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Working on the hero

One of the most fun things about starting a new character is trying to make their room. All of the characters in the game have very distinct places that they inhabit and the hero character is no different.

For this dorm room, I tried to draw inspiration from the bat-cave and other super hero hideouts. I wanted it to be very obvious what kind of character lives here, even if you didn't know see the character.

This was a lot fo fun to draw and also a bit difficult, if I'm being hone...

Holding out for a hero

I am working on a new character for Acolytes and let’s be honest, this character was kinda inevitable, wasn’t it?

I have been working on a super hero character for the game, and seeing that every character in Acolytes has a super power, I don’t feel like this guy is much of a stretch.

I have not started writing this guy yet, preferring to work on the art assets first, but I do have plans for him. This is because I am switching up my animation software (I have been using Blen...

Update 0.2.5 is here

Hey Guys.

It took me a while, but I have finally finished the Gerdalt update. That is right, after months of waiting, you can get to figure out what happened to Callidus Corvus and actually meet the man. This Update also delves into some more details about the world of Acolytes and why it looks the way tat it does.

If that doesn't interest you, then there are several additional sex scenes in this update with some of your favourite characters like Crevan, Sunflower...

kinda finished

Hey guys, I have some exciting news.

I am almost finished with the next update, I Only have a bit of writing to go. I know this particular update took a while, but I had to take a break and do Broghurt in-between.

As I have said before, this is the largest update I have done to date and the one with the most lore about the Acolytes univers. I am really proud of this update and where it takes the story, I just hope you like it as much as I do.

The animation you see above is o...

More animations

The current update that I am working (the end to the Gerdalt saga), comes with a whole bunch of revelations about the world of Acolytes and maybe even a teaser for. second game. which is why it is taking forever to get out of the gate.

The length of development on this update is also the reason that I have decided to pepper in a couple of additional sex scenes with some of your favourite characters. As I mentioned last week, you're getting some more action with Sunflower, Cre...

Animating my tits off

So, it probably doesn't come as a surprise that this Gerdalt update has gone off the rails a litte bit.  I have been working on it for a while and I am still adding to the content.

I am doing all of this because I have some story beats that I would love for people to be able to interact with and, if I'm honest, I kinda love writing Gerdalt as a character.

You will also notice that I have added a scene with Sunflower to this post.

I have decided to add a few easter eggs ...

Moving forward

I decided that I would share the most interesting illustration I had made in the last week with you today, since I relly don't have much to show for the last week of development.

That shouldn't suggest that I haven't been making progress, I definitely have, it's just not the kind of progress that is particularly interesting to look at. Mostly I have been writing and bug fixing for the end of the Gerdalt update.

I can't wait to show you this update and all that it has in store, and...

working on the final part of the Gerdalt update

I have been working hard for the last couple of weeks, getting back to Acolytes and the much discussed "Gerdalt update".

The reason that this update has taken so much longer than I anticipated, is the fact that I decided to add in so much more world building to this update and more sex scenes than any other character in the game.

IO really hope that this pays off and that you love the update as much as I have loved working on it.

For now, however, I bring you another sex sce...

pivoting back to Acolytes

Releasing "broghurt" has been such a great experience and I really appreciate all of your support, however, now that that is done, It's time to get back to the big one, the one you have all been waiting for "Acolytes".

I know that it has been a couple of months coming, but I am finally gonna finish the gerdalt story line and it will come with some major shifts to the Acolytes world. I can't wait to hear what you guys think of the final part of the Gerdalt story and I am really looking f...

A new game for New years

I have been working on a small side project for the last couple of months, as most of you know. The game called "broghurt" was originally meant to be a small game for bara jam, which then spiraled into a 2 months project that included a completely new way of making characters/sex scenes.

Well, "Broghurt" is now finished and I am pretty proud of the game and it's done just in time for...

Merry Chritmas guys

Hey guys.

