Refuge of Embers

Version 0.23: Script increased to 61.434 words, plus a lot of existing story removed and rewritten Early story expansion and improved choice system focusing on Eryn's path New Raisa h-scene animation loops Version 0.22: Script increased to 55,819 words, plus a lot of existing story removed and rewritten About 15 images added, many fully animated, most on Eryn's path in act-1 Continued an ongoing major overhaul of the main story and romance paths Ongoing reduction of technical debt under the hood to speed up future updates Full new GUI and menu system with improved controller and handheld support Fixed major bugs like broken paths and crashes on start for some players Version 0.21: Script increased to 53,613 words New, improved, and expanded h-scenes for the gooning aficionados out there Version 0.20: Script increased to 44,740 words with additions to Raisa romance path New Raisa h-scene New character New locations Version 0.19: Script increased to 39,097 words with additions to Lucine romance path Added new Lucine animated h-scene (in the stable, 1 static scene, 2 loops, 2 climax animations) Added new main story scene (Murfi blocking road, 10 eyes, 11 mouths, 2 poses) Added new background burnt down mill stable New parallax animated scene (morning sky with clouds) Created sprite for Murfi with 3 eye options Added a new MC sprite pose (holding shirt) Added a new Aline sprite pose (holding MC's shirt) Updated gallery to have all scenes for the new act-2 characters Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations Version 0.18: Script increased to 34,729 words with additions to main story path Major story revision surrounding Remi in act-1 Added new Evana scene (bathing, 3 eyes, 4 mouths) Added new Evana scene (leaving hot spring, 2 poses, 4 eyes, 3 mouths, 1 effect) Added new main story scene (Remi training part-1, 4 poses) Added new main story scene (Remi training part-2, 3 new poses, 7 eyes, 11 mouths, 1 effect) Added new animated background temple bathhouse Added new background temple garden daytime (1 prop) Added new background temple garden night Added 2 new impact frames to the new training scenes Added new animated fog effect Added option at the end to jump back to see new content on existing save Fixed missing censor bar on some act-2 scenes Fixed a crash on Lucine's route Fixed a missing layer on Eryn's sprite Added flowing water sound effect for bathhouse Created sound packages for the new locations Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations Version 0.17: Script increased to 32,025 words with additions to Eryn romance path Added new static Eryn story scenes Added new Eryn animated h-scene (cowgirl scene, 3 animated loops and 2 optional climaxes) Added 1 new liminal scene A lot more small stuff, complete changelog coming later Version 0.16: Script increased to 28,763 words with additions to Lena romance path Added new Lena scene (laying on bed, 6 eyes, 5 mouths, 2 effects) Added new Lena animated h-scene (lodge above tavern, loop and climax) Version 0.15: Script increased to 24,741 words with additions to the Eryn romance path Added new Eryn scene (chatting in bed, 5 eyes, 9 mouths) Added new Eryn scene (sleeping together, 2 mouths) Added new Eryn scene (changing bandage) Added new Eryn scene (sleeping in the mill, 4 poses) Added new Eryn scene (Eryn pushing MC onto bed) Added new Eryn animated h-scene (temple bedroom, loop and climax) Reworked Eryn's face and body on her intro scene (4 eyes, 3 mouths, 2 poses) Reworked Eryn's face and body in creek undressing scene (2 eyes, 2 mouths, 2 poses) Reworked MC's face and body in creek undressing scene (3 eyes, 3 mouths, 2 poses) Reworked Eryn's face and body in first creek bath scene (7 eyes, 10 mouths, 2 hands) Reworked MC's face and body in first creek bath scene (4 eyes, 8 mouths, 3 hands) Added an animated water ripple effect to first creek bath scene Reworked MC's face and body in forest creature sighting scenes (3 eyes, 4 mouths) Optimized forest creature sighting animation in a way that makes more sense Added more choices to the early story to track choices Added the new scenes to the gallery and updated preview images for revised scenes Added new background throne room night (2 props) Added 2 water enter splash sound effects for creek scenes Added 2 water exit slosh sound effects for creek scenes