Tales of Strings: Varsity Vixens is now out!
Yep, the next Tales of Strings story is out. This is the first in a series I’m writing about a sentai team, the Knights of Justice and their struggles against the villainous True Path that loves brainwashing people into animal-human hybrids! Yeah, every entry includes TF, what kind of writer do you think I am? Big thanks to BlueLily who was basically the inspiration behind the whole series, I can’t stop writing about these heroic five.
You can check it out on Itch.io, or if you’re a patron and over the past 3 months have contributed over 10$, send me a DM on patreon and I’ll line up a copy. We also accept cat photos and poetry if money is tight, I just want more people to read my stories damn it. Please keep in mind Lily gets half of all the revenue so if you like his art you’re supporting it!
Ravenbrook!
Things have calmed down on the other fronts so, if everything goes well, the Witches of Ravenbrook Kickstarter will be launching in two weeks. I wanted one week but apparently it takes time to verify bank information, who knew. More on that when it launches obviously.
Game Development, Madness
In addition to getting all the KS stuff ready, I have resumed map work and completed some of the interiors. I am currently working on the Grand Imperial Hotel, which is both an important place where NPCs hang out and also a dungeon where you fight Orc Footballers. Less dangerous and more rowdy than their WHI counterparts, Miss Kigslap is at her wits end with these rough and tumble boyz.
I also completed Mt. Itoi in northeast Trafal, which means the only remaining maps are the hotel dungeon, the Dormine Estate, and the Jenveld Estate.
I also have Mario writing up the two TF sequences that are definitely going to be in the next release, Raccoon and Raptor. I really want to squeeze Kitsune in but there are some challenges on that one, it’s a very long quest chain that will take you all across the Old Capitol Grounds. Hopefully the TF comic pages will be ready by release.
How About Some ANSWERS
Fan Art Freakout!
By https://bsky.app/profile/sitlalikwe.bsky.social (God damn what a piece! Now that’s how you do a TF!)
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So Many 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.
Passed Hand is now on Itch.io!
Spiderweb Theory is now on Itch.io!
Urban Explorers is now on Itch.io!
Knights of Justice: Varsity Vixens 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).
Pandemonium Development 