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3rd Anniversary News #2 (Public Ver.)

Second news about the anniversary, yay! You may also take this as a New Year Post... late Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

This time I've come to show (hopefully) the only thing art-related you'll see from the big update; as for why, well, I'd rather have as much art as I can as a surprise! Also, 😔 if you're wondering about Audrey and The Protagonist, those are still a little tricky to show, so sorry for not being able to do it right now.

So, aside from some slight changes that I'll probably make, these will be the definitive sprites for the girls, I hope you like them.

As I mentioned before, I'm adding a lot of art to the story events, same goes for the remade art of already existing events; of course, I'm also adding some completely new, but those are not the most. Regarding how these are going, everything is going well, but due to the amount of art that is being made (currently around 80 new pieces by the time I'm writing this), I might have to leave some as sketches... even if I delay the update 😟

There might also be some slight changes to the artstyle but nothing to worry about, as shown HERE, there isn't a huge gap or anything like that.

So, I think this is all I wanted to say regarding the new art for the public post; consider checking the FULL VERSION (which has more art for the sprites of the girls) and maybe looking HERE to see all the posts I've made regarding Mind and Magic's development.

3rd Anniversary News #2

Second news about the anniversary, yay! You may also take this as a Christmas post... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

This time I've come to show (hopefully) the only thing art-related you'll see from the big update; as for why, well, I'd rather have as much art as I can as a surprise! Also, 😔 if you're wondering about Audrey and The Protagonist, those are still a little tricky to show, so sorry for not being able to do it right now.

So, aside from some slight changes that I'll probably make, these will be the definitive sprites for the girls, I hope you like them.

As I mentioned in the first post, I'm adding a lot of art to the story events, same goes for the remade art of already existing events; of course, I'm also adding some completely new, but those are not the most.

PROGRESS

At the time I'm writing this, I have a good bunch of the new art done, I'm prioritizing having the story events completely done, while I may leave some of the lewds as sketches in case it would take too long (even after possible delays and such 😓 ).

As for why, well; the lewds you can repeat them to death while the story not, pretty simple and straightfoward, I know some of you couldn't care less about it but this is something more for myself so please understand 😅

In case this isn't clear, I'll most likely leave some stuff as sketches because I think that even as that, they look way better than the art they'd be replacing. Right now there is currently around 80 new pieces of art for this update and even if I have a fair chunk of them ready, I might not be able to get all done since there are still a lot of new art to make 😟

WHAT TO EXPECT

As for what I'm going for, these are some of my goals and changed with/to the new art:

• More art depicting the characters and their relationship: I want to display more how they behave normally so the contrast with how they act while under hits harder.

• Way more lore and worlbuilding art, inmersive: Same as with characters, I want to depict MaM as I imagined it, this is more for myself rather than anything.

• Dedictaed and improved art for the sex scene: I've been working hard to make the normal and gadget art unique and feel different from each other. Now I've got a solid grip on my ideas an I can depict them correctly.

• Corrections on some of the old art: Despite what I say, I am not remaking ALL the art, stuff that works fairly well but needs some little adjustments will be kept after being corrected.

• Some slight changes to the shading style: I have an "assistant now", but as I think I probably mentioned before, it's a friend helping me out with the shading, but don't worry, it doesn't look that different from what I usually do. The art HERE is the first one done with his help, I'm pretty sure it looks fairly the same.

AXL'S COMMENTS

So, I think this is all I wanted to say regarding the new art; if there's anything I forgot to say or you want to know about it, just ask me in the comments and I'll make sure to respond.

Next news will be maybe a bit earlier than mid January? (depends on if I post more drawings), I'll talk about UI changes that I've made, RPGM does not have a great UI, so I've been working hard to fix that.

That's everything on my part for now, happy holidays!

3rd Anniversary News #1 (Public Ver.)

Hey guys, Axl here! I am here with the first news for the 3rd Anniversary Update, and for 0.12 too; this is a really shortened version of the patrons post, so maybe check that out for more insight.

Long story short, I've grown attached to the project way more than I expected since I first started and honestly... that being said, I don't really like the current state of the game, and just trying to correct it by little bits and patches has proven to be useless, so I'll just start "from scratch".

