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February 14th Weekly Update

Yes, it's a day late, but in my defense, I spent 10 hours yesterday writing a gigantic Ashley scene and kinda got sidetracked.

Anyways, this is one of the best weeks I've had yet in terms of productivity! There's... a lot to talk about, in more detail than I can fit in one update, so I'll just summarize.

-I got adaptive side images working. It's only implemented for Aspasia right no...

February 6th Weekly Update

I guess the big fancy news this week is that Metatron's romance stuff is finally moving along smoothly after entirely too many issues (which were all my fault, to be fair). I'm hoping to have it sorted in the next day or two so I can get to all the other stuff I want to do as well.

Ina art is also now officially in progress; there are some sketch previews up on Patreon if you want a sneak...

Upcoming Character Sketches

It would probably have been smarter to split this into 3 separate previews, but fuckit, I just wanna share the art LOL.

So, jfc hit me with some dope and super lit sketches for upcoming characters; in order, that's Ina, Maya,  and ???? who you haven't met yet. Maya looks... exactly as much  of a little shit as she should be, along with her JUSTICE!!! scarf, and excellent tummy/h...

January 30 Weekly Update

Reasonably productive week! I got the new monster art ingame and Aspasia stuff sorted, as well as redoing most of the status icons, so the game will be 5% less ugly! Probably. Maybe.

Probably spent a little too much time on traits and aoe buffs/debuffs again, but it definitely benefited the pure caster allies. Sarah and Celica are no longer complete deadweight when fighting hard-hitting e...

Alpha Wolf Preview

Slightly less cute than his smoller brethren admittedly, but still a handsome devil. And hungry. Hope you brought some Scooby Snacks, bros.

Aspasia Final Art Preview

It's not weird that I really really really want a slime mommy to step on me, right? It's a perfectly normal reaction to THOSE LEGS, HOLY FUCK, and that look in her eyes doesn't help. Dammit, stop giving me new fetishes jiffic.

I absolutely look that signature look of smug superiority(tm) of her Amused expression in pic 2; Aspasia looks very confident in her place as new best girl.

F...

Wolf Preview

ANGERY. AS. FUCK. He's kinda adorable ingame though.

Non-Melty Boar Preview

Not to be confused with the Melty Blood game series, or the melting boars at the start of the game; these walking bacon dispensers are the boars you fight throughout  the two Arden Forest proper areas. They're kinda cute, aren't they?

January 23 Weekly Update

Well, work continues. Not the most exciting progress report; I'm still plugging away at Metatron stuff. I can't help but wonder if I'm chasing perfection instead of good, similar issues to the Celica romance stuff; here's hoping I can learn a lesson along the way. 

As I was talking about yesterday, I also got a lot of skill/weapon planning done while taking breaks from that; since we...

January 16 Weekly Update

Memetron romance stuff is still puttering along. She's a huge dork and I'm digging it, but as with Celica, getting it right is definitely slower work than just writing one-off scenes. I really want to cuddle with her though. And possibly lick her abs. A lot.

Whospasia art is in progress as well, will show that off when I have more to show but jfc is doing his thing.

Garrisen is doin...

1/9 Weekly Update

Yeah, so, I know I said I wasn't gonna start working until this week, buuut I kinda lied and got to work early. Woops lol.

I am really happy with how much progress I made on trait stuff in particular, adding the trait tags to limit bonuses gave me a lot of room to add unique traits for weapons, elements, schools, etc. that I think serves to help differentiate playstyles. I've got most exi...

0.18 Plans/Poll

My core plans for 0.18 are Metatron romance+lewds, Celica lewds, Aspasia art+content, and hopefully more monster art, with art depending on artist scheduling.

That's a little lean for a full month of work, so I'd like to hear what else you guys want me to prioritize out of my less-crucial plans for the month. I would /like/ to do all of these, but realistically... it's unlikely lol.

2021 Patron Message

I've been trying to think of some kinda grandiose, heartfelt speech to do for you guys, but nothing seems to come out right, so I'll keep it simple.

I... really didn't think I was gonna be able to afford art for a few years, if ever. I was kinda expecting to crash and burn to be honest, given that the game was at best a clunky, worse-written version of CoC or MGD lol. My goal was just to ...

2021 in Review

As we approach the end of 2021, I wanted to take a moment to look back over the progress of the game. I first released on February 8, a bit over 10 months ago, with a little over 20k words of content and no experience with any of this lmao.

Obviously I had writing experience, but not in this style, I had to learn Python to make the game, I didn't think we'd get to art for a while if ever,...

Aspasia WIP Preview

Similar to last time, I want to stress that this is a sketch rather than finalized art - there may be minor design differences in the final version.

But admittedly, Jiffic has been doing such ridiculously good work with her that I really wanted to share the early version anyways, she looks like an actual goddess!

Aspasia is the embodiment of the girl who went from "Nice to meet yo...

0.17a Release!

As always, download at the link at the top, or from discord, or... whatever.

Changelog;

-Sarah now has art, courtesy of Mistimagi! Her old content has been updated with expressions, as well as various outfits. Underwear, temple/exercise outfit, normal sweater, and tights-only for her thighjob LOL.

