First off, here's some early UI stuff I neglected to post here previously. The Body tab is where you'll be able to examine Piko and/or try to remove restraints while she chimes in with a bit of banter. They can always be removed by visiting her good pal Reina, but this menu will let you rid yourself of unwanted restraints and some statuses on the fly. I think it's a nice extension of a "body cam" feature from when this was an RPG Maker project.

Speaking of when this was a different kind of project...

There's a fair number of lewd Metroidvanias out there, and while I'd try to make this my own regardless, there's a game concept I once dreamt of that suddenly recaptured my interest in a big way. What if a battle grid akin to Mega Man Battle Network's was an entire scrolling dungeon/world of branching hallways and adventure elements, where you fluidly explore and do battle?

While I didn't originally envision Lust Trap fitting that template, I honestly wasn't sure what genre I wanted for it beyond a generic action RPG. This grid-based adventure thing is a type of game I'm more passionate about making, and thankfully the same health+equipment system and UI I'm working on can apply just as well if not better in some cases. Between the other projects in my head, I doubt I'd ever get around to the concept otherwise. So there it is, the final choice on this matter. Maybe it won't be as cool as I think, but that's part of the learning process, and it will be fun to figure out. A main page update to reflect this decision will be on its way as I delve into the implementation, which will need to take priority over assets for a bit. Time to cook up some grids ^v^