Weekly Update - 30/06/18

Happy Saturday all!

Not much to report today. I've taken some time off writing this week after 0.4.0 released, but I'll be getting back into rhythm of things on Monday. I may not do as much as I had planned in 0.4.1, as I'd rather not keep you guys waiting another month for new content. I'd rather release new stuff in smaller batches personally, so I'll see what I have ahead of me and prioritise content to get a release to you guys sometime mid July.

Have a good weekend everyone (:

Lapis xx

Rags to Riches 0.4.0b

Hello!

Just a couple of bug fixes in this update. Thanks to everyone that pointed them out, it's very much appreciated!

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Lapis

Rags to Riches 0.4.0 + Public Poll

Hello!

It's finally ready; thank you for your patience! I am also starting another public poll, information at the bottom.

If you want to support the development of the game, you can pledge to me on patreon and get to see some work-in-progress scenes before anyone else!

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We're finally getting into the castle now, so here are all the ways of getting inside:

• Seduce your way into the castle! Talk to Elias and he'll come up with his plan to get you inside. Introduced as Elias's brother, you can seduce the captain of the guard and get permanent access to his quarters, and the rest of the castle. This is currently the only way to get permanent access to the castle, but I hope to rectify that in the coming weeks.
• Smuggle your way into the castle! Talk to Silas and he'll come up with his plan to get you inside. He's come up with a new transformation spell that will turn you into a feral version of your current form. Smuggled in as a horse, no-one will be any the wiser once you're inside. Just wait in the stables for a little bit until the transformation wears off and you're good to go. I should emphasise that there is no lewdness associated with the animal TF.
• Corrupt your way into the castle! Corrupt Ricard and he'll come up with his plan to get you inside. In the disguise of a prisoner, your corrupted guard will walk you right through the gates! There's a little opportunity for some lewd action with the wolf once you're inside too... For now, there is no corruption material once you're inside the castle, but I hope to change this in version 0.4.1.

These routes are not mutually exclusive, so you can do all of them on the same game! It is possible to get in using exclusively M/M or exclusively M/F scenes, but the latter has less options. To avoid M/M content and get in the castle, you must break in via Silas after acquiring a horse transformation from Kyrin, a new character. Speaking of new characters, here's a list of everyone new to meet:

• Captain Kruiss (Dragon) - I planned to add him a long time ago, but now he's finally here! Kruiss is a black dragon, the captain of the guard. You can meet him through Elias's heist plan.
• Aihla (Dragon) - The captain's wife. You can find her sleeping with the servants in the castle. It's a happy marriage. Not much lewd content with her just yet, sorry! Expect it next time.
• Hura (Eagle) - Hura is an exiled priest who will be drinking away his sorrows in the castle's Mess Hall. Go and comfort him!
• Kyrin (Horse) - Kyrin is Yulius's kitchen assistant, and may now be encountered in a random event when navigating around Ighena after you meet her in Yulius's Kitchen. The shy horse has an unexpected side to her...
• Dungeon Master (Bear) - Get caught trespassing in the castle and you'll get thrown in with this musky ursine. This content was a commission from a patron; you can commission your own character through my patreon.

This update also has some additional new content outside of these new main characters:

• Transform into an Eagle or a Dragon! Collect the essence from the relevant species to unlock, then talk to Rache.
• Aihla's servants. For 6 gold, you can spend the night with one of Aihla's servants. I hope to add more in the future, but right now this includes Yuki, a sheep boy, and Phie, a ferret girl.
• Aihla's clients. Aihla also offers to let you sell yourself to her clients for money. You'll be paid more depending on your species. Certain species may even get tips from certain clients. For now, there is only one client, but there will certainly be more to come!
• Random town events. While you're navigating around town, you have a small chance of running into one of these! More will unlock based on the characters you've met. Only a few to see for now, but I'll gradually add more of these.
• Hyena revenge. The hyena in the alleys can now get a taste of his own medicine! He'll be very intimidated if you run into him in the form of a dragon, and then you'll have the opportunity to turn the tables on him. Includes an optional watersports ending, only if you have the setting turned on from drinking in the bar previously.
• Bug fixes! Thanks to everyone that helped find them! Please let me know if you find any more.

