Stigma of Corruption: Nightbound Courier

In Stigma of Corruption: Nightbound Courier, players become novice messengers, tasked with delivering letters to designated characters at designated times. Helping villagers resolve their problems and gather essential supplies will reward you with a wealth of rewards. While delivering letters, players will encounter different characters, gradually developing romantic chemistry and unlocking corresponding erotic scenes. The game will be continuously updated with more engaging storylines and gameplay, bringing even more excitement to players.

Features:

Novice Courier Role - Take on delivery missions in the ominous town of Dawnreach  

Pre-Disaster Prep - Gather supplies and make strategic preparations  

Impactful Choices - Your preparation level directly affects survival difficulty  

Resource Management - Collect and organize essential items  

Strategic Planning - Make decisions that influence your journey's challenges  

Progressive Difficulty - Better preparation leads to easier survival scenarios  

Changelog:

Highlights of Ver 0.35

This update establishes the core systems and world structure.

At the end of the prologue, the story branches into three main paths:

Dragon Route (Pure Love): A grand and gentle story arc, soon to dive into a “Prison” setting

Craig the Merchant Route: A corruption route set along a journey, featuring scenes on carriages, inns, and shadow shows

Muan the Blacksmith Route: A wild, desire-driven path set in campgrounds and the wilderness

Each route features unique maps, CGs, and custom events, providing a true divergence in gameplay.

In fact, thanks to player choices in the prologue, there are up to six path variations—some overlapping, others completely unique.

On Pacing & Narrative Direction

As a developer, creating this demo has been an intense challenge.

The prologue needed to present a believable world filled with tension, and plant key narrative seeds.

That’s why I poured so much effort into the story and event sequences.

However, it also made me reflect:

"Did all this setup compromise the gameplay?"

My answer: No.

Still, I recognize that some parts might feel slow.

This was done deliberately to build the world—and partly because I was simply exhausted after so much writing.

To deliver strong emotional twists later, the prologue must firmly establish its setting and character dynamics.

So I sincerely ask for your feedback after playing.

Every comment you leave will directly shape the pacing and content of future updates.

What’s Next: Future Plans & Bonus Version

The current demo ends with your departure from Dawn Village.

Next, the main story will focus on bonding with the heroine of your chosen path.

Each route will explore deepening relationships, emotional shifts, and much more intense H scenes and CGs.

Unlike the prologue, the story will no longer dwell on background or world-building.

Still, knowing that some players crave more… provocative content—

We’ve decided to release a special bonus version (Ver 0.4):

It will preview one route's core “corruption arc” in full,

including formal H scenes, corruption progression, and full CG sequences.

You’ll get a taste of what the real gameplay loop feels like post-prologue!

Let us know which route you'd like to see first via the survey link.

Finally, Ver 0.35 is just the beginning

We’ll keep pushing forward to craft a dark, moving, and unique experience.

The DLsite preview page is currently being prepared.

The download link for Ver 0.35 has already been published in the final Ci-en post of the “567” 3-month subscription period.

Even if you’ve canceled your subscription, you can still access that post to download the game.

If you haven’t subscribed, please stay tuned for the DLsite release!

Thank you all for your support.

Comments:

I compliment this game for giving me the option to say "no" to things and deliberately snub the heroine though I'm sure it'll have predictable consequences, and a few options are clearly just "want to see this scene or no?" rather than having any real effect.

this ones just a demo but i do have pretty high hopes for it. (artwork looks good). i ended up supporting the dev's patreon and after some digging, the full version is expected for a september release (hopefully). theres 2 more heroines in addition to the main. and it does look like theres multiple endings (ntr should be avoidable, but you'd probably get cucked out of cgs).

This dev's first game before this, "She Fell in the Last Day" was pretty decent, a good first attempt at making a game. Hopefully they learn from that. I haven't played this yet, will probably wait for several more updates to the the demo. v0.1 is simply never interesting or indicative of what to expect, and there's never a satisfying amount of content ready at that point to be worth spending the time on. I'm hoping that the dev spends more time trying to add a more unique flare to the game, the standard NTR RPGM game loop of 'hunt for the next event' or the obvious choices of what leads to NTR and what doesn't are so boring at this point. I would really like for these things to actually be a game with mechanics, and some not-so-obvious choices for the routes. I suppose I might be asking too much for most devs though, and I get it, these games are already unlikely to be very profitable, so the effort required to make unique systems like that is usually not worth it.

Final Verdict:

Playing as a novice courier in Dawnreach, the protagonist is not only tasked with delivering letters, but can also engage in various preparations.The more thorough your preparations before the impending disaster, the easier your journey will become later on.