With the release of Silas Station:Consequences(Part 4) as a few Royalty Exclusive, it's also time for one of the previous exclusives to get moved into accessibility for Upper Class Patrons. In this case, it was the second entry of A Bet Maid that is due to leave the Royalty Exclusives.
It's been a while, so for those of you that don't remember, the first entry of A Bet Maid f...
2022-10-26 07:44:22 +0000 UTC View PostWith the release of Mass Effect: Final Error (Interlude 2), the Old Reward Archive is also due it's update. In this case, Alyia's Magic Shop: Surviving the Merchandise, was moved into the archive. Which, with the way I've restructured said archive in the last few months, means simply that the appropriate Zip file f...
2022-10-23 19:09:26 +0000 UTC View PostAlright! Finally got this done more or less to my satisfaction. The hangup came with an intended sex scene, frustratingly enough. No matter what I did with it, it felt like it broke the flow of the whole story. Eventually, I ended up mostly scrapping it in favor of a fade-to-black style of scene. Unfortunate, since it means there's only one real sex scene in this entry. But I just couldn't make it work in a way that didn't feel disruptive. Don't worry, though, if you happen to be a fan of her...
2022-10-23 18:58:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, time for another progress report. Honestly, a bit past time, but I've been busy with both working on the game and some regular life stuff that needed doing. Anyway, let's dive right in, it's mostly good news.
Left Hand Magic
Unfortunately, this is the one point where the news is a bit mixed. Ariana, Trix, and Revina's weekend content is all rendered and ready. Talia's is ongoing but should be finished sometime tomorrow. After that, though, I stil...
2022-10-21 21:58:48 +0000 UTC View Post
So...things are...going. They aren't going all that well, but they are going.
Left Hand Magic
Honestly, this is the problem child. The scenes are all proving to be slower to render than I'd expected. Most of them animations are running 10-14 hours per pass, and several of them have needed to be run more than once due to artifacts appearing in the final result. Right now, I only have Arianna and Trix's Weekend events done, along with the additional m...
2022-10-16 19:43:19 +0000 UTC View PostAlright! Polls are wrapped up, so let's dive straight in, shall we?
Short Story Poll
This one had a couple of surprises for me. One was that A New Business Model actually didn't do so bad. The other was the Andrea of the Silver Key suddenly took a massive jump from the numbers it had been seeing previously. An effect of the whole Locktober thing, maybe? Despite it's jump, though, I'm afraid it wasn't quite able to unseat what seems to be the curr...
2022-10-12 17:50:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright. The polls aren't done for another day, so this will be a bit limited, but I kinda wanted to get the current progress reported before the polls ended. Combing the Poll Results and a Progress Report tends to create a pretty massive, rambling, post. Which I doubt very many people actually read. So...progress report now, poll results when the polls are done. (And if you haven't voted in them, make sure you go do that! They'll be ending tomorrow at midnight!).
Left Hand Magi...
2022-10-10 21:26:44 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, I'm a few hours late putting this up, sorry :-(. The whole 'being awake during the day thing' didn't work out so well and I ended up crashing for several hours at one point...
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Anyway! Polls! Yes, those. In this case, specifically, the short story poll for the month. Pretty much the usual, really! There's one new addition in case people liked A New Business Model. But otherwise no real surprises present.
Remember, this i...
2022-10-06 09:40:25 +0000 UTC View PostHoly shit, I'm awake during the day. The end of the world might be around the corner?!
*cough*
Aside from that. I wanted to briefly go over the plans for the month. I'll be putting up the polls later today, but those are already long enough that I'd rather not clutter them up farther with my ramblings. And the focus of those ramblings is actually directly related to the polls!
Specifically, that there are only going to be two polls this month. The Short Story Poll and ...
2022-10-05 18:29:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, since I managed to get Build 17 of Haven's Port out for patrons yesterday, it's time for the Public Release of Build 16. Build 16 introduced The Isle of Jerta, which is the Nymph-Path and Fleet Faction focused island. Which, in turn means lots of nudity and casual sex. This build laid down a very solid foundation of what to expect for the island (and Build 17 expanded it significantly). Ther...
