Definitely got 100% of the bugs this time, yep. Not a single bug for the rest of development. The update and changelog are on the support page as usual, and can be found on Itch.io and the Steam beta branch.
Chapter 1 v4.22 Released to Supporters
Chapter 1 v4.21 Released to Supporters
The update is now on the supporter page. This is mostly bugfixes, but has a few QoL changes and some added abilities. The changelog is on the supporter page.
The Chapter 1 Update is Out!
That’s right, chapter 1’s update is now out for Patrons and Subscribers. I will be putting up the Itch.io version shortly and then figuring out what I’m doing for Steam (Steam is dropping OSX 32-bit support so I need to reconfigure the game a bunch, oh joy).
This update becomes public on the last day of February. It features 4 new forms, several new quests, an absurdly dangerous combat area filled with nasty paragons, a host of bugfixes, an updated map, new characters, a trainer who can trade platina for EXP, a fortune teller who can help you find catalysts you missed, a new way to deal with the rubber quest…
Look there’s a lot of stuff in this update. Hopefully it will hold you over while I get the chapter 5 update ready. The real sinister purpose of this update was to get all of you to bugtest the code modernizations I’ve done so get those bug reports rolling.
If you’re not a patron or subscriber or Itch.io… er (Itcher?) then you can get the password and download right now for just a buck! A single dollar! And if you can’t do that, we accept pictures of your animals, or poetry!
Silly Witch Hunter Izana Art Poll
Remember how I said that if WHI passes 1000 sales, Chic will make a piece of art (possibly horny)? Well, we passed 1000 sales! This week, go to this google form and throw in your suggestions. Next week, we’ll vote on which one Chic has to make. Chic reserves the right to remove any she doesn’t like from consideration.
Curious Cat
The Links
Rationally debate this post on the forums! Discussion thread for String Tyrant!
Witch Hunter Izana’s forums page! Get it on Steam or Itch.io! It has a free demo!
Pandemonium’s Steam Page! You can get updates automatically.
Maiden Sealed in Stone, a game Salty translated!
Buy String Tyrant, our gaiden game, on Itch.io! It’s on Steam too!
Ask us questions anonymously on Curious Cat!
Buy our merch on Redbubble and Teepublic!
Give us money on Patreon so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
Alternately, give us money on Subscribestar so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
DO NOT join our Discord and curse at me in person! Our testers might be cats, I can’t tell!
Development Update: January 22nd, 2024
Update is Next Week!
That’s right, next week we got us an update coming out. We’re putting the finishing touches on the balance right now, and I’m dealing with a few extra topic situations and the like. Unfortunately, the maps and one extra CG will not be ready in time for the initial launch, that will have to get patched in.
As usual, patrons/subscribers/whatever will get the game on the 29th of January, while the public will get it on the last day of February.
Get psyched!
Fan Art
If you want to cancel your patreon/subscribestar/whatever due to the knowledge that this is what I do with my money, I agree with you, but please don’t punish the artists. Koops and Stinkehund don’t do stuff like this, they deserve your support.
Made by the brilliant Mugenbine, script by Salty :3
Curious Cat
The Link Pile
Rationally debate this post on the forums! Discussion thread for String Tyrant!
Witch Hunter Izana’s forums page! Get it on Steam or Itch.io! It has a free demo!
Pandemonium’s Steam Page! You can get updates automatically.
Maiden Sealed in Stone, a game Salty translated!
Buy String Tyrant, our gaiden game, on Itch.io! It’s on Steam too!
Ask us questions anonymously on Curious Cat!
Buy our merch on Redbubble and Teepublic!
Give us money on Patreon so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
Alternately, give us money on Subscribestar so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
DO NOT join our Discord and curse at me in person! Our testers might be cats, I can’t tell!
Development Update: January 15th, 2024
Projected Release Date
Now that things have calmed down and I have all of the features of the release done, I am going to have the release out by the last day of January for Patrons. Non-patrons get to have it on the last day of February.
