Gameplay Basics
Battles
Once you see the rotating skills menu, Karryn is in a battle state.
Stances
This game has three stances: Blunt, Slash and Pierce. Each enemy can be in a specific stance, making them the weakest against one attack type. Karryn can also be in a stance where she has the least resistance to a particular kind of attack. Players can find what stance she is in beneath Karryn's stamina bar. Each opponent and Karryn have a chance to switch stances for every turn.
How Experience Works
Karryn learns through experience, and experience earned in this game is tied to what move(s) you do within a turn and what actions are done to Karryn. These move types are then accumulated at the end of a battle which calculates what stats level up. There is no traditional EXP bar. Keep in mind that if you'd like to focus on building a particular stat, you need to use it the most often to efficiently level it up.
Side Jobs
There are currently up to 4 side-jobs (mini-games) that players can experience in the game. Specific actions done during side jobs can increase certain stats.
Slut Level & Passives
Increased slut level reduces Karryn's Charm. Charm is a stat that reduces an opponent's pleasure threshold, making them easier to be defeated through pleasure. Their pleasure bar can increase whether Karryn directly gives pleasure or not. This means that from every turn, their pleasure bar increases. Once it reaches max, they will ejaculate and either leave or stay, depending on their resilience.
Like Karryn, opponents have a Stamina (Health - orange/yellow) bar and a Pleasure (pink) bar. The fundamental difference is that opponents never experience stamina reduction from acting offensively or sexually.
Karryn can subdue opponents through combat or sex.
Karryn & Fort Ganon
Order
The more Order the Fort has, Karryn has lesser opponent waves to deal with. The less Order the Fort has, the more waves Karryn must subdue.
Control, Anarchy & Subjugation
Control is determined by the following:
The difficulty level you start with.
Control decreased after a floor under anarchy reached days of unrest (Warden & Prisoner difficulty).
Enacted Edicts.
Riots.
Control can either reduce (minus), increase (plus) or have the fort's Order remain the same (neutral/zero) the next day.
A floor under Anarchy can be Subjugated by defeating its boss.
Subsidies
Subsidies are funds provided by the empire. Players can manipulate how much they earn daily by increasing or decreasing Order, earning titles, subjugating floors and enacting edicts.
Fatigue
Fatigue disadvantages Karryn, as she can have reduced status, making her less reliable in battles. Karryn can gain fatigue from battle waves and side jobs depending on the duration choice. Once Karryn reaches 55% fatigue, she cannot run away anymore in Secretary and Warden difficulties.
Pleasure
Like the inmates and guards, Karryn also has a Pleasure bar. How much she earns in a battle and what she has left gets carried over to her overall Pleasure. Reaching 35% will require her to masturbate before sleep or orgasm to reduce her Pleasure. Otherwise, she will receive the "frustrated" status if she sleeps with 35% and above Pleasure or refuses to masturbate mid-battle, "Don't Masturbate".
The Frustrated status increases her attack but decreases her defence, agility, accuracy and critical evasion.
Main Skills & Stat Levelling
Strength
Strength determines how much damage Karryn deals on a full hit, critical damage, stamina damage and physical attack defence. Increased Strength also comes with the drawback of having higher stamina requirements for Attack Skills.
Focus on the following to level up Strength:
Attack Skills:
Blunt Attack Skills:
Slam.
Head Strike.
Strike.
C*ck Kick.
Other Attack Skills:
Cleave.
Skewer.
Slash.
Light Kick - Slash Stance.
Sexual Skills
N/A
Side Job Skills
Kick Out (Waitress side-job).
Circumstance
Take Hit - She has an increased chance of raising Strength if she is not down (run out of stamina) or having sex.
Counter Blunt - Karryn counters with the flat of her halberd.
Counter Slash - Karryn counter slashes with her halberd.
Counter Pierce - Karyn counter thrusts with her halberd.
Dexterity
Dexterity determines Karryn's Critical Damage, Accuracy, Pleasure Damage and Counterattack Damage. With increased Accuracy, Karryn has a higher chance of hitting an enemy. Increased Dexterity also increases the stamina cost for Sex Skills.
Focus on the following to level up Dexterity:
Attack Skills
Slash Attack Skills:
Cleave.
Arm Slash.
Slash.
Other Attack Skills
C*ck Kick.
Light Kick - Pierce Stance.
Sexual Skills
Pleasure Damage during Masturbation.
Handjob.
Blowjob.
Boobjob.
Footjob.
Rimjob.
Anal Sex.
Vaginal Sex.
Kiss.
Pet C*ck.
Couch Masturbation - The more she has the masturbation skills unlocked during the scene, the more dexterity EXP she can earn.
Masturbate Mid-Battle.
Side Job Skills
Masturbate - Bathroom, Level 2 side job.
Serve Drink - Waitress, Level 1 side job.
Circumstance
Kissed - How much experience she gains is determined by her dexterity level over enemies and if she has Stamina or not.
Receive sex - She gains more dexterity experience if she still has stamina.
Counter Slash - Karryn counter slashes with her halberd.
Counter Pierce - Karyn counter thrusts with her halberd.
Counter Blunt - Karryn counters with the flat of her halberd.
Swallow C*m.
