Everything is now in order, the update will be released tomorrow.
Besides the afore mentioned in the progress report, 4 extra sex scenes have been added to a total of 12 in this patch.
Players having trouble entering the harem mode in 0.7.5 due to insufficient VRAM should no longer have the problem.
The new lighting and shading system can be previewed in the attached images, you may notice the improvements with the shadow and reflection. However we cannot guarantee that we w...
2023-11-19 05:38:22 +0000 UTC
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Update 0.7.7 has entered alpha test phase in the preview branch this week. The update is going to drop as soon as the issues reported in the alpha test is dealt with.
This patch is planned to be the last one before Research Pass: Juzi goes live and mainly consists of quality of life and optimization updates, featuring:
- Lighting and texture optimization that greatly improved framerate for our alpha testers
- Improved shadow rendering and LOD, no more blurry textures
2023-11-08 08:45:36 +0000 UTC
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LINK TO THE POLL
Monthly polls have been suspended for a year to prevent further feature creep. Now with most approved options in previous polls implemented in the Research Passes, time to restart collecting your ideas.
Voting powers generated by your previous pledges during the months without an active monthly poll is saved and will be effective for thi...
2023-10-28 01:20:28 +0000 UTC
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Optimization patch 0.76b is going to drop by end of month. Other than small bug fixes in this patch we reverted Elizabeth and the upcoming investigator Juzi's hair system so the hair strands are no longer simulated individually and VRAM usage is lowered consequently.
The new hair rendering solution in 0.76b is on par with the previous solution in terms of visual fidelity, however do expect more clipping issues with Elizabeth's hair.
We also noticed that some testers who have playe...
2023-10-24 21:39:59 +0000 UTC
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It's probably a bit unexpected to hear the announcement of the next Research Pass so soon after the last one's release. Our art and animation team have been working behind the scenes unaffected while the programmers pulled their hair out catching bugs brought by the rebuilding, thus as soon as the engine team put out the fire new updates can roll out at a faster speed.
Work on update 0.8.0, Research Pass: Juzi is now near completion, and we are moving on to update 0.8.5, Research Pass: ...
2023-10-06 22:59:37 +0000 UTC
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Greetings, Researchers! Update 0.7.5 is now live on Steam closed beta branch. This update brings a new investigator: Elizabeth Carter, with 53 new sex scenes.
Elizabeth Carter has been at the helm of DMAIC for nearly two hundred years, but this iron-fisted technology oligarch shows no physical signs of aging. The official explanation from DMAIC is that Elizabeth has undergone extensive gene therapy to achieve immortality, yet her longevity still spawned many a conspiracy theory...
2023-09-28 03:44:23 +0000 UTC
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Update 0.7.5 pre-release testing is now complete! Sorry that the QA test took longer than planned - A new hair simulation system has been applied to Elizabeth’s hair, which may result in performance and visual issues on lower-end PCs. We have managed to make it compatible with gears of a wide array of specs under most scenarios - including Steam Deck - and will keep a close eye on issues that may arise during the public branch test.
An additional 5 sex scenes was added to the ...
2023-09-26 19:09:38 +0000 UTC
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Research Pass: Elizabeth Carter is launching in preview branch next week, if no major issues are detected we will push it to the public branch late August - early September.
With most reported issues addressed in 0.7.5, new research passes will now drop approximately every 4 months.
When Elizabeth pass goes live the synthesis cost of experiments will increase but you no longer need to purchase an advanced pass to unlock new investigator's sex scenes, besides costume sets will be s...
2023-08-22 20:36:28 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! With the development work of Research Pass: Elizabeth Carter wrapped up and launching around end of this month, we have started working on the last two passes before the 1.0 launch. With Steam still being vague about the fuckability of Galatea as the criteria changes from reviewer to reviewer - to some, even Yanshi's age is questionable - we decided to introduce characters who are not in such predicament first.
This 2023-08-04 15:31:05 +0000 UTC
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In this patch we fixed various issues with Korean localization, bondage sex system and body fluid simulation.
We have noticed problems with the breast and hair physics and occasional 6340459 error when entering the Harem mode from the main menu, will get those addressed in the next patch. If you have encountered the error in 0.7.41, please try again and it should resolve itself.
