HappyDaedalus

Back On Track

So, a brief little update on the progress for the next patch, the expansion on the Mage-storyline.

Writing-wise, everything has been going quite smooth. I've managed to wrap up the final version of the script and I'm well on my way on getting ahead on some of the future updates as well.

Unfortunately, on the art-side, one of the artists that I rely on the most for a lot of the art ended up getting sick, but they're fortunately doing well again and are back at it. This delay ended ...

Making progress

Not too much exciting news to report this week, other than that I've been making steady progress on the next update.

Writing has been coming along quite well, allowing me to put the finishing touches on this chapter, as well as getting some good progress on some of the other updates planned for later this year.

A small bit of trouble on the art-side, nothing too serious, but I do expect it will mean a small delay on when I was hoping to get this update done. Still, I feel pretty c...

Looking ahead to patch v0.3.9

Work on the next update has been coming along quite well. The script is mostly done, except for a last few touches.

The art for it is also coming along, though I think it's aiming to be bigger than I had first expected it to be, but excited so far about where it's heading.

But, of course, the big question, what will the next update be about? The topic of the next update will be the Mage-route. Last we saw an update here, Sarah (and Samayra, if you saved her...which...why wouldn'...

Sketches and looking ahead

It's been about a week since the previous update and fortunately everything has gone quite well. Happy to see the reception was quite positive, and it was actually quite fun to write Marion, who I had not written for in a while up till this release.

As for what is coming up next, it's a bit of a balancing act for me at the moment. The good news is that the writing has been going very well recently, and this has allowed me to build up a pretty solid runway in terms of story that is mostl...

The Release of V0.2.9

Content for v0.2.9

Most of the new content focusses on expanding the Marion-route, which previously ended whenever the option to marry him was selected. Now, the route is expanded to include several sex scenes as well as setting up some of the earlier conflicts that will unfold in future updates.

Additionally, some extra art has been worked into the game, updating some older pieces such as above, Sarah and Atilla's first encounter, among other pieces.

Also i...

Sketchwork and deadlines

So, for this week I thought I'd show off some of the amazing sketchwork that went into laying the foundation for the previous update. This is only a part of it, but I think it gives a pretty good insight into just how many different approaches there are, visually, to the same kind of scene. They're also just beautiful art pieces in their own right (imo).

As for looking ahead to the next update, it's getting quite close but a few art-related issues are making it a little hard to pin down...

Steady progress on the next update

Work on the next update is coming along well. The script has been mostly finished, giving me some time to get a head-start on the writing for the next update, as well as plotting out some of the others that are in the works for this year.

Unfortunately I can't say too much about the upcoming update without spoiling (other than it being Marion-themed). So for now, this mostly a quick update to let everyone know that I'm well on track with the work, and I hope to be able to give a concret...

Looking ahead

With the release of the last update now about a week behind us, I think it's always a good time to look ahead at how the development of the game is coming along.

The Tribes update was a pretty big one, both in terms of the amount of text, artwork and branching paths. I have also been working on another equally big story update for a different storyline, and my hope was to release that earlier this year as well, but having worked on the Tribes update, I've gotten a pretty good feel for t...

The Release of V0.1.9

Content for v0.1.9

This new update is mostly focused on expanding the Tribes-storyline. Specifically, it does so by continuing the existing story, as well as setting up some of the storylines that will be expanded on more later.

Concretely, the major branches that you can explore in this new update are:

1) Hassar
2) Jaeid
3) Old soldier
4) Nobody

Some of them are even somewhat complete, and some will be continued to be build upon going forward...

Release Date for V0.1.9

With the Steam release behind me, it's already time to keep looking ahead to the next milestone!

After a lot of work, I finally feel confident in predicting the release date for the upcoming update to the Tribes-storyline. The release date will be the 4th of February.

The writing on the update is finished, now it's merely a matter of wrapping up the final pieces of art to make the update complete. In terms of size, I'm estimating it's going to be one of the bigger...

Celebrating Early Access on Steam

Today is a pretty big milestone for myself and the development of TSSR, because today the Early Access for TSSR went live on Steam!

Starting January of last year, I launched the very first public version of TSSR. Since then, I went on from publishing it for free, to promoting it on platforms like Patreon, Itch and now even the massive platform that is Steam.

This represents an exciting moment for me, both as a way of hopefully reaching a lot of new potential fans of the story, as ...

New Places, New Friends

As work on the upcoming update continues to chug along, I thought it might be interesting to give a brief sneakpeek at some of the new upcoming characters.

Al'Gahaem, where most of the story will take place, is a totally different world from the one where Sarah is originally from, and with that comes several new characters. Some native to this place, and some strangers to it, just as she is.

As Sarah settles into her new life, depending on the roads taken, she might encounter some...

Progress on v0.1.9 and starting the New Year

I hope all of you have had a wonderful New Year's, and I thought we could kick it off with, what else, a progress update.

The upcoming update, v0.1.9, is focused on expanding the Tribe-storyline. I've taken an extra month from the regular release schedule, given the very large amount of art that is required to bring this update to life.

Right now, the good news is that story-wise, for this update the script is pretty much complete.

Art-wise, I am happy that I scheduled in th...

Sketches and progress

Progress on the next update has been coming along quite well. I hope to be able to start showing off some real preview pieces, starting this January.

There's a small bit of the script that remains to be written, but I hope to be able to wrap that up in the next few weeks.

