Not really, but made you look. Shortest ever dev-log from Mist Studios starts now:

Some renders were made.

See you in a month.

Ok, I am feeling generous, so a bit more info:

Mist is back to it. Like, properly now. So he's ramping up the posing and rendering. He's feeling good about things, so this is good news.

THIS PART IS A BIT SPOILERY
So, as you know from the poll, we are splitting the update. The break will come after a cute scene with Camila - it's the 5th scene out of 10 in the full update. Yes, it is a coincidence that this is half way through the update, hehe.

Now, if you are on Selene's path, the first scene in the next update will be with Amara, it's a nice little development of her change of heart. Otherwise, the first scene will be a major scene that a lot of people have been waiting for, and I don't mean the poll-winning scene with Rachel (that will be in the next update). I won't reveal who it features, but it's a good one. And one that will give Mist a bit of a nightmare to render. But, it is important to get that scene looking better than anything before.

Ok, that's it. No render this month, I'm afraid. We'll definitely have one next time.

As always, thanks for sticking with us.

Be seeing you.
The Mist Studios Team

So, here are the results of the poll. Sorry it's a bit late, been a bit busy this week.

And the winner is......

YES - with 94 of the 167 votes across Patreon, SubscribeStar and Discord. (No had the remaining 73 votes)

So, thank you everyone for taking the time to vote. We know that this decision may frustrate some of you, but we want to get you content sooner. So, we'll chat in the backrooms and see how we are going to do this (literally, where do we split the update). We'll update everyone in the monthly dev log, which will either be next weekend, or more likely the weekend after due to Halloween craziness.

Have a great weekend everyone! Here's a little pic of an embarrassed Ivy.

Thanks for sticking with us. Remember, subs are now paused until the release of the update.

Be seeing you.
The Mist Studios Team

Shall we do a poll? Let's do a poll.
Quick and simple really, work is kicking Mist's ass right now and he's behind on the renders. He's really quite annoyed about this fact, so much so that rage has consumed him and he cannot speak (I am literally not joking, you should have seen the gibberish I got in my DMs earlier, never read such filth). So, I speak in his stead. Here's the poll then:

We would like to split the update into 2 parts (yes, we can hear you groan, it's ok). Part one, out in January-ish, and part 2 in May-ish. From now until January we will pause all subs. Otherwise, the full update should be done by May-ish. The question is simply: shall we split it, or not?

YES, SPLIT IT - of course, we know you will deliver the goods one way or another, but we need content sooner. We understand this world is fucked but we can't wait. So, hurry the fuck up and save us with your excellent tale of love and laughter (mostly at Justin). Seriously, get it done. But, take your time. But also, get a move on.

NO, DON'T SPLIT IT - what? Like seriously, bro? We've waited for forever already, what's another few months. That update will be done when it's done, just don't kill yourself to do it, or we'll never get it, and you'll just be one of those Abandoners on the High Seas.

VOTE! You have until 9am BST (UTC+1) on 21st October 2026.


p.s. Mist wasn't angry at me in my DMs, but he is very much pissed about the delay.

On August 12th, my wife, kids and I went outside to watch the massively overhyped eclipse of the sun. Only a partial one where we are, but still 98% coverage. We even took the dog to the local park behind our house, a proper family affair. So, industrial grade welding visor glass in hand, plus a few pinhole cameras we had made out of cereal boxes and tin foil with our youngest son, we sat on the picnic mat to wait. The sky was relatively clear, and we could tell we'd get a good view. 45 minutes later, at 98%, we couldn't see shit. Clouds are bastards. Shoulda just watched it on TV. We did that later, and laughed at the earlier pointless excursion. We all bonded a bit that day. As a father and family man, it was a good day.

Anyway, where are we at? As is usual in this crazy world, not as far as we'd like. Eh, shit happens (in this case dayjobs), so we are behind. But, there is always good shit to cover up the bad. As you know, we promised some translations for the current update (Update 4), they were completed a few weeks ago. Our coder has had a job change to acclimatise to over the last few weeks, which he now has, and is starting to get those into the build. It's Chinese, Latin American Spanish, and French. All human translated by the amazing Chocolate Legend (CN), Heathens (BR-PT), and PandaDrummer (FR) respectively. This will either be pinged to everyone before the next update, or just included in Update 5. We also have an Android build ready to be uploaded, and we'll ping you about that too. We love the pings. Well, I do! Hahaha!

Numbers then. Well, one number. Just word count this time. I have to come clean. This update is NOT going to have about 75% of the word-count of Update 4. I have struggled so hard to reach this number but it just isn't possible. For those of you who know me, being succinct isn't my forté (neither is using common conversational words in the dialogue I write). So, this update will definitely have more words than I anticipated, but I think you are going to like it. Currently we are at 15,515 words, with two small-ish scenes left to write. I am already 1,200+ words over that 75% threshold. Oh well.

Renders! Yeah, let's talk about renders. OMFG, Mist has been turning out some quality pixel manipulations. MILF lovers are going to enjoy this update, as you can see from the teasers below. That fiery redhead is Elizabeth. She is very happy to finally meet our MC. Hehe, is he gonna partake in a little prime pussy? We also have some tender scenes with Ivy. After the emotional reconciliation-of-sorts with Rose, how is she feeling the next day? Mist has given us a beautiful tender moment here. It's short but sweet! And of course we have Trisha, that excitable southern supervixen. She's had a small makeover, what do you think? (Vortex, I am primarily talking to you here, hehe)

I guess we'll finish this update with news of the player-voted scene with Rachel. Yeah, it has been given the thumbs up on the dialogue from The Man. It's a decent length and we will get to know Rachel a little more, and her... lifestyle. I am really pleased with it. This won't be the last scene with her, there's a story to develop and a lot of fun to be had with her. I could say more, but I won't.

That's about it for this month, not going to think about release dates yet, too early for that, but progress is moving along nicely. Join us on the Discord if you want to chat, or here, we'll be happy to answer any questions, or shoot the breeze.

Until next time, be seeing you!
The Mist Studios Team.