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Weekle Update (10/18/2022)

Hey everyone! Sorry, this update post is coming out late :(. But it's better late than never!

So, what's new? Well, there's not a ton to report since the story art really is all done for this update. It's just more cute sprites here and there, animation improvements, and other things like that. Here's a couple of the new things, starting with animations:

2022-10-19 03:18:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekly Update (10/10/2022)

Hello everyone, time for the weekly update!  This week we made a big change to Jade's BJ scene since there was such a big change in location for it. It's still a memory, but the specifics of her backstory got changed a bit (in ways you'll see soon!), which meant we wanted to make it make a bit more sense. We were able to recycle a lot of the art, so it didn't take too long, but it is a new animation now. So, here's how it'll look in game now, in her room instead of on the sofa! (Backgrou...

Weekly Update(10/04/2022)

Hey guys, hope everyone had a good week! Time for another one of these.

As tradition dictates - art first! We drew up some frightened expressions for the girls, realizing that was a lot better than literally typing "AAAAH!!" in the dialogue box while their character is just frowning, lol. So far only two girls need 'em, but they're fan favorites!

Okay, realistically speaking ba...

Weekly Update (09/26/2022)

Hey everyone! Time for another weekly update post.

Hope everybody's doing well. If not, we've got a bunch of really cute chibi drawings of our girls to cheer ya up. We realized it would be nice to be able to talk to the girls before/after class and whatnot, so we made a whole bunch of little drawings of them to populate the classroom. You'll be able to click on them and chat with them once that dialogue is added! Here's some of the drawings we made:

2022-09-27 04:57:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekly Update (09/19/2022)

SALUTATIONS, it is time for another update post!

This week was a fun one. We finally settled on some decisions for how we want our (hopefully) finalized GUI to look like and we think we nailed it. I know GUI stuff isn't that exciting, but we'd still like to show where our effort went, so here it is! Let us know if you have any suggestions :)

We also learned this week...

Weekly Update (09/12/2022)

Hey everybody, time for another update post!

This week, we finished up some animations for Jade - one old, one new. The old one was adding some motion to her old BJ memory scene. The new one is the scene we've been teasing a bit over the last month or so - a proper sex scene with Jade! As per usual, that's gonna be attached to the post to save the spoilers for everybody. Since everyone's already seen that BJ scene though, here it is in beautiful motion:

2022-09-13 04:46:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekly Update (09/05/2022)

Hey everybody, time for another update post.

This week, we spent our time in the breaks between sprite work to continue improving our main menu. Eventually, we would love for it to display a random unique drawing of one of the girls each time you open the game. For now, our artist is working on a cute drawing of Lulu for this! It isn't complete yet, but we have decided on a layout for the menu and even designed a new logo for our game. Here it is, let us know your thoughts! 2022-09-06 04:57:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekly Update (08/29/2022)

Hey everybody! Looks like my internet is actually working this time - novel concept! Time for an update post.

Sprite work is going great! It's slow by necessity, we want expressions and movements to feel just as natural as the dialogue itself, but it's moving along. Likewise, the script edits are wrapping up as well! No ETA, but we promise that doesn't mean it's far. Guessing is just... tough, honestly. We're moving as fast as we can.

More excitingly though, the last of the main s...

Weekly Update (08/23/02)

Hey guys! Time for another update.

First and foremost, so sorry this is coming in late! I lost internet last night (thanks, third-world wifi) and so I wasn't able to make this post. Thankfully though, wifi isn't really needed to work on the game. Hopefully this doesn't happen too often. But now, into the progress report!

One thing we noticed recently was a bit of a lack of popularity for Liz. And we get it, she wasn't the most eye-popping character and frankly, yes, was a bitch. O...

Weekly Update (08/15/2022)

Hey everyone! Here comes another update post.

So this week was about what we predicted. About 95% of the art is done and we're just having to assemble it all. Thankfully though, we do still have a couple of treats for you. First off, we realized that just typing "*yawn*" for Lilith all the time kinda sucked. It's a big part of why we put in the effort to rework her, her dialogue just felt kind of repetitive. To replace it, we have (drum roll, please): A YAWNING LILITH SPRITE!...

Weekly Update (08/08/2022)

Hello everyone! These weeks are starting to feel faster and faster.  First things first: That embed for Annie's sprites was totally broken last week. Oops. Here it is again, sorry about that:

With that out of the way, let's talk about the new stuff this week! First off, we're now in the thick of the sprite work. We figured out a much smarter and more compact way to di...

Weekly Update (08/01/2022)

Hello once more! Time to unveil that changelog. But first, your regularly scheduled progress report:

A good bit of art came outta our artist this week. For starters, here's Lucy's finished sprite:

Personally, we think she came out perfectly. It's really fun to write this character too, we can't wait for you guys to meet her.

Additionally, a couple of...

Weekly Update (07/25/2022)

Hey guys, update post 7 here!

Some fantastic news this week! Our writer managed to get out of their writer's block and has finished writing all of the base dialogue for this update. This just leaves touchups and the dialogue changes for the Lilith rework we're doing. Other than that though, the quest events we plan to add are all set in stone and it's just filling in the gaps! What this means is that we think we're comfortable with announcing a rough estimate for v0.2's relea...

Weekly Update (07/18/2022)

Hey guys! Update post #6 here.

