VN Ren'Py Tail Saga: The Princess Apprentice [v5.2] (Overclock Studios)

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Our first wave of exclusive merch is here!



Finally! The design work for our merch items is complete!

Let's talk about how you're able to get them!

1. You'll earn the merch just by being a patron supporter of the tier containing the merch for 3 months, in a row. Just think of it as paying bit by bit for the merch over time and it allows time for the item to be made.

2. You'll get the merch delivered to you after the 3 months period. The merch itself will be sent at no extra delivery cost and will ship globally. Make sure to fill out your delivery address in your patreon profile settings!

3. Once you've earned the items. No merch will be sent afterwards until the new merch gets released.

To give everybody plenty of time to get the items, this merch will only be available until January 2022, new items will be available on February 2022.

Obviously we plan to increase the frequency of merch as well, as we get more patron supporters and demand.

If you join the patron supporter tiers now, you'll be able to get the merch by March!

We hope you all love the designs as much as we do, and thanks in advance if you ever decide to support us! Means a lot to us and it helps us get closer to being able to make Tail Saga full time!

You can get a closer look at the items on our page

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[general akil]

Let's just say there's both?

so both of them are futa right

 

[DeadPotato]

so both of them are futa right

The only futa character in the game *as of right now* is the POV character, Alexandra.

 

[DeadPotato]

I've been told, a large portion of you don't like how the merch is done currently, with the 3 month Patreon tier thing.

The current Patreon merch program will still stay up for the time being, until next year where I will discontinue it.

More importantly...
Merch Store is Up! As of right now the shirt designs are available for order, available in 5 different types and in a lot of different colors! No more waiting for 3 months to get a T-Shirt!

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Buying merch will help support us making the game!

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Weekly Update News #30



It's been a while since the last post, so I thought that I should give a little update on how things are going with the next version of the game.

We're currently aiming to release Chapter 2 start to finish in 1 single update. That means a lot of content, at once. That also means a lot of artwork to complete as well, but that's coming along at a pretty steady pace too. This might change if there's problems down the line and we'll release it in 2 parts but hopefully it won't come to that.

Some talk about the merch! We have a proper merch store

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! I would like to share some physical pictures of the shirts but I'm still waiting on my samples to arrive. Do check it out though, the design is available on multiple colors and fabric types!

That's it, till next time!

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Update News #31



Once again, I'm back with a post about how things are going with v4.0!

The plan to release Chapter 2 start to finish in 1 single update is still pretty much in play. We have a lot of content (artwork) to make, but I think it's going to be a more satisfying experience overall! I wish I can give a solid release date but I don't want to rush it only having to patch in better artwork later on (like in v2.0).

Next up, call it a new 'feature' or just general polish. I'm adding image pop ups. The one in the left screenshot is used to show small details in the background/environment by having an image pop up in the middle of the screen. The middle screenshot is used to show a character's reaction to something when other character is speaking. I think it adds a lot to the experience with relatively little work, and that's pretty cool!

I'm also been experimenting with animated sprites (30 fps or so), you may or may not see some if you're in our Discord channel or following our patron-only posts. Still am not sure if it's viable to make for the game (we already have our hands full with work already at the moment).

That's it, see you next time!

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[RhapsodicHotShot]

I really like the art style of your game, its cute and has the necesarry sexiness during the scenes.

 

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Update News #32



Time for another update news! It's been a while since the last update post, so here's another! Yes, we are working on the next update, surely but slowly!

A lot of progress has been made but there are still a lot more to go! For the most part it's character design/asset related work left to be completed. While the background art takes the longest to make, character design definitely takes the cake when it comes to the amount of overall work needed.

There's nothing really important to announce here, this is just a monthly check-in post, I guess.

That's it, see you next time! Hopefully, with an actual release date!

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Update News #33 - WE GOT GAME MECHANICS!



Time for a big announcement and to show what we've been working on all this time!

We're looking for testers to get feedback on this, so please join our Discord

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to get access to it as soon as it's available!

This is a minigame/game mode where you get to touch and feel up the characters!

You have to be careful and think carefully where and how to touch. Touch them in the wrong way and you'll suffer the consequences. Touch them right and you might even get something at the end of it!

The more you touch them, the more places you can touch, and the more ways you can touch them with!

The characters will also be talking to each other during the entire sequence, either automatically triggered dialogue depending on where you touched, or manually selecting a topic to talk about.

As for the release schedule, we're planning to release v4.0 once the game mode is tested and the first level is completed. In other words, very very soon! C:

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[DariusD]

Any update?

 

[DeadPotato]

Any update?

Sorry, we're still working on it.

A few of us in the team are dealing with IRL problems and can't commit time to work on the game as much as we like to. ;[

 

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Update News #34 - Some Stuff We Been Up to Recently



It's been a while, sorry for the relative silence!

We've been working on/experimenting with the minigame mechanics, as lightly discussed in the last Update News post.

Thanks to all the testers in our Discord server for giving feedback but unfortunately we decided to shelve the feature, for now. The minigame itself doesn't work as well as we initially thought, even after weeks of adjustment it's still not as fun as we thought.

If its not fun, then the game is better off not having it. I think that's for the best. Though if you're curious, the test version is still available to download in our Discord channel, somewhere! Though I do not recommend it, it's just not good.

Not everything we made during the past month(s) is shelved though, the in-game user interface has received a facelift, and looks/works a lot better now, especially on mobile phone screens!