Added creaky door open sound effect Added door closing sound effect Added log thud sound effect for Lena intro scene Implemented some early game rewritten sections with the new writing style Removed several boring and unnecessary liminal sequences from the story Fixed 1 major bug (missing choice tracking variable in act 1) Added the prologue day 0 and day 1 rewrite with more sprite animations Added new background props to slum background (supply delivery) Reworked all 31 Eryn sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, small fixes) Added 6 new Eryn sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy) Reworked several existing Eryn sprite mouths Major rework on Lena sprite (lowered neck, repainting) Reworked or remade all 16 Lena sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, fixes) Major rework on all 5 Lena sprite arms Reworked Lena sprite hair Added 7 new Lena sprite mouths (4 open normal, 3 open slightly happy) Major rework on Lucine sprite (lowered neck, smaller forehead, repainting) Reworked all 19 Lucine sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, small fixes) Added 6 new Lucine sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy) Reworked shirts on Lucine sprite Reworked socks on Lucine sprite to add thigh muffining Redesigned Aina sprite hair Reworked Aina sprite makeup and added freckles Added 9 new Aina sprite poses Rework on Raisa sprite (repainted the torso) Added 6 new Raisa sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy) Added bottom underwear to Raisa sprite Added more clothing variation options to Raisa in the gallery sprite viewer Reworked or remade several MC sprite mouths Added all new characters from Act-2 into the gallery Remade and streamlined pregnancy morphs and clothing on all sprites Added previously unused face animations to Lucine intro scene Added a darkness mask to beginning dream sequence that fades away Added sprite blush fade effect to make it less jarring Added flicker effect to the candle in the intro scene Added movement to MC sprite picking up and setting down firewood on day 1 Added firewood pick up and set down sound effect to day 1 Added cloth sound effect for MC and Eryn picking up towels Remade door closing sound effect Changed gallery unlock cheat code to something even more archaic Fixed glitchy timebase for background and sprite time of day fades Major revision to gallery code and gallery sprites Removed a metric piss ton of now unneeded gallery variables Added a dev mode to speed up face and pose animations Small and boring code changes to things like sprite names to stay consistent Updated game engine and broke everything, then unfuckulated it all again Changed ending text & stat screen to be controlled by variables instead of manual edits Fixed using the name Harth in the last Eryn h-scene instead of the player name variable Further optimizations from old png files to smaller lossless webp files Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations Version 0.14: Script increased to 22,153 words with additions to the main story line Added new animated Silva scene (descending lift, 10 eyes, 26 mouths) Added new Silva action scene (attack pt1 pt3 pt5, 6 eyes, 13 mouths, 2 props, 9 poses) Added new Silva action scene (attack pt2 pt4 pt6, 7 eyes, 16 mouths, 7 poses) Added new background makeshift bedroom night Added new background outside mill night (2 props) Reworked color and added plants to background outside mill day Added 1 slash frame for the new Silva action scene Added 3 slash frames to replace the old ones used in the festival action scene MC sprite revision (replaced all 22 eyes) Added 6 new MC sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy) Added ancient lift sound effect by using a manual coffee grinder of all things Added knife swish sound effect to new action scene Added running footsteps sound effect to new action scene Added door crashing sound effect to new action scene Minor bug/typo fixes and dialogue changes Version 0.13: Added 2,015 words [~10 mins] to the main story Created sprite for new character Aline Created Aline sprite faces (21 eyes, 24 mouths) Created 12 Aline sprite poses Created sprite for new character Priestess Evana Created Evana sprite faces (21 eyes, 26 mouths) Created 14 Evana sprite poses Created sprite for new character Silva Created Silva sprite