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Branded To Fall Dev Update 21/12/25

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Sorry for missing last weeks dev log, it's that fun busy time of year with lots on all the time so I missed both the Sunday and Monday so decided to just bundle the news from that week into this week as well. Speaking of which, I have some very fun things to talk about!

First off, the update on game content. I've been working a few routes that I want to include content for in the next update. Leandros has had some more progress, which for those who have given in to h...

Branded To Fall Dev Update 08/12/25

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So it's been a week since 0.4 dropped! First off I want to thank everyone so much for the feedback and bug reports so far! It's been incredibly positive, and seeing so many people engaging with the game like they are, and sharing their enjoyment, has been an absolute delight to see! I've just finished up the last of the bug fixes, as well as a few QoL changes, which are now pushed in all the download links for all. There's few worth nothing massively here, bar one. I saw a few ...

Branded 0.4 Bug Fixes

I've updated the links in the original post to be new versions with these fixes.

Fixed the pink roofed house dragon head not being interactable making the puzzle unsolvable
Fixed mana potions not adding mana (whoops)
Fixed the invisible alchemist
Fixed the mana testing man I used in testing still being present
Fixed being able to return to the forest at night

Other bugs I'm aware of:
The poison game over in the cult hideout freezing the game (this is movement iss...

Branded To Fall 0.4 BLT and Above Release

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It's time for Brandeds 0.4 release!!! Quite a chonky update again, especially given the various issues I had these last 2 months, and having to spread my work out more. In the end I even managed to add in the start of the Maid job for the Duke that I thought I would need to cut for time this update!

This updates spread out over various characters, with a fair few new map editions which include some fun puzzles to solve and secrets like usual! I've also started the pro...

Branded To Fall Update 24/11/25

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Slightly delayed update as I was out yesterday! So let's kick stuff off with the big news I'm sure you've been waiting for of when is 0.4 coming out? It will be out this Sunday, 30th for BLT and above, and a month later on the 30th of December for the public!

Next up, I want to discuss the results of the recent poll about the corruption locked decisions. Firstly, thank you to everyone who voted and who left a comment anywhere giving their thoughts and feedback, I sup...

Branded Corruption Choices Poll

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So I've had some feedback lately regarding the use of the corruption stat and it gatekeeping some content behind it. The main point of the argument is that you need to engage with content you might not be interested in in order to gain enough corruption to pick choices you do want to make. Reading this and thinking about the core premise of the game I wanted to make being corrupting them the way you want to do, I realised this is right and pretty restrictive in that way. Bu...

Branded To Fall Update 16/11/25

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Shortish update this week. Jade fans should have some fun new updates for both Cam and Elora versions coming in the next update. You'll get to see the interesting split of how she interacts with both and the story she tells, and I'll leave it up to you which you decide to believe.

I've also been reading some of the recent feedback and think there's a few poll's worth dropping in order to possibly make some QOL changes that will make things more fun for people. I want ...

Branded To Fall Update 09/11/25

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Sorry for being quieter then intended the last week and a half (ish), my son caught what we think was bird flu and I managed to get the rear end of it too so I've been doing my best to look after the lil guy and myself while getting in work where I can. Sadly it's not been anywhere near as often as I'd like. There won't be any delays from this for Branded (it will just not have EVERYTHING I wanted in this update), but I may need to delay Part Time Mafia's release in retrospect ...

Branded To Fall 0.3 Public Release

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It's time for the 0.3 release! The update has a hefty amount of content, though there were some little bits I had to cut as I didn't think they were polished enough in their current state for this release. Most notable of these will be the continuation with the Alchemist in curing Elora's brand and the rng within the spa, so sadly the spa will be a bit scarce still (bar the new Charlotte content).

A lot of the time and effort for this update went into really setting u...

Branded Progress Update - 26/10/2025

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It's that time of week again! So this week I put out some polls for paid members to see specifically when given only one vote for each main character, who people want to see more content for the most. First off, thank you to everyone who voted! Second, the results so far! I think the first place on each will be fairly unsurprising, with the blonde sisters taking the crown on each side having Jen and Charlotte get the most votes for each. Surprisingly enough, they also got v...

