Outsider Artisan

(one of a few new ones coming in the update)

Unlike with SS, where I had trouble with imported save files registering old achievements, I built Hex's "goals" system with this problem in mind from the start! Each Steam achievement is associated internally with a goal. So the second you load a save, it'll look through your goals and if you have

Or are you having PTSD flashbacks to the maid academy...💀

In addition to revamping enemy AI, I did a code review of all combat systems over the last week or so. I'm planning to implement a new difficulty in the coming weeks, so I wanted to go over things with a fine-toothed comb before then, and I found a lot of odd little things that weren't working quite

Yeah. Your potions are all bugged and restoring less than half the MP and HP they're meant to? Whoops. Been that way since the game came out. I never noticed. It's fixed now though, and I'm rebalancing that a little bit as well. Ironically, the number reported by the game that it tells you it restor

Testing the new mechanics for the new enemies, spell schools, and other stuff just took a really long time. I don't want to make you guys wait any longer, so for now I'm holding back a few planned additions, which will come out in a patch soon (in about a week or so, hopefully) rather than in this u

https://bsky.app/profile/outsiderartisan.net A player and patron who goes by Fleur started making and posting memes on the Discord server. I thought they were funny, so I asked them to help me out and post some stuff on bluesky, and they agreed to help! I also often post announcements there, repost

This one uses about 75% less RAM, but doesn't look as good imo. It's based on the similarly implemented snow effect I made for the new locations in the update, I just sped up the snow animation up and stretched the snowflakes out and made them a bit more transparent so they aren't as white. By the w

Experimenting with a more 'active' game mode where you 'relieve' a large group of men. The goal is to relieve all the men before running out of energy. Under the hood it's actually more of a hybrid or real-time turn-based system than purely active. Your actions are recorded and update the internal l

I plan to release a patch before the month ends. This will be for everyone and include bug-fixes, a new outfit, a few new traits (including one that allows you to get pregnant from any type of sexual encounter), and the new NPC personality system (more on that in a future post). I also intend to add

You can look at the preliminary changelog now. I was going to try to get it out by today at the latest, but it's just too buggy still. You can dupe and reroll spirit kin by refreshing the browser. I can fix that, but I need time to rewrite some code. Something is wrong with some of Des's auras not p

Continuing my long-running and frequently updated series (this is sarcasm, don't worry) where I talk about "things" I "like." Here is my favorite vtuber: Ljot Swanhild [photosensitivity warning]. If you haven't heard of Ljot, be warned: her videos feature extreme strobing and flashing. Even if you a

Coming soonish to patrons, maybe next week! Prepare to be able to get preggggnant.🤰 I also have new witch boss fights, quests, and other content planned. The free edition will hopefully get an update before the end of the month!

Sry about the wait!

My hardware update went pretty well, just so you know. I updated my graphics card and got a bigger hard drive! I had a few weird problems, but everything is basically fine now. The update will have two new quests, two new spell schools (primal magic and nightsea magic), a higher level cap (we're goi

I've decided that the next (patron only) update will be v0.2.0 instead of 0.1.7; that just makes more sense according to how I do version numbers, since it's not a patch. Version numbers won't be as public facing as they were with SS, though, so it doesn't matter that much. This update will add two

I'm basically a gaming legend now. The final release will probably have 30 achievements, though.

I'll be updating the game client tomorrow (or so). Then I'll release the summer event a day or two from then. You'll need to be on the latest version of the game client to play it. You'll need to complete [Holy Magic Arc: A Warm Welcome] and [Sky Magic Arc: Adjudicating Adjuncts] in order to start t

This "mod" (generous term) removes the mosaic censor and replaces the game's cum decal with a...gooier one. Just unzip the archive and copy/paste the contents into the game folder (the one with the game's main executable). The first time after installing, the game will take a few minutes to start, b

Outsider Artisan (@outsiderartisan.itch.io) (bluesky)

Okay so it's actually just Meila and Iris fucking around... You can click on the name of a spell school in the magic menu or on some stuff in the character menu to see little chats like these about all sorts of things.