As you already know, I've been mostly remaking art in the regular updates and I even overhauled the game's code one time... turns out, that is nowhere near enough, I still feel like the gap between is to wide to not do anything about it.

So, what I decided to do is just remake the whole game in RPGM MZ, almost from scratch; of course, the plot, characters and core mechanics will still be the same. As for redrawing, most of the art that hasn't been remade already will be; of course, I'm adding a lot more art, specially to the story events, since there is where I feel that is more lacking.}

I'll mainly be posting news and info about the big update, most of the pics included will be for paid patrons only but I'll make sure to give a little bit to the free members too (Mostly because, I'm not really allowed to publish the spicy images in public posts :p)

Anyways, I don't think my plans have changed that much from when I wrote THIS post, so maybe check it out if you don't want to wait until next news, or maybe go HERE if you're interested in the full post.

3rd Anniversary News #1

Hey guys, Axl here! I am here with the first news for the 3rd Anniversary Update, and for 0.12 too; quick warning: This may be a wall of text...

WHAT I HAVE BEEN UP TO

Well, since last year, I've decided that I'm just not satisfied with the state of the game; as I get better as a game dev in general, it's hard to look back at the assets, code and writing for the game and feel okay with it.

As you already know, I've been mostly remaking art in the regular updates and I even overhauled the game's code one time... turns out, that is nowhere near enough, I still feel like the gap between is to wide to not do anything about it.

So, what I decided to do is just remake the whole game in RPGM MZ, almost from scratch; of course, the plot, characters and core mechanics will still be the same, but most of the art the wasn't remade already will be; of course, I'm adding a lot more art, specially to the story events, since there is where I feel that is more lacking.

 Even so, I don't think my plans have changed that much from when I wrote THIS post, so maybe check it out if you don't want to wait until next news.

I'll refrain from disclosing too much info, since I'll make dedicated posts for the art, new mechanics, the new UI, etc. This one is mostly a general overview on my plans and what is going to happen from now on.

ABOUT 0.12 AND PATREON BENEFITS

Now, a little sadder news: Around last week, I lost almost 2 months of progress on the MZ project, and I've dedicated a lot of time into rebuilding it; it's going well, around 80% of the things are working again and even though I may have to scrap a few things that were lost, nothing too big.

That being said... you probably can guess why I'll have to delay 0.12 until either late December or January; honestly, I'd like to give you guys that to play before dedicating fully to the Anniversary Update.

And on that note: I'll be pausing everything else, from now on I'll just be posting news about the big update, talking in detail about the QoL changes, new additions and other cool stuff. Of course, I still plan to get 0.12 done soon-ish, I'll be also posting some random drawings I may do every now and then.

Please understand that this is because I really can't distract myself at this moment if I want to get the update to be as good as I picture it, so far the progress hasn't been as expected, so I want to focus on it more.

WHY I AM DOING THIS

In case it's not clear yet: I want the game to be as good as it possibly can be, I've grown attached to the project way more than I expected since I first started and honestly, I don't really like the current state of the game, and just trying to do it by little bits and patches has proven to be useless, so I'll just start "from scratch".

Even though I don't really consider myself a perfectionist, I think everyone can see the improvement I've had over these almost 3 years, and as I've become better the quality standards I had have changed, having most of my previous work unable to meet them.

And before someone can wonder, no, I don't really think the new art made for the 3rd Anniversary Update will be remade in the future, this because it stands its ground pretty well, even if I became better.

A way to think of it would be: When I started I could produce around 3-4/10, now I can produce around 6/10 consistently; so even if I get to a 7 or 8, a 6 is still pleasant to see and can stay there without much trouble.

WHAT'S NEXT

Now, I don't want to make this post any longer so here's the thing, I'll try to make at least 5 posts each month:

• 2 News for all patrons about the Anniversary Update

• 2 Public news about the Anniversary Update (these are shortened versions of the patron ones)

• 1 Drawing

I hope that's enough to keep the hype since, aside from 0.12, there won't be any playable updates, I am really sorry about that but I'm sure you understand why.

With that, I think it's everything I needed to say for now, I'll see you around next week with the post about new art! Thanks for your support and understanding!

Survey Results

Hey guys, Axl here, sorry for taking so long with this post, I just wanted to wait a bit to let all your responses to come in; I've got to say... probably not my best call, there was way much more than I expected, not that I'm complaining, it's been really good insight and reaffirmation that I'm still going in a good path.

