## What Are Astral Powers? At the heart of CORPOREAL's gameplay loop is a progression system unlike anything we'd planned when the project started. As you investigate the city's paranormal activity and uncover fragments of the truth behind what's happening underground, your character — a seasoned paranormal investigator — begins to *change*. These changes manifest as Astral Powers: abilities drawn from the same primordial energy that's been awakened beneath the city. They're not gadgets or upgrades. They're transformations. ## How You Unlock Them Each power is tied to a specific revelation in the story. You won't unlock new abilities by grinding experience or collecting resources — you unlock them by *understanding* what you're dealing with. Uncover a location's history? You might awaken the power to perceive residual echoes — ghostly imprints of past events burned into the physical space. Survive a specific encounter and live to understand why it happened? That might unlock the ability to sense when an entity is about to manifest. ## The Design Goal We wanted powers that felt *earned*, not purchased. The city is the teacher. The paranormal is the curriculum. More details on specific abilities coming in the next dev log. If you haven't already, wishlist CORPOREAL on Steam to be notified the moment we announce our Early Access date.