Minor bookkeeping note: everyone, free or paid, can now comment on posts they can see. I didn't know that option wasn't on. Also, Patreon just kind of actively lies to creators; the preview they show us isn't really reflective at all as to what our pages look like or what its features are. I'm gonna

As announced here on their Patreon page. The stream will be on Friday at 1PM on Picarto.tv. I don't think I'll be able to watch the stream live since I'll be at work but I may try to sneak in some peeks at it! Regardless, I look forward to seeing the VOD. I've never actually watched anyone play any

I don't have anything more meaningful to post off-hand. context

The update is on track to release soon! I hope it will release before the end of April, but I'm willing to move it back to early May if I absolutely have to. I don't expect that to be necessary unless something goes wrong, though. Right now, I'd bet on the last week of April. I will announce a speci

i wish maidswere real 😔😔😔🍆

Meila has a both a hidden "corruption meter" and a hidden "love meter" that will unlock new interactions in the throne realm. While she'll still be standoffish, if she likes Iris enough (and is horny enough) she'll let you mess around for a while before putting her foot down. You will need a metric

It's very barebones right now, but this scene editor will eventually be available for modders. You still need to write the scenes using the custom markup language I've created for the game, but I hope I can eventually add some additional features and shortcuts. This editor is also useful for me to q

It's a good feeling, but very surreal, too, to be "done" with SS.

I am working on a sort of postmortem to describe what I've learned from making SS. You know, what I think I got right and wrong, what I regret, what I'm proud of, that sort of thing. But I also wonder if you guys have any questions for me, like about why I made certain decisions. Or maybe if you are

This is why everything is always late! I think it would be hot for the player character to sometimes call Charlotte "mommy" but I bet half of you would die from cringe if that happened, so I made a customizable "pet name" system instead. Now the twelve of us who desperately want to call Charlotte "m

This is the artwork I've decided on. I made some tiny additional edits, but it's mostly option #3, as presented in the poll. The update will be coming this weekend sometime for patrons! The free edition will be getting the update one week later! Outsider Artisan (@outsiderartisan.itch.io) (bluesky)

I'm currently testing things. This testing may take some time because, boy oh boy, is NG+ gonna need thorough testing. Since this update is a big deal, I want to release it with some fanfare, so it may take a bit before I actually set a release date. But I thought I'd let you all know that we've hit

When v0.1.0 of Hex releases, you'll be able to toggle the seasonal events on and off in the settings. This will make all previously released seasonal live events available to play. I plan to add new live events from time to time, usually for holidays or seasons. These events will become available au

I'm not the most active twitter user, but I don't plan to post there much anymore, if at all. I'm moving over to bluer pastures, so to speak. Also bsky has a functional embed, so once I get a decent backlog of... uh... bl... sk... skeets? Once I have a decent backlog of posts I'll embed that into my

Starting in v1.0.0, new game + will become available as soon as you finish the main storyline. You will be able to start the mode from your home; the option will appear right under the “reflect on your adventure” option. What carries over: Your G, tiaras, unlocked outfits, and the butt plug. All of

One of the main post-game modes in SS will be exploring the otherworld, where you'll be accosted by enemies, propositioned for sex by lunatics, and happen upon the occasional treasure for free. Each "expedition" into the otherworld requires an increasing amount of G, starting at the humble 10G, but

Patch is done, I'm currently testing stuff, so it'll be in your hands soon!

I wanted to release it before Christmas since it contains a Christmas outfit, but that obviously didn't wind up happening, sorry! :( Version 0.15.3 will come out next week (or so) and include one or two new debtor's prison vignettes, the final set of story endings, and probably a few other small thi

I'm monitoring the situation. Apparently, shit-tier company BrandShield which uses "AI" to "protect" copyrighted content contacted Itch's registrar to take the entire website down because some game page mentioned funko pops or something, and no one at any point of this process thought, "hey isn't AI