Superbia Post-Dungeon Wrap and Moving Forward (& AC Results)

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Everyone passed AC! That's all there is to it lol

Congratulations to everyone for clearing the Superbia arc of the story with aplomb! Superbia is a part of the story I'd been excited to get to for a long while before we arrived and I really feel like that enthusiasm went double for you guys! Some exciting new mysteries and questions about the story of Can Cry have come to light and I hope you're as excited to work towards the answers as I am!

With that, there's just a few things we need to touch on before going forward.

Gula, the Gluttony Layer has been unlocked! The Executors will have ten days of downtime to recover from the previous Underside's battles and the intro log will be posted on November 10th. In advance of the intro log, however, I want to give players a heads up about some of the content expected to be at play there. Namely, Gula will touch on themes of pseudo cannibalism – more specifically (highlight to read:) [ Specters consuming the remains of Revenants. ] If this bumps into a squick or a trigger for anyone in the game please let me know in advance so I can make adjustments to the content of the story before moving forward.

And speaking of moving forward... let's talk about that!

With the start of the Gula arc of Can Cry's story, we are well into the back half of the game. More specifically, after Gula, there will be only three Layers before we reach the Cogs, at which point endgame will begin in earnest. Because of this, here are a few structural and schedule notes for the game going forward:


⚝ The order of the final layers are as follows: Gula -> Luxuria -> Acedia -> Ira -> Cogs
⚝ Gula will be slightly lighter on plot and will proceed at a player-dictated speed. In order to give players a bit of breathing room after the wild ass Superbia Underside, Gula is planned to have a relatively relaxed plot. Players will only have one major task and will be free to come and go from the layer as they please. Characters are free to use this time to train, investigate just who the hell the evil sword girl is, or progress further in whatever character arcs you'd like to pursue. The Gula arc will end when all players are in agreement that they are happy to move forward, but will last at minimum one month.
⚝ Luxuria will be the last 'standard' Layer prior to endgame. Players will still have to deal with Authorities and the like in the Sloth and Wrath Layers, but each will have their own atypical gimmick and will have to be dealt with in a manner different to previous layers. Luxuria will be the final layer that follows the investigation/identification/reclamation gameplay loop as Invidia, Avaritia, etc.
⚝ Final submissions for power & memoria regains will cut off following the end of the Ira Underside.


Additionally, the entry on the powers page for the Executors' new Empathy ability will be going up sometime in the next few weeks! My apologies for the delay on that – while I was in the process of doing the writeup, I had some worries about clarity of use and balancing issues with regards to the investigative portions of the game. I've been smoothing those out and have about gotten it to a place where I'm happy with it, so keep an eye out for that!

That's all for now! As always, if you have any questions or feedback, please leave a comment below and let me know what's on your mind! It feels a bit surreal to be getting so close to the end of Can Cry when it's been my constant companion for almost two years now. I'm beyond stoked that the game still has such an engaged and dedicated playerbase and I can't thank you guys enough.

See you in Gula, Executors!