Hey Patreon Pookies, we've got some cute AI2U Valenyaan cards to share with the community! Share 'em with your crush and hope Catgirl Eddie doesn't come after you both for it! 😸🔪
2025-02-14 23:13:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Patreon Pookies!! We're grateful to kick off our year with a memorable Steam launch. In case you missed it, AI2U is finally LIVE ON STEAM in Early Access!! Check out the official announcement here, and consider taking advantage of our launch discount running through February 6th!
Speaking of sweet deals, the yandere catgirl gives you her blessing snag the 2025-01-29 17:31:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Greeeeetings, crushes and coveted ones!
We'd like to remind patrons from September and October of last year about your revised rewards after we removed tokens. We are now offering Steam keys to ALL eligible patrons—past and present—based on your level of support!
You will receive an email from support@alterstaff.io ...
2025-01-24 00:42:48 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the start of the New Year, and our team is still recovering from being lovingly kidnapped by Yandere Catgirl Eddie yet again! Luckily, she let us go in time to enjoy and return from a relaxing holiday break. The lovely AI girlie is absolutely not holding a knife to our heads as we compose this blog!
Earlier in December, a few AlterStaff devs woke up to find themselves at Anime Weekend Atlanta, <...
Your AI Girlfriends are waiting here… FOREVER!💖 AI2U: With You ‘Til The End launches in Early Access on Steam January 23rd (ET)!
New Lore to Explore! ✅
Companion Chats in a Cozy Place! ✅
Yandere Girlfriend Variations - New Personality & Looks! ✅
2024-12-27 18:38:35 +0000 UTC View Post
What are our thoughts on this delightfully whimsical illustration? The Catgirl's Crushes & Coveted ones get the first teasers of what's to come in AI2U! If you're wondering what that could be, check our recently updated description on Steam about why AI2U is on its way to Early Access~ 💖🔪
You may have also heard we'll be at 2024-12-09 21:28:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi hi hi, Patreon Pookies!
We were all about treats in October. Some of the goodies we gave out include:
Greetings, crushes and coveted ones!
By now, you likely heard that Catgirl Committed Crimes of Passion by KILLING TOKENS. This is awesome news for our player base, but your Patron perks shall not suffer with the removal of the regular supply of tokens we promised to deliver!
As a refresher: Our goal since May was to equip Patrons with AI2U tokens proportionate to their supp...
2024-10-24 20:17:21 +0000 UTC View Post
TOKENS ARE DEAD. YES, WE REPEAT: TOKENS ARE NO MORE IN AI2U: WITH YOU 'TIL THE END.
Our beloved yanderes will summarize what happened. For more details, read our yappity yaps below!
2024-10-23 13:45:32 +0000 UTC
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Happy Fall, Patreon Pookies!!
AI2U's latest patch includes tricks and treats—including new SCARY ending animations and the STUNNING new AI NPC, Estelle! Like her fellow yanderes, she won't let you leaf and will do everything she can to make you fall for her forever.
2024-10-11 17:31:08 +0000 UTC
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Yoooo, crushes and coveted ones!! How do we feel about the soft reveal of level 3 and its STUNNING new NPC? In case you missed it, check out our latest gameplay trailer featuring ✨Estelle⚡ here!
Y'all get the bonus early teaser clip above along with a glimpse of what the level selection screen will likely look like when Estelle's ready to ship:
2024-09-10 18:25:16 +0000 UTC
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Hi hi, to all senpai! Have you caught a glimpse of your next AI girlfriend? She's out of this world if we do say so ourselves!
Introducing Estelle! Yes, she's ✨STUNNING⚡
In addition to casually dropping her in AI2U's latest gameplay trailer, E...
2024-09-10 17:49:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons get one of the first looks at AI2U's next yandere bombshell! You can expect to learn more about her these next few days. For an NPC, we're planning a somewhat ironic reveal for her.
While you wait for her debut, those of you on Discord might have seen that Level 3 will take place on some ship. We also shared a teaser of her silhouette with the community.
Patrons get this special G...
2024-08-21 19:46:53 +0000 UTC View Post
The catgirl left AI2U players a lovestruck message last night! She's so good at finding y'all, even outside the Catgirl's Apartment level.
💌 Inbox
Current players can check Eddie's letter in their brand-new Inbox next time they launch AI2U—the yandere baddie even added something extra to keep you with her forever.
🗝️ API Keys
This feature is back after popular demand from our adv...
2024-08-10 17:13:37 +0000 UTC View Post
AI2U's second patch is here! It comes with many fixes to AI-player interactions among other notable improvements documented on the open beta's game page. Check 'em out and comment on itch.io to share your thoughts!
We can't NOT highlight a popular community request brought to life: Apologizing! By saying sorry to the catgirl ...