Branded Poll - Cam Route

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branded poll part 2 electric booglaoo!

Here we have the alt version of the Ellora poll, this time with Cam's options and who you'd want to see the most. You can only pick one. I'd post a wise crack, but honestly. I'm most looking forward to seeing which character, if you had to pick one, people want to see.

Thank you all for the support

-BaconSoap

Branded Poll - Elora Route

Hey hey peeps,

Here's the first poll I'm interested in seeing peoples full thoughts on. So here is a list of all the current Elora route's, and I want to know which you are most interested in seeing soon. I will be dropping the exact same poll but for Cam route's shortly. This can also only be voted on once so pick the route you most want to see more of.

Thank you all for the support.

-BaconSoap

Branded Progress Update - 19/10/2025

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I want to start by saying sorry for missing last weeks update. It was a big (apparently) birthday for me, and so I was caught up in some fun with friends over those days.

So, update wise I have some fun news. Lets start with the one you've already seen from the post image. We have maid Elora in all her glory! This outfit will be used for Elora working in the Duke's Manor and I'm very happy with how it turned out. Then again, I am a thigh high fan so I would say that.<...

Branded To Fall Patch Release

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Thanks for those who reported bugs. I've fixed two issues, one with some animated CG's being stuck on the screen after the scene ended in rare cases, and another where I'd accidentally set El's sprite to be image 100 instead of 1 so she lingered around the screen permanently judging you.

I've updated the links in the update post to have the new version with the fixes. If anyone has encountered these issues and want's them fixing on a current save, just send me your save ...

Branded To Fall 0.3 Release

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It's time for the 0.3 release! The update has a hefty amount of content, though there were some little bits I had to cut as I didn't think they were polished enough in their current state for this release. Most notable of these will be the continuation with the Alchemist in curing Elora's brand and the rng within the spa, so sadly the spa will be a bit scarce still (bar the new Charlotte content).

A lot of the time and effort for this update went into really setting u...

Branded Progress Update - 29/09/2025

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Super short update this week again as I'm still just finalising the release content. Pretty much everything is done in the game, I just need to do more test runs and finish adding sprites to all the new content. It's a much juicier update then I thought it was looking to be, which is always fun. In particular fans of the bar work and Lady Redmane will be eating good.

As I said last week, the absolute latest I will release the update is this coming Sunday (5th), but if...

Branded Progress Update - 21/09/2025

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Incredibly short one this week as unfortunately I've been hit with a rough case of the flu that's wiped me from being able to work for most of the week. This could not have come at a worse time as I'm trying to get the last bits sorted in the game and everything tested.

I did manage to still get some work done and complete the Jen events for the next update which all focus on her corruption and giving in to her lust route where Elora gives her a "hand". You'll start ...

Branded Progress Update - 14/09/2025

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That progress time again. So we're hitting the crunch period as I keep wanting to add more. I've actually just wrote and rewrote this initial paragraph about 5 times as each time I realised I was saying something spoiling something about one character or another so instead enjoy this nice meta commentary on my inability to write the intro this week.

I've been adding more bits to Lady Redmane's content to push her to the first animated scene this week. I think lots of peop...

Branded Progress Update - 07/09/2025

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Bit of a shorter update this week as I've taken a few days off for silksongs release. Hope all hollow knight fans are having fun with the new game too!

In actual dev news, I've been working on story content for both characters in multiple ways. Most notably implementing Irellias way of contacting you and making sure you're keeping your eyes on the right prize. With this I've not yet decided if I want to have her only reach out to you (in all senses) on her own terms, or ...

Branded Progress Update - 31/08/2025

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Another week, another update. First up I want to share a small teaser of an upcoming Irellia scene (as shown in the banner). I'm sure she's whispering nothing but friendly encouragement in Cams ear.