Other than that, in order to prevent spoilers, I can't really say too much more. So instead, I thought I'd share some pieces of sketch work from the previous update! I always like looking back at them to see how ...

Looking ahead to v0.1.9

Up above is a new artwork meant to fill in the existing black screens in the game. This one specifically deals with Sarah and Razaphel's potential 2nd encounter, where she taunts him. I always liked the scene for how it shows Sarah flipping the script on a partner, and I think the piece does a great job of capturing that. This should be included in the game properly, starting with the next update.

So, what will the next update be about?

The next update will be about expanding the ...

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

That's a merry Christmas and happy holidays from Sarah and Samayra. A special thank you to all the supporters that have been here, supporting me.

Though I've been working on TSSR for longer, the release of the first public build actually happened on January of this year. A lot has changed since then, and sometimes I forget just how much has been added to the game since I first launched it publicly.

Did you know, for example, that on release of v0.10...Samayra wasn't even in the ga...

Release of v0.90

Content for v0.90

This new update focusses on expanding the Mage-route. This update has been quite a bit of fun to produce, because whereas the previous update was quite linear, with limited variations, this update is pretty broad, so you actually have a lot of different routes to take. I hope you'll have fun exploring the different impacts, and I think it offers a nice bit of replayability.

Content wise, it has some of everything, we got Sarah x Samayra, Sarah x ...

Getting closer to v0.90

A quick little update on the progress for v0.90.

So far everything has been coming along well. The script is pretty much done. The art is stumbling across the finish line as well, with just a last few pieces being worked on before I can code it all together and ship the finished update.

Currently, my goal is to release the next update on the 30th of November. I feel pretty confident that I'll manage to hit that date. There might be some very specific issues that c...

Progress Update v0.90

A quick progress update on my work on v0.90 so far!

Writing has been coming along very well, and I'm nearing a complete first draft very soon.

The art has been a bit more of a challenge, but this has more to do with the scope of the size of the art. I think I initially underestimated just how much art there would be for this next update.

Still, the good news is that I think right now we're at least at 80% art-complete, so I still feel confident that I'll be able to deliver t...

Sketching it out

I like to try and release most updates feature complete, meaning they offer a complete story and supporting artwork.

However, by the time, you as the player, are experiencing the story, there's often a whole pre-production that goes into making some of the (in my opinion) incredible pieces that are part of the game.

Here we see a handful of sketches from art from the last update. Some as you may recognize made their way into the game very close to their original design. Some are...

Looking back and looking ahead

We're now about a week out from the most recent release, v0.80, and I hope everyone has been enjoying the new content! So far the reception seems to have gone over quite well, with the few analytics that I have available it seems more people discover the game every day, which continues to be very exciting/motivating for me.

A new month also means looking ahead to the next update, v0.90. After I'll have to start thinking about how I'm going to label the next updates, because I'm far from...

Release of v0.80

Ahead of schedule again, breaking personal records!

Content

The new update further expands on the warrior-storyline, seeing Sarah arrive at the city of Nauyziri, deep in the desert, far beyond civilization. This update is quite sizeable, coming out to about 50k words in total, as well as around 20 cg's, not counting variants.

Other than plenty of spicy encounters, the new update also introduces a good bit of new lore and background to the world and story of...

Progress Update v0.80

Here's a quick update on the current progress on the next update for the game; v0.80 further expanding the warrior-storyline.

The first draft of the work is finished. Right now, my main focus is part editing and part doing the last tests to make sure everything works. The last piece of art should soon be ready, at which point the update will be art-complete as well.

My current best estimate is that I will be able to release the update on the 29th of October. Tha...

Filling in the blanks

Progress on the next update has been coming along quite well, being very close to art complete now. The first initial draft is almost finished (save for a scene or two). Testing has been taking a bit more time than usual, but that is to be expected the more we go down particular storylines, given that the amount of differing variables keep inevitably growing and growing. Still, it's been fun so far, the coding can have an almost Zen-like effect when you're doing it for long enough. Very diffe...

Poll results, Looking ahead to V0.80, and Steam!

The Poll for Mid/Small stories

Looking at the outcome, not unsurprisingly, the Tribes-route came out as the most popular route by far. I'll be making some changes in my schedule for next year to try and see if I can get an update to that route at the start of the year, which should be doable.

Other than that, I wasn't too surprised to see that the Underworld-route also had its fair share of fans, but I was actually surprised to see that the Marion-route also had q...

Polling mid/small stories for 2023

So, earlier this week I made the poll for the major storylines to help me with planning out 2023. While all the storylines got some support, it's definitely the Princess-route that seems to have gotten a lot of support. Also a surprising higher than expected support for the continuation of the Rahayal story, so I'll move some thing around there too.

This is already very useful for me and it's going to help me in my planning for 2023.
For those that love the other storylines, no need ...

Polling For Next Year

The release of v0.70 went quite well. I think the newly added main-art and music have gone a long way in polishing up some of the rougher edges. The reception also seems to have been pretty popular despite I think the route being a little more niche than most of the other routes, so that was very positive to see!

Looking ahead

As of now I have the remaining updates for this year all planned out. For next year, I have a rougher planning that's more flexible, which ...

Release of v0.70

Content

The release of v0.70 represents a slightly smaller update than usual, giving me the space needed to work on the upcoming 2 larger-than-usual releases in the upcoming months.

Having said that, the additional time that this update gave me in my schedule has been invaluable and has allowed me to make some additional changes to the game that I think will go a long way in making the game feel better in general. Specifically, the following:

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