Agility
Agility affects Karryn's ability to evade, her chances of grazing an opponent rather than completely missing and increasing her act chance. Like any turn-based game, the Act Chance element determines who can do what first in a single turn. If her Act Chance is far higher than others in the wave, an opponent might skip their turn and only have the chance to act in the next turn.
Focus on the following to level up Agility:
Attack Skills
Pierce Attack Skills
Skewer.
Leg Thrust.
Thrust.
Other Attack Skills
Light Kick - Blunt Stance.
Sexual Skills
N/A
Side Job Skills
Move - Waitress Side Job.
Return - Waitress Side Job.
Circumstance
Evade.
Grazed - While Karryn still has Stamina or not having sex.
Counter Pierce - Karyn counter thrusts with her halberd.
Endurance
Endurance helps Karryn with her Critical Defence, Sex Resistance and her Pleasure Threshold. Karryn's Pleasure Threshold determines how much Pleasure Damage she needs to take before she can get an orgasm. With higher Endurance, she receives less Pleasure Damage and has increased Stamina and Critical Evasion from Attack/Sexual skills from opponents.
Focus on the following to level up Endurance:
Sexual Skills
Masturbate mid-battle.
Side Job Skills
Allow Drinking + Drink during the waitress side job.
Circumstance
Receive Pleasure Damage.
Deal Pleasure Damage with a Sexual Skill.
Take damage while still having Stamina.
Karryn takes critical damage.
Receive creampie.
Get spanked while still having Stamina.
Karryn is f*cked while still having Stamina.
Karryn is petted while still having Stamina.
Receive Pleasure from toys while still having Stamina.
Swallow c*m.
Mind
Mind determines how much Willpower Karryn has. Willpower is used during the Mental Phase. The cost for each Mind Skill increases for every skill used in a single turn. If Karryn has high Pleasure, this can reduce how much Willpower she regenerates for the next turn.
Focus on the following to level up Mind:
Willpower Skills:
Mind Over Matter.
Speak No Evil.
Resist Orgasm.
Reality Marble.
Suppress Desire - Suppressing C*ck Desire gives Karryn more EXP than other Suppress Skills.
Eye of the Mind.
Restore Mind - Succeeding gives Karryn more EXP than failing.
Edging Control.
See No Evil.
Hear No Evil.
Healing Thoughts.
Release (Any) Desire.
Ki.
Focus.
Sexual Skills
N/A
Side Job Skills
Process Papers - Receptionist side job.
Refuse Drinks + Deny Drink - Waitress side job.
Circumstance
N/A
Sub Skills & Stat Levelling
Charm
Opponents that encounter Karryn with high Charm will make them easier to receive Pleasure Damage without the need for Karryn to do any sexual acts to increase their pleasure.
Focus on the following to level up Charm:
Energy Skills
Flaunt.
Sexual Skills
Masturbate Mid-battle.
Side Job Skills
Strip - Level 4 side job.
Handshake ☑ Accept Request - Visitors at the receptionist's side job will ask Karryn to shake her hand.
Swallow - Waitress side job. When Karryn is drunk enough, she will be brought to the table to swallow a mug of c*m.
Greet Visitor - Receptionist side job.
Serve Drink - Waitress side job.
Circumstance
Flash - Patrons will ask Karryn to flash herself during the Waitress Side Job.
Receive bukkake.
Receive creampie.
Stamina
Although Stamina doesn't determine whether a battle is lost or not, it is crucial for Karryn when she receives damage - whether through attack or sex from inmates/guards. Karryn also requires Stamina to perform Attack Skills, Sexual Skills and Masturbation Skills.
Focus on the following to level up Stamina:
Combat Skills
Cleave.
Skewer.
Slam.
Arm Slash.
Leg Thrust.
Head Strike.
Light Kick - Blunt Stance.
Light Kick - Pierce Stance.
Light Kick - Slash Stance.
Slash.
Thrust.
Strike.
C*ck Kick.
Sexual Skills
Any Sex Skill.
Remove Toy.
Masturbate Mid-Battle.
Side Job Skills
Stripper Dance - First combo, Level 4 side job.
Strip - Level 4 side job.
Masturbate - Level 2 side job.
Serve Drink - Level 1 Waitress side job.
Return - Level 1 Waitress side job.
Move - Level 1 Waitress side job.
Circumstance
Receive damage - How much EXP Karryn gains is determined by whether she has Stamina or not. This includes taking (stamina) damage from sex.
Spanked - Karryn still has Stamina.
Counter Slash - Karryn counter slashes with her halberd.
Counter Blunt - Karryn counters with the flat of her halberd.
Counter Pierce - Karyn counter thrusts with her halberd.
Grazed - From an attack.
Evade.
Energy
Energy is required for using certain skills and can determine a battle loss. If Karryn has no Stamina left, she can still be in battle as long as she has Energy. If Karryn loses all Energy, she will be taken to a defeat scene. Each orgasm Karryn has in a single battle can reduce her maximum Energy.
Focus on the following to level up Energy:
Energy Skills
Secretary Stance.
Lady Stance.
Second Wind.
Revitalize.
Breathe - Available after orgasming and receiving the Bliss status.
Counter Stance.
Fix Clothes.
Flaunt.
Cautious Stance.
Defensive Stance.
Circumstance
Orgasm
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