The Saga Continues

 The previous week I worked on a bunch of tedious stuff for TOTDC 2. Small tweaks like finding, editing and trying sounds, polishing some old dialogues, re-organizing files under the hood, comparing some dialogues in the original with the stuff I am writing nowadays to see if I got the right feeling, editing some of the expressions I already have for the characters to create some new ones (I often did this for Caliross too, but I feel like I need more nowadays, perhaps because the main cast is larger, and I think I should expand my future commissions to include some extra expressions for main characters, actually).

I was delaying the post, thinking I'd wait until I got something cooler to share, but that wasn't a great idea. I did write some new dialogues this week, at least! Things are going a bit slower than I'd like, perhaps because Ren'py is more flexible, and there are more choices around every corner (plus, some of the ease of use that comes from a visual interface like in RPG Maker is missing).

Anyway, I'll try to do as much as I can, and hopefully I can hit the release for the demo before the end of October. The fact that I haven't started working on the quest yet is a bit worrying, but it shouldn't be a very complicated quest, so I think I should be fine, but we'll see.

Thanks everyone for the support as usual, and I'll see you guys next week! ^_^

Caliross Bugfix, September 2026

Another little update to fix and improve* a few things in Caliross. Get the public version here or at itch.io. Read the changelog here, if you are curious about the microscopic changes I made this time!

*I know, I know, you can't improve upon perfection, but I need some excuses to keep changing the game's version!

I Almost Forgot It Again

Man, when I stop to follow my schedule to the letter, I really start to forget things! Anyway, it's been kind of a slow week: I wrote a new scene for TOTDC 2, I pruned the branch I mentioned last time (I think I'll recycle the dialogue and part of the idea in a future scene, instead), and I worked on some Caliross reports (a new bugfix and a very minor text change + typos getting fixed are all coming up together with the previous fix/change).

The weather forecast keeps rage baiting me with promises of rain only to pull the rug from under my feet at the last minute. STILL! I should finally get some respite in the coming days, so maybe I'll be able to work with more consistency.

See you next week with another dev blog (and probably with a Caliross update and some writing about TOTDC 2 or the post mortem on Patreon). ^_^

Return of the Dev

 

Sorry, last week I completely forgot about the dev blog (I think :p). I got distracted by the short story, the Caliross post-mortem (both available on Patreon) and whatnot. Anyway, I have been adding an alternative path to a series of scenes in TOTDC 2, and I figured out a few more details and pacing for the main story (it was bothering me for a while, but I think I know how I want to present everything for the demo portion of the game now).

I think an October release is likely, that way GTA 6 will avoid my release. :^

All jokes aside, I just hope September will finally be cooler, that would help a lot. I made progress, but nothing particularly exciting, although I think I finally tested the whole thing from start to finish in its current iteration. The only area that still needs immediate attention is already being worked on (the alternative path I mentioned), but maybe I can leave that for after the release, to speed things up. Other than that, it's a couple more scenes, a quest and the main plot hook for the demo "cliffhanger" of sorts. In theory, all very doable, although I'll have to finish updating the image gallery. I guess that one can also wait for after the release, but it's probably better to do it now, so I don't fall behind.

That's all for now, more posts and one tiny Caliross update will be coming this month (there was a small fix, I can't remember if I mentioned it elsewhere or not), so stay tuned! ^_^

More TOTDC 2 (and Caliross, apparently)

This week I did more writing for TOTDC 2. I went through some of the scenes I already have in there to expand/improve them, and I wrote a new scene as well (part of the first mind-control related storyline). I also fixed/improved other non-sexy dialogues here and there, and I am pretty close to have everything done on that front. I think I should move to a new quest very soon, and that plus some more main story content should be all I need for a public release. Hopefully it should be done by september/october, assuming a reasonable pace and that I don't find some unexpected issue in the game (which seems to work just fine so far).

In other news, someone pointed out a minor issue in Caliross, which I since corrected: the toggle to disable Catherine's scenes (the ghost who can possess you) doesn't work for the different scene you can get in Golden Leaf, so I made sure that also gets disabled and I added the option to toggle the scenes when you go to sleep at the mansion as well. I am in no hurry to publish the update, but it's probably coming out next month as is, if nothing else is brought to my attention that needs fixing/updating.

I think this is it. I will probably write one or two extra posts on Patreon this week, so look forward to those, and see you soon! ^_^

I Am Back From Buying Milk

 This week I finished the new scene in TOTDC 2 I mentioned last time (it's a follow-up to a possible "search" scene you can go see when you land at the first spaceport in the game). The officers get a bit more frisky, and there are some minor variations if you have larger breasts and/or nipple piercings (coincidentally, the first search scene is also the only one that doesn't feature any variations for Celeste, since it happens before you have access to "free-roaming" so you can't customize her at that point). It's one of the early events, so there is a bit of a curve to its escalation, but the series of scenes is getting there. XD

I also did some more writing (polishing up some previously written stuff, and some new lines) and I took care of a few bugs, testing and miscellaneous polishing.

Coming up soon on Patreon should be the usual round of: short story update, TOTDC 2 news, Caliross Post-mortem and whatnot. There should also be some updates to the walkthrough for Caliross, but if it happens it will be later on in the month.

As always, thanks for the support, and see you soon! ^_^

July(?) Update

I got a bit delayed, but here we are! Get the public version here or at itch.io. Read the changelog here. I guess I can't do the 1.0forever joke anymore, since we are on 1.0g now...​ Still, this ought to be it for a while (please don't find any new bugs, please don't find any new bugs...)