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Archived Art Stream #3
Hi, dilukha here!Thanks to everyone who watched the Art Stream! For those who weren't able to go, I ended up talking about the public reception of the VU after our last progress update, walking through my art process with Argos' sprites and even showing off a couple other secret things we ha...
Archived DevTalk #2: Hanging Out With Luke
Hello, dearest readers!First, I must thank everyone who could make it, and I apologize for the technical difficulties we had at the start. Despite those hiccups I think we had a great time. It's always fun talking about my writing and all the fun plans we have in store, and what plans we have fo...
VIP Story #5: Oscar's Oral Odyssey Part 4
And here we have December's VIP Story! This one's a little more subdued and subtle than the previous ones, which I think matches Kota's spirit.The next chapters will bring in and include Khenbish into the story, hopefully you'll enjoy it!~~~They moved to the bed. Oscar unwrapped the ...
DevTalk #2: Hanging Out with Luke
Join our 2nd DevTalk, where we'll go over Minotaur Hotel's writing process while showcasing Luke's new and rewritten hangouts.This will be the first time we'll be showcasing our writing method in a live document — still being written in a Google Docs, with unpolished paragraphs, no...
Art Stream #3
Hi, dilukha here! Today I'll be hosting our third art stream where I'll be working on sprites and other miscellaneous assets as well as discussing some behind the scenes stuff! Don't worry if you miss it-- to make up for the lack of a November stream, there will be an extra stream this m...
Build 11: The Small Hours
Welcome, dear readers!Today's build is all about taking a minute to breathe and reflect. It revolves around the aftermath of the fine dining experience with Pedro, Oscar and Asterion.Originally we planned on this build being longer, but we made the decision to keep it shorter due to a mix of hol...
VIP Story #4: Oscar's Oral Odyssey Part 3
The hydra unbuttoned their pants, then pulled down their jockstrap to reveal a slit, dick already peeking out, and balls hanging heavy, full, almost bursting. They used Oscar's face as rag, rubbing that pretty snout and tongue all over his swaying orbs, before introducing the minotaur's mout...
Visual Update Phase 1: Progress & Release Date
Hello, everyone! dilukha, Art Director, here. Around three months ago, we made an announcement explaining how the game’s Visual Update would be handled, and the team that’d be behind it. I strongly suggest that you go back to read it if you haven’t yet, as we go into detail about lots of thing...
Build 10: Io
Dear reader, it's time!Today's update adds about 22,000 words to Chapter 20, and things are picking up! You'll find a returning mechanic — a "Hinterlands-style" exploration segment, but this time for Mt. Persephone — and a few familiar faces popping in to deal with some affai...
Builds 10 & 11 Release Dates
Greetings, dear reader!Let's go straight to the good news, shall we? Build 10 is coming out to all our supporters this Thursday, November 13th.I've been looking forward to this update in particular because it contains a brief segment with a returning mechanic — the "Hinterlands-style e...
Build 10 Playtest
It's time, dear readers!For those of you joining us just now, we're publishing a "playtest" version of next month's build a few weeks before it becomes available to all supporters. We do this to catch bugs, see how well the writing is hitting and finding places to improve.If you&...
Ask the Minotaur Anything: 2nd Edition
It's time! This Friday and Saturday, October 31st and November 1st, we'll be doing the 2nd edition of our "Ask the Minotaur Anything" event. For those of you joining us the first time, we'll be going in-character and answering questions from our supporters (though we will also ta...
Build 0.9: Chelys
Dear readers, Build 0.9 is out!This update continues with Chapter 20, adding three scenes and approximately 22,000 words — about 30% longer than what we added with Build 0.8. This should be the trend for the next few updates until we end Chapter 20, so prepare yourself for progressively longer ses...
Archived Art Stream #2
Hey there!In case you missed dilukha's 2nd art stream, you can download it here.That's it for now! See you Thursday — Build 0.9 comes out then!
Art Stream #2: A Very Special Argos Episode
Hey! Tomorrow our art director, dilukha, will host the second art stream for patrons of the Dear Guest tier and above. He'll be working on assets for the Visual Update while answering questions and discussing behind the scenes stuff!Check the Discord server, in the Events tab, for the exact time...
DevTalk #1: Let's Play Build 0.8!
