It's time once again for the Character Focus Poll!
Lots of new stuff underway, with Kailee being introduced as a new side-character! Entering in with a bang she's already shown herself to be adept with her abilities.
With this Sapphire, Olivia, and Victoria also got new events this release! Will that affect their standings for the poll? Who knows!
Anyways, vote for which character you want to see get content in the next release!
The winner wins!
(Small tw...
2024-11-30 00:47:02 +0000 UTC
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Hello precious Patreon members!
After another brief 2-month period the next update has arrived! For this release Dungeon 3 has been finished! Woo! We also got a lot of CG's in as well, almost finishing Dungeon 2 out entirely.
On another note, speaking of Dungeon 3, I did not get to the combat rework for this release. After looking into it for a few weeks I decided to pass off the combat rework to a 3rd party who has more expertise in creating more intuitive and interest...
2024-11-29 18:21:18 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patreon Members! To Celebrate thanksgiving I'll be giving away 10 Free Memberships for this month.
Perfect timing since the next release is tomorrow!
At a random time in the next couple of hours this link will give you access to a 1-month membership.
https://www.patreon.com/cityofsecrets/redeem/04B4E
Hope everyone enjoys today!
2024-11-28 20:16:54 +0000 UTC
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Excluding Spattle who has been replace by Sapphire, all dungeon bosses now have a finished portrait! Here's a collage of them!
2024-10-11 19:47:40 +0000 UTC
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Well, as expected, Sapphire has won this poll by an extremely large margin. Even without the bonus she would almost still be in first place. It seems that her popularity has definitely exceeded that of her peers. Aurora and Victoria seem relatively similar in popularity, while Olivia has stayed low on the charts.
Meanwhile Lexi has starkly dropped off, falling down to last plac...
2024-10-08 23:35:18 +0000 UTC
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Hello Backers!
This is the first full bi-monthly release with what I would like to think is a proportional amount of content released. At least I hope most of you were satisfied with the content delivered this release.
Similar to last time, the bi-monthly schedule allowed me to get more art in without having to stress the artists out with strict deadlines. I've also begun working ahead on the Dungeon Boss designs. 6 of the 7 planned bosses now have Portraits that have been adde...
2024-10-02 04:27:21 +0000 UTC
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It's time once again for the Character Focus Poll!
After Aurora's recent addition her content has started getting spicier! There's also been a lot of progression with Lexi as well! Now that both have finally reached an established story base for future additions I can say I'm happy with their current standing.
Anyways, vote for which character you want to see get content in the next release!
The winner wins!
2024-09-29 15:48:59 +0000 UTC
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Usually don't announce these but figured since there's a lot of bugs I'd make an exception. Windows version has been re-released with the bug fixes. I'll re-release the others tomorrow.
CONTENT
Added Iris Skinsuit Sprite
BALANCING
N/A
BUGFIXES
Fixed Being Able to Enter Lexi's Mansion before Proper Trigger
Fixed Incorrect Maid Prompts
Fixed Walkable Walls in Company Bathroom
Fixed Victoria Scene 2 Pixel Animation Staying on Screen
Fi...
2024-09-28 06:33:45 +0000 UTC
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Hello precious Patreon members!
After another brief 2-month period the next update has arrived! I'm pretty happy with this release. On the art side, I've begun working ahead on the character portraits, with all but 1 of the Dungeon Bosses getting finished.
I've also started updating the assets used in the beginning of the game, reworking some of the earlier Pixel Loops and the Intro Map.
On the story side, we've fina...
2024-09-27 17:16:53 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
After a decent amount of time has passed a lot more characters have been introduced. I'm curious as to which characters people ended up liking the most so far.
Please vote for all the characters you've liked!
2024-08-28 23:02:16 +0000 UTC
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Well, in a surprising twist Aurora ended up winning this poll by quite a large margin. What caused people to suddenly start voting for her? I have absolutely no clue...
Lexi also seems to have drawn a rather large amount of support, coming into second place, beating the ever popular Sapphire. Olivia as always is in last and Victoria has a shockingly low amount of votes as well.
Aurora - 207 vot...
2024-08-05 22:53:31 +0000 UTC
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Hello Backers!
Now that we have finished the first bi-monthly release I definitely can say I'm happy with how the art process is working out. Not only does it give each release vastly more artwork, but it gives the artist more time to make sure the art is of distinct quality.
Additionally, it provides me more time with story/feature planning for additional content, which basically allows me to make sure that the way I'm implementing the story makes sense and actually holds to th...
2024-08-01 18:57:43 +0000 UTC
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It's time once again for the Character Focus Poll!
After two months Lexi has been introduced into the poll, bringing the game (and the poll) up to a total of 5 main side-characters!
Vote for which character you want to see get content in the next release!
The winner wins!
2024-07-29 01:29:46 +0000 UTC
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Hello precious Patreon members!
After a brief 2-month period (well 1.5month), the next version of the game has been released! This version implemented a lot of the framework for Lexi's gameplay so content-wise it'll be smaller.
I also still only was working on the game for a month for this release as in June I took a 2-week vacation and the other 2-weeks were dedicated towards finishing the side-quest.
I'm not entirely satisfied with how much content this relea...
2024-07-26 20:46:25 +0000 UTC
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This is a multiple select poll which means you can pick multiple options.
Which characters did you like from the recent side-quest?
2024-06-16 17:18:05 +0000 UTC
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Hello precious Patreon members!
Apologies for the long wait time!
The second half of the side-quest has been released! This is a pretty small release but it has a decent amount of story and art added, so that's nice.