Coding and Stuff
Urimas is currently working on the final sprite sheet (I want the trainer character to be doing aerobics!), Hund is working on the last “extra scene bit”, Koops is actually done but being a real sweetheart and making some extra talk sprites to add a bit of jazz, and Chicken actually finished a concept. For chapter 3. Yeah he spends most of his time at work so we put him on very long term assignments.
As for the coding part, I have finished putting in the voice acting for Mei, added a special-effects system so she can have a spooky echo when she’s a ghost, finished the new combat area’s scripts, and am now fixing up bugs and putting in enemy stats.
Curious Cat
Fan Art!
A silly comic commissioned from Mugenbine. Personally I think it needed to involve more punching but I keep getting told that you can’t just hit people every time you have a problem despite that being what RPGs are about???
The Link Pile
Rationally debate this post on the forums! Discussion thread for String Tyrant!
Witch Hunter Izana’s forums page! Get it on Steam or Itch.io! It has a free demo!
Pandemonium’s Steam Page! You can get updates automatically.
Maiden Sealed in Stone, a game Salty translated!
Buy String Tyrant, our gaiden game, on Itch.io! It’s on Steam too!
Ask us questions anonymously on Curious Cat!
Buy our merch on Redbubble and Teepublic!
Give us money on Patreon so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
Alternately, give us money on Subscribestar so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
DO NOT join our Discord and curse at me in person! Our testers might be cats, I can’t tell!
Development Update: January 8th, 2024
Coding and Bugs
Bugs bugs bugs there’s so many bugs. This is what happens when you overhaul a hundred ability files, scripts, and classes. But I’m almost done those, ho ho ho. There’s a few more minor features to be added, and most importantly, the big optional combat section I need to finish.
Urimas got me some sprites and Koops should be finishing some character concepts this week. I’m very tired!
New Debate: Is Niko Perfect?
Curious Cat
The Link Pile
Rationally debate this post on the forums! Discussion thread for String Tyrant!
Witch Hunter Izana’s forums page! Get it on Steam or Itch.io! It has a free demo!
Pandemonium’s Steam Page! You can get updates automatically.
Maiden Sealed in Stone, a game Salty translated!
Buy String Tyrant, our gaiden game, on Itch.io! It’s on Steam too!
Ask us questions anonymously on Curious Cat!
Buy our merch on Redbubble and Teepublic!
Give us money on Patreon so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
Alternately, give us money on Subscribestar so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
DO NOT join our Discord and curse at me in person! Our testers might be cats, I can’t tell!
New Year Update!
I got Sick!
Stomach flu, it sucks! I’ve lost a week of work and more than that of sleep. Feeling better now so it’s time to finish up the maps. I’m sending a build to the testers tomorrow no matter what.
Sprites are all done, portraits are done, it’s all on me. *Sigh*
Curious Cat
New Year, Old Links
Rationally debate this post on the forums! Discussion thread for String Tyrant!
Witch Hunter Izana’s forums page! Get it on Steam or Itch.io! It has a free demo!
Pandemonium’s Steam Page! You can get updates automatically.
Maiden Sealed in Stone, a game Salty translated!
Buy String Tyrant, our gaiden game, on Itch.io! It’s on Steam too!
Ask us questions anonymously on Curious Cat!
Buy our merch on Redbubble and Teepublic!
Give us money on Patreon so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
Alternately, give us money on Subscribestar so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
DO NOT join our Discord and curse at me in person! Our testers might be cats, I can’t tell!
Holiday Update Post! Holidays!
Holidays!
Boy does we got some presents for you this year. First up, Koops’ eyes lit up when I said we could have a fortune teller in chapter 2. Reindeer Girl. Never get in the way of an artist who is inspired. So here we have our festive holiday reindeer girl fortune teller!
