Development Update: May 12th, 2025

There are only 8 exterior maps left to go for the Capitol Valley area! There’s maybe another 7 exteriors after that for other areas, and then it’s time for interiors. I’m hoping to have mapping done by the end of the month. Unfortunately the artists are in a bit of a rough spot for political reasons, but I’m hoping Stinkehund will be able to make the chapter 2 area map before the first release. Might need to have some placeholders for other character art.

There may be a WHI patch just for the JP translation soon, to fix a few bugs and get things ready. There will also (probably) be a budget report in June.

By 20Halos. Love that goddamn watercolor holy moly.

By char. Love the way the cheeks are done in this one, it’s simple and effective.

By droach. You can tell a lot about someone by how calm and organized they are when missing limbs and an eye. If she makes a point of yelling at an Englishman, that’s called a “keeper”. Love the background work on this one.

By Blue_Orchid. MER-MAY. MER-MAY.

By SoraMaruell. MER-AM. MER-AM. Okay that joke was funnier in my head.

By Dani. Look there’s no rule that says dolls can’t play basketball *Doll does a windmill dunk from half court*

By Kori. Fuck I need to write a String Tyrant sequel don’t I arrrrgghhh.

By Myr. MYR-MAY Hell yeah.

By Yu’er. So maybe this is why someone was asking about angels and demons getting along?

By Liliwi. I can’t handle these cute Marams! Aiiee!

By Huwana. It’s like I’m looking in the mirror!

By JunkWorx. LYDIE WORLD TOUR. Absolutely rolls the riddle of the sphinx because she walks on ZERO legs!

By Ezri. NYAAAAAAA put a sock in it.

By Farid. Love the ripped dress because SHE’S BEEN DEAD FOR CENTURIES.

By Ninian. I think this ghost looks great in portraits.

By Jashakers! Something about those shoes has me obsessed, I don’t know if I love them or hate them but I am obsessed with them.

By EchoChips. MERZUNA! MERZUNA! The Fox Goddess ain’t giving you more tails girl sorry. This is the top of the mountain.

By Blue Orchid. There’s no Fairy TF in String Tyrant but I think maybe there should have been.

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.
Passed Hand is now on Itch.io!
Spiderweb Theory is now on Itch.io!
Urban Explorers is now on Itch.io!

Mario is currently working on bringing the Pandemonium story series to Itch.

We have some ridiculous merch on Redbubble and Teepublic if you want to be the center of conversation (derogatory / celebratory).