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Left Hand Magic - Focus Poll

Alright! Poll time! And this one is short and to the point. The primary goal for this month is to get the rest of the early game sorted out. But that's only going to be a small handful of scenes. The remaining content will focus on Week 4. 

Here, however, is where I'm giving you guys a choice. Arianna and Trix already have their Weekday content done for Week 4. Revina and Talia still need theirs. Therefore: 

-Votes for Revina or Talia will cause me to focus on giving them their Weekday...

Haven's Port - Build 19 - Public Release

Alright! Build 20 released for $5 Patrons yesterday...which means today it's time for Haven's Port Build 19 to go public! I was quite pleased with Build 19. Eighteen new scenes, with roughly 115 new renders between them, made for a pretty sizable build. Even if it doesn't match the huge 148-render Build 20 that was just released. For reference, 'Full' builds are usually between 110 new renders. So build 19 was a bit large...Build 20 is just way over...

Haven's Port - Build 20 - Walkthrough/Cheats

If you haven't noticed yet...Build 20 was released a few hours ago! And I actually was able to get on top of the Guide quickly this time...so, yay? Cheats haven't changed and the Guide is attached as a PDF. As always new content in the walk through is marked with *New*, asterisks included. As a result, you can search for *New* to find just the new stuff, if you so desire. 

-----Haven's Port Cheats-----

NiceThings = +2000 Gold

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Haven's Port - Build 20

Whew, got it done before midnight, as I'd hoped. I do apologize for the day delay...but given the build size I'm reasonably happy with just a single day of delay. It's a BIG build, after all. Nineteen new scenes, most of them medium or large size, 148 new renders in total. With Build 20 all six of the Patron Spirits are now in the game, with their paths complete. And Rose Garden is...almost complete. Fiona is still missing her date, sadly. That was the 20th scene I had planned for the build that didn't quite make it in. I'd...

Quick Note the Second

*Edited at 6:45am* Yep. Writing and Edits are finished, along with all the little stuff like the credits update. But I ran out of focus/energy before I could start on testing. Going to crash. Update should be out this evening. Possibly early into the AM on the 2nd if the conversion-upload process chews up too much time.

As I pretty much expected, I'm only just wrapping up the final writing. I've only 2.5 scenes left, which I should be able to wrap up by midnight. Better yet, I've actually done editing passes on 11 scen...

Quick Note

Not much point in a full progress report, so I'll try to keep this sort. Currently, I've finished the coding for Build 20 of Haven's Port. And I'm at 6/19 for scenes written. I fully expect to get another four scenes written before I crash in a few hours. Which will put it at 10/19. Unfortunately, while I'm 99% sure I can finish the writing by late morning on the 30th, that will still leave the editing and testing. While not completely impossible. It is extremely unlikely that I'll be able to do both of those things by midn...

Progress Report

Another progress report so soon?! Gasp!

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Okay, actually that gasp was sort of appropriate? 

Good news first. All renders for Haven's Port are done and post-processed. Yay! 

Sort-of-neutral-news next! There are 146 of them. For reference, a normal sized build is usually 100-110 renders. A 'large' build is usually 115-125 renders. Meaning this build isn't so much 'large' as 'huge.' 

The possibly-bad-implications last. This is the reason I'm actually ma...

Xanadu Emporium (Upper Class)

Okay! With the release of Xanadu Emporium (Part 2) for the Royalty Tier, it's time for one of the previous Royalty-Exclusives to be made available to the Upper Class tier! Things worked out nicely this time, as it's the first Xanadu Emporium that's moving out of exclusive, while the second was released to the Royalty Tier.

For those of you that might have lost track...Xanadu Emporium is the follow up series to the two Silas Station series set...

Progress Report

Okay! We're overdue for a progress report. First, though...remember there is still a poll ongoing. That poll is important to help me collect information for the future, once Haven's Port ends. Please make sure to vote...though this is probably the last time I'll harass everyone about it. 

With that reminder out of the way...

Haven's Port

Renders are just about done. I've got one more date scene I want to do, ...