This week I did some work while on the discord in chat to be able to answer anyone's questions or just give a bit of a peek behind the curtain of how it's all made. It went super well and got a much better turnout then I was expecting. It was really great to get interact with ...

Branded Progress Update - 25/08/2025

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Sorry for the delayed update this week, I thought I'd set it to auto release but evidently I had not XD.

The public release has been great, and looking at the polls hasn't made any major shift up in the results I talked about before so seems everyone's on the same page! I'm so happy to see how many people are enjoying the game and giving feedback, and we've even had the first instances of some of the more hidden secrets being found which is so fun to see!

As fo...

Branded to Fall 0.2 Public Release

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Here we are, Branded's first update in all it's glory. Normally this shouldn't drop to the public till the end of the month, but as I said in my recent posts, I really wanted to thank everyone for the support so here it is! I really went all out in all I could with this update and put my money where my mouth is with the amount of art and extras. As such I want to make it very clear, this update is a big boy and with the current funding I can in no way support this amount of art...

Branded To Fall - Early Public Release Poll

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As I said in this weeks dev update, I want to release this first update to the public sooner then normal as a thank you for all the support I've received for the game so far from all sources.. This is a one time thing that will happen for this update given it's the first update I'm putting out. But I do want to make sure that everyone who has paid to support me and had a chance to play already doesn't feel ripped off by an early public release. As such, I'm putting up a poll to...

Branded Progress Update - 10/08/2025

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A few things I want to run over for this week so lets start with the actual progress update part of it all. I've been working away at the next update on various scenes and mechanics. We've got another few sprites added in for some characters important to the story which have been very fun to see implemented. You can see some of the sketches for two of these in the image for this update. Along with this I've been mostly focussed on some main story content and progressing Cha...

Branded Poll - Which Routes Are You Most Looking Forward Too?

Here's the second poll, I decided to combine the second and third polls to minimise notification spam and instead just allow multiple choices in this one. Here I simply want to know what routes in the game you're looking forward too the most as I'm really intrigued to see which are the most popular.

-BaconSoap

Branded 0.2 Poll (Which Main Character/s Do You Play?)

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Slightly different update this week! Given it's been release week I've got a lot less of a progress update other then I've already started working on the next version. Instead I wanted to focus on the release of the latest version by dropping a few polls to see who people play as, and which routes they're enjoying/looking forward to the most. (I'll also likely redo these when it drops for free.)

So here's the first poll, with the other two to follow. Here I'm wonderin...

Branded to Fall 0.2 Release

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Here we are, Branded's first update in all it's glory. I really went all out in all I could with this update and put my money where my mouth is with the amount of art and extras. As such I want to make it very clear, this update is a big boy and with the current funding I can in no way support this amount of art and extra's each update. But I really wanted this first one to go as hard as I could let it.

There is a possibility old saves will have issues with the new questl...

Branded Progress Update - 27/07/2025

WHOSE! THAT POKE- Random person Cam seems angry at!?

Hey hey all,

This is the last update before the next version drops! I'll be dropping the next update this Wednesday (30th) for BLT tiers and above (barring any major bugs at the last minute, but I highly doubt that will happen).

I've been extensively testing this week to make sure everything works, and mostly, that my spelling isn't atrocious. On top of that I've managed to squeeze in another event I wanted for this updat...

Branded Progress Update - 20/07/2025

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We're entering the finale stretch before the next update of the game and whooooo boy it's looking really juicy. I've been tallying through the events and content in this update and it really is a hefty one.

Some of the events have turned out to have such variety based on player corruption levels, who you're playing, if Cam has mana available, previous interactions and choices, just to name a (lot) few. One event in particular having a wide array of changing dialogue...

PTM Progress Update - 13/07/2025

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Long time coming with this one! Finally, a Part Time Mafia update I hear some of you saying. Well it is certainly slower then brandeds updates but that's because with a slower release schedule and it being a visual novel, there's a lot less to show off if I give progress updates at the same speed. This in no way means that it has not been receiving work however! In fact, the next update is looking to be a very hefty one.

To start with we're continuing the story from where...