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Mrs. Dallarosa - Name Poll!

Mrs. Dallarosa is getting a sprite and a first name! This is the concept art from the sprite artist.

What's her name?

Huge Status Update & Alexander What If

I haven't done a large patreon status update in forever. I am so sorry. Life was crazy through the holidays, had some personal events to handle, and then I focused hard into writing because I felt behind and was stuck on some plot points.

But there's lots of news! And at the very end of this post I've included a preview of Alexander's first What If, which is one I think everyone will be v...

Survey results and comment XD

Just want to let you all know how insanely awkward it was to request these next two CGs from the artist. 🤣

Also you 4%-ers.... do you even know who Alexander is???? I am confused. 🤔

David has a sprite!

Vote on Alexander Branch Cringe Level

This brought to you by me re-reading my somewhat inebriated 3am writing attempt the next morning.

How perverted should Alexander's branch be?

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! XD

Survey Results - Character Rankings

Results from last week's character ranking poll.

Rankings by character and rankings by position.

Survey: Character Ranking

https://forms.gle/s9oYSafXMj6gwLBH7

The last time I ran this poll was the end of 2022, which was before the game finished. I imagine a lot of people's favorites may have changed since then!

1 response per person please!

I'll share the results in a few weeks.

2023-12-17 05:15:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Alexander Build - 3rd ending

Base game version required: 1.0.0.9

This build gives the 3rd ending, which is a bit short. The final build for the month will include the 4th ending, which will include a new CG & some spicy content.

Note: While playing, you will unlock a side story, but it isn't available yet. When it's ready, you won't have to replay that section. It will alre...

Josh's Sprite

Josh now has a sprite! I will be adding this into Obsession.

Alexander Route - 1st choice!

Spoilers ~ lookout!

There will now be a hammer & wrench icon for paths that are still 'under construction'!

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Finances Update & Alexander sneak-peek!

(Edit - Updated for missing words. My post lost some paragraphs. o.O)

I'm sharing this so there's full transparency to all Patreon members. I stated very early on in development that if Obsession ever made a profit, I would offer my two main artists a bonus. They were both very generous and flexible to help me keep the costs low during development and they both did amazing work. They earn...

Back in action! November Plans

Development is back! Here's the latest info and the plans for the coming months. Thank you all for your patience during my semi-break! :D

All prices listed are in USD.

Patreon Membership Tiers

All membership tiers have been fully restored to their original states and benefits.

• Particle Tier - $3 a month for access to last month's build. (More on th...
  2023-11-01 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Remembrance Planning

Another huge post. TLDR highlights at the end.

I always knew Obsession would be a niche-within-a-niche genre, but I did overestimate the overall sales of the game. Regardless of that, I’m still extremely happy for all the support I have and that I will break even. Those who are into Obsession are REALLY into it, and that’s awesome. I love reading people chatting about it!...

First look...

Remembrance's Main Menu screen.

Obsession - Retrospective

This is a retrospective for Obsession! Alexander’s DLC will be coming, but that’s outside this scope.

Spoilers may be included.

This post is mostly for me to organize my thoughts, but I welcome any thoughts / questions / discussion. The purpose here is too look back, review the good and bad, and find ways for improvement in the next project. This will be quite long!

2023-10-11 23:13:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Another Status Update & Future Plans

I realize just now that I posted the artist callout yesterday without actually giving an update about what's going on and where PoR currently stands after the release and concerns about sales.

Oops.

So here it is! And it's good news! YAY!

Sales wise, Particles of Reality is catching up to where I hoped to be! I was quite nervous and anxious about the situation...

Looking for artists!

Still on hiatus (mostly). Later this month I will make a couple posts on retrospective of Obsession and future plans for Remembrance.

(If you're coming here from social media/references, this is the follow-up game to Particles of Reality: Obsession. Particles of Reality on Steam | 2023-10-05 16:19:25 +0000 UTC View Post

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Billing Paused & Future Development Status

I've gone ahead and paused billing for Patreon ahead of the planned October hiatus.

My goal was always to break even at the end of the day with the game development costs. I never really cared about making a profit. I enjoyed making the game as a hobby.

Generally speaking, the majority of ...

Fix: Locked routes & sprite issue

A few players were still reporting issues of Julian / Quinn / Brandon's routes being stuck locked. I've further updated the logic to handle this and included some code in the initial launch of the game to unlock them if Sebastian has any completed endings. 

If you were still hitting this issue, this should resolve it with no action taken on your part after you update and launch the g...

Fix: Character Routes Locked

Sorry for the repeated messages today, it's a big day. :D

I was alerted to a bug where the character routes are stuck locked for some players. I've updated the game to (hopefully) resolve this issue, but it does take some action.

If you find the character routes are locked for Julian, Quinn, and Brandon, please try replaying any single one of Sebastian's endings to trigger the unloc...

Brandon Patch Download & Instructions

• Patch file last updated: Feb 11, 2024

• FULL game version required. Brandon's route is not available on the demo.

• You need version 1.1.0 or higher. Earlier builds will crash.

• You must install the patch manually. This route is not available on ANY store.

Brandon's route is a free external patch to the base game '...

Keys Sent & Secret Code Screen

I have finished sending out game keys to everyone who qualified and filled out the form. If you were expecting a key and did not receive an email or have any issues with the game, contact me directly at ArewarGames@gmail.com.

Please don't hesitate to reach out for support with any problems! I am ready and waiting to tackle any bugs!

Secret Code Screen 2023-09-16 17:19:01 +0000 UTC View Post