amaty

Future of A Mirror's Curse (A Very Important Poll)

Hello, Meerkats!

Some big things are happening, and I want to be transparent with you, the fans.

So, I'll be moving to a new country in a month. There really isn't much time, and this happened very suddenly because of some personal life circumstances. It's exciting (not to mention slightly terrifying), but it's also a big financial change for me. Between the move, higher living costs, and how the art budget for this game has grown over time, I'm going to have to re-evalua...

Happy One Year Anniversary!

Hello on a very special day, Meerkats!

Please appreciate the art, it cost a lot of money!

First Release

I can't even believe that it's been an entire year since I first shared A Mirror's Curse with the world. I'll be honest, it feels like it's been an instant and an eternity at the same time. A lot has happened in these past twelve months, and I'm very happy that the...

Early Access Release - 0.30

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

Most of the information is in the anniversary post, which will be up in a minute!

I worked very hard on this update and I hope you all like it.

Much love,

amaty

0.30

64.8k words of content added, 741.5k words of content in total.

Day 20 is now fully available with all of homecoming!

Wake up, shocked by the “fact” that you’re late to school.

Have a conversation with your mom about her homecoming and get reass...

Ya girl broke a bone

Update is like 40k words in will do my best to get out on time since luckily my arms are fine but I might have to release just part of it and finish up the update a little later still want to celebrate the anniversary

It looks minor but it hurts bad and I won’t be able to walk much even with crutches

Lmk if u wanna sign my cast

Early Access Release - 0.29

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

0.29 is the spectator route! I know most of you are cheerleaders, so I decided to add a button both at 0.28's End of Content AND the last passage before Ethan falls asleep. There, you can go back to play through the spectator route without restarting the game or anything. I hope this will help more of you guys play!

This is a pretty short update, at only 16.6k words, but I feel it offers a lot of insight into Aurora and Vincent. They really need more fans, ...

Early Access Release - 0.28

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

We got the homecoming game! This is the variant if you are a cheerleader. 0.29 will be the variant if you didn't join the cheer squad, and 0.30 will be the homecoming party. I decided to release this first for a few reasons.

First, I just wanted to get the update out before the end of the month. I try my best to stick to deadlines, and I didn't want to delay the update for the non-cheerleader variant, which I'm sure most of you are not even going to read. 2025-08-29 13:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post

8/16/2025 Progress Update: Homecoming Soon and Jordan Fan Fiesta!

Hello Meerkats!

As always, let's start with writing. It's going... alright. I've gotten 16.4k words done these past nine days. It isn't bad, but I do need to write more, especially considering I want to get this update out before this month ends. My health has been a mess, and my fatigue is bad on a lot of days, not to mention a bit of burnout has settled in after finishing the entire Sam & Jess update in 2 weeks. I am hoping to ramp up the writing soon so we can have this ...

Early Access Release - 0.27

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

Welcome to the end of the mall updates! I wanted to get this update out ASAP so we could finally get out of this mall and move the plot forward. I did a lot of work over past two weeks to get this update out for all of you guys.

My plan moving forward is to get the homecoming game update out sometime in August and then get the homecoming dance update out on 9/30/2025.

Why that date?

Because that's the game's one-year anniversary...

8/1/2025 Progress Update: Art! Art! Art!

Hello Meerkats!

Writing has been going great! 0.27 is currently sitting at 37.6k words. I will admit that a decent chunk of that is copy and pasted from 0.26, as I'm getting real sick of writing the same stores over and over again. However, I did change it up enough and add enough original content that this route will be worth playing. If I keep up the good progress, I think 8/15/2025 is looking very achievable.

Now, let's move onto art!

As you may have already seen, the kis...

Early Access Release - 0.26

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

Six months ago, I posted this meme.

Honestly? It still feels true.

That update came in at 31.6k words of original content. This update is 58.3k words of yet another mall variant AND some rewrites of day 4.

To be honest, I'm ready to wrap up this shopping trip, and I imagine some of you are, too. It's been three months of the same stores and events, and ...

7/10/2025 Progress Update: Vincent CG Is Finally Real!

Hello Meerkats!

