Deluded Diaries: Attributes’ Buffs/Debuffs

Since the beginning of the Deluded development, we have not only released numerous beta builds, but also written a lot of devlogs. While reading all of them, you might’ve realized how complex Deluded already is and how more advanced it is shaping up to be. Surely it must take a lot of planning?— you probably thought. Well… of course! Planning, mapping, outlining, drafting… is what takes a huge chunk of our work time. But it’s worth it, since it helps us ensure we make as few mistakes along the way as possible!

We’ve been thinking thoroughly about Deluded’s game loop, gameplay pillars and such. So, in this particular post, we’d like to talk about each of the 8 main attributes, our ideas regarding their perks, buffs, debuffs and quirks. Sorry, not just our ideas… Because we couldn’t have done it without your help, guys! Thanks to the Helper folks in our Discord for sharing your invaluable thoughts!

By the way, if you want to take part in the development and influence some of our decisions, you can do so by grabbing a @Helper role on our Discord. From time to time, we provide tasks like this, do polls, ask questions, make testing requests etc.

So, without further ado, let’s dive into this! Below are all of the main attributes with lists of their features. Each attribute’s progression level (0-100) is divided into 4 stages, each stage unlocking unique gameplay additions. Those can be:

• 🟢 - Buffs

• 🔴 - Debuffs

• 🔵 - Neither buffs nor debuffs (depends on your role-play goals)

• 🟣 - Unique Quests

L**D

25 points or above:

• 🟢 Ability to wear lvl 1 privacy clothes without Stress

  • Note: the full-fledged Privacy system (aka the Exhibitionism system), that is to be introduced in the version 0.7, will imply clothes and clothes combinations having 4 privacy levels—0 being fully clothed and 4 being fully naked (I’ll talk more about the Privacy system in the next series of roadmap posts)

• 🟢 If Alisa is wearing Top and Bottom clothes that are tagged as L**D, she gets a small Mood bonus

• 🟢 The maximum Shame level cannot exceed 75%

• 🟢 Or**sm gives more Mood

  • Note: here I’d like to explain the difference between Stress and Mood parameters. Mood is your “HP”. When Mood is 0, you “die”. Mood can be affected temporarily by various negative or positive factors (like inhaling flower scent gives +1 to Mood), but the main parameter that “sets the Mood” is Stress. Stress is pretty much constant and represents the sum of all negative effect imposed on Alisa. When the Stress is high (you have a lot of negative effects, like: being naked, diseased, malnourished, etc) your Mood will drain faster, and vice versa.

50 points or above:

• 🟢 Ability to wear lvl 2 privacy clothes without Stress

• 🟢 The maximum Shame level cannot exceed 50%

• 🟢 You can eat c*m to replenish Satiety and Hydration

• 🟢 Makes the on-screen ar**sal post-processing effect more pleasant to the eyes

• 🟢 You no longer need lubricant—it is produced passively

• 🔴 Adds the “Unbearably H*rny” effect: if the Ar**sal level is 99-100, it reduces Mood

75 points or above:

• 🟢 Ability to wear lvl 3 privacy clothes without Stress

• 🟢 The maximum Shame level cannot exceed 25%

• 🟢 New Radial menu option: Prostitution (available anywhere, unless there are no people around)

  • Note: you can read more about the Radial menu in this post

• 🟢 If Alisa wears a toy inside, it slightly warms her up

100 points:

• 🟢 Ability to wear lvl 4 privacy clothes without Stress

• 🔵 Ar**sal drops by 50% after or**sm instead of 100%

• 🔴 The Wh*re level decreases 2x slower

  • Note: the Wh*re level works like a reputation and is tied to each individual location (whether NPCs think of Alisa as a wh*re or not)

• 🟣 Quest unlocked: Becoming a Pornstar

PURE

25 points or above:

• 🟢 If Alisa is wearing Top and Bottom clothes that are tagged as PURE, she gets a small Mood bonus

• 🟢 Praying converts Ar**sal to Mood (2%)

• 🟢 Latin learning level: Novice

• 🔴 - 3 Mood points upon or**sm

50 points or above:

• 🟢 Praying converts Ar**sal to Mood (4%)

• 🟢 Adds the “Freshness” perk—Clean water increases Energy

• 🟢 Ar**sal increases 2x slower

• 🟢 Latin learning level: Amateur

• 🔵 Daily prayer limit: 2 times

75 points or above:

• 🟢 Praying converts Ar**sal to Mood (6%)

• 🟢 New Radial menu option: Praying (anywhere)

• 🟢 Addictions to gloor and alcohol drop 2x faster

• 🟢 Latin learning level: Expert

100 points:

• 🟢 Praying converts Ar**sal to Mood (8%)

• 🟢 Praying can remove one random negative effect (once a day)

• 🟢 Wh*re level drops 4x faster

• 🟢 Latin learning level: Master

• 🟣 Quest unlocked: Becoming a Pilgrim

SUB

25 points or above:

• 🟢 If Alisa is wearing Top and Bottom clothes that are tagged as SUB, she gets a small Mood bonus

• 🟢 New Radial menu option: Begging

• 🟢 Pain and Forced S** affect Mood with a 0.5 multiplier (2x less)

50 points or above:

• 🟢 Pain and Forced S** affect Mood with a 0.25 multiplier (4x less)

• 🟢 +20 boost to Skills such as Farming

• 🟢 Walking barefoot increases Mood

• 🔴 Adds an “Insomnia” effect: Alisa cannot sleep well because of nightmares (10% chance of waking up earlier)

