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New update to the THE LAST COURT remake (demake?) is out. It fixes a few issues and adds some cool little features, hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1 is now sitting at ~21,880 words! That's a little less than where I wanted to be, but I should be able to make up the difference in the next few weeks.

Here's a snippet:

nice save

Not a single path is finished, but at this point I'm exhausted and my enthusiasm for this project has died.

So, here's the link

And now I'm going back into isolation.

Something that I've only recently realized is just how stacked this month seems to be when it comes to IF updates. And there might even be more that I don't know about, considering I've been too busy typing to browse the community a lot. So, in the event that any of my followers aren't aware of some of these soon to be released/updated IFs I just wanted to bring it to your attention, so here we go:

@midnighthostifs has mentioned putting out chapter 2 of Cold Mountain. They have more than one IF by the way, so check them out for a lot of content!

@costasul-if recently said that they'd be getting out chapter one of their story, they even already have it out for beta testers!

@fleshrevival also said they aim to have their own demo released before the end of June. They're even already going through the code last I checked.

@spies-if already has a release date for the 21st of this month.

Edit: @thistimeitsdifferent--if, I've just been made aware that this fella also plans to release on the 23rd of this month as well!

And then myself. Even though I don't have a solid date right now. So correct me if I'm wrong but that's six different IFs that will likely release this month (And that's only the ones I know of)! They're blogs that have been pushing me to write as incessantly as I have been because the quality of their own projects made me realize that I need to step my game up.

Holy moly, I'm on here with such amazing IF Authors!!!! Everyone, go check out these IF's!!!!!!!!!

Our old rec lists are getting revamped! Over the next few weeks, we will be posting updated rec lists derived from the previous ones!

As a reminder - this post is continuously updated so feel free to post more recs in the notes! Additionally, we are a small team so please be kind while informing us in case you notice any mistakes!

As announced at the beginning of the month, you can now play the entirety of Blood of the Living's ninth chapter, which as it so happens is the penultimate one.

Basically, some stuff happens, and then you can have some feelings about it. Or, if that stuff doesn't happen for you, you can have feelings about other stuff that's already happened. Or both. Feel what you feel, deity of Spring. Who knows? Maybe some of the characters will give you even more things to feel some kind of way about.

Our old rec lists are getting revamped! Over the next few weeks, we will be posting updated rec lists derived from the previous ones!

As a reminder - this post is continuously updated so feel free to post more recs in the notes! Additionally, we are a small team so please be kind while informing us in case you notice any mistakes!

The new public update is out now!

The newly edited chapter 3 has now been added to the public demo. There are many re-written scenes, and some completely new scenes. (I recommend checking out Quinn's former lover branch!)

To celebrate the public update, there's a sale on my Patreon for the smut tier (which includes over 150k words of smut). You'll get 25% off if you use the code 25D14 by next Monday. Also, for your information, the Patreon demo is already at the last chapter. I'm going to finish this thing! 💪

The update is out and available here in early access to all paid tiers! :) Adds ~13,500 words and includes:

board The Marianne

meet Prince/ss Kieran, Nihm, L, and Alektis

adds codex portraits for Kieran and L. Nihm's codex portrait will be redone and added later, along with Alektis' and Luca's

With the early access update out, the public demo will be updated Wednesday, June 24th! 🎉💖🐛

if you didn't know, ren'py Tom, the creator of Renpy, made a post a few hours ago about how he uses AI to develop Renpy--he's been doing it since 2021, a little after i first started using it.

being strongly against AI, this one has hit me HARD. i think it's important for software developers to be transparent about their usage of AI so that the people that are considering using their software can choose what to do.

well, we were not given that choice, were we? if i knew, i, personally, would have already changed engines.

i'm still a bit lost and really upset, since I just finished my import/export tool for LtGBtK/WtDLtK, the "build a save" tool is roughly in half, and I'm not sure how to move forward.

i'll continue following the discussion and waiting for a response from Tom. within this one, there's also a larger discussion about AI usage on software development in general and how difficult it is to escape it nowadays--but what does that mean? simply accepting that this is the new normal is *exactly* what would MAKE it the new normal, and I don't *want* it to be.

i'm ONE developer, working solo on every single part of this project, but one can't turn their morals on/off when it's convenient, so while changing engines at this point would be **extremely** difficult and time-consuming for me, it's not off the table yet.

i'll keep you all posted.

big hugs,

Ligia

Hi Anon!