So... yeah! That's about it! v.4.0 is at it's final-ish phase of development now, removing the entire minigame segment has created some more work, unfortunately, but we're working on it!

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[DariusD]

Hi can you give any update?

 

[DeadPotato]

Hi can you give any update?

Expect an update coming in these few weeks!
Everyone in the team has been pretty busy but we're getting close to finishing the next update!

 

[DariusD]

Sooooooo any update?

 

[anonomous87465]

Sooooooo any update?

No, if you check itch.io there was suppose to be, but check patreon. They should have gotten it earlier if it was ready, they did not. It likely needs a little more polish, but because I am not a patreon I can't see the weekly sneak peak, that was done today.

 

[DeadPotato]

Sooooooo any update?

I wish I can give a date on when it'll be out, but I don't wanna make dates I can't keep, y'know?
I'm currently aiming for this week or next week, but I'm honestly not certain. Been pretty busy with that IRL stuff that I have to prioritize over this.

 

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Update News #35 - Version 4.0 and what to expect!



Signs of life! Yes, we are still working on the game! It's just that things have been tough and there's some IRL circumstances that made it even more difficult finding time to work on this. That being said, let's get on with it!

What's coming in v4.0

Changes and improvements to the UI



- Brand new new quick menu interface is finished and implemented! This is a highly requested feature, so I'm glad to be able to make it work the way I wanted it to!



- Codex screen user interface improvements, minor tweaks to improve usability.



- Rescaled and tweaked the UI of the Pocket Edition to be much more mobile friendly as the UI was taking up more space on the screen than intended.

Key bindings fix and redone controller support
- Added a screen to check key bindings and controls in-game.
- New key bindings should be similar to typical visual novel style controls now. For example, pressing ESC will open up the Settings menu, instead of opening up the Save menu.
- Controller key bindings are redone for ease of use.
- The controller support is available in the pocket version as well.



Story content v4.0 will contain half of Chapter 2, but it's actually almost as long as the previous chapter, Chapter 1.

The game mechanics and minigame modes as previously discussed and teased will be shelved indefinitely because its really clunky and not fun (thanks to the feedback from our testers). Developing a prototypes for it has taken up more than that I imagined it would, might revisit it in the future if I have the time.

We're currently making huge changes to the supporter tiers, to cut down on general bloat and introduce new rewards. So for the time being, we don't have a release date, but hopefully this post will serve to let you all know what we been up to.

There will be a follow up post (or two) in the coming week/weeks. Where I will be announcing and implementing the supporter tier changes, as well as proper release dates for v4.0!

Note: The weekly supporter exclusive sneak peek posts will be on hold for a while until the new supporter tier changes are implemented/updated!

That's it for now! Please look forward to the release, coming soon!

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Major Changes to the Supporter Tiers and More...!



Heya! In the effort to reduce bloat and confusion as well as to introduce new rewards, we're making drastic changes to the supporter tiers!

Don't worry about the new rewards, I'll explain those later, after the tiers overview.

Now, let's go over the changes!

Tier 1 - Basic
You get...
- Sneak peeks. Keep up with the latest development!
- Access to exclusive supporter-only posts.
- WIPs of that month's upcoming art pack release! As well access to the occasional special posts and artwork.
- Vote in polls for certain content.
- Your name listed in the credits section!
- Our undying love and thanks!

Tier 2 - Standard
You get all the rewards of previous tier and...
- Early Access to the latest version of the game, 7+ days earlier!
- Exclusive art pack, every month!
- Access to the art pack archive and folders.

Tier 3 - Plus
You get all the rewards of previous tiers and...
- Special variants of the art pack! Watermark free, native resolution, textless and more!
- Access to the special art pack archive and folders.
- Access to game artwork archives, containing all the art we've used in our games. (2k, 4K resolution or higher, desktop quality backgrounds and artwork)

Now, onto the new rewards!

What is the exclusive art pack?
In the past months, we realized that some members in our team had more to do, while some had less. So instead of idling and have weeks/months go by without any meaningful releases, we've decided to release an exclusive art pack to our supporters!

While it's currently not feasible for us to release a new content update to the game every single month, we can release a set of artwork, it will be either pinups, sketches, concept art, in-universe lore entries or even short comics.

What happens now to the existing tiers?
The current tiers will be redone and relabeled. There are no price changes, so don't worry about that. The other unused tiers will be hidden away.

Whoever has the old supporter tier roles in our Discord channel will have their roles reassigned to match the updated ones, as well as be given a Legacy Supporter role.

NOTE: The roles reassignment is done manually, so there might be mistakes. Please context any of us (users with Dev roles) in the Discord channel for support! We'll fix it immediately! Check out the new and refreshed supporter tiers and see for yourself!
Any bit of support is greatly appreciated and pushes us towards the goal of working on the project full time!

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That's all for now! A proper announcement post with the release dates for the game will be coming after I'm done with redoing/relabeling the tiers and making sure everybody has the proper roles given to them in the server.

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Release and Early Access Dates for v4.0!



Hey everyone! Here's the release and early access dates for v4.0!

Standard Tier supporters will have early access to the game at 24th December!
After 7 days, the game will then release on 31st December!

Get early access here, either one will do!
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The usual sneak peek posts will continue after the game's release! Thanks for your patience, please look forward to it!

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