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The Modded Player (Final Build)

Alright! It's ready...probably! So, fair warning, I was rushed when I did the testing for this, as the writing and editing took longer than I'd expected it to. As a result, I'd be very surprised if I caught every error or missing image issue. Please report them if you spot one, and I'll do my best to resolve it quickly. That said, I think I at least got any game-breaking bugs. Which is enough for me to go ahead and release it.

I'm also honestl...

Important Notice! Please Read!

Patreon Billing Paused! But don't touch that dial!

Now, if you've been paying any attention at all, you know I've been planning for months to Pause the Patreon during the month of February. I've just initiated that Pause, meaning no one will be billed for the next month. The reason for this, for those that haven't been paying attention, is that I will be fully focusing on completing the final polishing overhauls to Left Hand Magic. The...

Progress Report

Right, so I've been a bit spotty about progress reports and such this month, mostly as I've been juggling all the things in order to make everything line up as best as possible. Sorry about that!

The good news is that mostly I've succeeded. The final Build of The Modded Player is at the stage that I'll have left to do is the writing, editing, and testing. I just finished the programming bits a few minutes ago, and the rendering/post-processing was done by around the 24th. Unles...

Progress Report

Right! Progress report time. Thankfully, I can mostly state things are going reasonable well (so far).

I'm fairly on schedule with the final The Modded Player release, though I got a bit overambitious again with the variants, so it's taking longer than expected in some ways. I think it will be a good thing overall, since it means there's...at least 4 variant endings? possibly five? Not huge variations, but noticeable ones. Along with some variants in the scenes you see as you ...

Progress Report + Poll Results

Alright! Progress Report first. As you can see from the images, I've been plugging away at the renders for the final build of The Moddable Player. I'd say I'm probably 45% through what I need there, which is solid progress for this point in the month. I'm almost entirely through one 'path' through the remaining content. Though the paths will get a bit blurry toward the end as they merge, while also having more slight offshoots and variants than before. Anyway, that and another...15 o...

Short Story Poll - Jan

Onward, to the short story poll for Janurary!

A quick pair of notes first, though:

1) The third poll, regarding bits and bobs for the next game, won't be up for a day or two as I'm sorting out what I want to ask first and how to put it into poll format.

2) This reward might not happen this month, because of how busy things are going to be. If it doesn't, than the winner will get carried over into the next time I do a short story.

Anyway, for...

Sitrep for January

Alright folks, now that the holidays are over and I'm mostly recovered (I was a bit run down and under the weather for the last couple of days), it's time to take stock.

Thankfully, plans for December went mostly to spec. In addition to Build 2 of The Modded Player, I also got the sound done for 37 animations from Left Hand Magic. I was aiming for 40, so I came pretty close to on target. Considering how short November came up, things are still well short of where I'd wanted to...

The Modded Player - Build 2

Alright, folks! I managed to get this done suitably on time, as I'd hoped. This second build of The Modded Player is, for reasons of 'Holidays,' a bit smaller than the initial release of the game, which is part of why (if you haven't been paying attention) I decided to stretch this game into January as well. For now, this second build of the game does add 77 new images and extends the game to the town of Shiften. There are two paths through events there, both concluding just before y...

Progress Report

Right, one last quick progress report before the end of the month. Honestly should have done it a couple of days ago, but I've been pretty nose-to-the-grindstone again since the 26th, trying to close out all the bits I wanted done this month.

The good news is that's been going fairly well. Rendering and post-process is done, as is all of the coding for the two paths through Shiften. I'm currently hammering away at the writing, with the shared bits for the paths and about 90% of the one...

Merry Christmas!

Just a quick Christmas Wallpaper, mostly as an excusive to drop in and say Merry Christmas all :-p. I'll be back working on stuff tomorrow, so expect and update in a day or two. Until then, have fun and stay safe!

December Short Story - A Magical Time

Merry Almost Christmas! As hoped, I got the short story done and edited before I take a few days off for the holiday :-). While it's not strictly a holiday themed story, it's certain 'Winter Themed,' with a little fluff, a fair bit of kink, and world building I indulged in way too much for a short smut piece :-p. Then again, that's pretty typical for me, and who knows? Maybe the characters will return? They were both pretty fun...

Anyway! Enjoy A Magical Time. As alway...

Progress Report

Right! Would have put this up yesterday, but it was my birthday, so I was taking it a bit easy. First up...go vote in the Future Games Poll 2 if you haven't yet!

Second, some bits of progress reporting! I'm maybe 30% of the way through rendering for the second path through Shiften in The Modded Player. I slowed down a bit to put more focus on getting sound project stuff done. Which is, at l...

Progress Report

Right! I've been a bit tied down with a lot of other bits and pieces of things that got loaded into the front of December, but I've still been making solid progress on the next release of The Modded Player. As the player moves on to the city of Shiften, the game has another split, where you can make choices down two separate paths like in the intro. I've just about finished rendering for one of those paths, perhaps another 3-5 renders, for a total of around 40. I'm hoping to get both Shiften ...

Future Game - Poll 2!

First off, if you haven't read the Sitrep for December post I put up almost exactly 24 hours ago, please do so :-). There was some important stuff for how the Patreon is going to work this month in it.

Second up, after being allowed to run for an entire month, the poll deciding which game to work on next (after Modded ...

Sitrep for December

Alright, guys, gals and others. I'm going to be blunt here and admit that November did not go the way I'd planned. Which is going to have some follow on effects. The biggest issue, and one I've been stressing like heck over, is that I may have gotten everything else done...but I barely scratched the surface of the Sound Project. The entire point in doing a quick-and-easy game was supposed to be that I could use the time freed up to devote to sorting that out. I'd planned to ...

The Modded Player - Scene Guide

I made a quick and dirty scene guide for The Modded Player, just describing where all current scenes are. Honestly, it's not overly complicated to find them all right now, but I figured this might be needed by the time the game is finished. So I went ahead and made it. It's attached as a PDF.

The Modded Player - Part 1

Whew! I cut it close on not making a liar out of myself, but I made it! Just barely short of a day late, we've got the first release of The Modded Player. Already 120 images, this is turning out to be a bit bigger of a project than I'd originally intended, but I'll talk more about that and what it means later.

Either way, for now, you get to have fun with a new escaped-theme game...or the first part of one, at least! Currently, you can play through a 2-path intro, plu...

Quick Delay Notice

Just a quick delay notice. As I mentioned in my Progress Report, I wasn't sure I could get everything done by midnight tonight. I'm now sure I can't. I'm pretty sure I'll get all the programming and writing done, but there's no way I'll have enough time for an editing/testing pass. I still believe it will be out no later than early morning on the 2nd, though. In truth, I actually expect it to be out tomorrow evening, so only a single day of delay.

Progress Report

Alright, a last progress report for the month. Everything else is already out, so it's only 'The Modded Player,' which I finally settled on as the title of the new Twine game (I'm not entirely happy with it, but I had to pick something), that we have left to talk about. I'm into the writing and programming now and oh dear lord, I forgot just how much easier Twine is to work with than Renpy.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that Renpy...

November Short Story

Happy Thanksgiving, for those of you who are in the United States! For those of you who aren't...well, have a happy day anyway, even if you aren't getting an excuse to overeat Turkey and Stuffing!

One way or another, 'tis a good day to release this month's short story! One that is intended, hopefully, to be part of a new series. Come get an introduction to Evelyn and the Telvia Magical Academy, in which our protagonist is surprised to learn that 'My Magical Academy is Way M...