We thought we had a rec list for that one, but turns out we didn't!

Here are some games where you can play as a vampire:

Completed

Vampire’s Kiss by Heart’s Choice [Steam]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road by Kyle Marquis [COG]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Parliament of Knives by Jeffrey Dean [COG]

So, About Last Night by Elissa Black [itch.io]

Too Different by @specterwrites [COG] [vampirish option for MC]

WIP

Thicker Than by @barbwritesstuff [sequel to Blood Moon where you play as a werewolf]

Through Death We Become by @ethersic [itch.io] [game jam submission]

Wolfsbane by @wolfsbane-if [COG] [you play as a hunter but can be turned into a vampire, i believe]

Moonlight by @moonlight-if-knight

Blood Choke by @blood-choke

Neverland by @neverland-if

Possible Hiatus

These Crimson Strings by @thesecrimsonstrings-if [last active in october 2024]

Water to Blood by @veirsewrites [last active in december 2025]

Ab Sanguis by @ab-sanguis [hiatus post]

Sleepless Angels by @sleeplessangelsgame [possible hiatus, last active in march 2022]

Bloody Desires: The Cure by @bloodydesires-if [possible hiatus, last active in january 2025]

Mending Yesterday by @moonlightpeddler [last active in august 2025]

Cover Art by defenestratin

UPDATED CoGDemo link: Here

Link to Beta Chapters and Demo: Here

Asks are OPEN for bug/error reports only. I am NOT answering situational/character Asks at this time. You can send them, however, and I will revisit those at a later date. 

Welcome to the peculiar hamlet of Little Porthecrawl, a town with dark origins and the curious quality of sharing two realities.

An illness with eerie similarities to a plague long-past is spreading throughout your hometown. When a malevolent figure from the past appears, questions arise as to the genesis of the epidemic and the nature of a mysterious deal made by your ancestors to stop its spread. Question the stories you have been told all your life or support the traditions that have protected the families of Little Porthecrawl for generations. You, along with a group of strangers, hold the town’s continued existence in your hands.

Trapped in time for two hundred and fifty years, Porthecrawl’s colonial ancestors have watched as modernity has improved the lives of their descendants. But something is challenging the past as an enigmatic figure emerges from the shadows, intent on saving his people from a sweeping plague - and quite possibly condemning yours in the process. Secrets can’t stay hidden forever, and Little Porthecrawl’s are starting to whisper from the town’s ancient shadows.

Challenge tradition or support it. The choice is yours, along with the consequences.

This is a character-driven, text-based interactive novel that focuses on building relationships to uncover the mysteries in the town of Little Porthecrawl. The game is designed so that multiple playthroughs are required in order to reveal the grander story. It is a game for those who enjoy relationships and dialog over stats-based adventures. 

This game is intended only for adult audiences. A list of content warnings can be found in the demo link.

MAGES. and Spike Chunsoft have released a new trailer for STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT introducing the “Gamma Worldline” route—a new story route created for the game.

Here is an overview of the new route, via Spike Chunsoft:

About the Additional Route

After enduring countless brutal ordeals, protagonist Rintaro Okabe finds himself cast into a new worldline. In this world, the time machine was never completed, and D-Mails, messages capable of altering the past, do not exist. Vastly diverging from the worldline he knows, Okabe struggles to comprehend the situation. Seeking help, he rushes to the lab, only to be met with hostile stares from the very lab members who should be his friends. In this additional route, the story depicts a Gamma Worldline, where the persona of Hououin Kyouma, the driving force behind the main story, never existed. Instead, Okabe dirties his hands alongside Moeka Kiryu and is confronted with loneliness and despair. A new kind of brutality, unlike anything seen before, awaits both Rintaro Okabe and the player.

We invite you to see this story through to its end.

STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam on August 20 in Japan. The Xbox Series and PC versions will launch on the same day in the west, while the PlayStation 5, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, and Switch versions will launch on October 29.

Watch the trailer below. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.

New Route Intro Trailer

English

Japanese