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Himeros Hints & History VI - Is everything related?

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We are moving through these at a rapid pace. Another week has come and gone even as the world seems to be holding its breath.  There are two old and two new piece of lore to tease you towards to puzzle of the hidden ending. 

 Himeros Hidden Hint Hunt - Entry 6 - The first step

 "Haven is your origin and your package is a palindrome. Hotel is your destination and the receiver is hinted at in the first 4 Letters. Your reward is a m...

DevelUpdate #068 - A change of pace

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The last release has been out for the Patrons for a little while. It is a pretty important part of the story and sets up some things for the next one as well. We are halfway through Horizon and over the next month I will talk a bit about some changes to the structure that players should be aware off as they move into the upcoming releases.

I have been going pretty hard to get V0.45 out quick so you had something to play in these crazy times and am now doing a bit of...

Himeros Hints & History V - Halfway to the end

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We are moving through these at a good pace and the Patrons just got their hands on the halfway point of the Horizon story so there is no better time then to bring up a couple hints that talk about the end. There are two now and two old snippets this time. Enjoy.

 Himeros Hidden Hint Hunt - Entry 5 - Tries

 “A cheater could get the hidden ending on the first try. A very clever person could get it on the second. The hints are here to make ...

Himeros Hints & History IV - Action and Reaction

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We have made it through another week and it is time for the 4th round of Hints & History. Here we go :)

Himeros Hidden Hint Hunt - Entry 4 – Mmmm

"Missions Maturation Moves Multiple Metrics. Mastery Makes Man Mighty."

 "Lara had her breakthrough single at the young age of 16. Many doubted she would stay relevant past her teens. They could not have been more wrong." ChartReview 2017

 "Himeros was the fir...

DevelUpdate #067 - Growing the Base

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I am knee-deep in it. Adding new events every day. Making sure there is stuff to do and that most characters take small steps forward.  I have been going at doubletime since the release of V0.40 due to the fact that there is so much to cover to prepare for V0.50. At the current rate it will be one of the largest releases (again) and also add the new Moving Image feature. 

Here comes the but. I am still aiming for the end of this month but the mission exten...

Himeros Hints & History III - Past and Present

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This was moved a bit due to the public release of V0.40 but here we are with the 3rd release of Himeros Hints & History. As with the other 2 we have 3 old snippets and 1 new entry.

Himeros Hidden Hint Hunt - Entry 3 -To P or Not to P

"Prepare Presently. Proud Palace. Pickup Proof. Previous Primary Project. Private Passage. Present Proof."

"I was not happy with myself in my late teens. I had gained a lot of weight. My wor...

Public Release of Horizon V0.40 - Under Cover

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Another release is ready for public consumption. There are two new main missions with new locations, characters and new story beats that are important going towards the midpoint of the game.

I hope you enjoy and as always let me know if you have issues or any feedback.

Have a nice day

Seztworks

DevelUpdate #066 - Slipping In

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Another month has slipped off the calendar and it is time for a quick update on V0.45. It has been a little while since the last one and I have not been sitting on my hands :)

Since the last release was a bit slow due to the holidays and vacations I have tried to keep the speed up and it is working so far. It still has a ways to go due to the needed events I have to cram into it to cover every story before we hit the big V0.50.  So far I have added the continuations...

Himeros Hints & History II - Terrible Twos

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Time for the second round of Hints and Lore tidbits.  Once again it is a batch of 3 old snippets and a new entry. 2 Hints and 2 Lore items to enhance the world of Himeros. I hope you enjoy. In regards to the Hints. Things will become more clear over time... maybe.

 Himeros Hidden Hint Hunt - Entry 2 - Time for T 

 "Three Tasks To Take Thee Through Time Towards Treasured Terminal Tale." 

 "The breakout s...

Design Diary #029 - The Moving Image

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I am working on the companion release to V0.40 at the moment and it is going to be very interesting in different ways, In the last release I expanded on the repeatable timeskip function with some specific option. You could think I was going to talk about this feature given the title of this post but that is not the case. I am going to talk about another small feature going into V0.45.

When I started out using Adrift I played around with what was possible on the platfor...

Himeros Hints & History I - Entry Enabled

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It has been a year and a bit since I started posting some lore tidbits and hints for the 'hidden hint hunt' on the Patron discord.  The lore bits are just for fun and flavor while the hints are intended for the "hardcore" players that want to dive slightly deeper into the games and maybe give them more than one playthrough.  They are intended to point towards the hidden tasks you have to do to get the secret ending (very minor amount of content and only if you w...

Patreon Reward Character Preview - Rebecca

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We had one of these last month and as fate has it the two Character Creator reward unlocks were only a month apart. 

This month I would like to thank YYC for his support over the years. We have been talking about the character that should go into the game. It should be ready for the first steps in V0.45 and has already been teased in the last release.

The model for Rebecca was chosen by YYC but he has left the rest up to be me so we will see how things de...

DevelUpdate #065 - Rats Everywhere

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We have entered the year of the Rat to go along with the year 2020. Let's see if that in any way is fitting when given the themes of the games. This update might be the last before the release of V0.40 but there is still some work to be done.

I have completed the two new main missions and some new research tasks that should add something pleasing to the game. I will now focus on adding sidemissions and expand the story beats for the other characters as we move towar...

DevelUpdate #064 - Breaking It In

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I just finished my second week of planned vacation and it has been good. Getting to clear the head and catch up on some entertainment. Well now that we are in this new year there is no time to waste and here comes the first development update of most likely many.

With the holidays and vacations I am slightly behind the plan for V0.40 but nothing that a bit of overtime can't fix in the coming weeks. I am currently sitting at 30 ish events with 1 main mission complete and ...