2023-07-25 08:04:42 +0000 UTC
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Greetings, researchers! Update 0.7.4 addresses many reported bugs and contains some quality of life adjustments. Research Pass: Elizabeth Carter is entering the final stages of development and will be available in upcoming update 0.7.5, introducing 20 new apparels and 48 new sex scenes.
In Update 0.7.4 players now may use the Operation Beds to expand an investigator’s dilation levels, finishing out the Archimedes Space Station’s currently planned content.
The Bondage system ha...
2023-07-19 07:34:28 +0000 UTC
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In update 0.7.4 we will make ecstasy growth three times faster so it's easier to gain ideas and complete daily missions.
In 0.7.5 you no longer need to purchase a character's research pass to acquire their experiments.
We are also tuning the physics and will make it possible to have parts/accessories of different costumes on at the same time.
There's a reason why closed beta is closed. If you feel something needs changing, speak up in our 2023-06-19 21:56:17 +0000 UTC
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After refactoring the body physics system into the new framework in 0.7.3, basically all technical obstacles with the development work after rebuilding have been lifted and we are finally back on track to deliver new contents steadily after three months of firefighting.
I was awkwardly silent on Patreon during the period because there's not much I can say in my defense, we should have run way longer sessions of preview tests with a way larger pool of QA testers before pushing it to stea...
2023-06-09 17:17:33 +0000 UTC
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Update 0.7.3 is now live on steam, with 30 new sex scenes. New ghoul scenes and operation bed interactions are now in alpha testing phase and will be released in the next patch.
Update 5/31
European server group is now online. If you have connection difficulties don't hesitate to submit a ticket on Discord.
2023-05-31 04:03:09 +0000 UTC
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Thank you for submitting bug reports! We have revised and tweaked all new features added in update 0.7.2.
Update 0.7.2b is available to download now for Operation Lovecraft closed beta testers. The patch contains various bug fixes, graphics and performance improvements.
With all closed beta phase 1 legacy code now refactored into the new framework after this patch, CPU and GPU usage should drop significantly. The following features have been added or tweaked:
- Cinem...
2023-05-24 00:35:23 +0000 UTC
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The update is now live on Steam. If the stored page is unavailable in your country, you may access the game by activating with the Steam key.
We have pinpointed an optimization issue embedded in the legacy code but didn't have the time for a fix yet. After the UI overhaul is complete later this month the new framework will reduce CPU usage by approximately 30%.
In addition to bug fixes, in this update we implemented:
- Improved framerate in Archimedes Orbital Station
2023-05-12 09:53:46 +0000 UTC
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Servers are now back online and Steam-Patreon connection is now stable enough to support the community. Connection issues have been systematically addressed and the servers will stay online in the foreseeable future if not during routine maintenance.
We received numerous reports of players mistakenly using their real names and emails as in game ID - as we do not have the ID editing mechanism for now, the player data has been reset and another 150 NEP can be found in your mailbox.
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2023-04-05 03:30:58 +0000 UTC
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Update 0.7.0 is now live on Steam, welcome to join our Discord for more information.
There's no account wiping from here on out, in the past 72 hours we have managed to fix most of account related issues.
The last minute delay was primarily to address connection quality issues for players in mainland China. It turned out to ...
2023-03-05 06:01:46 +0000 UTC
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Greetings everyone, it’s been a long journey.
Rebuilding the entire project for better performance was not an easy choice, with a lot of work needing to be redone from scratch. We hear and understand your anxiety and concerns - through the past months, all hands of the development team have been on deck to get the rebuilding done as we are no less eager than you.
Version 0.7.0 will be the first stable rebuild release, with the closed beta currently open to crowdfunding supporter...
2023-02-27 23:40:42 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the long wait. To prevent a data wipe between beta phases and keep player progress intact so you do not need to start over from phase 2 to early access we spent a lot more time than originally planned during the inner circle test to sync data between Patreon and Steam. It got out of hand at times since we need to work together with Patreon on custom APIs and wait on their instructions, however the Patreon-Steam connector has been successfully booted last weekend, all player's in gam...
