V.0.5.3 Release

Debasing Grounds is an adult, free to play, web-browser based RPG and social simulator in a post-apocalyptic world. 

Version 0.5.3: "Gym & Feminization, Town & Guard Job, Pillory Punishments & Attacks" Update is now available for free at http://debasinggrounds.com/.

Version 0.5.4: "Pony Work-Beast & Public Events" Update is now available for supporters.

Changelog for version 0.5.3: "Gym & Feminization, Town & Guard Job, Pillory Punishments & Attacks":

Gym & Feminization:

* Players can work for Holger as a trainer when they have trust > 50, Lifting skill > 50 and positive Town status

* Players can join as cleaning staff for him instead if they have trust > 50 and negative Town status

* Both jobs result in the players joining the Town faction

* Both jobs are compatible with being Holger's pet and Holger's training scenes

* When working in the gym, players can walk in freely even if they stop training under Holger

* When working doing maintenance, players can level different skills: Manual labor, Service tasks, Precision tasks, Lockpick.

* When working doing maintenance both Rafail and Fermando will try to dom the player. Players can obey, choose to further submit or try to fight it

* Submission to Rafail leads to feminization scenes

* Nine new feminization scenes with Rafail: outfit, hormone cocktails, nickname, public display, public feminization

* Submission to Fernando leads to humiliation scenes

* Nine new humiliation scenes with Fernando: verbal abuse, slapping, spitting, spanking, public humiliation

* At submission > 30% to Fernando or Rafail, players can avoid the other's advances by declaring themselves owned by the other, further increasing their submission to him

* Holger will fire players from the janitorial job if his trust falls below 0 of they become disliked by the Town faction

* Four events while working as a trainer that impact the player's status and Holger's trust

* Three events while working as a trainer, where players can impact the status of the other trainers: Fernando, Rafail and Sabiya

* New one-on-one sex scenes, (dominant, neutral and submissive) when working as a trainer, depending on the customer's personality

* The one-on-one scenes can turn into a player centered gangbang depending no the player's actions

* Holger will abuse other customers when players work as trainers.

* The players can join, suggest to take the customer's place, try to stop it or ignore the scene

* Sex while working as a trainer triggers and increases exhibitionism fetish

* Watching Holger use other patrons triggers voyeurism and potentially NTR fetishes

* When asking Holger about the other trainers, he now gives an evaluation based on their status

* When the status of one of the other trainers falls below 10, Holger starts abusing them. Players can turn the abuse sexual.

* New trainer abuse scenes: slapping, oral sex, watersports

* When the status of one of the other trainers reaches zero, players can get them fired

* Fired trainers can be found begging in the western slums

* New quest by Fernando when working as a trainer if his trust reaches 30

* New quest by Rafail when working as a trainer when and his trust reaches 30

* The NPCs sent to Rafail show up feminized after completing the quest

* Holger will fire players from their trainer job if his trust falls below 0, if they become disliked by the Town faction or their status falls below 0

* Players can now capture Holger and the other trainers in dungeons like any other NPCs

* If Holger is captured, the gym remains open but many options are disabled

* If Holger is captured, players can work and can't get fired, but won't get paid and Holger scenes won't trigger

* Adapted the scene where players get used by Hogfer, Rafail and Fernando after a workout, so it changes if Fernando or Rafail are captured or have been fired

* Adapted the punishment scenes if some or all of the trainers are gone

* Missing a shift decreases Holger's trust

* NPCs recruited to the gym (previously existent job) now show up in the different gym events

* Players can ask Holger to be put back on their leash instead of waiting for him to do it

* Increased the chance of petplay training approaches by Holger

* Players can now Loiter at the gym

* New scene involving Adil and his men from trust > 60 with Holger while being leashed

* New quest involving shoplifting from trust > 90 with Holger while being leashed

Town & Guard Job:

* Lera (Anvil Accessories) has a new quest: shoplift in U&Z fashion

* If successful or lied about it, Lera introduces players to Sikke who gives them another shoplifting quest

* Sikke's shoplifting quest can also trigger after getting caught shoplifting in market street shops three times

* Players can complete the quest by stealing from businesses under Reign (Sikke's rival) or by attacking people at the coffee shop or restaurant.

* Adil invites players to join his guards if they beat up the Town thugs three times more than they have lost to them.

* Sikke also offers players the job as a guard at trust 30, but this time under her

* If players join Sikke or Adil as guards, they no longer will be harassed by town mobs in the streets

* Both under Adil and Sikke, the guard job involves guarding the hardware store

* 14 new scenes while working as a guard

* Players can resolve each scene using skills, reputation, their status with other factions, calling Sikke/Adil or ignoring them.

