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POV: You’re jaylene 

Aw thank you so much, you support has meant the world ❤️ the days were I had motivation I was like “I have to do it, for spider with a party hat, she’s waiting for it” haha  I really hope you enjoy it 🥺

here’s the YouTube link for the sneak peek as itch doenst allow videos in comments: https://youtu.be/FanMnT65h_8?si=BxGQvzkMx6gpYfvy

as for the update, I finished 3 out of 6 read through/ bug testing and should be done with the fourth  this weekend. So it’s very close. But idk if I want to add some cgs I deem important enough to delay it for. Like lyell has no new cgs and I don’t want to leave her completely out 😭 but we’ll see after all the bug testing stuff is done. I think even if I don’t, the update I’ll release will be the beta version and I’ll gradually add new cgs and polish, as the meat of the game is basically done and I can even get feedback or suggestions to help with further development but we’ll see. Thanks to anyone (and especially spider with a party hat I know she’s excited for it) who’s looking forward to the update. I’m excited to share it soon  :)

Awesome, I'll upload the sneak peek tomorrow  :)

it’s been a long time, but I think if you keep the monster but pick bad answers for her choices throughout the route?

hm, than you should’ve gotten them all. When you start a new game and go through the choices where Jaylene wakes up and goes about her day, are you inputting them in the right order? It should start automatically once your back in the house with Blake. 

at the final choice, where rose and Xanthe are out in the rain, you can choose instinct or reason. If you choose either of them it’s the bad end, where Xanthe torture jaylene. You get the good end if you wait out the timer on that earlier choice. If you get both good and bad endings. Than start a new game and answer in the order of 3,3,1,1,3,2 liens route should start. 

yes, after you get all the good and bad ends for lyell, Victoria and bae, you do Xanthe bad and god ends. Than your able to do liens.  in addition to answering all the questions right in the common route, (answer in this order 3,3,1,1,3,2)

hm that’s weird. There are walkthroughs on YouTube that may help. But in general nice answers award more points and instinct and reason award double points so they matter more. I don’t have access to the original game rn to cross check but if others officially know the correct answers hopefully they can chime in. 

Hehe thank you, is there any route you would like to see? (Though I have a feeling who you might choose haha). And the game is close, I’m doing the final read through for any bugs and stuff, bae and xanthes are done so it’s going to be a little longer but I hope that’s fine as I do want to add some cgs but won’t replace all of them yet just important ones (I am not looking forward to bug testing the secret rout iykyk)🫶

sorry for the late reply, we’re you able to get this working? I tried searching on my own but couldn’t get a concrete answer myself :(

a little surprise for anyone checking the comments(as I did not want to make a devlog cause I didn’t want to get anybody’s hopes up lol) here is another sneak peak for the people who have been so patient so far for the recut update, the love interests are completed but some side characters probably won’t be for the beta release. I realized there’s a lot of polish i want to do but a lot is  not completely necessary. Similar to when I first uploaded the game, I’ll do some updates for extra polish like extra cgs, sound effects, maybe some minor animations and stuff like that. But if others prefer only when it’s completely finished I’ll do that. Nothing set in stone, it’s just that I’m a perfectionist and if I don’t have a stopping point who knows how long it’ll take lol! But I wanted to update to let yall know I’m still working hard at it! I might even post a 30 second gameplay clip later. We’ll see  

Very touching and sweet game :) I think it had a nice balance of humor and more serious parts, though the main silly portions were at the beginning and don’t show up again in the same way esp near the end, so it felt a little jarring but not a big deal.

(Slight spoilers, not really, idk) 

I really like the representation of what child SA and the complexities of it can be, especially the contrasting emotions a victim can feel, like love and grief for their abuser. It was heartbreaking to read, but accurate. It was nicely done. The art is cute and unique, reminds me of some old RPG Maker games. Overall I really enjoyed my time with this.

(っ҂ཀ•)っ ah im blind!

Hehe I’m happy you enjoyed it! ´ཀ`

thank you! I hope to be able to share more projects with you ˃ 𖥦 ˂

thank you so much for you continued support! (╥﹏╥) the remake will be coming next month sometime. I wanted to get it out today but got really bad sick last week :( I’m working hard at it though! and I’d love to see the ocs :)

thank you! I’m glad you liked it.ᢉ𐭩

Hello! It means so much to me to see how much this game has meant to you, and for you and others to keep coming back to it over the years. That  is such high praise! I’ll see what I can do about some of your suggestions, like adding more bad ends or secret routes, though I can’t guarantee anything just yet. 

The idea of polls is really fun too. After the release (I’m aiming for Halloween, though life has its way of getting in the way), I might run some feedback polls to see what people liked and what could be improved.

I honestly feel like crying knowing that people would want to support me financially. After the release update, I’m planning on launching a Patreon to help fund the development of Cryptid Courting, my other dating sim, since without some backing I don’t think I’d be able to make it happen. Patreon supporters will get access to things like exclusive art, behind the scenes stuff from both games, and polls where you can vote on which characters I should draw next. None of that content will be posted elsewhere, so it’ll be a special thanks to everyone helping me continue creating. Nothing is finalized yet and I’ll be open to feedback to what people want to see. 

