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Dev diary - Holding court events

When designing the concept for Lord Goblin I knew I wanted something that would add more story and personality to the gameplay beyond just grinding stats.

In some of the early brainstorming I had the idea that you would even go out and find new maids to bring back to Greenwood - a bit like Harem Collector by Bad Kitty Games - but Harem Collector really has that covered already and more importantly I realised that in our case it would just make the game an overwhelmingl...

Roadmap: March and April release plans

I've been working on preparing the content for the next couple of months so while I often change things before the release, I think I can start to get specific about it now. I should note, these are still subject to change!

March release (v0.7) - Az'ea's first romance scene

March will include: 

• The start of the Az'ea romance story, with several smaller chat scenes and a major flashback scene about how she and Lord Goblin first met.
• Compli...
  2023-02-16 21:48:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Earl rewards - Az'ea captured (finished frames)

Here's the finished frames of this upcoming scene I talked about. I think it looks pretty great!

Earl rewards - Az'ea captive! (Sketches and drafts)

I've been teasing that we've got a new guest artist making some contributions to Lord Goblin - I can let slip now that these are from Sommelier, whose work you might know from games like Seeds of Chaos and Jessika's Curse!

This scene doesn't go in a lewd direction, I should say in advance to contain expectations; instead this is an important piece of the Az'ea/Lord Goblin back story that you'll discover when you pursue her romance path.

The scene's not a...

New PUBLIC release for v0.5!

This new release contains the first sex ritual scenes for Az'ea, Beth and Cliona, along with a bunch of new story scenes, gameplay elements and major optimisation from the last public release. 

Find the FREE build on itch: https://bbben.itch.io/lord-goblin

Get the patrons build here: 2023-02-11 21:26:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Lord Goblin v0.6 is available to patrons

LG v0.6 is available for patrons here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lord-goblin-v0-6-78248918 

The new release includes:

• Added a new ritual sex option with Delia!
  - This features a new animation, as well as having two different versions of the scene, depending on her lust level. (We've also made it easier to access the more lustful versions of all the maids' rit...
  2023-02-08 21:52:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Lord Goblin v0.6

This release adds Delia's first ritual sex scenes, with a flashy new animation! We've also added the tax income system, and made a heap of changes to improve the way the game looks and plays. You might notice the improvements to the other ritual sex scenes most of all.

Downloads:

• Windows 
• 2023-02-06 21:04:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Dev Diary - Framing and close ups in animated scenes

As of the next update we're revising the existing CG scenes to include better direction. At the moment the scenes are a bit flat - the animation and art are fantastic but then within the scene they just kind of sit still. (There's other stuff coming in the next update too, of course!)

From the start we've wanted to use close ups on some of the elements to help give the scenes more dynamism, and also to allow us to show parts of the art that aren't even within the frame of the scene. Yes...

Dev diary - Our amazing castle cross-section art

In a previous post I talked about the prototype I made for our "manor" (castle) screen, but I also wanted to talk about the art itself. As you can see, it's pretty incredible. It certainly wasn't cheap - but I can confidently say it was a huge bargain!

Upgrading the manor

The piece is broken down into layers, so that the rooms can be upgraded as you progress through the game and the manor will change to reflect these changes. We also designed it so that the layers...

Earl rewards - Delia foot job full colours

Here's some (pre-animation) fully coloured versions of the characters! I think the second one is particularly interesting because that boob pose, with just her nips exposed, didn't end up making it into the animation. (It was a little too complex.)

There is a nude version, panties pushed aside, several different expressions and a Delia m@sturbating pose, so there's a lot of variety anyway.

Dev diary - January 2023 progress

Story and "content" progress

The January release includes a bunch of new story scenes, set on days 2, 3, 4 and 5, which should help to explain the whole situation in the game. There's still the intro to finish (we're working on it) before the full explanation is in place, but we'll have to wait for a bit more art for that, first.

The big feature coming up for February is Delia's first ritual scenes! That will mean everyone will have one. Earl tier patro...

Earl rewards - Delia foot job colour stages

Here's some of the progress on the colours that LH made as this one was developed. I'll show you some more next week!

Lord Goblin v0.5

This update is story focused, although there's some fun to be had here. ;) As we build out the story scenes in the early part of the game you'll get a better sense of what's actually going on and how we got to this point.

Just to be transparent, we still need to make some fixes to the backgrounds in some of these scenes, as well as smooth out some rough edges in future releases, so please bear in mind everything here is a WIP and please report any bugs!

Downloads:...

Earl reward - Delia foot job sketches

Foot jobs can be a little bit of a divisive form of content, (and other people might want heaps of it) so I'd better say up front there's not going to be very much in the game like this; just a little bit here and there. This will likely be the only animated scene like this.

And I also think that regardless of your preferences, you're going to like this scene because Delia looks really cute and sexy in it. (The animation is great!) I'm not personally a foot fan but I do think t...

A poll for the holidays!

It's the end of the year! Happy holidays, whatever you do or don't celebrate. We've only been going a few month so far on here, but I hope you agree that all the work we've already put in on the game is worth it.

On my other Patreon I normally do an Xmas card but I can't really make the art for that myself here, so instead I'll just set a poll.

So far we've got three hand job "rituals" in the game (the next will be Delia, although she won't be using her hand for this one...) and w...

Delia sketches

Here's some sketches by RDuke of the progress on a future piece for her! I won't show any more final or coloured versions just yet, as I think these serve as a nice teaser (and we actually don't even have a final yet...).

This scene probably won't be in the game for a while, either, but I wanted to show you something else interesting this month.

You can see through these stages how the pose and design adjusted to suit first the animation, then some working around the character mod...

Roadmap: January release plans

With several animated scenes now in the game (yes, I know Delia hasn't got one yet - she'll be included soon!) we've decided to focus next month on some story scenes.

There will be various interactions around the manor, as well as some big events on day 5 that will kick off a flashback to how the maids recently ended up working for Lord Goblin. There's a fair bit of voice acting for these scenes and an awesome new background.

Beyond that, we're still developing th...

Some draft versions of an Az'ea pic

You have probably seen a blurred version of this picture in the game's intro already. The full version will be worth the wait, I can assure you! But for now here's a couple of early draft versions LH made for us. I can't wait for you to see how good it looks when the final's complete.

Next month there will probably be a different version of this that we show, which rather than being in the dungeon is displayed in a darkened room.

Oh, this isn't an animated shot, by the wa...

Cliona's first "ritual" is in the game!

Release v0.4 is out now and contains the option to have Cliona give you a helping hand with the portal ritual! Obviously, like last month, I can't show you a screenshot of that in a public post. :( 

But go check my Twitter. ;)

We also added moods, which make the gameplay more interesting and give the girls dialogue lines when you zoom in on them, a bunch of new and h...