Artemis DevLog CH7

Hey everyone!

A lot has gone on in the adult gaming space since the last devlog , as most of you have likely heard already. The summary is, through collective efforts, Visa/Mastercard have been pressured to force platforms such as Steam and Itch to regulate the type of adult content they allow on their storefronts. What began as something appropriate (banning content that glorifies rape) is beginning to inch itself to the possibility of expanding to things such as consented acts and even violence. Most of us are old enough to remember when people tried advocating how violence in video games are linked to murders, etc. Something more recent is when Onlyfans tried banning sex workers on their platform. It's been a constant battle for a very long time.

What does this mean for Artemis and my future projects? You guys already know my focus is story. If I were to remove the lewd scenes from Artemis, the story would mostly still be the same. Just treated more of an R rated movie. But I like adding in a bit of spice in my games. Not ashamed to say I've installed CBBE and Schlongs of Skyrim mods in my Skyrim playthroughs. Extended lewd scenes in Dragon Age Origins or Mass Effect playthroughs. Hence why Artemis has its lewd scenes. Instead of panning away when you've advanced enough in a relationship, we see the whole thing.

So, Artemis is safe as I have zero desire to create content that involves glorified rape or underage content and anything that would fall in that realm. If censorship ever extends to consented content between adults and more, I will offer SFW and NSFW versions of Artemis. At the moment though, things remain unchanged for Artemis and development continues normally.

Alright, back to our regularly scheduled devlog!

Things are going well. As mentioned earlier this month, I'll be applying my fixes from the recent marketplace scene to some of the animations. This would probably take a day or two to go through, but most of the work has already been done. This is in preparation for the 0.6.2 patch coming in August.

Also, I've been hinting at an Autumn Festival since chapter 1. Not to be confused with the Mid-Autumn Festival. I'll be cutting this out from the story. It's more of a scene related to Katy's romance path and this scene requires A LOT of custom assets to create. This would add a significant amount of time to development to fit my vision of this festival. So, I've decided to place it on the cutting room floor. Katy will still have a scene this chapter, but I'm changing it to something much more manageable in terms of development time.

On that note, there will be a number of interactions with the LIs this chapter. Next chapter (Chapter 8) will conclude Book Two and will be celebrating MC's birthday and where you'll choose your romance partner for the remainder of the story. Artemis is a romance option however her path plays out differently compared to the others. None of the girls will be forced on you. If you want to continue the story solo, you can. Based on their personalities, some won't be interested in a FWB type of relationship.

that'll wrap it up. be safe, be well!

digi