Technical part.
The draft is still not finished... but I am quite sure that it will be finished in the first week of November, give or take a few days. Then it will be converted into a game. Those who have been here for a long time already know what this means, but for those who are new... Conversion is the transfer of the draft text directly into the game and all the technical matters related to it (translation, art creation, coding, playtests etc.).
Traditionall...
2025-10-29 17:04:56 +0000 UTC
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Not long ago, the patrons voted, and the current president won by a landslide with the original plan. The number of the upcoming update remains 1.9, and all the old policies and campaign promises remain in force. Our reporters have also confirmed rumors of its release in November-December. Unfortunately, the source of the rumors wished to remain anonymous, so this is not certain.
To other news...
The development and analytics department conducted a study show...
2025-09-29 08:27:46 +0000 UTC
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A little more detail on the voting options.
Split it up! I have most of the draft ready. This time, I'm clearly going over the desired ~300 pages again, but not as much as last time, of course. This update can also be split into two parts. The first half already has a number of memorable scenes. But at the same time, I can't guarantee that it will completely satisfy you. After all, it's only half of what was planned...
If this option wins, the update wi...
2025-09-15 09:28:41 +0000 UTC
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The first thing I want to say is that the progress this month has been good. The main part of the draft is ready. Of course, I hoped that I would be able to surpass myself and finish writing it completely... but it's still better than it was. In any case, speaking of the previous two months, it became clear that after a major update (1.8), I needed significantly more time to replenish my creative reserves, so to speak. And in the second month, factors of a different nature intervened. And onl...
2025-08-31 06:12:42 +0000 UTC
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Hey there, guys and gals. The last month has been... not very productive, to be honest. I had some personal issues that threw me off track for a while. It's hard to focus on fictional worlds when your head is preoccupied with other things.
Nevertheless, dramas or no dramas, work on the next episode is underway. Although so far it's just a draft. On the other hand, the draft is the foundation, so everything is fine. Most likely, I will work on this update in the same way as I did on the ...
2025-07-30 07:13:37 +0000 UTC
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Work on the next update has begun. It's still in the very early stages. What can I say without saying too much?
First of all, 1.9 won't be too big. That means the wait won't be as long as... last time. In general, I have a number of points that need to be “gone through” in order to bring events to a certain point that will lead Selene into the next, third chapter.
Not all of these points will be “closed” forever. Some of the decisions made in the second c...
2025-06-26 10:57:47 +0000 UTC
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The time has come to share with everyone. Enjoy.
2025-06-18 20:33:59 +0000 UTC
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Watch out for spoilers! I recommend you play to the update's end first and then come back here to see if you missed anything.
Oh, there are so many layers to this episode that it's hard for me to even remember them all. Okay, I'll try to first quickly go over some of the less obvious points and then touch on the ending.
A quick glance through the episode.
Watch out for spoilers! I recommend you play to the update's end first and then come back here to see if you missed anything.
Smiley, Tail and Mermedon.
Requirements.
Go with them to the hot springs. Events will then unfold on their own.
Notes.
This sequence of scenes has two beginnings: drunk and sober.
Drunk is only the beginning. In this option, Selen...
2025-06-09 06:59:18 +0000 UTC
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The update is in the attached files. And the public version will be posted here (June 19) in two weeks after the patron version, as usual.
The traditional series of hints (lewd and non-lewd) will be posted over the next couple of days, instead of immediately as before.
Thank you.
2025-06-05 09:13:57 +0000 UTC
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Before the release of update 1.8. Expect it on June 5-7. If all goes well.
Since I have a few very busy days ahead of me, I don't want to waste any time and will keep this short.
See this picture? These are the game statistics right from the engine, for today, May 31. Pay attention to the word counter. Last time there were ~ 600k words, if I'm not mistaken. Now there are...
2025-05-31 01:54:55 +0000 UTC
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Yes, it's May. If you need a more specific date, let's say between May 31 and June 7. Provided, of course, that everything will be okay during that time.
Meanwhile.
The draft conversion into the playable part of the game is 2/3 complete. Well, not quite yet, but it's a matter of days, not weeks, so let's simplify it to a clear 2/3 done, without any unnecessary blah blah blah.
One of the lewd scenes was removed. Long story short, when it ca...
2025-04-29 09:37:47 +0000 UTC
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The readiness of the playable part of update 1.8 is about ~25-30%. More specifically, there are between 260 and 290 pages of the 940-page draft in the integration phase right now.
To be honest, I was hoping to be able to integrate a bit more this month. The thing is, I've been doing everything from writing the draft to making arts, but I didn't touch the code for a very long time. And when the time came to get to this and actually integrate it all into the game, there was at first some....
2025-03-31 15:19:56 +0000 UTC
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... but overall, things are okay! Mostly. But let's start with the things that went as planned.
1. Draft. The draft was finished on February 5, as I expected. Apparently, the fact that it took me a very long time to write it and therefore I didn't miscalculate with estimates. It has a total of... ready?… a total of 940 pages in it.
In the joy of it, I even allowed myself then one of two days off this month. Alas, then marches here...
2025-02-27 19:45:14 +0000 UTC
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First of all, despite all my efforts to finish the draft "nicely" before the end of the month and brag about it before you - it didn't happen. But the end is very close, there are literally 3 scenes left. The current draft is 876 pages long. With high confidence, I can predict that the final draft of 1.8 will be in the range of 925-950 pages. And fully ready in the next 4-5 days. For comparison, the biggest update before this was 350 pages. Yep.
What's next?
2025-01-30 10:54:22 +0000 UTC
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First, let this next year be better than the last.
Secondly, the development of the biggest update so far is ongoing.
