Still Coding!
I’m about 80% of the way through the bug reports (there were a lot!) so the release won’t be this week, it’ll almost certainly be next week. Hell I might release it midweek if it’s ready sooner, I just want to make sure the testers have the chance to give it a once-over before foisting it on you.
Worst part is there’s no way we caught all the bugs, so I expect I’ll be spending a lot more time fixing them as reports come in.
Tales of Strings: Spiderweb Theory
The third entry (technically it’s the fourth but the third entry’s art isn’t ready yet :3) is now out! It features dolls, hypnosis, mind control, but also MMORPGs, talking about The Matrix (good movies) and kicking the shit out of dragon monsters. Check it out on Itch.io!
Sorry there wasn’t an audiobook for this one, but the VA is available now and I bet if you all bullied me a lot I could be convinced to make one.
More WHI Mods! More!
db_palette has made even more WHI mods! Or rather they made the art and I coded them but that’s not what matters.
The mods are AltDemons, AltPuppets, and AltPuppets2. All of them can be found on WHI’s workshop page, or on our public folders which has all the mods.
AltPuppets and AltPuppets2 both change the same images, so don’t use both at once or they’ll overwrite each other. Enjoy!
And be sure to give db_palette some love for making all these amazing mods!
Secrets! Secrets! Lies and Secrets!
FANTASTIC ART
By Myrmidia. Just, the best stuff? The best stuff ever? I fear the upcoming digital dark age for all these beautiful pieces are only electrical impulses on a computer being burnt into our temporary, mortal brains. That’s it, we need to make this hardcopy. I shall etch it into tablets and place them on the surface of the moon so space creatures from beyond Neptune will go “that’s a pretty sweet interdimensional fashion model” on their way to exterminate all life on Earth.
Ahhhhhh she’s almost as cute as Natalie! By Saya.
By Mar2Tea! I showed this to Koops (who was taken aback by it) and we were both surprised by just how excellent those original doll designs were. I think the only correct action is to make a feature-length String Tyrant movie. Hollywood, call me. I have ideas.
By Alice! I guess this counts as a spoiler of the stone-dolls thing which may or may not be featured in chapter 2. Here’s Izuna turned into one, and that crafty Arisu turned herself into one so she could get a little bit closer…
The Pile of Links
Where to find us:
Our Patreon and Subscribestar are great places to support development! You can also get cool bonus stuff like concept art and early releases of Pandemonium!
If you want extra pictures of cats, you can follow us on Bluesky.
And there’s always Our Discord. You can shout at Salty *in person*.
You can ask us anonymous question on Whisp.sh. If you’ve ever wanted to get smarmy answers to questions, or just know more lore, that’s the place!
We also have a Wiki! We’d appreciate it greatly if people keep it maintained for us. :3
Bottled Starlight Games:
Runes of Pandemonium, the big adventure TF RPG, always free on Steam and Itch.io.
Witch Hunter Izana, a battle-TF RPG. Available on Steam or Itch.io.
Witches of Ravenbrook, a battle-TF dungeon-crawler. The prototype is out now and free on Itch.io.
String Tyrant, a survival horror game, is on Steam and Itch.io.
Other Bottled Starlight Stuff
Salty writes a book series, with audiobooks and illustrations, called Tales of Strings.
Instruments is out now on Itch.io. You can get the audiobook on Amazon as well.
Passed Hand is now on Itch.io!
Spiderweb Theory is now on Itch.io!
You can get the Pandemonium novel series by Bottled Starlight writer MarioneTTe on Amazon. Coming (at some point) to Itch.io once the exclusivity deals expire -_-
We have some ridiculous merch on Redbubble and Teepublic if you want to be the center of conversation (derogatory / celebratory).
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