I don't really have time to draw stuff for this post, so have some pictures of my cats to make this post more entretaining

I've read and I'm glad to see that around half of the stuff you guys wanna see will be included at some point in MaM, most of the QoL suggestions I've seen are already being worked on or are at least in my mind. Same goes for the type of content you want to see, I was a little worried that my new writing and pacing style would be too different from the old one and that'd make it unappealing to read, but I'm really glad to see it (along with the art) have only gotten better to you!

I'll elaborate further in the news big update this month, I don't want to put a lot into this one since it's just to let you know about a few things about the survey, I'll also make some more announcements for the Patreon, I'll try to clear up some things and changes I'll be making these months; of course, also tell all what I can about my plans, I want to keep it only to the ones that are "close" or being worked on already, since a lot of stuff is for the really far future.

In other news, I had to do some last minute drawings for 0.12 to make things more diynamic, so that may take a bit more time, no official delay yet, but just a heads up.

Finally, I need to know, some guy found the game throught TikTok?! If you are here, please send me the link, I'll give you this cat in return! Please! I need to know!

Liz Unaware "Special" Apron (Sketch)

Not much to say about this one, it's a 1 AM drawing I made out of pure impulse... not really proud of drawing on feeling but since I needed something to post, I think this works.

Anyways, yeah, this is the sketch for some reason, so there may not be that much of a difference with the final result, I may add more but no promises.

Anyways, that's it for now, tomorrow I make a post about the survey so keep an eye out for that!

MaM News (November, 2024)

Okay, let's get things cleared out. Hey guys, Axl here! Bringing news on the last update I'll be doing before working exclusively on the big update (more of that down below).

NEW CONTENT

This update is just like the last one, adding one more event for Audrey. I would've liked to give her more content beforehand but eh, not really much that can be done about that... she'll be getting more sooner or later, specially ocnsidering Bea's events are somewhat done for the time being.

Expect altered perception and covert hypnosis for it.

AXL'S COMMENTS

Fun Fact: This is the first piece in game where I hired/got help from two of friends for the art! Both the lineart and shading were not done by me, but I did some corrections here and there.

I don't think there's more lineart that will be done by anyone else than me, mostly because the guy who I wanted in charge of that is just busy and probably not convenient for neither of us to work that way; in the other hand, the shading will be heavily supported.

And if you're wondering who these people are, well, the lineart was done by Aiykawa while the shading was done by Nellchrome, two really good friends of mine!

Finally, if you're wondering why I am doing this, it's pretty simple: With all the new stuff I'm getting for the game, I need to start hiring people for both the art and technical things I can't do or things that'll take way too long for me to learn properly or get done.

I hope it doesn't look too different from the usual and that you'll like it!

ABOUT THE ANNIVERSARY NEWS

Now, in case I haven't said it already: I've been working these last year on a remake for the game, you've seen how I remake old art that isn't up to my new standards, and this is basically that taken to the extreme.

Not only that, I've been learning and studying both for art and programming to make sure I can make Mind and Magic as I first imagined it when I started the patreon almost 3 years ago.

Sadly, working on regular updates at the same time isn't optimal at all, but I didn't want to leave you guys waiting for an entire year, so I just made somewhat smaller updates to keep a balance. Now, I want to focus entirely on the Anniversary since even as I cut content, it seems a bit too big if I keep splitting my time.

I'll be posting news about what I've been doing next month, even if 0.12 doesn't come out, you'll get some posts from me. I'll detail there more about what stuff I will and not be doing until the Anniversary Update is done; for now, I think this post has been long enough, thanks for your patience and sticking around!

Mind and Magic 0.11

Hey guys, Axl here! Somehow managed tp get this somewhat little update done... finally. Sorry for the delay, I was a little busy with the collab with Hypnoink and that took some of the time I dedicate to the regular MaM updates.

Anyways, new event for Bea and some bug fixing!

CHANGELOG

• Added Added the "Controlling Bea (IV)" quest

• Some typo fixes in the "Advanced Magic" quests

• Small bug fixes during "Advanced Magic (II)"

• Other bug small fixes

AXL'S COMMENTS

To be honest, it's really hard to find motivation to get these "regular" updates done; I'm finding myself working more and more on the big update, which is a good thing, but I'd rather be able to give you at least one more update to actually play before I start just posting news and info about what I've been working in.

