The Dance Minigame is In!
Version 4.54 is now available for supporters.
The dance minigame is a feature that got cut from the initial release because the sprites weren’t ready. Big thanks to Sigrid for getting them all done. If you already finished the kitsune subquest, you can talk to Shiori in the dance hall to play the minigame again anyway.
There are still a few sprites that need to be finished, but…
Major Code Overhaul Time
With the help of EldritchWeaver I’m redoing the engine repo to upgrade to SDL3 and UCRT64. This is because Windows 11 is starting to show some problems with running the engine, claiming it’s having memory problems when there aren’t any. UCRT64 is targeted at Windows 10 and 11, and this might at least give us a chance going forward.
This does mean that direct support for Windows 7 and earlier is officially being dropped. According to the steam hardware survey, less than 1% of users use Windows 7 so I’m probably safe there.
We will also be updating to SDL3, which contains a filesystem which means I can drop Boost and PhysFS. I never got PhysFS to compile on OSX which is why it never had dynamic mod directory support, well that’s all gone! SDL3 is also being actively developed so bugs that pop up will get fixed.
We’re also dropping the FMOD executable support since to my knowledge nobody actually uses it.
All of this is going to take a while since I need to redo a bunch of low-level code. The result will be an engine that is more stable, which is good because I’d hate to have to release WoR with a bunch of caveats about Windows 11 on it.
Fan Art
By Toui (https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/2760095)
By Xandra (With apologies. https://vgen.co/BestLilBurger)
By Annachaid on VGen
By By ReggyVeggy on VGen
By https://bsky.app/profile/soyomutsumi.bsky.social
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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.
WoR Kickstarter page (260% funded! Thanks a lot!)
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!
Knights of Justice: Crush Depth is now on Itch.io!
Knights of Justice: Three Short Steps is now on Itch.io!
Knights of Justice: Knighttime is now on Itch.io!
Knights of Justice: Sticks and Straws is now on Itch.io!
Knights of Justice: Strings Are Attached is now on Itch.io!
Knights of Justice: Only Shadows for Comfort VN Prototype on Itch.io!
Guise of the Goddess is now on Itch.io!
All of the ToS books can also be found on Wechange.me!
We have some ridiculous merch on Redbubble and Teepublic if you want to be the center of conversation (derogatory / celebratory).
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