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Thistlemine Bouquet

Translations are about 95% finished. Might be done this month, I don't know. Once everything is cleared out, there's JP playtesting, further bugfixing, an...

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Thistlemine Bouquet:
- It's still being held hostage by the local translator
- Translation is 70% done, currently stopped at Astr Glass Eyes
- Because that section is an a...

Thistlemine Graveyard (Prototype v0.1)

The prototype for Thistlemine Graveyard is ready to be played.

Current features:
- A full-length prototype build of the first scenario
- Mildred's Fragment Economy and Portier's Logisti...

Unscheduled Update (v1.11 "Rift")

Major changes:
- 90% of Glass Eye descriptions have been rewritten, alongside some dialogue
- The Black Watch Rift has been added

Minor fixes:
- Changed some of Yse...

Thistlemine Patreon Build v1.08

End of the line. Good luck, and have fun. Steam release soon.

The final act, the End Garden, has been cut due to the scale of it doubling the size of the base game. I'd hope ...

New Ambience Crossfade

Thistlemine's soundscape has been altered to reflect the setting and tone a little better. Less gamey than before, but it should make it more pleasant to navigate through the puzzles. Especially wh...

Final Days

Ironing out the bugs and finishing up what's necessary. May be done at the end of this month or early next month. I'll see if I can distribute the English version to Patrons early as its still bein...

Progress Update (That patreon apparently didn't post in December)

Seinneia's theme finally came in, composed by かたほとり and sung by 愛原圭織. I've been a fan of their work since プチリズムCHU and the formation of ちぃむｄｍｐ☆ back in lik...

Wrapping things up.

It only took 16 months and 7000 drawings.

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Astr Underground and the Light Garden have undergone extreme changes.

- All of the Astr sisters now have a second phase
- Many have been buffed slightly
- Most Astr attack patterns have...

Progress Update

And some banners.

New enemies added:

Cosmoira Auri

Miasma Wraith

General changes:

- Added variation to Valka's summoning patterns

- Hidden ...

Progress Update

Several new animations added for a number of attacks. And the soundtrack for the Light Garden has been completed, entirely done by the wonderful kidlit.

There's not much to write aside from d...

Thistlemine v0.9 Update

The primary showcase for this update is the revamped tutorial area, item upgrades, stat rebalances, and the opened solo route. 2 super bosses have been added, one optional with her own puzzle area,...

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New enemies added:

Stalker Suri

Stalker Fiora

Stalker Quincy

Anomalis Quincy

New area added:

Somni's Maze

Major changes:

- The ...

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New enemies added:

Rootlass Sisters (Rootlass, Dire Rootlass, Splinter)

Stalkers

Excavator Rui

New items added:

Small Cosmo Artifact

Red Cosmo Artifac...

Thistlemine v0.8 Release

Thistlemine is now playable from beginning to end. There's still a lot of placeholders present, and plenty of polishing that still needs to be done, especially in the alternate routes. It is, howev...

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New enemies added:

Astr Potatoes (Meiana, Meia)

Astr Idols (Seinneia, Rinneia)

Astr Mions (Mionrainn, Miongardi, Mionion)

Astr Guardians (Rainareia, Hildegarde)

Astr I...

Thistlemine v0.6.1 Extended Demo

Download here! 

The normal route and solo route should work fine. Altern...

Rosebell / Buff Sample

Still working out the legibility of the buff text, but overall it's working all right.

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New enemies added:

Roselin Sisters (Naira, Taira, Kaira, Misaira)

Rosebell Sisters (Airesma, Airesfa, Airesca)

Rosebell Siorare

Carregia Canoinn

Chiribita+

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Roses Yselle / Rhizanthella Underground

Both Roses and Ladders alongside Rhizanthella Underground should be finished sometime during February. A new demo is scheduled to be out around March 2.

Unused Track / A Long Battle

I spent a month composing a single song only to find it has no practical use presently.

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Roses and Ladders

- Third area now "blunders" after 8 inputs to force players to restart the puzzle and prevent players from being stuck in the looping trap for too long

- Fixed a metri...

Cosmo Crossroads Theme

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- Added the Cosmo Crossroads

- The Cosmo Crossroads has been greatly expanded and improved from the prototype counterpart

- Instead of following the path from one check point to the nex...

Thistlemine PROTOTYPE

The prototype of the game. It's buggy as all hell and more or less a thing of pure comedy, but it outlines what to expect in the later parts of the game. Whatever psychological damage you receive i...