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Dev Update! 6/24/25

Hey, folks! Hope you're all doing well this week. I'm in the doldrums, but I suspect it'll pass soon enough. Onwards and upwards.
I thought I was finished with the renders I needed for the unified Season 1, and then I remembered.. Chapter cards! I wanted to do those. So, I'm going to get on that this week, and get them all plugged in where necessary. Besides that, I'm still just working on the code and dialogue tweaks, playtesting, and trying to make sure I don't break anything. At present, the plan is to get the unified Season 1 out on the 28th. As always, check the Discord if you want more up-to-the-minute updates. I try not to spam-post too much, here.
I'm very much looking forward to getting this Season 1 alpha out. There's some cool little tweaks here and there, which I think really add an extra dimension to the player's relationship with Gabby, Madison, and Ashe. Plus, if you haven't played v0.27a, you're in for an extra 300+ images of content, including some sexy ero content with Brazilian hottie.. Beatriz!
This is way more clothes than she wears for the entirety of her appearance..

Speaking of v0.27a, I've updated the pinned post with the link to it -- something I should've done ages ago. While I was at it, I also added the PDF files (with art!) for two short stories: Glitter and Grit, featuring Isabella, and A Little Mad Part Two, featuring Madison. If you haven't read them yet, maybe check them out while you wait on the next release. 
I think that's about it, today. As always, take care of yourselves and thank you for your support!
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Dev Update! 6/16/25

Hey, friends! Hope your week's off to a great start. My little corner of the world's been hit with some torrential rain, which has led to a bit of flooding and property damage around the city. Fortunately my place is at a bit of an elevation, so I've been spared -- knock on wood. Hope everyone's staying safe out there!
Don't worry, Ashe has her flotation devices.
I spent the weekend rendering some stuff for Chapter 2, redoing Ashe's introductory scene a bit. I kept 95% of the dialogue, but touched up the art for the first bit of the scene. I wanted to make the scene feel a bit more crowded with people -- a skill that I lacked in the early days of working on this project, and I hope it helps make the whole thing feel more alive.
With that complete, I think I'm finished with the art I needed for Chapter 2. Now I need to finish redoing a bit in Chapter 4, where platonic friend-path Nicki wears a bathing suit while enjoying Guy's jacuzzi. Shouldn't be too annoying.
Besides that, work on Chapter 11 continues apace. I took some time to do some more renders for the scene where Nicki meets Cassie, and I'm hoping to finish that within the next week or so.
All in all, things are proceeding pretty well! I'll be happy when my focus is no longer divided in a few directions, but for now I feel like I'm doing a decent job of keeping all the balls in the air.
I'll leave you with that! Until next time, take care of yourselves and thank you for your support!
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Dev Update! 6/9/25

Hey, folks! Hope you're all doing well this week!
*feral sibling screeches*
I've spent the past few days working on new renders for Chapter 11, completing the first few scenes I needed. Those take us from Guy's condo, to breakfast with his new houseguest. That's added 140 renders to the total -- with the previous Chapter 11 material I had completed, that puts me a bit under 300 renders for the chapter. I'm going to try to knock out one more scene tomorrow, with Guy taking Cassie to meet Nicki, and I'm already salivating at the thought of rendering all that snark!
After that, I'm going to switch gears back to getting the full Chapter 1 - 10 build completed this month. I don't think it'll take me the rest of the month, but I do need to do some rendering in a few spots. So, we'll see. I'm trying not to over-promise on this dev cycle, since things have a way of taking longer than I'd like.
And hey, just for fun: enjoy a render of Noelle (Risa's maid) enjoying a bit of poolside recreation with her boss.
That's all I've got for you, today! Hope you folks have a great week! As always, take care of yourselves and thank you for your support!
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Dev Update! 6/2/25

