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February Short Story Poll
Alright! Poll time! I've dropped The Starship Promise from the list for this month, not because I'm not going to continue it at some point, but because it currently calls for a follow-up poll that I don't feel comfortable that we'll have time for this month. In its place, I've of...
February Plans and a Request
Alright, I know I need to get the monthly polls up. In fact, I'll be doing those later today. But I felt the need to make this post first. Before I get into the why of that, which will likely end up being more rambly than I'd like, I have a request. Specifically, the request is for those of ...
Haven's Port - Build 12 - Public Release
Okay, with yesterday's release of Build 13 for Patrons, it's time for Build 12 to go public! All things considered, I was fairly pleased with this build. While it's one scene short of my original goal (an extra date for Sylvia is missing), I came verrrryyy close to squeezing everything i...
Walkthrough and Cheats for Build 13
Alright! About a day behind the release, which is pretty typical, I've got the walkthrough done. Cheats are unchanged from last time and are as follows:---------------------New Cheats (Build 11-13)NiceThings = +2000 GoldGoldenGirl = + 10 FameWhoNeedsPanties = + 10 Nymph PointsLacyLife = + 10 Sed...
Haven's Port Build 13 ($5 Patron Release)
Whew! It's ready! At least for the initial release. I'm going to warn you up front that I'm expecting bugs. I got a little punch drunk hazy with tiredness while doing the testing/bugfix phase, so I have suspicions I may not have done as solid a job as usual with that. Particularly as I h...
A quick note
Regrettably, my day job contracts over ran enough today that I didn't quite manage to finish the build yet. Given how close it is to midnight, it's not going to be done before the ISP maintenance starts. On the other hand, I'm close enough to finished that only something going badly wron...
A Quick Progress Report
Okay, this is mostly good news, but only mostly. By the time I crash in an hour or so, I should have all the programming, writing and editing done for Haven's Port Build 13. That just leaves the testing/bugfix and upload for tonight. The writing in particular did take longer than I'd have li...
Progress Report
Okay! Considering that every other reward for the month is actually done and already out for once, this progress report can be pretty simple. In short, Haven's Port is currently going pretty well. Despite losing over a week off the front of the month due to the overun of Left Hand Magic and a co...
The Side Gig - Finale- Upper Class Patron Release
With the release of Stranded on Silas Station (Part 3) for the Royalty tier members, it's also time to bump another of the previous exclusives down to the Upper-Class tier. In this case, it was/is the Finale of The Side Gig (The Side Gig - What’s in a Happy Ending?). This was the first (and so...
Stranded on Silas Station (Part 3)
Okay! Time for the comic/mixed media short. Just about when I had predicted it, too. That's a nice change. Even nicer is knowing that this is the last reward for the month save the Haven's Port release. And it's coming along just fine (I'll post a progress report tomorrowish, probabl...
Old Rewards Archive Updated
With the release of both The Curse of the Naughty Apprentice and The Long Haul: A Kinky Race, it's also time to move December's stories into the Old Rewards Archive. That means that Mass Effect: The Final Error (Part 9) and The New Years Switch are now in the archive, accessible to All Patro...
Short Story - The Long Haul: A Kinky Race
Alright! For once, I'm getting the second short out well before the end of a month! I'm pretty happy with it, too, even if it did (as I mentioned in the last progress report) come up a bit shy of the normal 5k target word count. It wasn't that shy, thankfully, clocking in at just over 4,...
Progress Report
So, time for another progress report. And, miracle of miracles, everything I have to report at the moment is actually positive. Don't get used to it! I know I'll try not to, as if I do I won't be ready for the next ambush by Murphy's Minions or the dastardly henchmen of Writer's ...
Shorty Story - The Curse of the Naughty Apprentice
Alright! Time for the first short story reward for the month. For Royalty Tier Patrons, also be aware that I released the wallpapers a few minutes ago as well.As for this short story, this one is a rare case of being fairly directly inspired by something. Specifically, it was a combination of rememb...
Royalty Tier Wallpapers
Time to get some of these rewards delivered! This one is another case where you extra-awesome handful are getting a tiny sneak peak, too. Specifically, a sneak peak of the critical new NPC for this month's Haven's Port release. Mistress Ryoia is a high-ranking member of the Order of the Rose...
