🛠️ New Interactive Systems Update – Player Agency & Repeatable Encounters

I am so happy and really rather proud of myself, I’ve just finished implementing a new optional interaction system in City of Sin – The Nocturne Files, and I wanted to briefly explain what it does and why it matters going forward.

This new functionality that will be introduced in the next update provides players with out of story interactions that exist alongside the main narrative rather than inside it.

Certain encounters are now:

• Optional

• Player initiated

• Persistent

• And aware of past choices

Rather than being forced story beats, these moments arrive naturally via Kate’s phone and the player decides if, when, and how to engage with them.

You can:

• Respond immediately

• Put it off

• Decline entirely

• Or return later with the game remembering what you did the last time

No timers. No punishment. No “wrong” choice.

If you choose to return to an encounter more than once, the game remembers:

• Who Kate previously chose

• How many times she’s gone back

• Whether she hesitated or committed

• And adjusts future interactions accordingly

Repeat visits don’t simply “loop” content, they escalate, both in tone and intensity and this lays the groundwork for:

• Returning encounters that deepen over time

• Familiarity changing power dynamics

• Tension building naturally rather than instantly

City of Sin is about choice, consequence, and control, not just in investigations, but in Kate’s personal life.

This system allows players to:

• Shape Kate’s routine

• Decide how she seeks comfort, distraction, or risk

• Interpret her choices in their own way

• Engage with the city beyond the critical path

It also gives me a flexible framework to expand content without breaking pacing or story flow.

This same system will be used for:

• Additional repeatable characters

• Escalating side encounters

• Optional tension-driven interactions

• And future opportunities introduced earlier in the story

(Some of you will already have an idea of who and what that might involve.)

Nothing in this system is mandatory.
Nothing is rushed.
And nothing exists purely for shock.

It’s about letting you decide how Kate navigates her life between the bigger moments and letting those decisions quietly shape what comes next.

As always, thank you for playing, testing, and pushing this game forward with your feedback.

— DoAdventures