Hey, folks! Hope you're all doing well this week! I'm feeling a little bushed -- the day job's been kicking my butt all week. Fortunately I've got a staycation coming up, during which time I hope/plan to recharge my batteries a bit.
I just put out a new teaser build for $15+ supporters, which has 350~ renders and serves as a little bridge between the new Chapter 1 and the existing Chapter 2. Reviews have been good so far, even if it isn't quite as polished as I'd like. I was rushing to get it out the door by the end of May, so it's missing little things like character dialogue avatars that match the way the characters appear in the scene. And there's a scene with Carolina that I cut which I'm now going to go back and reinsert. But in terms of content, it's 95% final. There's a nice little spicy scene, and it expands the world a bit.
"Viola is here to service you!"
I'll be making that content available to the public later this month, once I've finished integrating it with the following, pre-existing chapters. That'll be where most of my writing/coding time will be going this month.
My rendering time, however, will be spent getting back to work on Chapter 11. I've been working on some of the Cassie material which immediately follows from the existing Chapter 11 content -- so far, so good! But I also wanted to jump ahead a bit and lay out some stuff for a scene that (finally!) sees Viola stepping into her role as Guy's maid. You can see a bit of that attached. I'm toying with giving Ms. Pavlischeva a new hairstyle, because the existing hair prop for her is honestly such a pain to work with. I figured having her show up with her hair tied back for work would make for a pretty painless transition to a new style. I'm not fully settled on this one, and I need to experiment with some other color options.. But I'm kinda digging it.
Alright, that's it for me this week! As always, take care of yourselves and thank you for your support!
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Dev Update! 5/27/25

Hey, hey folks! Hope everyone's doing alright this week!
Jumping right into it, I've basically wrapped up all the connective tissue stuff I wanted to do between the new Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, and I'll be working on getting the last bit finished off, before putting it all into the script files. I wound up with nearly 300 images for it, making it a pretty nice little chunk of content. Supporters at the $15 tier will get access to that as soon as it's done, before month's end. At some point in June, I plan to put out the unified Chapters 1-10. Not sure when that'll land exactly, but I'd guess near the end of June.
"You make one 'wax on, wax off' joke and I swear to God.."
But, with this new stuff almost finished up, I'll be switching gears back to working on Chapter 11 in early June. At long last, we return to the present. I'll pause for applause.
*dodges tomato*
In miscellaneous news, I had a longtime supporter reach out to bring this new Elley Duhe music video to my attention. The main character in the video reminded them of Gabby, and they thought it'd be cool to see her in a similar cyberpunk outfit.
So, I gave it a go! While I was doing that, I also did a lil' Viola piece in a new maid outfit that I picked up on sale from the Daz store. This weekend I'll post the spicy versions (and a few more pose/clothing variations) for Wanton Weekends.
Finally, a little something different, which I've talked about a bit on Discord over the past few months. As some people can probably guess, I'm a big fan of the fantasy genre, having grown up as a D&D kid. For most of my life I ravenously consumed fantasy novels, and I always had the itch to write one. So, last year I decided to do it! Recently I gave some supporters the chance to read the first nine chapters, and--assured it wasn't hot garbage-- I decided to move ahead with finishing the edits and publishing it.
"Ahaha! We only told him it was good! As a goof!"
My plan--once I've actually settled on a title, commissioned some cover art, and edited the whole thing into a solid, cohesive whole--is to distribute it chapter-by-chapter here, while simultaneously making the book available for purchase.
But for now, if you're interested, you can snag the prologue here in ePub or PDF. At its heart it's a story about damaged people finding each other, and healing from their trauma. And along the way? Some very spicy scenes with full penetration and money-shots.
What? You thought I wasn't going to make it smutty?! :D
That's it for this week! As always, take care of yourselves and thank you for your support!
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Dev Update! 5/19/25

Hey friends, hope you're all doing well this week!
First, just in case anyone missed it: I posted a new text short story featuring Madison, which has two pieces of art accompanying it. The first part of said story can be found (for free!) in the sticky'd post on the landing page. I'm not sure how long this one will be, honestly. I'm kinda having fun with it, so we'll see how much longer I want to keep it going.
As far as the game, work continues here in the rendering mines, and I'm making steady progress. I've added 250ish renders over the last two weeks, and I'm nearing the end of the work I need to do for the stuff that goes between the new Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. There's some additional background for our hard-luck hero, a new ero scene, and some little appearances from Carolina and the Chen family.
As always, things end up taking me longer than I'd like, but I'm working as quickly as I can to get this stuff finished, so I can move onto rendering Chapter 11. I promise, I'm just as eager to get back to the present as everyone else is. I'm planning to hit the ground running on June 1st, so that's my self-imposed deadline, to stop fiddling with other stuff.
Finally, just for fun I'm adding a little image of Isabella. Because when I buy a new lingerie asset, I can't not try it out right away!
Alright, that's it for me, today! As always, take care of yourselves and thank you for your support!
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