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Redemption Harem Mechanical Updates

Also known as the "v0.X.Y" updates, as opposed to the "v0.X" updates that include significant new content.

The way this was handled for Maids & Masters was largely that "v0.X" updates meant the main story was progressing, and "v0.X.Y" updates meant no main story, but might still have some side quests or optional content added alongside all the polishing and bugfixes.

Redemption Harem is unlikely to have side quest updates like that since the nature of the game is meant to be much more open world, where Maids & Masters remained open to explore but was much more linear. Side quests will certainly still happen, but overall progression through the main story will be much less of a straight line, which means the line between side quests and main quests will blur - something you might notice in v0.2 when it releases.

However, there may still be instances where adding or updating mechanics or developing other small bits like alternate scenes might still culminate in enough work that it takes me a few weeks to get it all done.

This kinda happened with v0.2. Life causing delays happened at a point where there was still more background work to do and creating the new content shouldn't take me that long (if all goes well, a test build will go up next week and v0.2 will release the week after), so this doesn't really apply to a theoretical v0.1.1, but this still feels like a question worth asking.

The rest of this examples, so if you're picking up what I'm putting down, feel free to skip to the poll.

If you're not quite sure what I mean, the way this would pan out for v0.2 is mentioned in this week's dev blog post. Since I focused on polishing things up and reworking mechanics first anyway, the theoretical v0.1.1 is already done. All I'd have to do to be ready for release would be to place blocks to keep the new areas inaccessible. It might take a couple hours to make sure I don't accidentally leave something open, deploy the build, then take the blocks back off to continue development, but that's relatively little work. Especially in a situation like I'm currently in, where I feel like it's taken me far too long to get close to releasing v0.2.

Or I don't change anything. I'll still do my best to not put undue pressure on myself and rush development either way, and a "v0.X.Y" update will still happen if it's necessary.

The main difference will be how I develop updates. If I go out of my way to make room for "v0.X.Y" updates, I'm kinda stuck focusing on fixing bugs and updating mechanics for a while after each update. Starting on new content right away would likely be interrupted and disrupt workflow. The other potential negative is that updates might be more frequent, but the "v0.X.Y" updates won't be very substantive.

It's not a big change, and if it's adopted, it shouldn't affect overall development time - just update frequency - but ultimately, I rely on the financial support that my Patrons provide, so anything I can do to keep y'all happy and maybe convince a few more of you that it's worth joining up I want to try to do.

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The Mithril Hourglass

Jun 14, 2025 07:34 pm

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Sandbox of Sins Bonus Render Poll

If you haven't looked at the dev blog, Maids & Masters has joined yet another bundle focused on games that let you explore the game world and have things to do besides make linear progress. If you want to check out that bundle, it's right here: https://itch.io/b/3053/sandbox-of-sins-bundle

It's really close to the first goal, which means it shouldn't be too much longer before a bunch of those devs put up bonus renders. I like joining in for those, and I like including you in that process, and that means another bonus render poll.

If you haven't seen one of these before, it goes like this:

Vote for whoever you like; you get multiple votes. Whoever wins gets an extra set, with two runners-up getting one set. Each set includes a render I can post publicly for everybody and a render I can't that'll only go out to Subscribers. The poll will close and the winner's first set will go up with the results next Friday. The rest will go up another week, with the specific week depending on where things land with development on v0.23.

MaidsAmpMasters Poll

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The Mithril Hourglass

Apr 25, 2025 07:24 pm

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Maids & Masters Mothers Poll

I'm coming up on needing an excuse to make some special renders again, and with my keyboard's death slowing work down and my focus largely being on QoL catch-up, I also don't have a lot of development news to share. So - special render poll!

It feels a little weird to do this with so few characters, but the theme of the thing I need special renders for is Mayternity/Mother's Day, and I haven't given the (potential) mothers of Maids & Masters a lot of love in these bonus things, so let's do some of that.

We'll give the winner two renders, and two runners-up one render. You can vote for as many as you like, but try to keep it to three or less. Each render will have a few variants - with and without pregnancy bellies - and each of those in a "public post" and "member only post" version, for a total of 16 renders.

Winners (along with one of the first place variants) will go up next Friday, with the full spread going to Patrons and the safe versions being posted publicly the week after that.
(And by then I should have a sizeable v0.22 test build for Patrons, too)

MaidsAmpMasters Poll

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The Mithril Hourglass

Mar 25, 2025 12:54 am

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This was supposed to go up Friday alongside the post that went up on Patreon, but I was out of town and couldn't remember my login information. It's a poll specific to a Patreon feature (so I won't also be bringing the poll over, but if you want context, I explain what that feature is below), but everything that goes up there is supposed to go up here and now I'm back in town, so here it is.

I mentioned in a previous post that I'm currently leaning away from using the feature, but being out of town, I can't exactly post any teasers for the coming April release, and it doesn’t hurt to get your opinion on the matter.

If you're not aware, Patreon has added a feature where I am able to make specific posts available for purchase rather than keeping everything that would be behind a pay wall exclusive to Patrons that have an active pledge to the associated tier(s). If you purchase the post, you get access to the post's content, but none of the other benefits of being a Patron.

The only way I can think to use this would be for individual updates to save those of you who just want the new content and don't care about anything else the trouble of making a monthly pledge, getting your download, then canceling the monthly pledge. Maybe other options would present themselves as time goes on, but if I do end up using the feature, it would be limited to that. At least to start.

If you have any thoughts, there's obviously some room for nuance here, so feel free to leave a comment and share those thoughts if you have them.

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The Mithril Hourglass

Jan 25, 2025 12:52 pm

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Maids & Masters Valentine's Card Poll

This was supposed to go up a good while ago, but this week has absolutely flown by and I forgot what day it is. Whoops!

I don't have a lot of development news that's ready to share publicly that isn't already on the dev blog, but February is nearly upon us and I should have something for you in between test builds and patch notes, so let's do a poll to make more Valentine's cards.

They'll be in the same style as those I've made before for Ella and Alice. If you haven't seen those, here's an example. Since they already have cards, they'll also be excluded from the poll here.

And since there are so many characters (and I want someone besides Iris to have a chance at winning), we'll do top three, and I'll post all three publicly (since they'll be SFW) once we're closer to Valentine's Day.

Multiple choice is active, so pick all your favorites. The poll will be open until the end of the day next Friday.

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The Mithril Hourglass

Nov 23, 2024 05:42 am

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