I wouldn't say this is burnout, it's just that it feels wrong to use all of the old code and art when I have some better in stock; but using all of that so early would only cause the game to basically stay as the same mess that doesn't really let me do much.

So, I just want to thank you for staying, after 0.12 is published, I'll start posting news about what I've been working on all this time. I'm really excited to share it but since the update is meant to be for the 3rd anniversary of the game, I'd rather not start the hype too early.

Please have a little patience, since I've learned that releasing whatever I have as soon as it's somewhat functional is not a great thing in the long-term, so for once I'm letting myself cook slowly.

DOWNLOAD LINKS
(I have no idea how the Linux/Mac port works, so I can't help you out if something happens).

WINDOWS:   MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

LINUX:   MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

MAC: MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

News and a Survey

Hey guys, sorry for not being as active this month. Again, I've been working almost exlusively on the art for the big update; don't worry though, I already have the art ready for 0.12, I just need to get the scripts done and that should be it.

After releasing 0.12 next month, I'll start posting news, pics and info about what I've been working on. The pic above is a little sneak peek to what to expect (The eyebags are just for the meme, they're not actually part of the sprite).

The news will be out on Friday or next week, depending on it I may do a quick sketch to post this month, no promises though.

Now going to the other thing I wanted to say, I made a quick survey to check what you guys like and would like to see in the game, so if you have a couple minutes to respond, that'd be greatly appreaciated!

https://forms.gle/Y4MBhpmyZMSyfJcu9

[Patron release] Mind and Magic 0.11

Hey guys, Axl here! Somehow managed tp get this somewhat little update done... finally. Sorry for the delay, I was a little busy with the collab with Hypnoink and that took some of the time I dedicate to the regular MaM updates.

Anyways, new event for Bea and some bug fixing!

CHANGELOG

• Added Added the "Controlling Bea (IV)" quest

• Some typo fixes in the "Advanced Magic" quests

• Small bug fixes during "Advanced Magic (II)"

• Other bug small fixes

AXL'S COMMENTS

To be honest, it's really hard to find motivation to get these "regular" updates done; I'm finding myself working more and more on the big update, which is a good thing, but I'd rather be able to give you at least one more update to actually play before I start just posting news and info about what I've been working in.

I wouldn't say this is burnout, it's just that it feels wrong to use all of the old code and art when I have some better in stock; but using all of that so early would only cause the game to basically stay as the same mess that doesn't really let me do much.

So, I just want to thank you for staying, after 0.12 is published, I'll start posting news about what I've been working on all this time. I'm really excited to share it but since the update is meant to be for the 3rd anniversary of the game, I'd rather not start the hype too early.

Please have a little patience, since I've learned that releasing whatever I have as soon as it's somewhat functional is not a great thing in the long-term, so for once I'm letting myself cook slowly.

DOWNLOAD LINKS
(I have no idea how the Linux/Mac port works, so I can't help you out if something happens).

WINDOWS:   MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

LINUX:   MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

MAC: MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

Summer MC x Mind and Magic: Part 1 - Now available!!!

Hey guys, Axl here! This time I bring just good news, only good ones!

The collab between me and HypnoInk's game, Summer MC: That Time I Found a Magic Hypno Book... Summer MC or SMC for short, have finally is finally out!

As I've said before, Ink and I have been working really hard on this. Aside from the banner I made for this ocassion, I've been mostly helping him out with the writing, it turned out like a nice mix between both of our styles, I really hope you'll like it.

Also, as you can read from the title of this post, this is only the first part of the collab; originally there were a few more events we wanted to add, but due to Ink's irl job, it would've been hard to fit everything and make this come out this year.

That being said, worry not, the second part is going to come out (eventually); no release date or anything yet, it'd be too early to say and it might take a bit, maybe you'll get a "normal" Summer MC update while waiting for it. Just be sure that some of it has already been produced!

Lastly, I am also working on collabs to add girls from other girsl to MaM, but mine will be released along with the anniversay update so... just wait for it...

If you're interested in trying out or revisiting Summer MC, here's the changelog of this version:

• Mind and Magic Cameo! The event for this update focuses on the collab with Axl’s Mind and Magic! Find yourself in an unknown world and meet a beautiful yet enigmatic mage (To activate you need to go to bed on a Saturday after the 30th in game day).