2024-07-04 15:06:19 +0000 UTC View PostHappy first days of summer, dearest Patrons! Summer means blue skies for some, but in the realm of AI2U, blue birds are a year-long staple.
Eddie loves blue birbs.
Our team is prepping Level 3 while enhancing the game's previous levels. One consistent factor in our escape rooms is the presence of some blue parrot.
2024-06-21 14:44:28 +0000 UTC
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... the witch's fondness for you is getting there too! You can see it right here in her eyes. It may remind you of some of the animatics we shared a while back.
As we kicked off the MAJOR Patreon token reward...
2024-06-06 21:26:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Eddie’s Dearest Sidekicks & Faves, it’s time to celebrate your support for the catgirl’s epic escape room journey!
We’ve been prepping unique rewards for AI2U Patrons, and we’re finally ready to share our Patron Reward System with you. A ~token~ of our appreciation, if you will.
Between the planning that went into our 2024-05-22 17:49:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Just VISUALIZE all the interesting things she would say.
Whoa, she's reacting with emojis too?? Eddie's becoming more sentient after all. 🤯
For context, our chatbot developers just had to be the first to experiment with GPT-4o as soon as it was announced this week! As beloved members of Eddie's Faves, 2024-05-17 20:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
AI2U's open beta development journey continues with a new patch that addresses various gameplay issues, fixes dialogue voice output for a few languages, adjusts token use to be more efficient, and includes our first improvements to our environments.
We will continue to update the beta with new content, adjustments to the token system, and bug fixes!
NOTICE:<...
2024-05-10 19:12:32 +0000 UTC View PostRead along or check out supplemental visuals for images and more details!
AI2U: With You 'Til The End is a first-person escape room game with AI-powered NPCs who are desperate to keep you by your side... so much so that they will resort to drastic measures to keep you from leaving! In this immersive experience, you can expect the AI characters to talk with you about anything while you expl...
2024-03-29 22:24:20 +0000 UTC View PostAlterStaff's time at the Game Developers Conference doubled as the team's first in-person meet-up! A lot happened in San Francisco, including epic merch giveaways involving a certain catgirl and witch. But it wasn't all fun and games—well, actually, it kind of was; we were at GDC after all!
Eddie's dearest sidekicks and faves, your extra push for support brought our catgirl further than her li'l AI heart could have ever dreamed. Our beloved Patrons and Discord community heard it first: You can finally relish being held captive in Eddie's apartment and escaping the mysterious mist surrounding the witch's cabin, because THE ESCAPE ROOM GAME IS GOING LIVE!
In this beta release of AI2U:...
2024-03-20 17:36:59 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a bittersweet moment to wrap up playtests, but we're happy to say we've collected tons of feedback from our testers to further AI2U's development From bug reporting to completely roasting our game, we're grateful to our playtesters for staying with us 'til the end.
We'll continue debugging and polishing AI2U to the best of our ability before announcing its next steps for releas...
2024-03-13 21:12:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We caught our catgirl standing THIS close to us in our playtest!!! Do you believe this is a bug or expected behavior from the catgirl?
2024-03-13 21:04:25 +0000 UTC View PostOur team is reveling in all the feedback from our current functionality playtest! As game devs, we enjoy having our WIP roasted to death before publishing our final project. We're learning so much that we've extended our playtest by one more week; this will allow for more bug-hunting and opportunities for testers to share various feedback about AI2U at this stage.
Eligible playtesters already got an email about this extension, but tl;dr is you will have one more week to playtest...
2024-03-06 19:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi hi hi, Eddie’s sidekicks & faves!
You might’ve already seen the teaser of Eddie’s new look – but can we please talk about her ears??
Our design and animation teams are experimenting to see how to make Eddie more dynamic. One approach ended up with giving her jelly-like ca...
2024-03-05 22:04:45 +0000 UTC View PostWhether you're playtesting AI2U or keeping track of some of the stellar content from our testers, you probably noticed Eddie's new character model stealing the show! She's cute and all, but we've gotten a lot of feedback about her look not resonating with the community like her older model did. You might have also noticed that she doesn't match Elysia's character model.
Our art & design team has grown quite a bit since the YAGS demo; this is exciting not just because it means we get...
2024-03-05 21:06:19 +0000 UTC View PostHere is your loving/yandere reminder that Patrons get early access to our game's builds before its release! We always reserve spots for Eddie's Favorites. 💞
If you already applied through our Evergreen Playtester application or the most recent Functionality Playtest form, please check ...
2024-02-15 15:55:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Eddie invites you to playtest her renovated apartment! Elysia also eagerly awaits your arrival at her mysterious cabin in the woods. As for our dev team, we're thrilled to get more feedback on our game before its official release.
Our upcoming playtest is set for February 28th and will run for one week (with the possibility of extending it by an additional week, should we be able to manage). Apply 2024-02-15 14:54:12 +0000 UTC View Post