* Different actions can impact the player's reputation, skills and the relationships with Sasha, Sikke/Adil and the customers involved

* If Sikke's trust (or Adil's in its case) falls to 0 or the town faction dislikes the players, they will fire the players

* At trust>50, Sikke (or Adil) offers players a quest to take over the hardware store from Bori and raise in the town's faction

* Completing the quest requires a high degree of trust or dominance with Sasha

* After taking over the hardware store players are introduced to Tanja

* Players can chose getting paid in e-coin or silver

* Reworked the Hardware store chat options

* It's now possible to break in the coffee shop, restaurant and hair salon at night

* Bori can be found begging in the slums after getting fired

Pillory Punishments:

* The pillory is now always present in the main square

* Players can now ask around about the pillory and get in the pillory by themselves

* Players can taunt passersby or try to learn from the lock, both options can result in the being locked in the pillory for a few hours

* The regular pillory punishment now lasts two days when issued by the Keep guards (previously one day) and seven days when issued for a very low Town reputation (previously seven days)

* Olena's scene now changes if she knows the player

* 6 new scenes in addition to the previous 10:

* Sikke now shows up in the pillory for a spanking scene

* Sagara show up and injects the player with aphrodisiacs.

* Holger shows up for a genital torture scene

* New nipple torture scene

* New edging scene: Customers from the electronics store show up and mention it if the player works there

* New whipping scene, if the player has done the whipping porn scene, the participants taunt them as they reenact the scenes

Attacks:

* Players can now attack NPCs at their discretion after approaching them

* Attacking NPCs has reputation consequences

* Attacking an NPC greatly decreases their trust. If the player wins the fight, their submission to the NPC also decreases (if there was any)

* Attacking NPCs in public, faction owned locations has an additional reputation impact with that faction

* Attacking NPCs that belong to a faction has an additional reputation impact with that faction

* Attacking NPCs privately now increases their "violation" stat more

* Updated the violation mechanics

* Players now get a notification when their actions have been reported by an NPC to their faction

* NPCs are reluctant to share the players actions if it will a negative reputational impact to them (Ronda gang members for instance)

* Violation is only incurred in private encounters

Other Stuff:

* The initial outfit is now saved by default as Initial in standard and sandbox starts

* New cheat command allows setting an NPC's faction status

* Players can now ask about the Ronda gang and the townspeople.

* New options when asking about the other factions

* NPCs no longer answer with "I don't have a strong opinion about them" when asked about any of the factions

* West slums beggars are now actual NPCs and the list can get updated by the player's actions

* If players recruit a 'beggar' NPC into a faction, they stop showing up as beggars

* New item: pink choker

* NPC "chatgroups" have been replaced by checks to the NPC's job, faction and personality

Adjustments:

* Winning fights in the city now also improves the status among the Town faction

* Adjusted some of Holger's checks to initiate pet training when players are in bondage

* Training with Holger increases Lifting skill faster

* Training in the machines before Holger shows up no longer prevents from training with Holger

* Players no longer comment you look familiar if their trust is >10% (previously 20%)

* Adjusted Eager and Submissive Town reputation effects

* Removed old "Anabolic steroids" item

* Players can no longer undress or load outfits while restrained

* "Taunt him/her" is now listed under dominance actions, not under "ask something about themselves"

* The remaining "Ask something of him/her" actions that hadn't been moved to "Dominance actions" have been merged with "Discuss business"

* Adjusted some descriptions in the after-public sex gangbang

* Adjusted the sex sequence to remove unnecessary back and forths during penetrative actions

* Changes to Adil's features and Sikke's personality and schedule

* Small changes to Sikke's scenes after shoplifting

* Adjusted the fight difficulty so it doesn't apply twice exhaustion and anxiety effects

* Sagara's office now ahs a computer

* Sagara's artifact quest can be brought up to the guards when asking about the red gate, not just under Discuss business

* Moved Soog to Nortth Street 10 * Apt. 10

* Boris renamed to Bori

* Karsin is now male by default

* Seduction actions now increase trust faster, but the maximum trust that can be reached through them alone is lower (30)

Bug Fixes:

* Leaving north street and main square apartments now correctly takes players to those streets

* Fixed Isara Inc's badge showing up under the portrait's frame

* Removed "grips the sheets" mentions when having sex in public places

* Fixed a bug that allowed using the gym pass even after having expired

* Fixed a bug that allowed pouring the neutralizing agent in the bar without having it

* Fixed a bug that reset NPC faction status on save load

* Fixed a bug that wouldn't show the Media Producer's oral scene when the producers were women

* Fixed missing button texts during the shoplifting punishment and Olena bath scenes

* Fixed a bug with repeatable quests not showing up correctly after the first time they were completed

* Fixed a bug that prevented deescalating the locker room shower gangbang scene

* Fixed Aria's response when asked for a job

* Fixed eyewear being classified as blinding for some actions

* Fixed incorrect floor, threshold, and hours descriptions when cleaning Olena's upper floor

* Fixed cunt-boys and masculine agenital and bigenital NPCs being referred as "the woman/women"

* Fixed Karsin being bugged at her manor after her name change from Carla

* Fixed Olena's dialogue showing up for other characters when asking for a place to stay

* Fixed 'Recruit someone to fight in the arena' quest ending even when failing to recruit the NPC

* Fixed disappearing "lower body" items when wearing a "full body" item

* Fixed custodian dialog showing up for non-custodian Thulle NPCs

* Fixed a bug that faield to update the buttons after sending HuCows to Adanna at night

* Fixed a bug that prevented retrieving the bio-science artifact to Sagara

* Fixed a bug that prevented players from playing rent using the letterbox in 4 East St

* The faction tree now correctly shows players as Rebecca's boss when they report her to Sagara

* Fixed a bug that prevented strap-on sex from triggering during hook ups

* Fixed typos in the genital torture gym punishment