• 3 story/repeatable events!

• New Title Screen for a limited time!

• 110 New CGs.

• 12 New Unique Videos!

• Custom Art featuring Ayako and Natsumi! (You should take a bus ride somewhere, you might find something good).

• Exclusive Artwork Drawn by Me! Featuring Tamako and Liz from Mind and Magic with 24 variations~

Anyways, I think this post has been already too long, so please go support Summer MC and play this totally-probably-not-canon collab HERE!!!

Combatant Haru

Little thing I did for Aiykawa, who's been a huge help with improving the game's art and just in general; I feel like I've learned a bit more of shading here.

The texture looks weird on phone, so maybe avoid doing that...

I have become quite a fan of this "combatant" thing that has gotten somewhat popular with some JP artists. Expect some of that at some point in MaM, in the long term future to be precise, I am way too busy with current stuff to add more.

Also, before anyone asks; yes, Haru is on the MaM cameo girls list, I've already talked with Aiy and he is rather excited about the idea, so just have patience and she'll be there eventually.

[BETA] Mind and Magic 0.11

Hey guys, Axl here! Somehow managed tp get this somewhat little update done... finally. Sorry for the delay, I was a little busy with the collab with Hypnoink and that took some of the time I dedicate to the regular MaM updates.

Anyways, new event for Bea and some bug fixing!

CHANGELOG

• Added Added the "Controlling Bea (IV)" quest

• Some typo fixes in the "Advanced Magic" quests

• Small bug fixes during "Advanced Magic (II)"

• Other bug small fixes

AXL'S COMMENTS

To be honest, it's really hard to find motivation to get these "regular" updates done; I'm finding myself working more and more on the big update, which is a good thing, but I'd rather be able to give you at least one more update to actually play before I start just posting news and info about what I've been working in.

I wouldn't say this is burnout, it's just that it feels wrong to use all of the old code and art when I have some better in stock; but using all of that so early would only cause the game to basically stay as the same mess that doesn't really let me do much.

So, I just want to thank you for staying, after 0.12 is published, I'll start posting news about what I've been working on all this time. I'm really excited to share it but since the update is meant to be for the 3rd anniversary of the game, I'd rather not start the hype too early.

Please have a little patience, since I've learned that releasing whatever I have as soon as it's somewhat functional is not a great thing in the long-term, so for once I'm letting myself cook slowly.

DOWNLOAD LINKS
(I have no idea how the Linux/Mac port works, so I can't help you out if something happens).

WINDOWS:   MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

LINUX:   MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

MAC: To be released around in 1-2 weeks

[Flat Colors] Combatant Haru

Little thing I did for Aiykawa, who's been a huge help with improving the game's art and just in general; probably gonna finish this during this month but I'm not really sure.

I have become quite a fan of this "combatant" thing that has gotten somewhat popular with some JP artists. Expect some of that at some point in MaM, in the long term future to be precise, I am way too busy with current stuff to add more.

Also, before anyone asks; yes, Haru is on the MaM cameo girls list, I've already talked with Aiy and he is rather excited about the idea, so just have patience and she'll be there eventually.

Summer MC x MaM Collab Banner

So, finally after a week or two of almost exclusive work, the banner is done! Originally, I was going to do something with maid outfits and a completely different pose but honestly, this is way better.... and I just wanted an excuse to use Liz's bunnysuit-

I'll be honest, this didn't come out as good as I wanted, but pretty sure this is as far as my skill goes for now.

Going a bit more into details about the collab, since I don't really want to spoil the content, I'll say this instead: During the very first brainstorming session, Liz was only going to appear in a little section and that'd be it, but with after a bit of negotiation, we agreed on having way more (something that will show off very soon)!

We also agreed on me making a banner for the collab and me helping with the writing ,which would've happened either way. On that note, I think the scripts for all the events came out as a really good mix between both of out styles, also I can confidently say that both the writing and art made for this is way better than I expected, so please have some patience until this comes out!

According to Ink, the Summer MC update should come out somewhere this month, and in the meantime, I'll go finish the MaM update and some other news and stuff I need to post before the year ends. Thanks for your patience!

