outsiderartisan

Guys we forgot to give Apple their cut!

Starting in November, iOS will start collecting platform fees (30%) of all transactions from Patreon. Patreon has in turn passed this problem on to creators, so we have to decide whether we want to lose 30% of our payments from iOS users or raise prices for those users. This is monopoly behavior; very classy, Apple. The third option Patreon creators have is to basically put this off for a year,...

Final Preview for v0.15 - And let's talk about the future.

I'll announce a release date soon. I expect to have v0.15 done before the end of the month. If it slips to next month, I will not charge patrons for August.

Here's some other stuff coming in v0.15:

• New story content, including the ending of the story for some story branches. The exact number is something I can't be sure of, but there should be at least two endings in this ve...

  2024-08-16 13:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Gift Codes for Hex

Here are some codes for Hex!

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Horsetail Tincture x1 (SP Boost)

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Elderberry Tincture x1 (XP Boost)

Hex will be getting some love in the form of a patron-exclusive patch featuring some stuff after SS v0.15, probably sometime in September. I want to try to mainly focus on fi...

Upgraded potion menu

Descriptions are now included directly in the menu rather than in a separate modal, and I've added a search/filter function since the potion list has gotten so lengthy.

🍆 New Encounter Type - SS v0.15 Update Preview 3

Version 0.15 will be coming with a new, sixth encounter type: futanari sex! You will only be able to engage in futanari sex with women, and only when you yourself are the futanari and when engaging in vaginal or anal sex. If you turn a lady into a futanari, or if you attempt to receive a blowjob or anything else, you'll get a bespoke scene instead. Some other bespoke futanari scenes in the game...

Boss "Fights" - SS v0.15 Update Preview 2

In v0.15, after reaching a certain level of notoriety, Paige will occasionally be accosted by the notorious "Brothel Boss Six," a diverse gang of sex masters who are all too eager to put her in her place. In the resulting shonen-esque confrontations, you'll have to pull out all the stops by using potions, traits, and your most developed encounter types to score an A+ or S ranking, or suffer the...

Debtors' Prison - SS v0.15 Update Preview 1

If you can believe it, the debtors' prison is even less humane that the city's dungeon, and it's where you'll end up if you stay in debt for too long. Once there, if you can't negotiate a way to pay back your debt on your own, you'll be auctioned off to the highest bidder as a so-called "servant." Word is, a lot of lords and ladies get their chambermaids and "personal" ser...

Try to guess what this new switch does.

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SS update coming this month

Hey everyone, thank you for your patience. I will make a post sometime soon addressing my rather long absence from posting and covering how far along things are, but I wanted to get back in the saddle with a quick post just letting you know that an update for SS is indeed on the way, and I plan to release it sometime this month, hopefully sooner rather than later.

Just so everyone knows, ...

Hex v0.0.8α

Play for free! - Patron edition access - Changelog

Hey! I know it's been a bit since I've posted anything. Don't worry, ...

The Strange Girl Saga

Sit down and relax, and crack open a nice cold can of drama while I tell you a story.

NOTE: Do not contact any of the people mentioned in this post. This is just some fun speculation about a potential scam. Don't harass anyone, or take anything in this post as definitive!

When Itch.io made their shitty new algorithm, the top block of the adult tag turned overnight i...

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NSFW Winter Games Bundle!

Hex is part of a huge NSFW games bundle over on Itch.io. The bundle is PWYW, and most (all?) of the individual games are free, but of course we appreciate contributions! This bundle should be a great way to find some new favorites, so check it out!

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New outfits for Succubus Stories v0.15!

New CG for Succubus Stories

Get your saves backed up now!!!

Itch.io is migrating to a new webhost for HTML games. To get your save files, visit the following URLs:

• Succubus Stories: https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/4823511-794186/index.html
• Hex: 2023-11-19 13:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Give Hex some love on Newgrounds!

Hex is now playable (well, it's been up for like two weeks, so "now" might be a stretch) on Newgrounds! I previously took Succubus Stories off NG, but now it's back up as well! Given the state of Itch recently, having the game on more storefronts and "diversifying" a bit seems wise. Obviously, don't give the game a score you don't feel it deserves, but a rating over there will...

Nude version of the debtors' prison promo art.

Preview: Debtors' Prison (Succubus Stories)

Break the law and a guard will come for you. You'll be put in the stocks or the dungeon, and be released after a few days or weeks. Find yourself in arrears, however, and you'll provoke the ire of dangerous bounty hunters and find yourself dragged off to debtors' prison. If you or a loved one can't pay back your debts, they'll find a way extract what's owed from your blood, sweat, or tears inst...

Redemption codes

In response to my belief that external Itch.io traffic is weighted more highly than internal traffic, I'm going to implement a redemption code system into Hex and Succubus Stories. I will place redemption codes on each game's Itch page, as well as occasionally releasing new codes on Discord and Patreon. Most of these codes will have expiration dates, and when old codes are pha...

The task board has been updated for v0.15

Feel free to check it out! I also will probably add a request or two dealing with the debtors' prison, but I didn't put that on the list. The debtors' prison itself should be a pretty big chunk of content, and I'm excited to show it off!

Itch.io staff replied

We managed to finally get a response from Itch.io directly. Essentially, it was confirmed to us that this change to the algorithm was not a bug, and that their intention was to break up what they see as a group of games that are "popular for being popular." According to Itch, they see views and popularity as zero-sum. For games to be seen, other games must necessarily not be seen--the "free vie...

Some crazy stuff has been going on with Itch.io

I lost 100+ positions in the popularity (which is the default) sorting method across multiple different tags on itch, and this has really sent the traffic I get from there off a cliff. I'm not alone in this either, as at least a dozen other devs I've personally spoken to have noticed dramatic changes, mostly in a negative direction. This all happened in a single night, too, for all of us. This ...

The Tools Page on Itch.io

I made an Itch.io project page to host downloads for mod tools and some other stuff for both Hex and Succubus Stories. Mod tools can also be downloaded from my personal website, but I want to try to migrate to using Itch.io instead, so I may remove those downloads in the future. 

I also included "web players" for both games. While these are basically just embeds of ...

The link to access the patron edition of Hex has changed a little.

Links to the page itself should redirect automatically, and you don't need to do anything if you've already got access to the game, but the new link to access the patron edition is: https://outsiderartisan.itch.io/hex/patreon-access 

I've already updated some of the places to the new link, and ...

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Here's a cut-in Ecchi was working on for your viewing pleasure! I love the nipple kiss detail...

Succubus Stories is coming along. I'll have some previews of v0.15 to share with you all next month!

One piece swimsuit

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