Development Stuff
Some of you may remember the Modkit called Nina’s Adventure. It was (and is) a little modkit with two transformations and a couple endings meant to show off how to make a mod for Runes of Pandemonium. However, due to numerous engine changes after WHI came out and mods got redone, it didn’t work correctly anymore. Well I’m fixing it up so people can use it again, AND it will be a default pack-in no longer requiring its own download. It also has brand new graphics by Xandra, as well as two full TF sequences with art and a silly non-canon bonus ending.
I had to rewrite a ton of code to modernize things and am still adding new functionality, and not to mention it’s going to require a lot of testing to make sure I didn’t blow anything up. I expect it will be ready next week.
There will also be an attendant bugfix patch since a few bugs have been pointed out in the last week, and the base game will need an update anyway. After that, it’s back to Project Ophiucus.
Ophiucus is going to be using a hand-drawn style by artist Stinkehund which should allow a lot of look-and-search puzzle fun between dealing with TFs, and above you can see an example of a (mostly) finished room. My goal was to have all the code and scenario work done by the end of April, and while I still am targeting that, the art likely won’t be done by then. I can move on to working on WoR while the artwork catches up before we release the prototype.
WeChange.me Bundle in May!
In May, Welcome Change celebrates its 1-year anniversary, and we’re having a big bundle. Almost all of the artists are participating, and that includes us.
The novels Knighttime and Sticks and Straws will both be in the bundle, as well as the upcoming High Lord of Dust. All three are spooky-ish Knights of Justice novels. Naturally I will post again as we get closer to the bundle date.
Honeybunns!
For this month’s Witches of Ravenbrook update, we’re officially revealing Honeybunns. I’ve talked about her before and she has appeared in outline in some artwork, but now we’re going to meet her for real.
Honeybunns runs a restaurant in the Gluttony area of the Pactrealms, as you’ve seen from the waiter/waitress enemy TFs we showed a while ago. These are some of the posters you’ll see in the area. Inky also wants to make some unique enemies like cardboard-cutouts of Honeybunns who attack you as you wander the streets of her realm.
Okay but that is an excessive amount of burg.
While all the witches view each other with contempt and suspicion, usually pretty openly, Honeybunns is the only one that the others actually view as a freak. Dahlia was once human, nobody knows about Runa’s origin, but Honeybunns? She creeps everyone out and they have no idea where she’s from, if she’s from anywhere. What does she want? Who knows.
Oh and Fluffs HATES Honeybunns.
Yeah she’s vandalized some of the posters and she might be willing to bend the rules to help you against Honeybunns because the animosity between the two goes deep. Why? You’ll find out in the game, of course!
And as a little bonus, we’re working through the various other artwork. Here’s one from the prey TF area (not finalized just yet) so consider it a fun preview of a maddened fox.
Fan Art Panic!
By Latteswirl on vgen
By Alice :3
By Xandra
Questions and ONLY QUESTIONS (No Answers)
The Link Pile
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.
Upcoming Prototype for Project Ophiucus! Link will be added when it’s out.
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!
Knights of Justice: Actirangers, Come Forth is now on Itch.io! It’s free!
Knights of Justice: Bound by Love and Grace is now on Itch.io!
Knights of Justice: Solace of Orange 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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