This is everything from me for now, I'll go to rush the MaM update.

Monthly YCH Winner (October, 2024)

Monthly winner of the YCH this month.

Summer MC x MaM Collab Banner (Flat Colors)

So, here's a little something I've been working on these past few days for the collab with HypnoInk; this is meant to be a banner/title screen for Summer MC with both of our girls having a little bit of fun!

Originally, I was going to do something with maid outfits but honestly, this is way better.... and I just wanted an excuse to use Liz's bunnysuit-

Anyways, I'm trying to rush this so the collab can come out as soon as Ink's done with his part; everything is going as expected and around of half of the programming and renders are done, so it is almost certain that in the next 1-3 weeks you'll be able to have a taste on what we've been working on for.

Going a bit more into details about the collab, since I don't really want to spoil the content, I'll say this instead: During the very first brainstorming session, Liz was only going to appear in a little section and that'd be it, but with after a bit of negotiation, we agreed on having way more (something that will show off very soon)!

We also agreed on me making a banner for the collab and me helping with the writing ,which would've happened either way. On that note, I think the scripts for all the events came out as a really good mix between both of out styles, also I can confidently say that both the writing and art made for this is way better than I expected, so please have some patience until this comes out!

This is everything from me for now, I'll go back to rush this so I can finish MaM's update.

Summer MC x MaM Collab Banner (Lineart)

So, here's a little something I've been working on these past few days for the collab with HypnoInk; this is meant to be a banner/title screen for Summer MC with both of our girls having a little bit of fun!

Originally, I was going to do something with maid outfits but honestly, this is way better.... and I just wanted an excuse to use Liz's bunnysuit-

Anyways, I'm trying to rush this so the collab can come out as soon as Ink's done with his part; everything is going as expected and around of half of the programming and renders are done, so it is almost certain that in the next 1-3 weeks you'll be able to have a taste on what we've been working on for.

Going a bit more into details about the collab, since I don't really want to spoil the content, I'll say this instead: During the very first brainstorming session, Liz was only going to appear in a little section and that'd be it, but with after a bit of negotiation, we agreed on having way more (something that will show off very soon)!

We also agreed on me making a banner for the collab and me helping with the writing ,which would've happened either way. On that note, I think the scripts for all the events came out as a really good mix between both of out styles, also I can confidently say that both the writing and art made for this is way better than I expected, so please have some patience until this comes out!

This is everything from me for now, I'll go back to rush this so I can finish MaM's update.

Collab Announcement! Also, news on this month's update

Hey guys, Axl here; this time I bring both really good news and not so good ones... But I'll get the good ones first so you understand the bad.

First of all, you might play or not other hypnosis/mind control games out there, if you do, you might have heard of Summer MC: That Time I Found a Magic Hypno Book... Summer MC or SMC for short, this game made by HypnoInk.

Thing is, we've been friends for a while and the idea of using each other's character was always on the table, and after some time discussing we decided to give it a go!

If you haven't played Summer MC, it's a pretty good game, just like with Mind and Magic, it goes for a bit more fantasy-like approach to hypnosis but keeping the bases of it; definitely something worth playing , but I'd suggest to wait a bit to give it a try, since the next update for the game will feature a familiar face... or you can play it in the meantime to jump right into the collab content when it's avalibable, whatever works for you!

So, Liz will be appearing in Summer MC's next release! I won't spoil much of what's going to happen, but be sure that her mind will be messed with in both the MaM and SMC way, also look at her she's gorgeous!

If you want to see another freebie, you can see it HERE... and if you want to see even more, you can have some HERE; I'd like to suggest to support him if you want to see more of Liz, get early access to the update or just help him in general, I'd really appeaciate if you do if you have some extra money to spare.

All of that being said, expect this to go out in around 2-4 weeks; I'll make a post when it comes out either way so don't worry about it.

Anyways, I did say there were also bad news, so here they are... I'll be doing some art for SMC, alongside helping Ink with everything I can so the update comes out smoothly; that'll take some time and I want to focus on it alongside working on the big MaM 2025 update, so I'll have to delay a bit this month's update, probably just until the end of the month, but I'll detail that more if needed.

That's it for now, stay tuned for more news!