2023-01-31 15:48:20 +0000 UTC
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I still don't have full access to my Patreon and Discord accounts as of now since USPS shipped my cellphone into the rabbit hole this month and I was stupid enough to leave F2A turned on, making it extremely difficult to communicate efficiently. If you haven't already I strongly recommend joining our Discord server (you can simply do that by clicking Settings > More > Connected Apps on the Patreon page) to be briefed of the upcoming closed beta phase 2 schedule, the mods will keep you u...
2022-12-25 12:01:06 +0000 UTC
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With Celia and Elizabeth's harem passes wrapped up this month, we are now half way done with our year 1 updates. The aforementioned two harem passes shall be launched alongside closed beta phase 2: Celia's harem pass available immediately after phase 2 starts this Christmas and Elizabeth Carter's harem pass added soon after.
Juzi and Yanshi's harem passes are planned to drop after the closed beta ends, but if we keep working at our current speed there's a high probability that you can g...
2022-11-18 12:53:06 +0000 UTC
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The basic functionality of the reworked framework has passed testing back in August and should already suffice as a stable pre release beta version. However we sought to add more palpable improvements instead of releasing phase 1 again with higher framerate as the only difference.
Physics based real time body fluid simulation has always been a task that we were desperate to tackle, but we never got the opportunity to work on it with our past monthly update cycle. The rebuilding gave us ...
2022-11-01 16:13:45 +0000 UTC
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The closed beta phase 2 is set for this Christmas, with roughly 100 new scenes, a plethora of new costumes and in game mechanics - since we do not have a phase 3 anymore it won't be long before the official launch after phase 2 concludes.
The VR version will come in Unreal Engine 5 next year together with the upgraded base game - that has been the main reason why we decided to revamp the entire framework after phase 1.
For now sit back and enjoy Elizabeth and Galatea's amatory deb...
2022-10-31 22:03:03 +0000 UTC
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LINK TO THE POLL
As stated earlier you may chose the highest tier you pledged since July and your total voting power will be tripled, so it's more likely the suggestions in this poll are going to be implemented.
We have got quite a lot of new suggestions for this poll:
Sexuality:
- Cleaning blowjob
2022-10-01 05:29:12 +0000 UTC
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As stated in previous progress reports, considering that this poll is supposed to be the last poll for at least several months to come, we put it off a bit so patrons could have enough time to submit their suggestions. If you haven't yet, make sure to submit your ideas in the last poll, especially if you have been a high tier patron in any of the latest three months. I will collect and...
2022-09-29 22:12:04 +0000 UTC
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Before delving into the new gameplay features added in the rebuilt game, I'm excited to show some progress we have made on other season passes during August.
I have fixed the issue that caused the video in the last progress report to be not accessible to some viewers due to a mature rating. Check it out if you haven't! 😉
#1
Yanshi's base body
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2022-09-07 18:47:28 +0000 UTC
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This progress report was supposed to be posted last month, yet I got covid on a business trip to Atlanta and had to isolate myself at the hotel and work remotely. With everything back on track now we will resume the frequency of regular updates.
Monthly poll is returning soon and you may select your highest tier during July, August and September as your role in the poll and your voting power will be tripled. This is the last chance that new contents are to be suggested and approved in t...
2022-09-05 03:46:00 +0000 UTC
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Thank you all for the suggestions submitted in previous monthly polls! I paused the poll and spent much of the time of the last a few weeks reading through the thousands of votes to reflect and make sure our direction does not stray off course and your expectation.
Barring bad optimization which is already being addressed in the rebuild, most of the complaints about the game revolves unpredictable development timeline and missing of meaningful gameplay elements.
I have to admit th...
2022-08-14 01:35:42 +0000 UTC
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Nathaniel Derby Pickman Foundation, a prestigious and well-established discretionary trust and venture capital, funded the daring expeditions of Miskatonic University on Yuggoth.
The foundation's chairwoman Beatrix Pickman, young yet tactful, is an elusive and unscrupulous financier and art collector.
She is rumored to have certain personal bond with Carter family and dubious appetite for steak tartare. Observing the operation patiently from the shadow, her intention is yet unknow...
2022-07-19 23:35:27 +0000 UTC
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