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20% Off Autumn Sale | Development Update
🕑 Added 2025-10-01 02:46:25 +0000 UTCJust a quick note to kick things off-- Changeling Tale, the Art Book and OST are 20% off for the Autumn Sale on Steam and Itch until October 6! It doesn't feel that long since the Summer Sale, but maybe summer just flew by? Oh well, nothing wrong with more Steam discounts!
If the game is blocked in your country and you need a key, you can get one here at the discounted price for the duration of the sale.
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In development news, we reached a major milestone earlier this month: completing the first coding pass of the finalized Rowan Chapter 1 script! Little Librarian is working on writing Chapter 2, while I'm busy making Chapter 1 playable as an Alpha Build. That means I'll be shifting gears to work on assets soon, so expect more sneak peeks to come-- like this one, of Rowan in the service!
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There are scattered reports that Steam may require big new updates for adult games to be released as DLC instead of patches, so I'm having to learn how to implement DLC a little earlier than expected. It's going well! No matter how the content is released, it will be free to all owners of the game when Rowan's full story line complete. In the meantime, patrons here will get Early Access when each chapter is complete. Chapter 1 Early Access is shaping up to be ready this year!
It's been a while since we mentioned it, so here's a reminder that when Rowan's Chapter 1 Early Access goes live, the monthly pledge needed for new Patrons to join the Player Tier will increase from $3 to $5. Existing Patrons pledged at the Player Tier will be grandfathered in at the $3 rate, so free followers who want to play the Early Access may wish to sign up to that tier before the increase goes into effect. (Again, people already pledged at $3/month will not see their costs increase as long as they remain at that tier!)
Of course Beta Tester Tier patrons will receive even earlier access when the Beta Build is ready! I just updated the Project Documents with the most current outline of Rowan's story from start to finish, so if those of you pledged to the Beta Tester tier can't wait to see it play out in-game, major spoilers are available right here.
I'm really grateful to be over the hump with the writing and initial coding for this chapter-- it's always during those phases when I'm nose-deep editing and have the fewest sneak peeks to share. And I'm super grateful for all of you sticking around post-launch to make this new story line possible! It's shaping up to be a really unique tale. I'll have more to share soon-- in the meantime, thank you for your support, and wishing you all a cozy start to fall!
Comments
Little Napoleon
Ren'Py has a code trigger that checks if files are present, so I'm using that to set a flag whether or not specific DLC is active. It wasn't too bad, we just had to make sure we knew where Steam would install the DLC to point the code in the right direction!
Ironfist95
Ahh, version control for multiple concurrent versions. It can get confusing quickly will multiple dlcs. I'm curious, how you're handling it in the code?
Wat
That's been a lot of the figuring out :P
Nocturn3
Hopefully a dlc system won't screw with your scripting