This year has been a bit of a whirilwind, honestly and seems to have just flown by. I am touched by the reception that “Acolytes of the chrystal” and “Broghurt” have had.

I can’t wait to share all of my plans for the projects coming up, but rest assured that there is still so much more still to come.

I am now gonna go hang out with my family and way too much food, I wish all of you a merry christmas and a happy new year.

in the home stretch

Christmas is drawing nearer, as you probably know, and that has unfortunately meant that I haven't had the time I usually do to develop on Broghurt and Acolytes.

However, I refuse to be a slouch and that's the reason that I am happy to announce that I am in the home stretch of the development of broghurt. this game which was meant to a little fun thing for barajam has ballooned up to 60k+ words.

I am doing a bunch of things in Broghurt that I have never attempted before. The anima...

getting back to Acolytes

One of the points with me making "Broghurt" in the first place, was to experiment with a new technique for making sex scenes. I can now happily tell you that the experiment was a success, as I more the technique over to acolytes

I have been moving back into the Gerdalt storyline, which I am going to be wrapping up in the next update. This means that Gerdalt will be the character with the largest amount of sex scenes so far.

The hope with this new technique, is that I'll be able to...

almost done

Hey guys

I have been having a really fun time working on "Broghurt", as you can probably tell from the images above. This game has been so much for to play around with, that I think I may have developed some tools that I can take over to Acolytes.

I am getting close to being done "Broghurt", so it won't be long until you can play the entire game and try out all of the romanceable paths.

I am really looking forward to taking some of the things that I have learned on "Broghurt...

Small hiatus from acolytes

Hey guys.

I think I have talked about this before, but here we go again.

I am currently working on a game called "Broghurt" which takes place in a frat house after a wild party has taken place. In this game, you play as Ron Chee, a dude who went overboard at the party and has now lost all of his stuff.

I am having a lot of fun working on this game, but that does however mean that I have had to take a small break from acolytes.

I am planning to. have broghurt out in a c...

Some gay pottery

I am still working on wrapping up the Gerdalt story and making it feel cohesive and that has let me to this piece of ancient gay pottery.

I honestly can't tell you what this is for just yet (trust me, I wish I could), but it will be integral to the next update. that said, I am having a lot of fun putting together this update and making sure that there is some really fun world-building in there.

In other news, I am still working on my Bara-jam game (Bara Jam is a 2 month initiative...

small side project

Hey guys.

So, as you can probably tell, the images that I have decided to share today are not from Acolytes.

First of all, I want you to know that I am very much still working on acolytes and it is in fact still chugging along with the Gerdalt story. what I am sharing today are some early views on a small gamejam project (for barajam on itch.io) I am doing to clear the cobwebs.

The game is called "Broghurt" and follows Ron Chee (the bottom on all of the animations I just se...

New face, who dis

first of all, I just want to thank you guys for the amazing update release that I just had. I worked really hard on this recent update and you guys were really nice about it.

But, as you probably know, there is no rest for the wicket and I am already hard at work on the next update, because, I kinda left Gerdalt and the protagonist with an unfinished task..

speaking of Gerdalt, there was something that bugged me, as I played through the most recent release: his face.

Bow, I ...

discord?

Hey Guys.

I have been toying with the idea of putting together a discord server to give you guys smaller updates with more frequency. The fact of the matter is that I work on a lot of stuff for Acolytes, but a lot of it is really tiny and doesn't merit a full update on patreon, so I pose the question to you, would you like to have a discord server to speak to mea and each other?

Version 0.2.4 is finally here

Version 0.2.3 is finally here

Hey Guys.

So, the sixth update is finally available and I couldn't be more proud of it. I have to be honest you guys, I may have gotten a bit ambitious with this one. Not only is there a new kind of sex scene here (several view point), but there is a completely new game mode (investigation). This is the reason that the story of Gerdalt couldn't fit into one update but is being stretched over two. I really hope you lik...

cliffhangers

I think I have mentioned this before, but I feel like it bears repeating, this upcoming update is one of the largest ones I have worked on in the history of Acolytes.