What? That's it. See, I can be brief if I want to be. But seriously, I want to finish one of the scenes today, and writing walls of text here won't help with that at all. So happy New Year everyone! And I'm off to work.
2024-12-30 12:07:01 +0000 UTC
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Patience will be rewarded. But it's still a while off...
Anyway, before I give a new, more realistic deadline, I'm going to open the veil on why it turned out the way it did. There will be no spoilers (in the classical sense), but, figuratively speaking, on some points, I still have to throw light, otherwise it will be very difficult for me to tell you how the development of this update is going. For those who do not want to know anything at all, even hints, on the events of 1....
2024-11-28 18:50:20 +0000 UTC
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I've read such claims. To my game. To other text games. “It's just a text game”, “only an [pseudo] html game”, blah, blah, blah. When it came to me, I usually either reacted to such things with humor or ignored them. But the unpleasant residue still remains. I don't know how many people really think like that, or start to think like that, while months of work on the next update are going on, including here... That's why I decided to tell you how I work, in detail, in...
2024-11-12 11:07:08 +0000 UTC
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I'm talking about the 1.8 update, yep. And that's both bad and good news at the same time. But before that...
... October, by and large, was pretty productive. Some nasty stuff tried to distract me but failed, so the draft (which is the basic element of any update, like 60-70% of work) kept growing and growing and... still growing.
And here's the “bad” news. In the announcement of the 1.8 update, I assumed it would be the standard ~100k words (which is r...
2024-10-25 20:07:55 +0000 UTC
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It's been a while since I've done a progress post, so it's about time to rectify that. First things first - August was pretty productive. I've made a good head start on the update and have been moving forward quite steadily. I even found time for a big post about lore. By the way, there won't be any such posts in the near future, all my energies are on game development and only on it.
The unpleasant part.
September, however... Well, I had the idea of usin...
2024-09-27 03:35:14 +0000 UTC
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This is a lore exposition of something that may not be explicitly or directly described in the game itself, out of a desire not to ruin the immersiveness. And, also, not to turn the characters into automatons for dispensing background information. There are not and will not be any spoilers to the plot or characters here.
… and it's a longread, if anything.
2024-08-27 14:07:28 +0000 UTC
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This portrait mod was made by ffive from f95. Once again, this is not my work, but a user modification. With his permission, I am posting it here.
Here is how Selene will look like with this mod:
The mod also reworks all the portraits of t...
2024-08-09 17:29:07 +0000 UTC
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So, work on 1.8 has already started and has been going on for a while, but before that, I want to tell you about something else...
In the attached files you will find the “even more polished” version 1.7. The thing is that I decided to change my main save and replay the whole game with a different character again. And got pretty angry with myself, because I fixed a few dozen things again (purely in dialogs, no bugs). Every time I hope to play through the game and just, you know,...
2024-07-27 10:14:43 +0000 UTC
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Pretty much the same update (1.7 + 1.69), with some edits. So there's no need to replay the whole game or anything. Although, if you need an excuse to go play the game again... Oh yeah, there are sooo many of sooo important changes! You should check it out!
1. Additions to the descriptions of all Abilities.
Nothing global, just added 1-2 sentences to each Ability. Mostly clarifying and drawing attention to how a particular Ability is most often used in ...
2024-07-15 04:48:14 +0000 UTC
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Watch out for spoilers! I recommend you play to the update's end first and then come back here to see if you missed anything.
Meralion alive.
Well. There will be considerably more scenes in this section of the chapter. Mind you, the turning point in this aspect is at the end of the jumpers' attack at night (end of 1.6).
Meralion is dead.
There will be less content. However, this only applies to t...
2024-07-05 18:37:10 +0000 UTC
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Watch out for spoilers! I recommend you play to the update's end first and then come back here to see if you missed anything.
Sleeping Handsome. (Scene from 1.69)
Well, not exactly sleeping. And beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but still... And yes, did you know that in the original fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty, the prince didn’t limit himself to just a kiss? And she woke up... after giving birth. If some creep...
2024-07-05 18:34:28 +0000 UTC
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I did it. Yeah...
The update was being finalized literally today. So you can expect some roughness in the text. I'll fix it in the next week or two. There should be no critical bugs (such that make passing impossible). In any case, I got to the end point on all my saves on all possible routes. But you can't rule out some crossings of variables that will give a completely different result than planned. Although this is always and everywhere possible. If you come across such oddities, pl...
2024-07-05 16:01:39 +0000 UTC
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That's the release date for update 1.7, yep. Well, give or take a day or two if I can get it done a little faster or if I need to fix some bugs. Okay, let me give you a brief... erm, progress report?
Draft - 100% (631 pages);
Translation - 100%;
Arts and stuff - 100%;
Conversion to the game - 470 pages are already in playable form and tested. Another 160 pages are left, respectively.
If anything, 631 pages are along wi...
2024-06-29 12:25:12 +0000 UTC
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And “soon” is a relative term, yes. But I'll try really hard to finish it by the end of this month.
Story once again put the collar on me and started pulling the chain demandingly: “Do this!”, “Do this too!”, “Where are you going? Do this one too!”
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
My original plan was to just do a couple of transitions and get right to the scenes I needed to complete the ep...
2024-06-08 19:27:52 +0000 UTC
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Shush moratorium.
Despite the proclaimed moratorium, the situation has improved somewhat and... deteriorated significantly at the same time. Yeah... So perhaps I should report it.
On the one hand... The blackouts have become more sane, sometimes there's even electricity all day long. So that aspect is no longer affecting my work as much as it did last month.
On the other hand... I'm from Kharkiv. Those who follow the news on this war have already figured it...
2024-05-13 04:30:02 +0000 UTC
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