>About to sleep
>pull out my phone and scroll through twitter
>HOLY SHIT AN UPDATE
Could you elaborate what exactly this karma mechanic is? like how do you get it?
this is mentioned in the previous update note
so basically, Karma value is the reflection of your playthrough
including ( but possibly not limited to ) Main Story progress ( namely the choices you make ), rescuing, defeating strong enemy ( bosses or unique mobs I assume ), reading diaries, will all increase your Karma
the dev stated that whatever the choice, your Karma value will go up, just in different numbers
TLDR: still no scheduled release date, sadge
Main story events and bad ends mostly finished
Bad Ends had their animations and dialogues finished, excluding the SFX and staging/performance
but there are some certain Bad Ends that he was considering how to transition into
currently there are two Bad Ends we know how to trigger:
1. after a certain amount of progression in story and high enough Karma, you'll be able to unlock a new option when your HP hits 0
the 3rd option shown here, which was left blank until now, is the said Bad End
( holy shit I didn't even think of this, awesome )
( I wish we get something like the brainwashed paizuri ending in Bullet Requiem )
2. with enough Karma, you'll enter a Bad End after triggering a certain event
it is planned that you can go through all the endings in a single playthrough, as you'll restart from the church after the Bad End scene and keep all your progress
( but given that there are no way to reduce Karma at this point, maybe you'll need to load a earlier save file...?
or it's something like you can unlock with high Karma and choose to trigger, like the 1st one mentioned above, you can still "continue your revenge" )
and the two sisters are probably NPCs you can interact with, as D-Lis said "you'll find NPCs in Ero-diaries after talking to them" along with the image of said sisters
( gif's file size won't fit so got this from Feb note )
finally we get to hear the newly created soundtracks, which were made by ながはらさん
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for the soundtracks
first one being the main theme, which will be played on title screen
2nd and 3rd being boss fights, and are probably not of Candore's ( which D-Lis said it fits her too well )
honestly I think the 3rd one also would fit as Candore's theme, but I would welcome any surprises at this point
and the fact that higher Karma leads to Bad Ends kind of leans toward my initial guess:
since the title is "Revenge", the Karma meter resembles how far you've walk down the path of vengeance
kind of like the Devil horn on Boss's forehead in MGSV, which grows in size as you cause unnecessary casualties in your playthrough
Karma was probably a "negative" indicator as it unlocks "Bad" endings