-The monsters in the opening forest area and temple now have art as well, thanks...

Sarah Temple/Lingerie Outfits

I like to think that pic 1 is about how Sarah looked near the end of the temple succ - glowing eyes 'cuz charm magic, horny as hell, and not thinking about stopping anymore. Also, her outfit is cute, and I'm really fond of the foot wrappings. As you can guess, succ clothing was not a major budget priority, so it's pretty DIY.

Pic 2 is her underwear, which is appropriately cute and a littl...

Abomination

Sarah in the morning:

Naw, despite the resemblance this is actually not another Sarah reveal; we talking about the Lost Temple boss here! Yes, he/she/it is leaking a lot of weird stuff, and yes, that is a lot of eyes and mouths and.... other things.

In case you were wondering if it looked like a bunch of screaming mouths: now you know!

Sarah Fullbody Preview 1

Here's Sarah in all her glory, or at least, the sweater/skirt combo she typically wears. After getting the skirt shortened a bit I like how it looks a lot personally, and her outfit is very... customizable, so I can remove it as needed. For when you really want that sweater-dress and tights look.

Which, for me, is all the time. DAMN gurl.

12/19 Weekly Update

Despite the covid booster kinda knocking me out for a day or two, we're trucking along. Still looking at a release late this week (23rd-24th, depending on how much trouble a scene gives me). As mentioned previously, the main attractions of this update will be Celica romance start and Sarah art, with some other random stuff.

I'll do more previews over the week of the various outfits/expres...

Sarah Art Progress Previews

As is implied by the title, these aren't necessarily final art - the skirt may change a bit - but the general character design isn't gonna change much at this point. I almost forgot how SPECTACULARLY FUCKING CUTE Sarah is and how good of an artist Mistimagi is, but today was a grim reminder of both facts.

I want to tease Sarah until she gets mad.

Living Failures Preview

These are the little guys the temple boss summons every few turns, and boy do they look.... not waifu, huh? Homeboy did a great job of making them as freaky and misshapen as I had hoped. 

And yet, somehow... they still look like they're living their best life. I kinda want one as a pet.

December 12 Weekly Update

Celica stuff continues to march on. I'd like to think of it as prioritizing quality over quantity, but a less charitable way of putting it might be 'slow but steady.' We're definitely getting somewhere, though.

As such, I'm gonna tentatively say that 0.17 will probably be somewhere around December 23rd.

To tl;dr it, much of November was an IRL fuckfest of home renovations and other ...

Mauthe Doog Art Preview

Ok, yes, I know that the closest-to-original spelling for the myth that these creatures are drawn from is 'Moddey Dhoo', which has a fun wikipedia page here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moddey_Dhoo

That said, Mauthe Doog sounds infinitely cooler, so fuck y'all, we got Mauthe Doog.

This is the first of...

Minor Scene Suggestions

Are there any plot/lore/story/character questions you want addressed in-game? Stuff that might be known by existing characters, but just hasn't come up yet.

Can be minor/casual stuff like asking Sarah if succubi actually need to eat, Metatron if she sweats, or Ashley how she feels about Metatron. 

Can also be hard-hitting journalism, like asking Ashley what the fuck happened to...

Monster Art Preview 2 - Boar Daddy

It's not weird to say he's kinda handsome, right? He's got that chad hair and pose, and yeah ok his face is melting a little but he's still rocking that hentai MC hairstyle.

IDK if it's obvious from the art since patreon upscales stuff weirdly, but he's somewhere around 60-70% bigger than the previous boar to really drive home the idea this dude is bad news.

Monster Art Preview 1 - Boars

As I mentioned in the weekly update, we're getting some fantastic monster art due to the talented Garrisen on discord! We're starting off with the weakest enemy, the corrupted boars you fight at the very start of the game. Yes, they're melting a little. No, that is not lime ice cream.

You may notice that he looks a bit more green than purple, like the succs. This was SORTA planned from th...

Sarah Art Sketch

Ok, first off, THAT OFF-SHOULDER SWEATER IS WHERE THE BONER IS CREATED. I aint even talking about armpit sex, but man, Mistimagi seriously captured her amazingly well. The idea of her not /trying/ to be sexy or present herself, but just naturally existing in a state of innocent seduction, is so Sarah it hurts. Also, I kinda want to see her in a naked sweater now.

I love how her hair came ...

11/28 Weekly Update

Despite the pressing concerns of family aggro and Thanksgiving, this has been an exciting week nonetheless!

Probably the bit most of you will want to hear is that Sarah art is in progress now, I got the initial sketch last night which I'll preview a bit later. She's looking DIVINE, holy fuck. Mistimagi (also did Ashley and Celica) is a god.

While slightly less sexy, thanks ...

11/21 Weekly Update

Still dealing with some IRL stuff but got pretty good progress this week! Sarah got a nice chonky conversation about Ensa-Taya, and work on Celica's relationship scene set is ongoing - I have a pretty good idea of where I'm going with it now, just trying to get it all to flow naturally and sound right for a brilliant but emotional dumpster fire of a teenager.

On a less writing-ey note, I ...