faces (20 eyes, 31 mouths) Created Silva sprite poses Added new background dungeon Added new background temple bedroom Added new background temple bedroom evening Added new background temple bedroom night (2 props) Added new background throne room Added new background outside temple (1 prop) Added new background outside temple night (3 props) Added new story scene (Temple view) Added new Aline scene (Priestess in the throne room) Fixed 1 major bug and a few minor bugs/typos Version 0.12: Added story events that continue through the day that the MC wakes up Added 2 new main story scenes (4 backgrounds, 30 poses, 8 eyes, 19 mouths) Created background for market center Added 4 new sound effects (waterfall, various sword sounds) Added h-scene & effigy counters to revised end screen Made new GUI buttons with game generated text Made hover effects for all buttons Changed formatting of all translatable strings to make fan translations way easier Added additional language support and functionality Changed MC's default name from Biorn to Harth Minor bug fixes Wrote audio functions packages to handle game sound Fixed audio not playing in some gallery scenes Added audio debugging button to audio options menu Added end of build screen with gameplay stats Slightly touched up face on first Eryn scene Added 4 new Eryn mouths to sprite Remade all options menu UI Remade all buttons and frames Fixed the janky old cheat code options screen Reworked how gallery scenes are unlocked Removed several hundred variables that are no longer necessary Touched up Eryn dialogue and face animation on act-1 day-1 Version 0.11: Added story events halfway through the day that MC wakes up Added injuries and bandages to MC sprite Created mirrored version of new outfit Created sprite for new main character Aina Created Aina's faces (20 eyes, 23 mouths) Created mirrored version of Aina's sprite Added 1 new Aina scene (Intro at her tavern) Created background for makeshift house Created background for burnt down mill Created background for Aina's tavern Created background for city outskirt slums Fixed 2 major bugs and a few minor bugs Version 0.10: Biggest update released to date, project moved from alpha to beta Completed story events through the end of Act-I with 5 paths All core systems completed and save stable Music and sound effects now implemented Time of day added with colormatrix modifier for sprites Implemented a hidden effigy minigame that will eventually unlock bonus scenes Added censored mode to video options for content creators and possibly the Amish Added missing Raisa hickey story sequence Removed several unnecessary liminal scenes Removed or replaced on-the-nose and unnecessary dialogue Added new sprite accessories into script Added more pose animations to existing scenes Updated gallery thumbnail images to new artwork Added all new and existing scenes to the gallery Added MC poses, clothing, and faces to the sprite viewer Created sprite for new character Goddess Vera Created Vera's faces (6 eyes, 7 mouths) Eryn sprite beautification (Remade breasts) Eryn sprite outfit (Remade sleep shirt) Eryn sprite accessory (Mirror-able bag) Added new Eryn pose (Holding effigy) MC sprite rework (Fixed mirror hair) Added new MC sprite effect (Hickey) Added new story scene (Candle scene in intro) Added new story scene (Drinking with Remi, 8 eyes, 13 mouths) Added new story scene (Effigy in bonfire) Added new story scene (Rhame sighting, 2 mouths) Added new story scene (Rhame on cliff, 3 poses, 2 backgrounds) Added new animated story scene (Remi defeating enemy, depth of field and loop) Added new story scene (Remi standoff, 2 poses) Added new animated story scene (claw slash) Added new story scene (Remi wounded) Added new story scene (MC attacking) Added new story scene (MC wounded, 4 poses, 3 eyes, 2 mouths) Added new Eryn scene (Festival romance, 3 poses, 6 arms, 20 eyes, 26 mouths, 3 effects) Added new Lena scene (Festival romance, 2 poses, 11 eyes, 9 mouths, 1 effect) Added new Lucine scene (Festival romance, 10 eyes, 8 mouths, 1 effect) Added new Lucine animated h-scene (Titjob at festival, loop and climax) Added new Raisa scene (Festival romance, 7 eyes, 9 mouths) Added new Raisa animated h-scene (Blowjob at festival, loop and climax) Added new Rithe scene (Festival romance, 9 eyes, 16 mouths) Added new Rithe animated h-scene (Handjob at festival, loop and climax) Remade animated Lucine handjob h-scene (loop and climax) Remade Vera intro scene (2 mouths, animated motes, added parallax effect) Reworked title screen with new logo Reworked intro video with new game logo Reworked MC's face & body on market work scenes Reworked Eryn & MC's hair color Reworked Eryn's face on intro scene (2 eyes, 3 mouths) Reworked Eryn & MC's faces and bodies on creek undressing scene (5 eyes, 5 mouths) Reworked Eryn & MC's faces and bodies on first creek bathing scene (8 eyes, 17 mouths) Reworked Eryn & MC's faces and bodies on second creek scene part one (5 eyes 6 mouths, 2 effects) Reworked Eryn's body on second creek scene part two Reworked Eryn & MC's hair color on third creek scene, changed to new parallax system Reworked MC body size on Eryn Effigy scene Reworked Eryn & MC's faces and bodies on creature sighting scene (2 eyes, 3 mouths) Fixed Eryn having 2 left feet in the sleep scene Reworked Eryn's body & MC's face on third creek scene (4 eyes, 9 mouths) Reworked light and shadows on Lena firewood scene part 2 Reworked Lena's body on creature sighting scene Reworked Eryn & MC's hair color on Lucine fence scene (2 poses) Reworked Raisa intro scene to include Eryn's bag (2 poses) Added new background MC living room evening Added new background MC bedroom evening Added new background MC bedroom night (Optional lanterns and doors) Added new background MC's yard evening Added new background forest evening Added new background forest trail evening Added new background town road night (Optional streetlights) Added new background market evening Added new background market festival night Added new background shrine ruins Added new background shrine ruins festival night Animated the cow on Lucine's farm to bring joy to the hearts of millions Changed game system icon to the new logo Created 5 unique character effigies for the hidden effigy minigame (Eryn, Lena, Lucine, Raisa, Rithe) Hid those 5 effigies throughout the game in various scenes Created new animated particle system to fix performance issues And much more, this is an incomplete changelog Version 0.09: Added story events halfway through fifth day Added new Eryn render (Creek) Added new Raisa animated H-Scene (Footjob) Replaced 2 placeholder backgrounds with final art (Creek & Forest Path) Added bepis to Rithe's character sprite Added Eryn's sprite poses to the sprite viewer Fixed Eryn's sleeves not appearing in the sprite viewer Full redesign of the options menu with new GUI elements Added new video options menu Added animated particles video option to mobile version Added a useless VR mode video menu because we think it's funny Created gameplay options menu screen Added new option to select language for later support Created new audio options menu screen Added mute button to audio options menu Added music and sound effect sliders to audio options menu Created new toggleable content options screens Replaced redundant toggleable content option with anal content Added internal view content preview picture to menu Added impregnation content preview picture to menu Added male on male content preview picture to menu Added anal sex content preview picture to menu Added placeholder female on female content preview picture to menu Created new extra options menu screen Added cheat code input screen to mobile version Fixed cheat code input not properly unlocking gallery Added potentially cursed M̵̩̼̃̓́̈́y̷̬̭̏͋͋̕̕s̵̯̪̗̰̓̐͛́̄̃͘t̸̢̏̈́̀̏̈ê̴̛̲̗͕͔̪̭̱͂̇̎r̵̲͕͖̽̌̈́̈́͊y̷͎͈̭̯͍̪͆̆̔̌̎̇̕ ̴̛̣̳̌̓͗̄͛͝Ó̶̹̊̀̚͘p̶̙͕̹̪̹̫̻͗͒ẗ̴͋ͅi̷̯̦̤͆̊́̒̓̚ơ̴̢̧͓̭͖̫͛n̷̡̢͚̜͖̪͛͐̿ to the extras menu Created supporter imagebuttons with links Added logo to splash screen Splash screen now generated with existing assets instead of using a picture Simplified buttons to use fewer image assets Continued major performance tweaks and file conversions Version 0.08: Began major conversion of all images from png to webp for performance Began cropping and manually positioning all converted images to fix cache issues for mobile users Added story events through fourth day Added 1 new MC render (Catching boar) Added 1 new Eryn render (Cooking dinner) Updated Lena's sprite to new poseable layer system Lena sprite beautification (Body, All Eyes & Mouths) Added 5 new Lena poses Added 4 new Lena body morphs (Pregnant) Updated Lucine's sprite to new poseable