Survival: Hunger and Sleep degeneration rates have been slowed to better match the day/night cycle.

• AdjustedEconomyReduced glass cost for Empty Bottles. Changed Steel Bar recipe (1 Iron Bar + 2 Brimstone) + lots of other minor balancing changes.
• AdjustedInventorySlightly increased slot count for Chests and Player Inventory. Expanded Hotbar to 8 slots .

⚙️ Fixes

• FixedTree PhysicsFixed the "Space Program" bug—cutting down trees should no longer launch the player (or the tree) out of the map.

• Arrow Sticky: Enemy arrows now visually stick to the player mesh on impact.

• FixedCollisionFixed capsule issues with Wasps and Bears to make combat consistent.

• Mesh Fixes: Solved "Crotch Stretching" distortion on multiple armors.

• FixedScene ScalingFixed scale mismatch in specific lesbian scenes so animations align better (still needs some work).
• FixedWeatherFixed a bug where snow would never trigger in starting zones.

• Base Building: Trees and Ores should no longer spawn inside player bases.

• Loot Drop: Destroying a container now correctly drops its contents on the ground rather than deleting them.

• Plus lots of stuff not covered here..

Note: Because of the Servant System rewrite, if you encounter any odd behaviour with old saves regarding existing servants, please report them. Old servants should convert over to the new system,