Let's start with the writing progress! I'm currently about 13.2k words into the next update! I'm starting to ramp up the amount of time I'm writing though, I got 4k written yesterday. I have not been a fan of how close I'm been to being late with the last two updates. I dont think it's far to Patrons or to the playtesters, who had to work overtime to get everything proofed. This is a bit of a lofty goal, but I'm hoping to get this update all written by the 25th. We'll se...

Early Access Release - 0.25

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

I barely made it in time, but a new update is all ready!

I know this is totally unexpected, but this update is, once again, the largest one so far. Yeah. I might've gotten a little caught up writing everything from scratch and including a lot of Lily content. I did not end up reusing much material at all.

Four shopping variants might've been a mistake, huh?

Anyway, I hope you all enjoy the update! See you all soon.

Much love,

amaty 2025-06-29 11:58:25 +0000 UTC View Post

6/21/2025 Progress Update: Amaty's Life Is Falling Apart but Development Continues

Hello Meerkats!

Your favorite dev's life is kind of falling apart right now. I'm not going to get into it much, but I'm trying to move out ASAP due to a lot of problems in my household. This is while I'm still very ill.

But, fortunately (or unfortunately?), I'm a bit of a workaholic and love this project too much. In the 15 days since the last progress update, I've written 32.4k words. I'm currently past the bra store, and have 2/6 stores done. I'm planning on the...

6/6/2025 Progress Update: Developer Isn’t Doing Too Well

Hello Meerkats!

Your favorite TGTF game developer is in the hospital. As some of you may know already, my health isn't doing so well. I'm not going to get into details, but I will probably be in here for a few days and progress on the game will be going slower than it has been this past week.

And, I won't lie to you all, it's already been going pretty slowly.

It's been about a week since release, and I've gotten... 2k words done. I typically get that done in a day. I love wo...

Early Access Release - 0.24

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

May is almost over, but I managed to get an update out!

This update is the largest one so far, and it only encompasses one of four variants for the shopping update. Yeah. The full shopping update when it's done will be a doozy.

I'm hoping I can reuse some of the material, so I can finish the shopping part of this game in a reasonable timeframe. We do have to get to Homecoming Day, after all!

Enjoy the update! See you all next month!

5/24/2025 Progress Update: Update in May

Hello Meerkats!

Welcome to yet another progress update! First thing out of the way, I'm almost certain that I can get 0.24 out by the end of the month. The poll and my own whims have dictated that the update be split up into four parts. The first part of the shopping update, featuring Ethan going shopping with his mom, will be out soon! The current word count is hovering around 41k, and I'm almost done writing all the new content. I think by the time I finish, it will be around 45k word...

Poll: Update Release Plan

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

I'm realizing this update is going to be huge. Even bigger than I expected—and I already thought it was going to be massive. Let's start with a quick recap.

I was originally planning for one really large shopping update, letting you go with a character of your choice. After a poll on the Discord, I decided to go with the most popular characters people wanted to shop with. The results are below:

2025-05-22 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post

5/10/2025 Progress Update: Burnout and Progress Continues!

Hello Meerkats!

I'm going to begin this progress update by saying I am burnt the hell out. Making progress on the game has been very difficult to do, and sections that would've taken me a few minutes are taking me hours. It really is a pain to deal with, and I've been writing significantly less than usual. I hope you all understand. I've been doing my best to write despite that. I've still written a little over 21k words since the last update, and I'm trying not to slow down too much. 2025-05-09 22:56:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Access Release - 0.23

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

Kept you waiting, huh?

I did NOT expect this update to be done before May either, but a storm of things, including there being less work to do than I expected, made it so I was able to push this update out!

If you're on the Discord, I know it said this update would be out forty minutes ago, but I ran into some technical difficulties that led to this update coming ou...

4/25/2025 Progress Update: Short Break and Art

Hello Meerkats!

First, I took a short break for the first time since Christmas! I'd been feeling rather burnt out, and I do have surgery coming up in less than 12 hours. I needed some time off, and now I'm feeling very energized to get back to work and get the next update out for all of you! It definitely won't be out in April, I do apologize, but it should be out sometime next month.

Despite the break, I still managed to get 15k words done since the last update! Progress is looki...

