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I think a story should have some problems/failures along the way to spur growth, but I also get what you mean. I hope to sometime go back to the Deepwoods and show what has happened since the events, you didn't fail Belobog but it's not a completely happy ending either, any form of recovery could take a while.

Thank you! I'm glad to hear you've been enjoying it, and I apologize for how long this update has taken. I am working on the final scene and I'm like, 99% confident it will be this week, but I want to get it right more than I want it done (for now, we'll see if that changes, lol).

Ya boy Chadstaroth has been handling it pretty well so far, though I've tried to show both the stress he's under and how hard he works to keep it under control. I think it'd be boring if he was a one-dimensional superhero who never had any concerns, but I don't want to make him into a whiny kid either. It's been an interesting challenge, ngl, I've never tried to write this particular arc before.

Ashley and Sarah feel the most likely to have impending meltdowns of various flavors, but 'child soldier' is kind of a shit background for healthy coping, so... yeah.

The next update doubles down more on the cosmic horror in some scenes, to make sure people don't forget about the temple stuff LOL.

Mara and Chernobog! Fun fact, the split between Chernobog and Belobog is *likely* a Christian missionary bastardization of slavic mythology, so it felt right to have Chernobog be an enslaved, bastardized version of the 'true' Belobog here too. I'm glad you enjoyed it! That arc took me an incredible amount of time, but it feels worth it to hear people talk about the impact it made on them. Trying to show MC's development and courage is tough, but fun. He EARNS his happy endings.

I'm not totally happy with how XP falloff works, but it used to be genuinely difficult to NOT overlevel content, so I added it, along with the cheat menu so people can still overlevel if desired. It turns out game design is hard, lol.

I'm trying to add more interactions, but there's a lot of characters and only one of me... I'm open to suggestions! But after this update, lol. Working on the last scene and I need to get the update out before I jump into fleshing other stuff out.

Thank you! Should be close, maybe this weekend or next week, I'm finishing the last scene of the update now!

Alicia scene has been tough for sure, I also ended up doing two other scenes, a nightmare/vision and an Aspasia followup, which have gone well. I'm hoping sometime this week will be the actual release.

You already paid once, you get all the upcoming updates. I'd rather the game be free, but I was making basically nothing, this way at least the game helps cover rent lol.

Amnelis will be in the next (much smaller and faster, lol) update, with her first sex scene, and the summoning stuff, if all goes well. I doubt she and Siofra get along sadly though, at least not for the time being...

I just gotta get this update done lmao, then I can relax a little before next one!

Yes, I will continue posting game updates here unless itch actually kicks me off the site entirely. It would be a dick move to ditch people here just 'cuz of payment processor woes. We will burn that bridge when it happens, lol.

Siofra is hot af, in many ways! And actually, 0.34 and .35 both move her to having a stronger relationship with the MC, it's not romantic yet but well into 'you can flirt' territory. Actually wifeing her is a harder challenge though lol, she has a very strong personality.

Amnelis is still coming back for sure! I had been considering it for this update, but she'll likely be tied to the Summoning system being introduced, so that got pushed back to the next minor update likely (amnelis sex scene + summoning intro). She did kinda save MC's life in the Deepwoods by telling Siofra where to go, and she will doubtless be insufferable about it, lmao.

Thank you! We're so close I can almost taste it lol, I just want this damn update out so I can go back to more normal size stuff with fewer grandiose promises.

Yeah, hopefully next week, I'm making good progress and optimistic at least. If nothing else, it'll be a huge update moving a lot of plots forward.

Succubus MILF is still a little ways off, in terms of planned progression;

- The last actual party member (Alicia, Selendis's daughter, earth magic trainer) will be introduced in this update.

- Minitaur (side character, greathammer trainer) will be in the next 1-2 updates, in the plains.

- Succubus MILF (likely a camp character but not party member) will be in the mountains after the plains.

As always, we'll see exactly how things go.

Siofra's art hasn't changed since her introduction, she's always had the vines! The flower-shaped fire too, lmao, though that isn't active often. I don't remember how the memory thing goes, if you already cleared the area it kinda messes with the scene though.

It was certainly an interesting christmas and new years, lol.

I like the idea, I'll have to think about how to pass Maya around (in a wholesome way). There's a lot of people who wouldn't mind floofing her, but no catgirl to bounce her off of... unless Celica becomes one somehow, lol, she's already basically a cat personality-wise.

Waking up to a cute girl doesn't sound bad! The scene I'm writing tonight actually has something loosely similar, but.... not as happy of a scene overall lol. Man had a rough night. Your idea sounds much cuter and great for a smaller, more wholesome scene! Maybe waking up events? idk.

Understandable! I wish it hadn't taken so long either, have had a lot come up in those 9 or so months. But it's almost done, and very large, with a lot of plot content.

Finishing the last scenes. I'm hoping next week, can't promise yet tho.

how the fuck has it been over two weeks

I'm sorry, I lost track of time horribly

In the Ina scene, this is what it looks like right now, idk if I changed it at some point or not?

"They just seem too honest with each other - too willing to mess with the other, too comfortable in the certainty of their bond. He feels more like her uncle, or even dad. Shark dad? That's a hell of an idea."

Metatron is actually getting a lot of fancy stuff this update, but no content with Maya... yet, at least, lol. I love maya headpat jokes. She's a good(ish) girl who deserves better than life gave her. As she gets to interact with more characters, I'll see who else feels like they would give her headpats or ear rubs!

I'm still working on updates for the game (tho it's been slower) and hoping they eventually reindex paid adult games. Even if they don't I'll continue the game. But this has been pretty awful for my income to say the least, and the game was never lucrative.

Yes, sadly, Itch delisted all paid adult games around 4-6 months ago and has yet to offer any info when we might get relisted. It has not done this game any favors lol.