Scene of interest counter: 28 M/M - 9 M/F - 2 F/F - 4 Other - 8 Furry TF

Fetishes included: submission and domination, crossdressing, feet, musk, hypnosis, corruption, incest, watersports, gender TF, animal TF

Phew! This was a big update, I really hope you all enjoy it!

PUBLIC POLL ROUND TWO

Time for another public poll! This will be to decide the species of a new female character, Marri, a merchant who you will be able to purchase things from in the castle. There will be lewdness available with her, and I have her species down to three options: Mouse, Bird, or Fox. The poll will be available on my patreon to everyone, check it out here. I tried a google form last time, with the intent of making it available without signing in to allow everyone to vote, but because of multiple voting, I'll be using patreon's system instead to hopefully avoid that issue.

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I'll take a break for a few days where I probably won't do any writing. If any bugs are found in those days I'll post a fix on or before Tuesday. The next update (0.4.1) will add a couple more characters into the castle including Marri and, as promised, a dominant tiger. After you've slept with him, you will also be able to transform into a tiger. Besides new characters, I will also being adding new scenes to existing characters, specifically relating to corruption and hypnosis.

Enjoy the new update!

Lapis

Tweet Tweet

Hello!

So, I've started up a twitter account aaand to be perfectly honest I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing with it. At the very least, I'll be posting updates about the game there too, so if you would like to follow me and get updates via twitter, it's @lapislutrine. Right now it's looking pretty barren though.

Promise the new update is very close now! Hold tight xx

Lapis

Weekly Update - 16/06/18 - Nearly there!

Hi everyone!

Version 0.4.0 is almost complete. I've got a few more scenes to finish up and then I'll test it in full, make sure everything's working, and hopefully have a release ready by this time next week. At the very latest, I expect to be able to release it by the 27th June, but ideally it will be sometime over the next seven days. Thank you all for your patience!

Have a good weekend!

Lapis

Weekly Update - 09/06/18

Hello all!

Version 0.4.0 is coming together nicely. Most of the pieces are pretty much put together, it's simply a case of finishing off all the lewd content ready for release. This is quite a sizeable update, so I'm sure you'll enjoy it when it's finally ready. I'm considering leaving off Kyrin and returning to her in 0.4.1, but I'll see how things go. I'm trying to balance working on this and work in my real life, so progress is kinda slow right now. Sorry about that, but I do need to prioritise other things this month! My aim is to finish this update by the end of June at the absolute latest, but I really hope it will be done in the next couple of weeks. I hope it will be worth the wait!

If you have any questions, suggestions or other feedback, I'd love to hear it! You can comment here or message me privately on reddit (/u/LapisLutrine) or on patreon (link here). Your feedback is genuinely so encouraging, and I have to thank all of you who have talked to me and supported me over the past couple of months. By playing, pledging, reviewing, or even just chatting with me about the game, your interest as a community has really pushed me forward. Building this game is my hobby, and so I absolutely love to talk about it! I hope you'll all enjoy the next update as much as I've enjoyed creating it!

Have a great weekend!

Lapis

Weekly Update - 02/06/18

Happy Saturday everyone!

Version 0.4.0 is coming along nicely! I'm not sure when it will be ready, but hopefully it will be sometime later this month.

The new update will see the player inside the castle for the first time, as has been planned for a while now. I figure I'd use this weekly update to talk about plans thereafter.

I always use a new middle number (0.2.0, 0.3.0, 0.4.0) when there's a significant drop of new content. For 0.2.0, this was the Moonstone Quarter, 0.3.0 had the cult and 0.4.0 will have the castle. My plans after the castle are pretty loose, but here's about where I am:

0.4.0 - The Castle
0.5.0 - Deeper in the castle - the Throne Room and the Treasury
0.6.0 - Wrap up the main storyline

0.5.0 will further the main story as we meet the royal family in the castle and get towards finding Fel's Tiara. Then I will finish that off in 0.6.0.

By 0.6.0, I imagine that all the characters I want will be in the game. The story will close and I can turn my attention to expanding the world I've built up to that point. Therefore, after that update I will be focusing on developing individual storylines, each character's own story. This will come with more lewd content too, of course.

Looking more short term, 0.4.0 is planned to have at least one update after it before 0.5.0, in which I will expand the corruption content in the game, especially within the castle.

Hopefully this time next week, I'll have a better idea as to when 0.4.0 will be ready.

For now, I hope you have a good weekend!

Lapis