75 points or above:

• 🟢 Pain and Forced S** no longer affect Mood

• 🟢 Toilet need gains 2x slower

100 points:

• 🟢 Pain and Forced S** boost Mood

• 🟣 Quest unlocked: Becoming a Slave

DOM

25 points or above:

• 🟢 If Alisa is wearing Top and Bottom clothes that are tagged as DOM, she gets a small Mood bonus

• 🟢 New dialogue option: Racket/Intimidate (with non-unique NPCs)

• 🔴 Forced S*x gives 2x Mood reduction

50 points or above:

• 🟢 +20 boost to Skills such as Fishing

• 🟢 Alisa has a better night vision

• 🟢 Adds a “Fear me!” perk—if Alisa wins afight, she gets the money

• 🟢 Wearing high heels increases Mood

75 points or above:

• 🟢 Adds a “Predator” perk: if Alisa is hungry, she restores some Energy

• 🟢 Crime level drops 2x faster

  • Note: criminal acts such as stealing increase Crime level, especially when in NPC detection area. With high crime level you can be detained by the local “security” guys who’ll fine you or send to work in the Silver mine. Just like Wh*re level, it is tied to location and decreases with time

• 🟢 Alisa can perform one action per day that requires up to 50 in any of 8 main attributes, even if she lacks the required value

100 points:

• 🟢 New dialogue option: Enslave an NPC (with non-unique NPC's)

• 🟣 Quest unlocked: Becoming a Mistress (Cult Idol)

STR

25 points or above:

• 🟢 If Alisa is wearing Top and Bottom clothes that are tagged as STR, she gets a small Mood bonus

• 🟢 Adds a “Habit” perk—exercises boost Mood

50 points or above:

• 🟢 Adds a “Hardening” perk:—it becomes harder to get sick

• 🟢 New Radial menu option: Workout (anywhere)

• 🟢 Inventory capacity increased: +5 slots

• 🟢 +20 boost to Skills such as Mining

75 points or above:

• 🟢 Pain affects Mood 2x less

• 🔴 You become hungrier while running

100 points:

• 🟢 Rapist/thief attack chance is reduced by 4 times

• 🟢 Inventory capacity increased: +5 slots (10 additional slots in total)

• 🟣 Quest unlocked: Sports competition

GRC

25 points or above:

• 🟢 If Alisa is wearing Top and Bottom clothes that are tagged as GRC, she gets a small Mood bonus

• 🟢 New Radial menu option: Dance in public for money

50 points or above:

• 🟢 Area of detection by NPCs is reduced by 25%

• 🟢 Increases Stamina (recovery speed)

75 points or above:

• 🟢 15% sprint speed increase

• 🟢 Ability to sprint in high heels

• 🟢 Running levels up GRC attribute

• 🟢 +20 boost to Skills such as Make-up

• 🔴 If you stand still—you loose Energy

100 points:

• 🟢 Permanent boost to S**iness: +10

• 🟢 20% sprint speed increase

• 🟣 Quest unlocked: Dance to death

INT

25 points or above:

• 🟢 If Alisa is wearing Top and Bottom clothes that are tagged as INT, she gets a small Mood bonus

• 🟢 Adds the ability to locate pickable items within the radius of 6m

• 🟢 New dialogue option: Barter

• 🟢 Alisa gets double skills’ level-up by reading journals

• 🔴 The “Overload” debuff: Mood comes back to normal a little slower

50 points or above:

• 🟢 Adds a “Careful” perk: clothes tear 2x slower

• 🟢 Pickable items search radius increased to 8m

• 🟢 +20 boost to Skills such as Engineering and Herbalism

• 🟢 Alisa need less sleep time to regain Energy

75 points or above:

• 🟢 Pickable items search radius increased to 10m

• 🟢 Adds an “Enlightenment” perk—each day, a random skill is rolled up by 1 point

• 🟢 Point of interest search circles on the world map become halved

100 points:

• 🟢 Pickable items search radius increased to 12m

• 🟣 Quest unlocked: Scientific field research

FOOL

25 points or above:

• 🟢 If Alisa is wearing Top and Bottom clothes that are tagged as FOOL, she gets a small Mood bonus

• 🟢 Adds a “Carefree” perk: Mood comes back to normal a little faster

• 🔴 Clothes now get damaged faster

50 points or above:

• 🟢 Adds a “Drunken Master” perk—when drunk, Alisa can walk naked without increasing Stress

• 🟢 Adds a “Drinker” perk—Ability to understand the speech of drunk and crazy people; sometimes NPCs give you drinks for free

• 🔴 Boring food, compared to unhealthy snacks, does not provide much Satiety

75 points or above:

• 🟢 Adds an “I don’t give a shit” perk—dirt or c*m on the body does not make Mood go down

• 🟢 Adds an “Brewmaster” perk: Alcohol becomes different; it lowers gloor intoxication, reduces Sickness and Pain

100 points:

• 🟢 Adds an “Death’s Luck” perk—if Alisa’s Mood reached 0, there’s a 50% chance she’ll get 25 Mood points back instead of “dying”

• 🟣 Quest unlocked: Meeting Aliens

And, that’s it for now! Keep in mind that those features might not be final and may be tweaked depending on your feedback. With that: What do you think of these ideas? What would you remove/add/change? Please, leave your thoughts in the comments!

P.S. Sometime later in these posts series we gonna talk about different skills and their stages. Stay tuned!

Best regards,
kufe7

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