Progress Report
Okay, so I actually have rewards to post, but I figured we were overdue for a progress report first. Ergo, I'm posting this now, I'll post the rewards either sometime tonight, sometime tomorrow, or some mix of both. Anyway!Haven's PortSo far, this is actually going pretty well. I've ...
Progress Report + Poll Results
Alright! Way past time for a proper progress report for the month!Haven's Port Focus Poll/Progress:I honestly hadn't a clue how this one would play out. The result was pretty unambiguous though, with the Order of the Rose winning handily. It took almost 75% of the vote, in fact. I suppose at...
Guide for Left Hand Magic
I'm going to be honest here, this isn't really that needful yet. But I want to be on top of it for when things get more complicated later on. So, there's a PDF attached with a guide to where all the points and scene differences are in Build 1 of Left Hand Magic. There also aren't any...
Left Hand Magic - Build 1 Release!
Wohoo! Finally. A day later than I thought would be the maximum delay T-T. But, that was the whole illness that. I once again apologize for this being so late, everyone. That said, I won't belabor the point longer. If you just want to play, you can skip the next bit by going down to the the TL;D...
Left Hand Magic Progress Report
*Edit* Testing is done. Just need to add the few bits of music and fix the animation that's currently re-rendering.Okay guys and gals. I'm alive, more or less. The previous two days were basically a haze of pain and suffering. I've been very sick a few times in my life, including once or...
Novus is sick
Sorry guys and gals, Left Hand Magic is actually done save for testing. Unfortunately, I've been violently I'll since I woke up today. As in, unspeakable things trying to evacuate my body in multiple directions. I doubt I'm going to get anything done. I'll update everyone as I can.
January Comic/Mixed Media Poll!
Okay, for the second month in a row, I'm nixing any chance of doing the true comics. Since I'm starting from a time-deficit and those Starworld/Cyberworld are more complicated, we'll be sticking to the other options for now. Sorry if that disappoints. But I'd rather a little disappoi...
Short Story Poll - January
I'm already planning for the second story of the month. Not telling! It's something new that may or may not be a one-off. Not sure yet. Butttt, for the main story of the month, voting time! Pretty straightforward, but remember that this is the weighted poll. Each dollar of your patronage get...
Haven's Port - Focus Poll
Alright! I actually intended to have this and the other polls up mid-afternooish yesterday. Sadly, my day-job dumped a couple of extra hours of work on my head half-unexpectedly. Too many people coming back to their offices and needing stuff from me all at once. I sort of expected it, but didn't...
The State of Left Hand Magic
Alright. Given that all other rewards have already been released this month, this is less 'progress report' and more 'explanation of where Left Hand Magic is.'So, good news first. The prologue content is actually all 100% done. As in, edited, tested, debugged, gallery bits added, etc...
Short Story - The New Year's Switch
As promised, I'm putting up the short I wrote for the holidays today. It's New Year's themed, so I wanted to wait until we were closer to New Year than Christmas. I also decided, since it's a holiday special, to just go ahead and make it All Patrons accessible instead of the usual ti...
Merry Christmas!
Well, first...Merry Christmas Everyone! Sorry I don't have anything specific for you today, I already gave you guys the Holiday Wallpapers...and the small holiday short is New Years themed, so I'll be releasing that on the 30th. That said, I did want to stop in and say Merry Christmas, as we...
Silas Station 1 (For $10 Patrons)
With the release of Silas Station 2 for my Royalty Tier folks, it's also time to release the original Silas Station to $10 Patrons. As usual, I've attached it as a PDF, with the loose renders available if anyone wants to use them as wallpapers or whatever.
Stranded on Silas Station (Part 2)
Alright. This is a day and a half past when I was intending to upload it...but one of my visiting relatives arrived half a day before they were expected, causing a bit of a landslide of irritating delays. Ugh. Double ugh since she brought he dog with her. Mind you, I love dogs...I just happen to be ...
December Short Story: Mass Effect - The Final Error
Alright! Time to start posting stuff! I've got the Short Story for this month done and I'm hoping to have the comic done tomorrow (later today, actually). Then I'll be putting nose to grindstone on Left Hand Magic. I've honestly got no idea how that's going to work out, and I'...
