Veil of Temptation [Ongoing] - Version: 0.4

What's New in Veil of Temptation Version - 0.4?

New Content

• Expanded Emily, Ann, Rebecca, and Lily’s storylines with new conversations, events, and reactions to your choices.
• Added outings with Emily, her introduction to college, and interactions with other characters.
• Continued Ann’s storyline with new library and chapel scenes, a second judgement, and more personal conversations.
• Added new restaurant events with Lily, including conversations about relationships and workplace rumors.
• Added the option to work as Rebecca’s research assistant, with separate pay and bonuses.
• Expanded Mike, Jacob, and Ed’s involvement in the story.
• Added a gallery with 12 entries for replaying unlocked scenes.

Gameplay and Balance

• Added an arousal system that affects concentration, studying, earnings, and mana gains.
• Added the Self-Control stat to help reduce the negative effects of high arousal.
• Expanded the chastity system with new reactions, conversations, and nighttime events.
• Reworked the perk tree, including descriptions, costs, and bonuses.
• Added an NTR category to the tablet, unlocked through its associated perk.
• Increased base restaurant pay from $40 to $65. Rebecca’s research assistant job offers a base payment of $85.
• Removed random encounters and card combat. Ann’s story confrontation remains and has been updated.

Interface and Visuals

• Updated the appearance of menus, dialogue, choices, and gameplay panels.
• Redesigned the phone, inventory, quest journal, and perk interfaces.
• Improved navigation between locations and indicators for locked areas.
• Updated several character sprites and facial expressions.
• Added color-coded notifications for changes to stats, money, and mana.
• Added progress hints showing how many actions remain before certain story events.
• Standardized the location’s name to “restaurant” throughout dialogue, menus, quests, and perks.

Fixes

• Fixed phone contact unlocks and access to conversations.
• Corrected conditions and ordering for several story events.
• Updated the quest journal to better reflect current progress and clear outdated objectives.
• Added a later opportunity to help Lily if you initially chose a different response.
• Fixed Emily’s warning being taken into account during Ann’s judgement.
• Added Emily’s missing lesson entry to the gallery.
• Added support for updating old restaurant names in existing saves.