Old Reward Archive Updated

I should have put this up when I did the second new short story of the month...but I kinda didn't have the energy for the 7-step process that goes into fiddling with it. So I put it off until now...

Regardless! I've updated the Old Rewards Archive with Alyia and the Magic Shop - Dual Displays. It's now in the appropriate zip file in the archive for All Patrons. Ch...

April Short Story - Eros Academy

Quick Reminder - An Important Poll is still ongoing about the future of the Patreon after Haven's Port ends! Make sure you vote!

Alright! With the obligatory reminder out of the way, time for the second short story of the month! I'm quite pleased with how this came out, particularly given that I'm still feeling my way into writing Drone/Hypnosis content. That's a relatively new angle for me, ...

Progress Report

A reminder first! There's an ongoing poll right now, gathering critical information that will eventually be used to help determine what happens when Haven's Port ends. Make sure you go vote, comment, or both! 

With that reminder out of the way (Seriously, please go vote, that poll is intended to help me get to know what all of you like the most and want to see more of!) it's a bit past t...

Haven's Port and the Future - Mildly Important

TLDR Version: The poll is to help me get an idea what all my patrons are here for. So I can better figure out what I should do when Haven's Port eventually finishes. Please vote.

Okay folks, time for that talk I've been hinting at/promising for a bit! First, before I say anything else, let me reassure you that Haven's Port isn't going anywhere immediately. There is at least one more full build required after the currently-in-progress build. And, in truth, I actually expect there will...

Old Rewards Archive Updated

With the release of the second Starship Promise story, it was also time to update the Old Rewards Archive. In this case, it was the recent revist to Eros Academy, this time with a new protagonist, that graduated from exclusive to All Patrons access. Go check it out if you haven't had a chance yet! Since it's currently a solo story, you'll find it as a ...

The Starship Promise: An Overheated Rose

Alright! Time for the first of the April Short Stories. As I mentioned previously, voting for The Starship Promise did well enough last month that I decided it deserved a chance. I'm...mostly happy with the result. To be honest, it's out a day later than I'd originally intended mostly because of that 'mostly.' Specifically...there's a smaller amount of actual sex than I'd originally intended. The story otherwise followed almost exactly the plan I had for it. But when I reached the point where I'd originally intende...

April Poll Results!

So, just a quick note before I get to the poll results. The first short story of the month is done. But I wanted to get the Poll Results up first. I'll likely post the short story tomorrow. For now...poll results!

Short Story Poll

So...quick apology. I once again forgot to allow multiple-option voting for this poll. By the time I'd realized it, a full day had passed and a lot of people already had their votes in. So I couldn't really do anything about it. Sorry! I'll try to be better about remembering th...

Progress Report

Alright! So...first, the polls are still running for another couple of days! Make sure you go vote in whichever ones you qualify for if you haven't already!

With that reminder taken care of, it's probably past time I did a progress report for the month. With the polls still going, there's only so much to report, hence why I haven't...but we can cover at least a few things. It's not like I haven't been working on stuff, after all.

Haven's Port

First and most obvious, given the images! I've been chewing throu...

April - Short Story Poll

Okay! So, I've put a temporary pause to my rotation of 'old stories getting new chances.' Mostly because...one of them actually succeeded in getting enough votes that I updated it! As such, for at least this month, Eros Academy's reboot-of-sorts is back in the polls. If you missed it, that series got an entry in March, with a new character visiting the academy. You can find it here. Depending on how it does, it might continue to be an option in fu...

Haven's Port - April Focus Poll

So, this poll is pretty straightforward this time. The primary focus of this month's Haven's Port build is going to be getting the remaining three 'Patron Spirits' of Jerta and Rose Garden in the game. That will only make for a total of, at most, 9 scenes, however. Albeit, probably with each of those nine scenes being rather long form. Even so, I expect to get at least another 8-10 scenes in this month beyond those. So those additional scenes are what you are voting for. Since there honestly isn't that much additional content planned for the...