As always you can access the newest version here:
https://thedarkl1ght.itch.io/city-of-secrets-patreon/patreon-access
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2024-06-15 01:48:17 +0000 UTC
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In a shocking overtake Victoria has ended up winning the poll by a larger margin than anticipated! It seems a larger amount of higher tier backers wanted to see her content, same as last time!
Outside of Victoria and Sapphire switching spots, the rankings have remained exactly the same as they were before, with Aurora in 3rd and Olivia in 4th.
Victoria - 208 votes
Sapphire - 183 votes
Aurora&n...
2024-06-10 03:36:55 +0000 UTC
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Hello Backers!
This is the first dev plan for the new bi-monthly schedule! As you may have noticed, the current issue with the monthly schedule is that I end up releasing a lot of content that is unfinished and partial.
While that is normal in most cases, the main thing is that I want to be able to implement content in entire complete chunks. For example, dungeon 2 took approximately 1.75 months worth of work to complete; however, due to releasing it monthly I released it half fin...
2024-06-04 23:44:38 +0000 UTC
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It's time once again for the Character Focus Poll!
Now that releases are bi-monthly this will be an even bigger deal! Also next release focuses on the addition of a new side-character known as "Lexi" so I can promise you no events will be added for the characters below unless they're voted for by you!
Sapphire has won the last 2 events, will she win again this time? Or will there be an upset after this months release! Guess we'll find out...
Vote for wh...
2024-06-02 22:12:31 +0000 UTC
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Hello precious Patreon members!
The next version has been released! After a very fast month the second side-quest has been implemented!
Well... Half of it at least... Unfortunately it was a lot more work than I anticipated and I only managed to finish 1 of the major branches of the side-quest. The side-quest has 2 main branches with 12-15 variations for each branch, so writing and scripting it took a lot more time than I thought it would. I'm extremely sorry for that. <...
2024-05-31 22:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Sapphire has won the character poll AGAIN! You guys must really enjoy her content or something... With a base vote of 112 I'm a bit shocked there's such a massive difference.
On the other hand, it seems more higher tiers prefer Victoria, as she's the one with the larger amount of bonus votes.
Even with all the attention I have to Olivia the last patch it seems she remains firmly at the bottom. .. As a matter of fact, the ranking is THE EXACT SAME
2024-05-06 23:54:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello Backers!
If you look back at my last dev plan you may have noticed that I didn't exactly follow what I said I was going to do. There were some complications with getting the character art implemented so I focused more on progressing the character side-stories and began establishing the new side-characters for the quest.
I also have some important news regarding development. This month will be the LAST MONTH OF MONTHLY RELEASES.
I will be d...
2024-05-02 23:12:30 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
So I owe you guys about 3 Sapphire pixel animations for her scene last month... Sorry, Lavinia's bad end was calling my name and I overwhelmed the pixel artist.
A lot of events were released this month for the side-characters, with their content progressing their retrospective storylines. Olivia...? is going down a spiraled path while Aurora is moving onto corrupting Emma further. Sapphire and Victoria both seem to enjoy possessing Emma, I wonder where that will lead...
2024-04-29 22:59:37 +0000 UTC
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Hello precious Patreon members!
The next backers build has been released publicly and is available for download! After a very slow month I regret to say that the second side-quest has not been added. I underestimated the amount of pre-req work required for that side-quest, so it won't be finished until the end of next month probably.
Due to the amount of character art and the branching paths, I'd prefer to avoid starting on it without the necessary art as it would ta...
2024-04-26 16:36:32 +0000 UTC
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Well, there wasn't really much of a contest on this one.
Sapphire has won and is guaranteed an event in this months release. It seems a lot of people are eager for her story/content to continue. I was a bit surprised at the vast difference compared to the previous vote but nonetheless she has won!
Sapphire - 146 votes
Victoria - 80 votes
Aurora - 49 votes
Olivia - 45 votes
Po...
2024-04-06 03:26:03 +0000 UTC
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With the completion of Dungeon 2 I can stop rushing through main story content and focus on fleshing the world of the game out. I'll also look to start tackling some of the stuff that was previously missed.
That being said, there's once again three main focus points this month.
1. Implementing the next Side Quest
The next side-quest features 5 unique characters that were chosen by lucky Tier 3 and 4 winners. The side quest is pretty large and will f...
2024-04-01 17:56:10 +0000 UTC
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So the main side-cast of characters hasn't really changed (technically...), but a poll must be done nonetheless!
More content has been released in the current backers versions and I'm curious to see how people's preferences have changed!
Now then, vote for which character you want to see get a guaranteed event in this dev cycle!
The winner wins!
2024-03-29 21:11:16 +0000 UTC
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(Public Version: v.0.01.52 released as well.)
Hello precious Patreon members!
The next backers build has been released publicly and is available for download! Finally Dungeon 2 has been completed. It took a bit more work than I thought it would, but nevertheless, it is done. After a nice Easter Break development will continue again and we shall be moving on to some nice side-content as well as gameplay improvements.
As always you can ac...
2024-03-29 13:30:50 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patreon Members!
This poll was a bit of a tight race between Sapphire and Victoria but let's go ahead and give the top 5 characters:
1. Sapphire - 136 Votes
2. Victoria - 130 Votes
3. Aurora - 75 Votes
4. Kailee - 45 Votes
5. Lavinia - 40 Votes
In a bit of an upset, Sapphire actually was voted the most popular character over Victoria! I have a sneaking suspicion that members may vote for her in the next character feature poll... Who kno...
2024-03-22 03:12:24 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
Since there's not a character event vote this month I figured I'd do something else instead.
Here's a list of every minor/major character that has been introduced in the game so far. Vote on which one(s) you've liked the most!
(Or potentially want to see events with in the future.)
2024-03-14 05:48:47 +0000 UTC
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