This is not only because there are more sex scenes in this update (or because those sex scenes are more complicated), but because I am taking the story in a fun new direction.

The downside to this is that I have felt it necessary to cut the story following Gerdalt in half. You will get the first half (with about 5 se...

Still working

One of the most difficult things whenever I plan an update is to keep my own ambition in check. 

I tend to be really ambitious with all of my projects and I mouth often signs checks my skills can't cash. That is to say, I plan bigger than I am able to execute.

All of this may sound a bit doom and gloom, but worry not, the next update will be epic, it's just that I didn't know how big this update was going to be until I was in the middle of it.

That said, I still can't w...

all the angles

One of the things that I try to do with each update, is to challenge myself and make the game better. For this update, I decided that this challenge should come in the form of a new kind of sex scene.

I tried something like this for the Fuco sex scene, but I have decided to try and expand it for this upcoming update and give you several angles to switch between.

The thought is that this is gonna make the scene a bit more dynamic and maybe make you guys linger on them for a bit lon...

Tentative release date

Si guys, I think I finally have a handle on the update that I have been working on for the last couple of weeks and with that comes a tentative release date.

I am shooting for a release date of halloween, that is to say friday the 29th of October.

This feels appropriate, because this update features a witch hunter, a mystery and an honest to god monster.

This is maybe the most ambitious update I have worked on so far and there will be a lot of content. I can't make any promi...

New character Alert

I have a tendency to become a hair over enthusiastic, whenever I plan out a new update and the one I am working on currently, is certainly no exception. This is not helped by the fact that all of you amazing patrons send great ideas my way all of the time.

That is where this character comes into the picture. One of you requested that I add a crow character to the game and I liked the idea so much that her is here.

This is Callidus Crevan who you'll meet this character for the firs...

The witch hunter

So, I'm still working on the witch hunter character and the somewhat massive update that he inhabits. I really cannot wait for you guys to get your hands on this one, because it has kinda spiralled out of control.

The loss of control is not only because the character is really fun to work on, but also because I have committed myself to make more sex scenes with this guy than any other character in the game. 

This is part of a development, where I want to put more sex into the...

inside the greenhouse

These are illustrations from the upcoming update and as you can probably tell, they have taken a bit of a turn from how Acolytes usually looks. 

These are from the Gerdalt romanceable path, where he takes you inside fo the greenhouse that is located just to the right of the dorm.

I have to be honest, I may have gotten a bit too ambitious with this update, but I am determined to finish it. The problem is that these types of backgrounds are so fun to draw that I just kinda get ...

some new places to visit

I have been working on this new Gerdalt update, as most of you know and that comes with new places to visit.

So, what you are seeing here is the classroom where Gerdalt teaches, his office and lastly the school greenhouse where most of this update will take place. I am currently working on populating the greenhouse with a lot of exotic plants and places, so that Gerdalt and the player has something to do.

I con't know if you can tell, but this is a slightly different update, and n...

Introducing Gerdalt

I have been teasing a new character for a while, so I guess it's time to pay up.

a couple of weeks back I asked you what the most iconic witcher outfit was and you very kindly indulged me, well today that question pays off. This is Gerdalt, who will be the next romanceable character for Acolytes.

He is a witch hunter who has been tasked to teach survival at "the academy of the Chrystal". He is very practically minded, so you're not gonna need to ask him for help, though you may ne...

Next Romanceable path

As the saying goes "there is no rest for the wicked", I am already at work on the next romanceable path, even though I have just uploaded the most recent update last week.

As you can probably see from the illustration above, this particular romanceable path is going to be a bit different from the rest of the game. I'm not gonna reveal how this kind of nature fits into the world of acolytes just yet, but I think it will be good.

I am also working on some new characters to add to th...