2022-10-03 13:33:18 +0000 UTC View PostWhew! Sorry this took most of another day to get to you guys. To be honest, I kinda collapsed and sleep most of yesterday, after releasing Build 17. Regardless, the walkthrough is here now. And a bit more useful than usual, as it shows how to unlock each set of Trials, if you haven't already figured that out.
Anyway, it's attached as a PDF as usual. Also as usual, you can find just the new content by searching *New* within the document (complete with asterisks).
Che...
2022-10-03 06:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Update! Bug Fixes are here! The attached .zip files contain fixed HTML files. Just drop it into your Haven's Port folder (Make sure you get the right version!) and it will fix the issues George brought up (Minus the ability to change at the beach house. I need to think about how I want to handle that. Also, thanks as always for the bug reports George!). It also updates the Credits, which I forgot to do for the release -_-. And adds the new Reputation level to the character menu, a min...
2022-10-02 13:47:44 +0000 UTC View PostSo, obviously my warning about the release being at least a day late has come true. I wanted to post a quick notice here though, as something unforeseen has put it at risk of being a bit more than a day. I did what should have been a smart thing and ordered out last night for food, so that I could go into full blown crunch mode, hoping to release this AM, just a few hours past the deadline.
Sadly...that turned out to be a mistake. Despite ordering from a pretty nice place, I en...
2022-10-01 10:47:22 +0000 UTC View PostWith the release of A New Business Model, the second short story for this month, it's obvious also time for the Old Rewards Archive to get it's update with a previous exclusive. In this case, it's The Long Haul: The Power of Suggestion, that was added to the archive. Specifically, it was added to The Lon...
2022-09-29 12:30:15 +0000 UTC View PostAlright! As I mentioned yesterday in the Progress Report, I actually managed to finish the draft of this short last weekend. I just hadn't wanted to spare the hour to edit it when I was trying to rush the Haven's Port release. Since I had to admit it's going to be a day or so late (see the Progress Report linked for details), it made sense to me to take the time to at least get this out. That way it's only ...
2022-09-29 12:17:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright guys, gals, and others. I've got good news and bad news. I'll get the bad news out of the way first, just to rip the band-aid off. I'm currently expecting a delay to the Haven's Port release. By my best current projections, that delay will only be one day. So it's not the end of the world or anything. But it is, technically, a missed deadline, for which I apologize. There's a small chance I'll somehow make it without that delay. And a similar chance ...
2022-09-28 12:20:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, we're waaay overdue for one of these. Sorry about that everyone, I honestly hadn't realized I'd let it slip. Part of the reason for that is that I've been pretty busy trying to stay on target and...results have been mixed.
Haven's Port
So...I currently consider myself at the 'moderately worried' point regarding whether the release will be on time or not. Fifteen of the planned seventeen scenes have their renders done, with the sixteenth in progress. Unfortunately, th...
2022-09-25 01:42:38 +0000 UTC View PostWith the release of Alyia's Magic Shop: Surviving the Merchandise, it's also time to move one of the current exclusives into the Old Rewards Archive. In a nice bit of symmetry, this time it was the previous entry in the same series, Alyia's Magic Shop: Seeking Assistance, that was due to hit the archive....
2022-09-24 08:04:06 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Sorry I've not done a progress report recently. I hadn't realized I'd let that slip. I'll do one sometime later today or tomorrow. But, for now, short story release!
As you'll know if you have been following the progress reports I have done this month, I was struggling a little with writing in general this month. It happens, though rarely. Thankfully, I managed to work my way past it to finally get the next installment of Alyia's Magic Shop done. I'm even ...
2022-09-24 07:49:22 +0000 UTC View Post
With the release of Silas Station: Consequences(Part 3) for Royalty Tier patrons, it's also time for a previously exclusive comics/mixed media short to become available to Upper Class Patrons. In a nice bit of synergy, this time it Part 2 of the same series that is coming out of it's Royalty Exclusive period.
In Part 2, Tara has reached out to an alien doctor and scientist of her acquaintance, to see if...