Public Release of Horizon V0.36 - Eyes On

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A couple of days late. I have to admit the public release slipped my mind in the holiday race. Next time please remind me .) 

This release contains the other main mission you didn't pick last time and some more teasing StepUps.

Sorry for the delay. I hope you enjoy the content.

A happy new year to you all

Seztworks

DevelUpdate #063 - Year In Review

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The last update of 2019 and a lot has happened in this last year of the decade. 

The first couple of months were focused around the final releases of Haven and the first teases of Horizon. Haven seemed like a big project at the time and in certain ways it still is but Horizon is already well underway to beat it on many counts.

In April we had the Patreon Demo release with the first Chapter release in May. After this we have had a release around every 6 weeks s...

DevelUpdate #062 - Decades End

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We are moving towards to future and development is going well. I am working on V0.40 that will contain two more main missions that will add some very important and large chunks of character content.

As we are hitting the holidays, the new year and a brand new decade I will throw in 2 weeks of vacation like I did last year around this time after the release of Haven. It will be a very big release in many ways and instead of burning through it I would rather make sure...

Patreon Reward Character Preview - Kim

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Something a bit different today.  The first Patron has crossed over the Character Creator reward line and has unlocked the right to create a full character that will go into the game and get a slightly longer storyline than the Scene Stealers we have seen so far.

I will start by thanking Sephira for the support  throughout the years and I hope that the character will be a good reward for that support. I have already been talking to Sephira in preparation f...

DevelUpdate #061 - Eyes On

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Progression towards v0.36 is somewhat on on track.  All the major story events are ready to go but there are missing some of the sexy stuff and testing. It shouldn't be long now but not sure I will make it before December.

The release is a bit special as it contains a large lore feature that should have been implemented sooner but wouldn't have contained  enough content back then. For new players you get it very early and for returning players it will unlo...

Public Release of Horizon V0.33 - First Shift

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It is time for the public to get their hands on First Shift. Another choice of two 2 main missions that you get to finish in the next release. The world is expanding with new locations and new people. It is the largest release to date.

I hope you all enjoy.

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Feature Focus II - Get an Eyeful

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It has been a while since the last one of these but I am working on a new feature that  I wanted to talk a bit about. It has been on the list for a little while and I maybe should have added it sooner but time is not always on my side. The rest of this post is spoiler light as you only have to have started the game to know about what I am going to talk about.

The feature that I am working on is the communication device that you use in the story.  It is a retroa...

Design Diary #028 - Roadmap XXXL

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We have a big one today. I am going to go over the estimated roadmap  for Horizon. This is a public post due to being pretty important to everyone.

First an important point.  I had to slow down the numbering for v0.33 and v.36 to hit certain milestones of the story but this will not continue further than this. With v0.40 we are going back to 0.05 increases for each release (or we would never got done with the game). Now that this is out of the way back to the r...

DevelUpdate #060 - Shifty Business

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The first third of the game has been out for a little while and I hope some of the Patrons have got to play around with the new missions. Today I am going to talk about the current progress of v0.36 and what is going into that.

First Shift was a big chunk of content and I currently taking it easy by writing 1 event a day again. Each of the 2 main missions will have a handful of new events that round them off and after I have written those I will speed up slightly again a...

Design Diary #027 - The L Number

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Another public Design Diary as this does concern everybody and is only a slight design spoiler :). This time it is very focused on the subject of the L: number.  It has been part all three games and will continue to be a fixture in the lower right corner of the UI but the reason I am bringing it up now as there will be slight a change soon.

The L: number was added to Hotel as a way for me track the players progress during development and give support/hints when they...

DevelUpdate #059 - Mission Status

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It has been a somewhat steady progress towards v0.33. After the last couple of releases were I worked double time almost nonstop I set a more realistic goal and have been keeping one event a day for September with the added coding, image work and  planning needed for the new main missions. It almost worked as the 2 missions clocked in at 20 events each and I just finished as we hit October.

I set the release towards the end of October because there is a lot left to ...

Public Release of Horizon - V0.30 - Foundation

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Time for the public release of Himeros Horizon -  V0.30 - Foundation. 

You get the last main path and get access to a handful of cross path unlocks. It is the release with the largest amount of erotic content so far with 2 more StepUp branches.

I hope you all enjoy and let me know if you have any issues or feedback.

Seztworks

DevelUpdate #058 - A Split in the Tree

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I am working on the next release and it will again feature a choice that will split the branches of the story for a time. I have almost completed the 2 new main parts of the release but I then have to add all the new content to every other story path so there is still a long way to go :)

This release will be the next step towards building the world and making the systems slightly more complex. It will add another layer to the economy and add some indirect choices. There ...

Feedback Vote #01 - Primary Paths

Hello players.

A new group of votes incoming. They will help me balance the game and get an idea how you play the game. They are patreon only for the first week and go public later.

The first one is about the Path choices in the first few chapters. Please pick the one you have chosen for you main playthrough. I know some are doing more then one, in that case please pick then one you choose first or the one your consider the most important.

Thank you for the feedback

Se...

DevelUpdate #057 - Teasing Unlocked

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Work is moving ahead on the big Foundation release of Horizon. I just crossed the content amount of the last release and there is still some stuff to do. Besides unlocking the final path with the missions that follow along with it you also get the first cross path unlocks. That is what I will tease a bit today. I go into the system in the Design Diary for the Patrons but will just go over a couple of examples here.

A simple one has you going on a short mission chain to a...

Minor Bugfix to Himeros Haven

Hello all

Two small fixes to Haven:

Version 1.01d

Fixed character task issue after endgame choice changed their role.

Location description correction with branching.

MEGA 

Gdrive 

Have a nice day

Seztworks