But that’s not all! Remember those designs we had made? Spacesuit Christine and Lounge-singer Christine got made into space pinups!
And you can get them on RedBubble because some people have been asking for more designs on there. Finally, a shower curtain for me!
Now go enjoy all your favourite holiday traditions, like eating whatever you find in the grease trap, or setting the house on fire for tax reasons. I know what I’m doing!
Curious Cat
You will be visited by three links and then wake up and yell at a random kid over what day it is.
Rationally debate this post on the forums! Discussion thread for String Tyrant!
Witch Hunter Izana’s forums page! Get it on Steam or Itch.io! It has a free demo!
Pandemonium’s Steam Page! You can get updates automatically.
Maiden Sealed in Stone, a game Salty translated!
Buy String Tyrant, our gaiden game, on Itch.io! It’s on Steam too!
Ask us questions anonymously on Curious Cat!
Buy our merch on Redbubble and Teepublic!
Give us money on Patreon so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
Alternately, give us money on Subscribestar so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
DO NOT join our Discord and curse at me in person! Our testers might be cats, I can’t tell!
Development Update: December 18th, 2023
Coding, Sprites, and “Stuff”
I have completed the last quest and am now working on the final combat area. It’s a large, optional area taking advantage of the things I learned from Witch Hunter Izana’s design and the polls held afterwards.
I also am getting a few new tilesets and some more sprites. Urimas thus has a few more enemy sheets to make. The ability icons are all done, Giga is now working on the chapter 5 update, and Koops is unfortunately still a bit too busy for the bonus stuff. I have been told it will be ready by the 25th so I’ll post it as a free bonus stuff. I think you’ll like it.
Curious Cat
The Link Pile
Rationally debate this post on the forums! Discussion thread for String Tyrant!
Witch Hunter Izana’s forums page! Get it on Steam or Itch.io! It has a free demo!
Pandemonium’s Steam Page! You can get updates automatically.
Maiden Sealed in Stone, a game Salty translated!
Buy String Tyrant, our gaiden game, on Itch.io! It’s on Steam too!
Ask us questions anonymously on Curious Cat!
Buy our merch on Redbubble and Teepublic!
Give us money on Patreon so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
Alternately, give us money on Subscribestar so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
DO NOT join our Discord and curse at me in person! Our testers might be cats, I can’t tell!
Development Update: December 11th, 2023
Coding and Stuff
The maps are ready, glued together, and everything else is in place. I am currently writing the scripts for the last quest, should be done this week. After that, the bonus combat areas and we’re ready for launch! Which is to say, bug testing because there’s gonna be a lot.
My current release expectation is mid-January, as The Holidays often take a toll on the production cycle. I need a few more nice-to-have sprites and such in the meantime so the artists have lots to do, don’t worry.
I cannot say exactly what the schedule is going to be for the rest of the month, so some of these update posts might be rather sparse. Rest assured we’re working on the update.
Curious Cat
Fan Art!
Here we have a ghost TF by RuthieSweetie! I must say I love how the zipper goes on this one, plus the, you know, ghost maid thing is great but I am here for the zippers.
Niko Caught Committing Holiday Crimes
This is going to serve as evidence in his eventual trial for crimes against holidays. He is crunching on that defenseless tree!
The Linksmas Tree
Rationally debate this post on the forums! Discussion thread for String Tyrant!
Witch Hunter Izana’s forums page! Get it on Steam or Itch.io! It has a free demo!
Pandemonium’s Steam Page! You can get updates automatically.
Maiden Sealed in Stone, a game Salty translated!
Buy String Tyrant, our gaiden game, on Itch.io! It’s on Steam too!
Ask us questions anonymously on Curious Cat!
Buy our merch on Redbubble and Teepublic!
Give us money on Patreon so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
Alternately, give us money on Subscribestar so we can make more monstergirl stuff!
DO NOT join our Discord and curse at me in person! Our testers might be cats, I can’t tell!
Pandemonium Development 