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Be creative!

I see that you folks like to participate in the story, so here is the new question:

In some parts of the game (when the player makes a bad choice), they meet Octavia, who kills the player in a specific way. I intend to add multiple options for different death scenes, but I don't have any solid ideas yet.

To ensure a variety of death scenes, I don't want to make a poll; instead, I wa...

1000th download

🎉 We just hit 1000th download on itch.io 🎉

Here is a complimentary picture for you folks!

Chapter 3: Story building

I started working on the story for Chapter 3. We received a lot of feedback and suggestions, so it's relatively simple to progress with the story. Based on the patron and public surveys, we learned that you folks would love to see vore in the game. So it's official that there will be more in Chapter 3.

Also, there is a scene I need help with. At some point at the school, Leah confronts on...

Leah's bedroom

The 4 little elves are trapped in a jar sitting on Leah's table. Her bedroom is too vast for them, yet looks comfy. What should the elves do next?

Chapter Two (Public Release)

Here we go again! Chapter 2 is out for the public audience.

Here are some updates since the last release candidate:

• Patreon screen update: This is a new feature you can access from the menu. The list of supporters is automatically updated. So if you make a pledge, your name will be immediately visible in the game. I made the names appear in alphabetic order.
• I changed...
  2023-02-06 10:16:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter Two (Release Candidate)

Here we go! We arrived at a point where we can say that the chapter is feature-complete. Here are some updates:

• I fixed the foot spinning bug in Octavia's stomping game.
• I've added three difficulty levels for the game. Thanks for Amerdism  for the idea!
• Patreon screen: a new feature ...
  2023-02-01 23:10:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Patron survey

We believe that as the community grows, there is a great opportunity to learn what our fans think of the game.

To aid in our development, kindly respond to this survey about our game.

If we receive 10 or more responses, we will create a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork to express our gratitude.

(It will take about 2 minutes anyway.)

Chapter Two (Beta Release)

I'm pleased to announce that Chapter II has entered the beta testing phase.

Tier 2 (Ranger) patrons and above have early access to the game and can download it using the links we've posted this Monday.

Special thanks to every Ranger tier patron for trying out the alpha release. We've updated the binaries to the beta version already. Old save games should work. Here are the changes s...

Chapter Two (Alpha Release)

Thank you for your patience. After a few sleepless nights, I am happy to announce that we have completed the second chapter's alpha release. 

There could be some minor bugs or typos, which I would be happy to hear about, but the story is now complete. We had to include a sketch for one scene, and there are some known bugs in Octavia's stomping game, but we plan to ship hotfixes a...

500th Download

I'm happy to say we reached the 500th download on our itch.io page. I would never have imagined that this many people would try out and play our game.

Thank you for all the comments and support!

Our Trello Board and some QAs

Here is a sneak peek at our current state of progress via our Trello board.

Why do we have a Trello board for such a small project?

When two people collaborate, that counts as a team, so we started to do very loose team management to track our progress and get a glimpse of the progress of the whole chapter. Also, I don't think we should consider this project small anymore, ...

Chapter 2 is coming

I just wanted to let you all know everything is on track, we are just busy keeping our self-proclaimed deadline.

Cheers,

- Thaw87

And happy new year!

For our dearest patrons...

I wish you a very merry Christmas and a Happy New year! Thank you for your support and feedback all along this year.

- Thaw

I wish for all, to be thankful for all we already have. And remember, even after the darkest night always comes light.

- Severson

A Cat and Mouse Game

So I made Octavia viciously chase a tiny elf.

The gameplay turned out to be pretty competitive. Running around her feet while she stomps around randomly is really exciting as her moves follow a relatively complex algorithm. I also added some randomness to her behavior to make it harder to predict her moves even after several plays. The gameplay is still far from complete, but hey, it's pl...

It's been a while.

The last two weeks weren't easy for us. Severson experienced severe blackouts because of the Russians shelling their infrastructure nearby. Despite all this, we were able to fix up the storyboard and start working on the scenes individually. I made Octavia's stomping minigame actually playable, focusing on her moves to make them less uncanny. Slow but steady progress.

The new prologue (fl...

Sneak Preview of the upcoming licking minigame

Based on our feedback, we decided to add more minigames and fetish content to Chapter 2 as the base story is already quite well-developed.  Besides the stomping scene (which we still working on), Hom'ma takes a dreadful visit to the Grass camp. Inspired by TastySox's work, we tried to make our first licking minigame, with some interesting game mechanism I came up with lately. I hope you wi...

Working on the minigame

As Severson is busy with the scene art and sprites I started messing around with the upcoming minigame's mechanics. It would be a stomping scene where Octavia goes after the player and try to flatten him and other elves from the group.

The concept is to make a glass-floor version of the classic stomping game of 2022-11-12 00:28:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 2 - Preparation and Poll

The preparation for Chapter 2 is already on. We have some leftover content from Chapter 1 we didn't use up, and the backstory milestones are also completed and waiting for development.

In Chapter 2 we decided to raise the bar higher and include a minigame, where the player has to survive Octavia (the goth girl) cruel stomps. This would be our first aware scenario so we wa...

We've reached 200 downloads 🥳

Thank you everyone for downloading and playing our game. We are happy to see the attention we got from the size community.

Here is a pie chart of the platform distribution. Don't forget to give us feedback about the gameplay, we're eager to learn how to make a better game.

Chapter One (Public Release)

Chapter one is out!

Download it from here: https://thaw87.itch.io/the-arc

Don't forget to tell us about your game experience and join our small tribe!

Public release announcement

It's almost three months since the 6th of August when we teamed up. I'd never imagined releasing a game this year (or even reaching a state when it's playable), but it's here.

In the following days, we will proudly present the first chapter of our first-ever visual novel for PC, Mac Linux and Android. The first chapter will be available for free.

Stay tuned wit...