layer system Lucine sprite beautification (Body, All Eyes & Mouths) Added 6 new Lucine poses Added 4 new Lucine body morphs (Pregnant) Updated Raisa's sprite to new poseable layer system Raisa sprite beautification (Body, All Eyes & Mouths) Added 13 new Raisa poses Added 4 new Raisa body morphs (Pregnant) Updated Rithe's sprite to new poseable layer system Added 8 new Rithe poses Added mirror versions of all asymmetrical character sprite assets (hair, clothes, & more) Added pose and pregnancy morph options to the gallery Replaced 1 placeholder background with final art (Blacksmith Shop) Converted all backgrounds with props to layered image system Horizontally flipped the market background for some reason Fixed minor bug on complex scenes by replacing stock RenPy checkered background with solid black Added video option to toggle particle effects in PC version to fix bug on some systems Version 0.07: Replaced 1 placeholder background with final art (Living Room) Finished existing Lucine animated H-Scene (Added second loop of animation) Finished existing Lucine animated H-Scene (Additional rendering & details) Added new Harth+Eryn & Harth+Lena Render (Creature in the woods) Full Eryn sprite redesign & beautification (Hair, Body, All Eyes & Mouths, Clothing) Updated Eryn's sprite to new poseable layer system Replaced existing Eryn render (Opening dream scene doorway) Added new Eryn render (MC falls on top of Eryn) Added 11 new Eryn eyes Added 9 new Eryn mouths Added 2 new Eryn face effects (Animated Sweat Drop, Mortified Face) Added 14 new Eryn poses Added 2 new Eryn accessories (2 Bags, 1 Belt) Added 3 new Eryn body morphs (Pregnant) Created reversed state for Eryn's sprite (All clothes & accessories) Redesigned Harth's bepis Redesigned Harth's hair Redesigned Harth's knife Updated Harth's sprite to new poseable layer system Added 1 new Harth eyes Added 3 new Harth mouths Added 2 new Harth face effects (Animated Sweat Drop, Mortified Face) Added 1 new Harth misc effect (Neck Hickey) Added 16 new Harth poses Rescripted existing story with Harth & Eryn's new poseable sprite system Rescripted gallery with Eryn's new sprite system Rescripted entire choice variable handling system (New game start required to work) Fixed persistent name variable issue Major performance optimizations Version 0.06: Added story events halfway through third day Added full gallery feature & UI elements Added full sprite mixer feature Replaced 1 placeholder background with final art (Behind House) Added removable props to Behind House background (Towels & Hunting Trap) Added 1 new Eryn render (Creek Day 3) Added new Lucine render (Fence) Added new Lucine animated H-Scene (HJ) Created 2 atmospheric particle movement templates (Creek Flies & Blowing Embers) Added placeholder blowing embers effect to title screen New & improved parallax effect for intro dream scene Added darkness overlay to Harth's character sprite for intro dream scene Reworked all gallery tracking variables in script (New game start required to work) Minor dialogue changes Minor code changes Version 0.05: Added story events through second day Created placeholder background for Lucine's farm Replaced 1 placeholder background with final art (Town Market) Created new side character Baylor Created new main character Rithe Created Rithe's faces (29 eyes, 34 mouths) Created Baylor's faces (11 eyes, 18 mouths) Added 2 new Harth renders (Marketplace Working) Added new Raisa render (Drinking) Added 1 new Eryn render (Creek day 2) Added new Rithe render (Carving Effigy) Added sound effect and music support to menu for later release Minor dialogue changes Version 0.04: Changed MC backstory slightly Minor dialogue changes Created full Android GUI Replaced 2 placeholder backgrounds with final art Created new side character Remi Added Remi's intro scene to day 1 Created Lucine's faces (20 eyes, 26 mouths) Created Lena's faces (19 eyes, 26 mouths) Created Raisa's faces (26 eyes, 41 mouths) Animated Raisa, Lucine, Lena, & Remi's new faces in script Added new Eryn render Added new Raisa render Added new Lucine render Added new Lena render Fixed several minor bugs & typos Redesigned Lena (body & clothing) Shrank MC by 5% Added gallery tracking variables to script Several critical naming system and code structure rewrites to prevent future bugs Version 0.03: Initial Public release