This week was a big ol' continuation of last week's work, I would say. Once again, little time for writing, but still 2,400 lines in total. A couple of days were spent fine-tuning the UI for the game. We added a little clock for the top-left corner of the UI to let you skip time and see what time it currently is, which should look something like this:

2022-07-19 02:48:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Poll - New Character Design

Hey everyone! 

So a couple of weeks ago, we said that there were gonna be two girls getting new sprites this game. One that you had already met, and one totally new one. So you learned who the first one was - Annie! But now it's time to meet the other girl. 

She doesn't have a name yet (suggestions are totally welcome in the comments!), but you will meet her during Annie's questline this update. She is a cunning owner of a pawn shop in a small t...

Weekly Update (07/11/2022)

Hey guys, update post #5 comin' in! 

Feels like these come by faster and faster each time. Pretty crazy. This week had a lot more art, most of which was a ton of revisions on a new character's sprites. Hopefully, you guys will get to meet her soon! We finally settled on a version of her that everybody is happy with, so she's getting her proper lineart now. Can't show you anything yet, though! Stay tuned. 

In the last update post, we mentioned that h...

Weekly Update (07/04/2022)

This week was mostly spent on art again, but damn do we have a lot to show for it. From now on, every sex scene in the game will be animated. We're also going back and retroactively animating the scenes that were already in the game. Céline's handjob scene turned out great after animation, check it out:

We also finally got Annie's sprites all finished. For reasons I can't say quiiii...

Weekly Update (06/27/2022)

Hello once again! Update post #3, baby.

ANNIE! We're really excited to bring Annie properly into the game, and she seems to be a fan-favorite. A lot of time this week was spent working on her questline for this update. She won't be joining the academy or getting any more sexual content yet, but good news: I used the word "yet"! All of the story for her is adding up to something incredible. And to hold you over, here's one of her spicier sprites ;) 

2022-06-28 00:52:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Character Design - Poll

Hey guys!

Here's that poll we mentioned on Monday. We've got three outfits in mind for Annie, who you'll be properly meeting in this update! You know, a bit less sucking and a bit more talking. Pick your favorite and we'll add the winner into the game!

Weekly Update (06/20/2022)

Hey folks! Update Post 2 here.

This week was pretty good for development, if we do say so ourselves. Most exciting news first: the first fully animated scene was finished! It's actually an update of an existing scene, but there will be a brand new animated scene in v0.2 as well. We hope you guys love 'em as much as we do. Plenty more writing was finished too. It's pretty tough to give percentages on that since we don't really know how long dialogue will be until we write it, but it's ...

First Weekly Update

Hey everyone! Time for the first-ever weekly update. This week has been pretty busy too, so it's a great start to this new little tradition. A lot of our time this week has been spent on writing out the story for this update and making some small plans even for the next update. We hope to eventually have everything planned a few updates in advance, that way we can write more complex stories over time. We've pretty much completely finished all planning for this update and have written about a ...

Weekly Updates Announcement

Hey, everyone! Exciting announcement here.  In the interest of keeping up with our patrons, keeping ourselves motivated, and pulling back the curtain on development a bit, we're going to start weekly development update posts. Right now the plan is to release one each Monday. In these updates, we'll try to include stuff like tiny changelogs, teasers, and maybe even an occasional question for everybody. You're supporting us, so you deserve to be kept in the loop. These posts will not repla...

Lilith's New Sprites

Hi! We present you the New Lilith! Keeping her "sleep deprived" characteristic, she has a more relaxed and supportive nature as a teacher (also freckles!).

We hope you like the new Lilith, and her new interactions for v0.2. Cheers!

Lilith's Redesign - Outfit

With her hairstyle selected, we have been thinking about a new outfit for Lilith, we ended up with three options. Pick your favourite one!

Note: Don't worry if her witch hat is not there, we are adding a new one too!

Lilith's Redesign

We plan to redesign Lilith for v0.2. We are not satisfied with her current design, nor with her personality, so those will be our main target, while her "sleep deprived girl" traits won't be affected. We will start selecting a new hairstyle, then, in the next polls, any other details, such as her clothing, and perhaps one or two more details.

Proof-reading + Public Release Date Delay

We greatly appreciate the feedback from our patreons, who by private message suggested correcting errors. The game is currently being proofread, thanks to @moose and their help.

Don't worry! It should take only a couple of days to increase the quality of the game.

- Hatchet Games

Maeve's Academy v0.1 is finally here!

Howdy!
v0.1 is finally here and avaibable for all PC/Linux users supporting with the $5 tier!

This updated was focused mainly on adding a better writing, plot and world building, as well as the gameplay, removing the grind point system for a better experience.

List of modifications/additions/improvements:

- Gameplay has been reworked. Love & Lust Points Systen totally removed, for a grinding free experience.

- An improved World Building.

- Events/Ques...

Wardrobe Feature

Good day! The update is a few days away, in the meantime we are sharing a new feature. We want the girls AND the Main Character to be customizable, for now we will limit ourselves to adding the ability to dress the MC with two different outfits.

More outfits should be added in the future, the same goes for the girls.

Last Character For Next Update + Name Suggestion

We have the last character ready for the next update! She is a girl with a petite complexion and "chuunibyo", with many stories to tell and the desire to be a powerful and recognized witch one day. What name would be appropriate for her?

Angelika - Rework

Hi again! Here we are with another (and Last, we hope) Rework for a character, this time was Angelika's turn.

We have concentrated on her outfit, making it less revealing (for now). We also managed to give her the appearance of a short girl this time.

What do you think about this rework?