I’m also still hoping to eventually make keychains of Monster Sweethearts characters available for purchase, though with tariffs in my country that’s a little tricky right now.

Overall thank you for the support! It means the world to me! I appreciate everyone who’s played, commented or even created fan content, that I hope to give y’all even more stuff to look forward to. 

I’m a few days late, but I wanted to draw a quick something for our local dead girl walking. Jaylene can’t bake.

sierra is 18, she’s the youngest out of the main cast. All the girls have lived in the sorority together for a year so she was 17 when she first met jaylene in college( she’s smarter than she looks lol). That’s why was dating lyells niece who is around 16 ish but in the new version that’s no longer canon. I can understand the confusion since some details are sprawled over the whole game so it can become a bit jumbled. But I understand the appeal, Sierra is a cutie :) but I don’t think her and Jaylene could ever have feelings for eachother that way lmao

I’m working on the recut version, all the routes have been rewritten/edited to some degree with redesigns on the characters. The writing is (mostly) done but I’m just working on redoing some cgs and finishing up the sprites and bug testing. Here’s a sneak peek at one of the redesigns  :)  thank you for liking the game for so long

they all have two endings you need to get to beat the game, a good and a bad. Any deaths you get in their route don’t count. (It’s been a while since I played this version so bear with me) but the actual bad ends have credit scrolls on them. 

did you pick the right choices at the start of the game? After you press start, pick the choices in this order 1,1,1,3,3,3. If it doenst start automatically than you don't have all the good and bad endings. 

Unfortunately, I don't have plans to do this, as it's up to the voice actors to determine if they have the time for it and are not involved in other projects. Additionally, I don't have the funds to hire a full voice actor for Jaylene and any love interest route, as voice acting is quite expensive. Maybe some day though.

Here are a few tips. Don't press outside the black boxes as that will be a insta fail, second, I've seen another commenter say this, so I haven't tested it.  You can use the scroll on your mouse to return to the previous square and prepare for it accordingly if that makes sense.

I’m not quite sure.  But to my knowledge it should keep any save data you have but it’s not guaranteed to work. Though if you have the older version of the game I would recommend starting from the beginning has things have changed. 

hello, CC is coming along well it’s just due to the fact life is busy and I can only work on it in my free time which has been slim for the past year or so. I took it down cause the idea and character’s have changed so much I don’t want people getting the wrong idea or expectations. It may take a while but it is coming back and be better than it was before. When I finish the MS update(and it’s a big update) CC will be my main focus. Thank you for your interest :)

did you do the choices at the start of a new game in this order1,1,1,3,3,3 ? 

to have some clarity here, (and spoilers ahead for xanthes route)

Spoilers :

The aversion Xanthe has to being touched under the belt is related to her trauma(being vague here for people who ignore warnings, but if you played her route you know what I’m talking about) . Shes fine giving but does not like receiving touch.  But i have no problem with trans headcanons. 

I think you may be referring to the CGs that occur when you do the riddles with Rose. If you get a question wrong she bites you. 

SPOILERS 

Well, if you keep getting her bad end, and your past the point of that man who attacks you in the sewers then it's the choices you are making in her route that are giving you the bad end. Replay her route and pick the choices that are kind and nice, for instinct and reason, pick instinct for the first time it comes up, and reason the next time it comes up.

Yes, I have been working for the past year on it. My focus is on finishing this update I have for monster sweethearts so I can focus on Cryptid courting. And for CC the main thing about it that is unfinished is the art is which will take a bit to do.  but yes it will be back :)

what did I say that got this downvoted 😭

You are right,  idk why people would downvote this(though their allowed to disagree ofc, as everyone has different opinions). But I want other people who might read the comments to know I don't downvote any comments even if I disagree with them. and I believe Itchio doesn't even register my downvote, so even if I did, it wouldn't show up on the counter publically. This goes the same for upvotes too, they won't show either.

thanks for letting me know, this will be fixed in the next update.

1. Get the good endings for Lyell, Bae and Victoria. these all end with a drawing of them at the dance in their costumes.

2. get the bad endings for Lyell, Bae and Victoria. these are all different. and their routes do have deaths in them that might seem like bad ends but aren't (the directions segment in victories. the mini game near the end of base route, etc).  without a spoiler for their route bae and Victoria have a cg with their bad end after the last instinct/ reason choice. And Lyell bad ending involves more of her than Jaylene (really hard to explain without spoiling). on the main menu you should have three items for each of the girls as of right now.

3. play the common route and answer the questions in this order 111,333. if done right and all routes have been done before it should start automatically. if you get a choice between lyell, bae, and victoria that means you didn't complete their endings.

Minor spoilers I suppose: 

She is a monster, She's sort of like a fae/human hybrid. That was her initial concept and I have never gone back to it to flesh it out.

The route should start automatically but if not that means you didn’t get the good and bad ends of lyell, Victoria and bae first. Do that, than the choices, than it should start.