PS: I am currently doing some art for the collab, and it's taking me more than expected, I'll delay MaM's update to the next month since I'm giving priority to anythinng collab-related. I'll post the drawing(s) here, so keep an eye for that. Sorry for the inconvenience, but maybe think about it this way: Next month you're getting 2 MaM updates, mine and Ink's! Also Liz content, I think it's been a while since I've made some for Mind and Magic...

[Lineart] Combatant Haru

Little thing I did for Aiykawa, who's been a huge help with improving the game's art and just in general; probably gonna finish this during next month, I'll make a public post about that later or tomorrow.

I have become quite a fan of this "combatant" thing that has gotten somewhat popular with some JP artists. Expect some of that at some point in MaM, in the long term future to be precise, I am way too busy with current sstuff to add more.

Also, before anyone asks; yes, Haru is on the MaM cameo girls list, I've already talked with Aiy and he is rather excited about the idea, so just have patience and she'll be there eventually.

Anyways, this is it for now, I'll be back with flat colors.

[Sketch] Combatant Haru

Little sketch I did for Aiykawa, who's been a huge help with improving the game's art and just in general; probably gonna finish this during September.

I have become quite a fan of this "combatant" thing that has gotten somewhat popular with some JP artists. Expect some of that at some point in MaM, in the long term future to be precise, I am way too busy with current sstuff to add more.

Anyways, this is it for now, I'll be back with lineart.

Monthly YCH Winner (September, 2024)

Monthly winner of the YCH this month.

MaM News (August, 2024)

Hey guys, Axl here once again with news for 0.11 this time.

This is a kinda small update while I work already in the story update for 0.12, I may have gotten a way to speed up the process while mantaining quality... I'll just lose something else...

NEW CONTENT

Not much to say about this, we continue with the last control event for Bea that we'll have for a while, once this is done, I'll make a poll to see what would you like to see: Continue controlling Audrey or have an extra event for each girl before that.

As for the other "event", I'm remaking Alice's videogames event, this to have the base to unlock her future frienship events. She'll probably the first to have a proper one, probably around 0.14 or so.

AXL'S COMMENTS

This update is going smoothly, there shouldn't be any delays!

On other news, I may have gotten an "assistant" to help me with the art of the game... Thing is: I talked to a friend who is avalibable for this kind of job and now we'll most likely be working together for the game's art! Not for all since I have to pay for it (and most of the money is going to the VA's), but enough so I can produce faster without losing quality nor sanity.

Don't worry about dropping quality/nor the style of the game: He is probably a better artist than me and I think I figured a perfect way to keep the MaM vibes!

We'll test how it looks in 0.12 and if everything goes smoothly, this should save me A LOT of time from both regular updates and special ones (like the anniversary).

Anyways, leaving that aside, I'm finally done with almost all the assets I need to start working on a showable demo for the big update, maybe I can show it around October... 🤔 But so far everything is looking good and with how now I'm somewhat getting a team, I may be able to get this out in time.

[Lineart] "Would you love me if I was a worm"

It's 3 am, she comes into your room and asks you this, what would you do? There only one correct answer.

I'm finally back with drawing other stuff that isn't for game... even though that doesn't mean it's not MaM themed, but I do have some other stuff I'm sketching. I've started doing art studies lately so maybe I'll post those too, still not sure.

I'll probably add this for the monthly YCH prize, just to have more variety (since I don't think I'll be able to do a proper YCH in a long time...)

Anyways, flat colors around next week two!

Mind and Magic 0.10

Update is done, sorry for the delay; last month I got art blocked as I mentioned in another post. I don't want to make this longer getting into too much details so I'll just say that I have no idea how to deal with it.

Another story update along with new quest for Bea, I hope you enjoy it!

CHANGELOG

REMEMBER: Press "P" to look at them anytime you want!

• Added Added the "Controlling Bea (III)" quest

• Added the story quest "Anomaly Investigation (I)"

• Small dialogue change at the end of the intro

• Changed and added some expressions

• Other small typo and bug fixes

AXL'S COMMENTS

I hope you're okay with me doing more are for story events, some of them being sfw and semi-sfw, because I'm gonna start doing that... a lot. I feel like just having sprites talking and talking with one drawing at much would be boring, so I'm leveling up that, I'm also thinking about more interactive ways to do so, but for now I'm sticking with art only.