Early Access Release - 0.22

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

This update is another big one! Not as big as 0.21's 51.5k words, but this update still comes in at a solid 41.7k words. It features the entirety of Day 16 and rewrites of Day 2 and Day 3. I ended up finishing a little sooner than expected, but I'm sure you all don't mind that. I'm hoping that I can get another update out this April, but I'm not sure if I can. I will do my best though!

You all will hate a new character introduced this update. I'm v...

4/7/2025 Progress Update: Writing Spree and more Art

Hello Meerkats!

Again, I'm going to talk about the game's progress! I've been on a writing spree, and the update is already at 28.6k words! I don't think this means that this update will come out any sooner though. The update schedule will probably be closer to 3 weeks instead of 2. I've actually been writing more, but these updates have just been getting so big that one of them could technically be considered a novel. This update, for example, is probably going to be at least 45k words...

Early Access Release - 0.21

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

This update is over 50k words long, if you're wondering why it took so long. It features a rewrite of a significant portion of Day 2, the end of Day 14, and the entirety of Day 15! It's a really big update, and I hope you all enjoy it. I am sad to say though that the update cycle will get a little slower from here. The amount of content coming out will stay the same, it's just updates are getting bigger and it's getting impossible for me to get one out twice a mo...

Meerkat Adoption, Our New Mascot

Hello Meerkats!

You might be wondering why I always call you all Meerkats. Well, it sounds a lot like Mirror Cat, which ties into the title A Mirror's Curse. Plus, I know many of you love cats, so it felt like the perfect name for this community.

To celebrate our little mob, I wanted to do something special! So, I adopted a meerkat—not in the pet way, but by supporting the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary.

And now, meet Io, our...

3/17/2025 Progress Update: Words Are Being Written and Art Is Being Drawn!

Hello Meerkats!

So, I'm going to start with the things I have to say, since I know most of you will scroll down, look at the art, and leave.

First, progress is going well! I currently have about 13.1k words for the next update. As you all might have been able to discern, I work a little slowly during the first week and then speed up in the second week. I can't say an exact date, and I do want to give myself some time, but the update will definitely come out before the end of March...

Early Access Release - 0.20

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

First, I just wanted to apologize for the late update. I've been going through some stuff in life and with the amount of coding and UI changes that were done this update, things ended up taking a lot longer than I expected. I hope you all didn't mind too much!

I mentioned UI changes, right? Yeah, there are quite a few UI changes!

You may notice a little icon of a person on the top right! If you click on it, you'll be able to see the paperdoll in game!...

3/7/2025 Progress Update: Amaty's Mistake, an Apology to Dyslexics

Hello Meerkats!

I just had to make this progress update because I made a very stupid mistake.

As you may have noticed, the game has font options in the settings! One of those was for Open Dyslexic. Now, I don't know if anyone mentioned this to me before, but it turns out Open Dyslexic was not Open Dyslexic.

It was Times New Roman.

I forgot to bring over the folder with the font files back in 0.01, thus the browser did not have OpenDyslexic. Therefore, ...

3/5/2025 Progress Update: Quality of Life Features and Art

Hello Meerkats!

I'm going to show off some of the new QOL features for this game!

The first of these is a tiny stats overview widget that allows you to see some important stats at all times so you don't have to constantly go to your stats page! I've gotten quite a few people asking about this, so decided to implement it into the game.

 You're also free to adjust what you want to see ...

2/24/2025 Progress Update: UI Updates and Jordan

Hello Meerkats,

First, we're getting a lot of UI improvements due to the help of -=Camille=-, a full-stack developer who's been helping on this project the last few days! Due to their help, we've got a lot of improvements that should help with navigating the game.

We've got a paperdoll sidebar for those who want to see the paperdoll at all times! If you click on the little icon in the top right, Ethan will pop out! I wasn't going to add this since my implementatio...

Early Access Release - 0.19

Hello Patreon Meerkats,

Way sooner than expected, huh? Yeah, I ended up writing a lot faster than I expected. Not to mention this update turned out to be smaller than I thought it would be.

Now, you might be worried by that second statement. But don't worry, this update is still very fucking big. It's larger than 0.16, and is only behind 0.17 in terms of length. There's a lot of new content, and I've also reworked the entirety of Day 1.

Also, a bad ending has been added! If...