Always good to hear from you! And thanks for confirming the upgrade worked for you as well, if there were any issues I would certainly like to know so I could fix them.

Yes, saves are freely transferrable! It SHOULD be automatic between updates and free/paid versions, though I've never tried going backwards in versions lol.

Glad you're enjoying the game so far!

Thanks for the kind words! I recognize the Etrian Odyssey name, and love cats lmao, hope things are going well for you.

Appreciate the kind words! I am keeping at it and finishing scenes, but irl and health do keep coming up lol. While the game has never been profitable, I love the characters and story, so while content speed may wax and wane I don't see myself burning out on it, just going slower at times.

And I agree! While I'm personally more of a 1-3 girls player, I definitely want a harem route, and most importantly of all, I want all the girls to end up happy, even if not romantically. That's why I make them suffer now, lol.

Glad you're enjoying! I definitely wanted each girl to feel different.

The hope is to have a generic harem ending, unique endings for individual girls/small groups, and maybe a friends ending. We're not talking like, 30 hour endings for each, but enough text that it doesn't feel like a total coop. I don't plan any bad ends, but some bittersweet endings may end up happening for those who like that vibe.

Thank you for the kind words in general, it's always pleasant to read! I finished an Ashley scene last night, probably Metatron today, I'll keep working as I can~

I appreciate the vote of confidence! I will definitely try my best, I finally got a giant Ashley scene done and somewhat repaired my faith in myself lol.

Divine Dawn is entirely inside of Renpy. I coded the RPG stuff in Python myself, but Renpy handles almost everything visual, aside from some bits I overwrote. I don't know what a visual engine is, sorry.

Not everyone likes the mix of story and RPG, which is part of why I added so much depth but also a lot of cheats, so people could engage with it as much or as little as they wanted. It sucks to see people dismiss it because of one aspect or another, but ultimately that's what the game is and it doesn't appeal to everyone. I don't know if it was the right choice though, this was my first game and not the best start lol.

It's still only free games, so far; reindexing of anything paid is nonexistent as far as I can tell. And I'm definitely feeling the loss of income. Itch was never the main money maker but every bit helped.

Succumilf is planned for the mountains, which isn't too far away. Next update (hopefully in a few weeks) will finish up in Badon, then it's plains (1 update), then mountains (possibly 2-3). She'll be interesting and I'm eager to see how she works out.

I love how Sarah and Metatron get along now though, they're both sweethearts!

This is my first time trying to make a game and it's certainly been a lot more work than I had hoped admittedly.

Siofra will be the Zephyr magic teacher (wind, focused on spirits) and possible spirit summoning and advanced fire magic. Kandrs will likely be (name TBD) tide/deep water magic and possibly advanced water. Succubus mom will likely be advanced nether. I haven't finalized all of the details yet.

Regarding Metatron martial arts... not immediately. Maybe down the road, or an offshoot of them, or it may be locked to Aether corruption path only.

Not really an oversight, the earth magic trainer just took a lot longer to introduce than I had expected. Alicia will be here soon enough.

I specifically noted aether/nether as having a combo path planned!

I've commented about it twice in the last week if you want some progress info, but I will make a proper progress report someitme soon! Things are going along, just not as fast as I'd like.

It will be possible to mix some corruptions (aether/nether) for a unique result, and you can have multiple 20%+, but for the most part going past 50% in one will lock you out of 50%+ of others. Most do not play nice together and fundamentally cannot.

Ay nice lol, hope he enjoys it! I'm kinda glad I redid the opening so it gives a better impression, but it's still not on the level of the game later on so I'll always be a lil worried about the intro.

Appreciate the kind words, things are actually going okay (relatively, for now, lol). Been getting a lot of writing done and pretty happy with new scenes, moving stories forward, etc. Remains to be seen how the stuff with Itch goes, i havent been able to get paid in a month now so that sucks, and no updates from them, but they haven't banned me yet so... thats a start.

Yeah, I underestimated how much work some of these scenes would take lol. This update will move a LOT of stories forward. I'm doing ok though thankfully!

Appreciate it, and yeah.... would be nice if they could leave the rest of us alone.

We can only hope it'll work out. There's a good chance Itch will take weeks or months to work through it at this speed.

I try to make important choices obvious so no one gets caught off guard!

Siofra joining is around the end of current content. If you're on the paid version there's another update of camp content, next update (next few weeks, hopefully) will have more story scenes.

If you already bought from itch, you will keep getting updates as I release them unless Itch bans me! And thank you for the kind words, I will keep going.

I don't have a world map, just a rough mental image of where things are. It is something I want to do at some point!

Yeeee I'm very proud of the deepwoods stuff, I think it's the best part of the game, with choices that matter and a strong introduction to the spiritual dangers your parents warned you about. It's finally the aventure the main character wanted!

Let's just say it was doubleplus ungood for my mental state for a day or two there lol.

Thankfully, I haven't gotten any personal threats from steam/patreon yet, so far they've mostly been targeting games with incest or nonconsensual themes. I HOPE things will work out on Itch as well, supposedly they're targeting similar things, but right now I and almost everyone else are just waiting for itch to re-list our games. 

They do claim that they won't completely remove a game unless it breaks rules so you should still be able to download, and if that stays true I'll keep updating it here for previous purchasers. May or may not be able to make new sales, we'll see.

Shit, I am late on this, sorry!

I am still plugging away, despite Itch's recent spasms with adult games lol. Been a stressful week, not that the recent Steam crackdown helped either. Puritans always have to ruin everything.

Succumom is too nice to have rivals (except maybe Rosalyn, lmao) and I am actually really excited to see how she and the existing succs get along. It might be a little awkward at first, but they're all very old succubi, so it's basically the same thing, right?