2022-09-20 10:23:19 +0000 UTC View Post
First, if you haven't read the Request I made regarding reviews, please do so? I hate to harp on it, but I could really use the help spreading word about my games/patreon.
Now, with that out of the way. Progress reports! Mostly good, thankfully.
Haven's Port
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2022-09-19 04:58:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright. Time for another progress report...but before that, I have a request.
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A Personal Request - Skip if you just want the progress report! The Start of the Progress Report is Marked with another bolded section like this!
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I'm not a fan of making requests, as I feel I'm here to make/do stuff for you guys, not ask you for anything but your support in return. That said, I've hit a sort of plateau with Patreon that I'm struggling to get over...
Alright! The remaining two polls for this month ended at midnight on Saturday, so...time for the results.
Short Story Poll
So, first off, I need to apologize. I realized only two days into the polling that I'd accidentally failed to allow multiple-choice voting for the Short Story Poll. Unfortunately, enough people had already voted that I felt I'd be doing everyone more of a disservice to try to fix it than to just let it play out. This was not an intent...
2022-09-12 07:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post
First, Royalty Tier members, don't miss your reward post with the monthly wallpapers!
Second, there's just one day left on the monthly polls, don't forget to vote if you haven't already!
With those reminders out of the way...I'd considered waiting for the polls to end before doing a progress report. Honestly, though...
2022-09-10 07:32:36 +0000 UTC View PostAlright! First off, we actually have a poll result to discuss! Specifically, the Haven's Port Focus poll ended on the third. The subject was whether to continue adding to the Isle of Jerta, or to introduce the Rose Garden. The result was pretty unambiguous:
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Work more on Jerta Island - 71%
Introduce the Rose Garden - 29%
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For those disappointed with this, don't worry too much, this means that the next Haven's Port update after thi...
2022-09-06 01:25:20 +0000 UTC View PostAlright! Time to get on with the monthly polls. Honestly, I'd intended to get these out sometime yesterday, but the unexpected trouble with the Left Hand Magic APK releases took up a bunch of time to fix. If you haven't noticed the updates to the release posts and are having trouble with the Android release of the game...go look at the posts ;-).
But! That's not what this post is about. Time to choose a short story for the month! You'll notice that a couple of the poor performers ...
2022-09-04 08:40:56 +0000 UTC View PostAlright folks! Sorry I was a bit slow getting this out. Though, honestly, most of the route unlocks aren't rocket science ;-). Still, the attached guide should have all the unlock requirements listed if you get stuck! Let me know if I forgot anything, or anything is confusing!
Note, in particular, the note I made about save incompatibility for the Threesome Content between Build 4 and Build 5. I had to add a new tracking variable that made the Week 3 Threesome content inaccessible with ...
2022-09-02 08:14:35 +0000 UTC View Post
*Update* Apparently the Android APK somehow got corrupted. It's been replaced with a new version that should be working. Sorry!
With the release of Build 5 for my $5+ Patrons yesterday, it's also time for Build 4 to go public. Technically, this is really a sort of Build 4.1, since I copied a few bug fixes and a lot of typo corrections over from the Build 5 release. Eithe...
2022-09-02 00:49:01 +0000 UTC View Post
*Update!* APK was broken because of Renpy APK size limitations I was unaware of. It's been replaced with a new version. I had to downgrade the image quality by converting most pngs to jpgs...but that honestly probably won't be overly noticeable on an android device. And it cut the download size for the APK down to under 1 GB. Anyway, it should work on Android now. But it's had very minimal testing...
*Makes an exhausted cheering noise*
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*Slumps face-first...
2022-09-01 03:42:05 +0000 UTC View PostSo, good news/bad news. Bad news first. I'm fairly sure I'm not going to quite make the 'midnight of the 31st' deadline. I'm going to be close, having managed to get the rest of the writing done, plus about half the editing. But that leaves a couple hours worth of editing, then the gallery content, some other small stuff (like the credits and such), and a full round of testing. Currently, I'm projecting that I'll be done around this time the morning of the 1st. So, ...
2022-08-30 11:34:48 +0000 UTC View Post