Hello!A while ago we did our first DevTalk on our Discord, where I played through Build 0.8 while adding some development commentary. It went on for almost three hours, which was a lot longer than I anticipated, but it was pretty fun.I really liked this format, so for our next DevTalk I'll most ...
Art Stream #1
Sorry for the delay!Things have been pretty busy lately, and in all the hurry uploading the art stream and DevTalk got pushed back. I take full responsibility for this.This Art Stream by dil was our first experiment with this incentive, and we ended with some technical difficulties on the audio. We&...
Asterion's Chapbook
[from KangaRube:I wrote these in the spirit of Asterion Minoides of Krete musing upon his growing affection and arousal toward the MC; these were the sketches on the way to the poems in Chapter 20. The kinds of thoughts he has as his passion grows, from the bashful to the wanton. However: among the ...
VIP Story #3: Oscar's Oral Odyssey Part 2
Back at the jacuzzi, Oscar was shameless. He leaned back and thought of that moment, right after Robert came with that growl of satisfaction, when the taste and smell of his cum overpowered his senses."I love how you taste, I could do it all day.""Did you like that I went rougher this ti...
Build 0.9 Playtest
Hello!We've been hard at work on Chapter 20 and that's going great. We're even ahead of schedule! Tonight we're publishing the new playtest build on our Discord server for Good Master patrons, on the #patron-beta channel.If you're subscribed to the Good Master tier but do not us...
Dead Ringer is Out!
"You have (7) undead messages, detective."Recently I had the privilege of working with Team Necronine, an incredibly talented group making a visual novel for the Spooktober 7th Visual Novel Jam. The result of this partnership is Dead Ringer, a dark comedy murder mystery. Here's the pitch...
Build 0.8.1 Is Out For Everyone!
Three months ago I made a promise, as the writer and creator of Minotaur Hotel, that no amount of difficulties would stop us from reaching the game's uncompromising conclusion. The road ahead will be long, but today I'm making good on the first step — and, as my people say, a promise made ...
VIP Story #2: Oscar's Oral Odyssey Part 1
That night, they pretended to be interested in jazz. Oscar tried to be inquisitive about it, but his mind was elsewhere. He was feeling light-headed. His gaze shifted to the overtly sexual cover art of the Tom of Finland collection when Robert's elbow bumped it.They both looked at it. Oscar'...
Schedule for September & October
Hello!I hope you're enjoying Build 0.8 as much as I've enjoyed this weekend so far. Getting the first part of Chapter 20 out and seeing the reactions has been very sweet, we've been waiting for this day for a long time!But we have to start looking forward to the next steps, don't we?...
Build 0.8: Persephone
Three months ago I made a promise, as the writer and creator of Minotaur Hotel, that no amount of difficulties would stop us from reaching the game's uncompromising conclusion. The road ahead will be long, but today I'm making good on the first step — and, as my people say, a promise made ...
Build 0.8 Playtesting
Hello, dear readers!Build 0.8, containing the first four scenes of Chapter 20, is going forward at a great pace, in fact I'd say we are ahead of schedule. Aside from a background that's still a very early placeholder and having to update the credits, Build 0.8 is essentially done and since l...
Your Name In The Credits!
My dear readers, hello!Today I'd like to talk about one of the benefits we are offering and how we'd like to handle it. As you might know, patrons from the Dear Guest tier and above are promised to have their name in the game's credits. At a glance that sounds simple — what's the d...
Build 0.8's Release Date
Build 0.8, containing the first act of Chapter 20, will be released on September 13th for patrons of all tiers.Due to a variety of reasons, which we'll go at length below, we have decided to change the plan for Chapter 20's release. Instead of being published in one update we will release it...
VIP Story #1: Bent To His Will
Themba snorted. He slithered a hand into his pants and felt up the heft of his equipment."You can't do 'gentle' with an endowment like this. There's still time to turn back, are you in or not?"~~~When I'm struggling to write, at times I've written a few stories as ...
Visual Update Roadmap & Announcing Our Art Team
Hello, everyone! dilukha, the game’s new art director, here!Inour last DevLog, we mentioned that the game would be undergoing acomplete visual update. This means remaking many of the existing assets from scratch, including sprites, backgrounds and the user interface. This is, obviously, no easy ta...
