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The Proteus Effect 10.0.2

Greetings! This is a bugfix update to 10.0, but it does (re-)add one feature: lighting. A couple of scenes in 10.0 look much better with lighting on, so now you’ll get to see them the way they we...

The Proteus Effect 10.0.1

I apologize for spamming you like this. I was made aware of a serious bug in which the second Oracle scene (from 10.0) plays when the first one should (from 0.8, on Shiri's quest.) That's a pretty ...

Former Supporters and 10.0

If you were a $5+ supporter at any point since December, I pledged to provide you 10.0, and I intended to honor that commitment. At this point, I think I’ve provided it to everyone whoâ€...

The Proteus Effect 10.0 is Released!

Greetings! It’s taken a long, long time, but The Proteus Effect 10.0 is finally done. I won’t say it’s been worth the wait, but it’s done, and I like it. First, the link, and then a few wor...

The Proteus Effect 0.9.8 Public Release

I’m uploading 10.0 for supporters right now, so that means it’s time to publicly release 0.9.8! In this release, a new district opens in Ogremarsh, and an old friend(?) unexpectedly arrive...

Bugs

A quick update: the final polishing phase is taking longer than I’d expected because I’ve ran into a few bugs. I have one major one taken care of (for now,) but the other is more serious and co...

Starting Final Testing

I've completed everything for Chapter 10 and am now beginning the final testing/editing phase. I really wanted to have it done before the end of the month, but I wasn't quite able to make it.
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Still Alive, and Update

Greetings! I’m still alive and working on the game, but I’m afraid the release still isn’t done. My best estimate for when it will be is toward the middle of next month. My track record for e...

Still Not Done... and Ukraine

Greetings! I'm still alive; I'm very sorry for not posting for quite a while. In truth, I didn't really know what to say - I'm still not done with the release. I continue to work on it, but my prod...

Boss Fight and News

Warning: minor spoilers in the video!

Now that that’s out of the way: greetings! I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that the release isn’t done yet. I’m not sure if I’ll b...

Needs More Work

Greetings! I hope this post finds you well. As probably doesn’t surprise you, the release isn’t yet done. I’m still at work on it and don’t have anything particularly interesting to report....

The Proteus Effect 0.9.8

Before I get your hopes up - no, this isn’t the new release. This is the (hopefully? finally?) last bugfix release for 0.9. Before I get into it, though, here are the links:

2022-01-23 11:59:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Happy New Year!

Greetings! First, I want to wish all of you a happy new year! Hopefully this will be a year of growth and good fortune for all of us. So celebrate, have some fun, and get ready for the year ahead!<...

Merry Christmas!

Greetings!

I hope you've all enjoyed Christmas, and had lots of fun with family and friends! Or if not, I hope you at least spent some time relaxing and enjoying yourself. I hope Santa was ki...

The Proteus Effect 0.9.7

Greetings! Before I get your hopes up, this is not the next story/content release, this is the final version of the current release. First, the links:

2021-12-16 06:06:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Checking In

Greetings! There aren't any milestones to share, but I did want to let you know that I'm still at work on the next release, and it doesn't yet look like there's going to be a delay. I'll l...

0.10 Tentative Release Date (Also: Jammies)

Greetings! It's about time to put a date on the wall for 0.10's release, so here it is: December 22. This is a tentative release date, so it's possible the release will be delayed, but eve...

The Quest to Finish the Quest

Greetings! There aren't any major milestones to report, but I wanted to check in with all of you - and give you another teaser for the upcoming H-scene ;) Work continues on The Hell's quest; I'd ho...

Yulia

Greetings! Though I've mostly been working on non-art stuff, I did finish Yulia's character design and thought it might be fun to share. Yulia, as you may recall, is part of The Hell, the ...

The H-Scene (Again)

Greetings! First, I want to say I’m very sorry for the long delay in posting. As is usually the case when you don’t hear from me for a while, I was working on something that I wanted to have fi...

The H-Scene

Greetings! Work continues on the H-scene - the good news is that the art's done, but I'm still in the middle of writing. In celebration of the art being complete, I figured you might like to see a ...

H-Scene Work, Hair Fixes

Greetings! Work continues on 0.10; since the last update, mostly on H-scene images. There's 6 left to finish now, not counting postwork; I'd hoped to be about done with them by now, but it's taking...

A Likely Story!

Greetings! Work continues on 0.10; I've been dividing development time roughly 50/50 between working on the long quest and working on H-scene images. The above is one of the scene's early images - ...

Warlocks Never Forgive

Greetings! I'm sorry for the delay in posting... as happens with me a lot, I said: "I'll post the update as soon as I'm done with this thing" - usually something specific I want to share with you -...

The Proteus Effect 0.9.6 is Released!

Greetings! I'm pretty happy about this release, but I want to make clear it doesn't have any new content. This release was mostly about improving stability, adding a new feature, and fixing bugs (i...

Writing Update; One More 0.9 Release On The Way

Greetings! Progress continues, and this week's post is mostly about the writing. But first there's a little to cover about the freezing and crashing problems some people are experiencing, so let's ...

Poll: Freezes/Crashes

Greetings! I'm sorry to bug you about this again so soon. I'm trying to figure out how widespread this freezing/crashing problem is, and whether or not it increased in 0.9. I think it did, but it w...

Help Needed: Stability Testing

Greetings! I'll be posting a progress update in a few days, but I'm writing now to ask for assistance testing something for the game. The 0.9 series of releases has seen far more complaints about s...

Art Stuff

Greetings! I apologize for the delay, I've been working on some art stuff, and I wanted to finish it before posting so I could share it with you! The big news on my end is that the new computer is ...

Writing Process

Greetings! Writing continues, and though I don't have any major milestones to report, I did want to let you know I'm still at work, and also share a few things with you. This post is mostly tl;dr, ...