These couple of months I've done some good progress with the big update, so much that I feel as if the current game pales in comparison, I was even considering pausing any kind of updates until that one is ready... but honestly, that's a horrible idea considering this is my only stable source of income; so worry not, I'll keep delivering updates at least until the end of the year, maybe then I'll focus on the anniversary update for real.

Also, I should be able to show some demos around when 0.12 is out, since most of the stuff I have is art for events, and while I could showcase that, I'd rather keep that as a surprise; my plan is to show first the new UI and other technical elements... mostly because I'm really proud of it.

DOWNLOAD LINKS
(I have no idea how the Linux/Mac port works, so I can't help you out if something happens).

WINDOWS:   MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

LINUX:   MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

MAC: MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

This update, THERE IS NO NEED TO USE THE BUGFIX (I left it there in case someone needs to remove the "New Day New Job" quest, which was stuck otherwise).

If you find a bug or typo let me know and I'll fix it right away!

About the new iOS terms

Sooo, guys you probably have hear this already in some other Patreon page, but if not, here's the deal: For iOS Patreon will change how payment works. I don't understand it that well myself but for what I've been told, Apple services will only accept one payment method and charge 30% extra fee whenever you subscribe to any creator.

I've chosen to not change to that so if you're one of the 3 people that play MaM and use iOS, consider subscribing through other methods.

For everyone else, absolutely nothing change so you can ignore this post if you wanna.

Monthly YCH Winner (August, 2024)

Monthly winner of the YCH this month.

[Sketch] "Would you love me if I was a worm"

It's 3 am, she comes into your room and asks you this, what would you do? There only one correct answer.

I'm finally back with drawing other stuff that isn't for game... even though that doesn't mean it's not MaM themed, but I do have some other stuff I'm sketching. I've started doing art studies lately so maybe I'll post those too, still not sure.

Anyways, I may take longer to do lineart (if I decide to actually do it instead of just coloring and shading directly), lately been doing some more assets for the new UI and it's kinda time consuming, but so far it's looking really good.

Resuming other activities

This is just a post to let you know that since the update has been published and I've been getting into the flow of things again, I'll resume posting drawings and resume other stuff as well!

Don't wanna make this too long so thanks for your patience!

P.S: As the time I'm publishing this, I noticed that this next week, I'll have to go to the hospital for some minor health issues, that shouldn't slow me down since I have the drawings prepared... but I'm letting you guys know just in case.

[Patron Release] Mind and Magic 0.10

Update is done, sorry for the delay; last month I got art blocked as I mentioned in another post. I don't want to make this longer getting into too much details so I'll just say that I have no idea how to deal with it.

Another story update along with new quest for Bea, I hope you enjoy it!

CHANGELOG

REMEMBER: Press "P" to look at them anytime you want!

• Added Added the "Controlling Bea (III)" quest

• Added the story quest "Anomaly Investigation (I)"

• Small dialogue change at the end of the intro

• Changed and added some expressions

• Other small typo and bug fixes

AXL'S COMMENTS

I hope you're okay with me doing more are for story events, some of them being sfw and semi-sfw, because I'm gonna start doing that... a lot. I feel like just having sprites talking and talking with one drawing at much would be boring, so I'm leveling up that, I'm also thinking about more interactive ways to do so, but for now I'm sticking with art only.

These couple of months I've done some good progress with the big update, so much that I feel as if the current game pales in comparison, I was even considering pausing any kind of updates until that one is ready... but honestly, that's a horrible idea considering this is my only stable source of income; so worry not, I'll keep delivering updates at least until the end of the year, maybe then I'll focus on the anniversary update for real.

Also, I should be able to show some demos around when 0.12 is out, since most of the stuff I have is art for events, and while I could showcase that, I'd rather keep that as a surprise; my plan is to show first the new UI and other technical elements... mostly because I'm really proud of it.

DOWNLOAD LINKS
(I have no idea how the Linux/Mac port works, so I can't help you out if something happens).

WINDOWS:   MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

LINUX:   MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

MAC: MEGA   ///   MEDIAFIRE   ///   GOOGLE DRIVE 

This update, THERE IS NO NEED TO USE THE BUGFIX (I left it there in case someone needs to remove the "New Day New Job" quest, which was stuck otherwise).

If you find a bug or typo let me know and I'll fix it right away!