Conquerrence Ver 1.7

Kicking off the very first update after the first hiatus in celebration of the upcoming New Year, I'm bringing out the longest route thus far, a whopping 42 passages taking place in Astope. This route focuses on lore, filling in a ton of details not only about the current state of the world (especially nations that haven't been written about yet), but of times long past and the mysterious gods who have since departed. I've also expanded on two characters that have been in Conquerrence since day 1. There aren't any NSFW scenes for this route yet (they'll be included in the latest incrementals and the next build), but I did spot a bug that kept people from accessing the Seridazar postponement NSFW scene, so you can finally read it.

You'll notice that this is a combined build rather than a public/Patreon split, and you can find the reasons for that on the other devlog. Thanks for waiting for this update even after so long. I'll be making more in the new year.

Combined Build - Ver 1.7

• Diarchy of Astope - Journey to the Nation of Waking and the City of Dreams, where the twin Diarchs and endless performances eagerly await you. They invite you to witness a once-in-a-lifetime play, one that might shape the future of Astope and Wevendh from then on. Indulging them allows you to see firsthand people of immense power who once roamed the world, and perhaps even you can have a taste of the power that shaped the world in which you live.
• Features: One diplomacy route, one good ending, no NSFW scenes (yet).
• Travelers - On the way to Astope, you can meet a group of travelers, each hailing from different parts of Thiarbre. They can provide insight about where they're from, as well as the relationships of the nations. Some members may even make an appearance in future content.
• General and Spymaster Expanded: In the earliest, earliest builds of Conquerrence, the general and spymaster actually played more important roles in the intro. I decided that I liked them as actual characters more than stock ones, so while the structure of the intro is the same, they're introduced as proper characters. They now have entries in the Codex that you can access, and when they are involved in routes, their names and personalities shine through.
• Miscellaneous Improvements: While rereading some of the routes already written, I tweaked a few of the sentences so that they flow better or give more detail. In the future, I'll be doing so more thoroughly so that later content doesn't just pass the original routes in quality, but for now, this applies more toward new players who are reading the routes now.

Bugfixes:

• There was a problem with the syntax in Ziatet's scene asking for postponement, which prevented people from seeing the attached NSFW scene. This has been fixed and the scene is now accessible.