Vitriolic Crux

Development Woes, Feedback Appreciated

So the delay for update v0.15 is gonna be a little longer than I originally thought. My other job has got me working 12-hour shifts in a building that's 90 minutes away from where I live for all of August, so pretty much the only time I'll be able to work on Taboo Titans is on weekends.

That leaves us with a decision to make. I've got a huge majority of the update done right now. The only work left to do is to finishing Raven's h-scene and then applying some final polishing touches. But...

Fair Warning! Possible Delay For The Next Update of Taboo Titans

Hey guys, it's been a while. I should probably be better about making news posts here instead of just assuming that everyone is reading the Discord chat. Whoops. Danko and I have been hard at work on v0.15 and the update is nearly finished in time for the late-July release window.

However!

Real-life stuff has kept us both from working on this game as much as we'd like. I personally am going to be insanely busy at m...

First Mini-Update! (Taboo Titans v0.14.2)

Surprise! We're releasing the game's first mini-update, which includes a lot of cool stuff!

> Overhauled GUI — We wanted to push most major functions into one section of the screen so that the player wouldn't have to hunt for stuff in the basic menus. We also gave it a bit of a facelift, and added a surprise or two!

> Touched-Up Intro —  We heard your feedback loud and clear, and have made a few additions to the intro sequence that ...

A New Beginning! (v0.14)

Hey everyone! This is kind of our first-small-step-for-mankind moment. There's a lot of work that went into this update and, while there aren't very many new scenes, there is still a lot to look forward to.

We've completely revamped the intro sequence, and have redesigned the way that characters are introduced.  It may not make much sense to you guys right now, but this update has streamlined the development process for each update so that Danko and I can spend more time working on...

Coming Soon, Taboo Titans v0.14!

Hey guys!  Next week, we're releasing v0.14 of Taboo Titans!  It's going to have some big surprises and a lot of changes that we can't wait to show off!

We've gotten a lot of feedback over these past few months.  One of the biggest issues we saw was that there was too much grind in the game, and that playing through the same scenes over and over again to grind stats just wasn't satisfying.  So we've decided to remove stat grinding from the game entir...

Poll Results! Better late than never...

Alright guys, thanks for your votes! Both tiers voted overwhelmingly for Raven's Affection questline, so our path is clear!  Production on the update started last week, but we've been so busy with it that I forgot to make a formal post about it.

Expect Raven's questline to be added in a few months, though you may not have to wait that long for a major update.

And thanks to all the patrons who have joined over the past week, as well as those who have been with us for these pas...

First Content Poll: Attempt #2

So after talking for a bit and looking over some of the feedback that we got, Danko and I have decided to make another revision to how the game is going to work.

When making a game like this, player freedom is one of the most important things to keep in mind. Not everyone is going to be interested in the same content.  With that in mind, we've decided to change things so that the "villainesses" mentioned in previous posts will be unlocked from the beginning!

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Hands-On Supporters, Next Update (v0.14) Content Poll!

Alright guys, this is it! Vote for what you think we should work on next. 
If you have any questions about what the traits mean, go to the Discord and ask. I'll be happy to explain in greater detail.
The poll will stay open until the end of the month.

Next Update, Poll Results!

So, the polls were going to stay open until next Friday, but everyone has voted so it looks like people have made their choice!

The Hands-On voters seemed pretty evenly split, but the Full-Body voters were mostly of one mind. Please look forward to Raven's dependence route! Thanks for voting, everyone. If you have any ideas or suggestions for the update, remember to send them t...

Hands-On Supporters, Next Update Poll!

Alright guys, this is it! Vote for what you think we should work on next. Remember that once we've completed all three traits for a heroine, we'll be able to start work on that heroine's villain counterpart!

If you have any questions about what the traits mean, go to the Discord and ask. I'll be happy to explain in greater detail.

The poll will stay open until next Friday, 1/15.

New Development Roadmap, and Patron-Only Content Polls!

So, I thought the last update was kind of a disaster. The good news though is that it made me seriously reconsider what I wanted this game to be, and I came up with some changes that I think will make this game truly amazing.

Alright, so let me explain how things were before I explain how things will be. Previously, each heroine had the same six personality traits that you could develop. After finishing this last update, I've realized that there are several problems wi...

The December Update (v0.13)

Hello everyone! We have finally finished the long-awaited update, we are eager to hear what you guys think.  This version is much, MUCH closer to our vision for the game, and should give you a better impression of what the game will eventually become.  

We have also made the decision that this will be the last update to be made public when it is first released.  In the future, updates will be patron-exclusive for one month before being released to the pub...

Bugfix Update (v0.12b)

• Fixed an error that would occur at the end of the massage scene if it was initiated through the initial cutscene
• Changed the massage narration window, looking for feedback
• Fixed a few smaller consistency issues with the NPC outfit system

Mechanical Update (v0.12a), and a teaser for the next one

Ho-lee crap.  This was a big one.  This update includes the completely overhauled H-scene system, featuring dynamic pleasure and anticipation gains for each action and procedurally generated dialogue as well as a new GUI for the massage scenes.  It also includes major improvements to the NPC scheduling and pathfinding systems.

There were a few of you that mentioned how the dialogue during the massage scenes felt boring and stale?  This should take care of that.

Regarding the upcoming update...

Hey guys!  Danko and I just wanted to give you guys a quick update about our progress towards the next version of the game.   On the Discord server, I talked to a few of you guys about how things were going and I wanted to formalize that information in a post like this.

Essentially, there is a lot of groundwork for the game that Danko and I have to lay out before we start really putting out exciting content.  For example, the majority of the work that Danko has been ...

Critical bugfix update!

Normally we would wait to release a bugfix update until we'd gotten a few reports, but this one was pretty important.  If you want to know more, you can read the 'About' section on the main menu of the game itself.

Story Update, and more bugfixes!

Finally, we have our first real update to the game!

In addition to many bugfixes, this version of the game adds a few new areas and begins the game's story.  Note that this release will be free to the public as well since we don't feel like the game has enough content to justify a purchase.  

If you like our work so far, then please support us so that we can continue.  But until we have reached a point where we feel like the game has something to offer, we will cont...

Bugfix Update! And a word for our sponsors...

We're releasing a quick, free update to the demo we released last Friday!  There were one or two pretty big, game-crashing bugs that somehow made it past the last phase of testing.  But the main that we did was streamline a bunch of stuff!

A lot of the feedback we saw was about how confusing the mini-game was, and how there there was too much clicking involved.  This game has spent a few months in development behind closed doors, and we guess our ambition got out of contr...

First release!

Hey guys!  This is the first time we're releasing the game, so we're going to make it free for everyone.  Starting with the next update, which should be early next month, the latest updates will be patron-only.  Hope you enjoy the game!