Hello all! I have big news to share for every project, so gather 'round for some treats!

MalOvent v0.3:

The H-Scenes for MalOvent v0.3 have been sketched out and they look great! mono has also more or less finished Professor Zellen's sprite (seen below) unless we feel we need to add an extra pose/expression from what we have already. That means we really just have the H-Scenes and the Ending CGs to complete before we're in true "coast mode"!

Behemoth's Curse v0.2:

We are 1 H-Scene away before a second audio and sprite pass can be done. Croseneu is hard at work cooking up 682's visual brilliance, and I can guarantee you won't be disappointed! My guess is that v0.2 will be available for Patrons in early April, but that's subject to change as always. Also have a marketable plushie of 682:

Hell in the Sheets v0.2:

Poritan has been absolutely killing it on the art front, to the point that I'm now having to play catch-up in terms of script writing/refinement! There's a lot of story branching that takes place in the TTRPG game-within-a-game, with the hope that there's enough content there to warrant three unique playthroughs! We're still shooting for a Q2 2025 release for v0.2, but no concrete date/month yet! I can at least share this adorable chibi of Taylor to tide you over :D

A Fortnight at Frenni Fazclaire's 2 v0.1:

We are SO close to a release that there's a good chance we'll have it out next week! Omegatherio has been nailing the backgrounds and sprite work, and we really think you'll enjoy where the story is going in this new chapter of F@FF. For now, you can have this meme:

As always, thank you all for your support! Q2 is going to be absolutely stacked! <3 

Hello all! Now that all projects have gone through significant progress, I thought I would do what I did last month and lay out exactly where each project is in terms of work completion status. My hope is this will be easier to understand than the general updates I've given in the past. This post is also available on our Discord server where it is edited as items are completed.

MalOvent v0.3 TO-DO:

Most of the work that's happened since the last update is reflowing/rewriting the Act 3 script and setting up artwork to be easily inserted into the game. If you want to see our WIPs in that regard, check out this Patrons-only post.

• 1 Character Model (Similar to Si-Won and MalO)

• 1 Background

• 3 H-Scenes (1 MalO, 1 Si-Won, 1 with new Character)

• 3-4 Ending Graphics

• Script Rewrite/Reflow (95% done, still need to lengthen H-Scenes and write the True End Epilogue)

• (MAYBE) Night Fox Voice Actress work

ESTIMATED RELEASE: Q2 2025 or beyond

Behemoth's Curse v0.2 TO-DO:

The major work here was the insert graphics and reflowing the script for Act 2. We've also made the Act 1 Minigame more clear in the hopes it won't be as frustrating to get that 100% completion. Some of you might have already seen what 682 looks like in this game, and some of you might be wondering why she's not a full on monster. All I can say without spoiling the mystery is that there's a very good reason why she's taken this form! (You still don't want to call her cute, though.)

• 1 Background

• 2 H-Scenes

• Any edits on the script

ESTIMATED RELEASE: Q2 2025

Hell in the Sheets v0.2 TO-DO:

The major work here was with Poritan absolutely dominating all the art requirements I've thrown at them. I'm admittedly a little behind on the script writing thanks to needing to focus on the other three projects, but I still believe Q2 2025 is a very reasonable goal to shoot for.

• 3 Backgrounds

• 6 H-Scenes/Lewd Insert Graphics (With variants depending on the MC)

• Finish the script (Approx. ~20% done atm)

• Any special polish like boss sprites

ESTIMATED RELEASE: Q2 2025

A Fortnight at Frenni Fazclaire's 2 v0.1 TO-DO:

The major work here was getting the script written and everything set up for the art to simply be inserted once it's ready. Like with F@FF 1, v0.1 of F@FF 2 will only include the first three nights. There is quite a bit of setup that goes into this new club's premise, but rest assured you'll find that the branching and possibilities go wild even towards the end of this first content release.

• 1 Character Sheet (Glamrock Chiku)

• 11 Backgrounds

ESTIMATED RELEASE: Q2 2025

As always, thank you all for your support!

Hello all! As a Valentine's Day treat, I thought I would go more in-depth than usual and lay out exactly where each project is in terms of work completion status. My hope is this will be easier to understand than the general updates I've been giving so far. This post is also available on our Discord server where it will be edited as items are completed.

MalOvent v0.3 TO-DO:

• 1 Character Model (Similar to Si-Won and MalO)

• 1 Background

• 3 H-Scenes (1 MalO, 1 Si-Won, 1 with new Character)

• 3-4 Ending Graphics

• Any edits on the script

• (MAYBE) Night Fox Voice Actress work

ESTIMATED RELEASE: Q2 2025 or beyond

Behemoth's Curse v0.2 TO-DO:

• 1 Background

• 3 Insert Graphics

• 2 H-Scenes

• Any edits on the script

ESTIMATED RELEASE: Q2 2025

Hell in the Sheets v0.2 TO-DO:

• 7 Backgrounds (2 already Sketched)

• 9 H-Scenes/Lewd Insert Graphics (With variants depending on the MC)

• 1 Outfit for Taylor

• Finish the script (Approx. ~20% done atm)

• Any special polish like boss sprites

• Potential Voice Work (if we can work something out with a VA)

ESTIMATED RELEASE: Q2 2025

A Fortnight at Frenni Fazclaire's 2 v0.1 TO-DO:

• 2 Character Sheets (Seraphina & Glamrock Chiku)

• 6-8 Backgrounds

• (MAYBE) 1-2 Insert CGs

• Code Setup and Script Writing

ESTIMATED RELEASE: Q2 2025

Our composers are super ahead of the game so we have all audio for every project already completed.

Hello all! Another update coming at you!

For MalOvent, the art pass has begun on the v0.3 script. I anticipate it will take AT LEAST two months to complete if mono goes really ham. Realistically, I'd continue to say look towards April/May, but again please keep in mind this is NOT a hard deadline for us. It'll be done when it's done.

For A Fortnight at Frenni Fazclaire's 2 (F@FF 2), nothing much has changed from the last time aside from the sprite teasers you've seen on Patreon already. Sprite creation takes time, but the good news is that once they're done things will advance at record pace. My current guesstimation is a Q2 2025 (or earlier) release for v0.1.

For Behemoth's Curse, the art pass on v0.2 began on January 10th. Like MalOvent, I anticipate this will take at least two months to complete. No promises, but this likely means an earlier release than our initial projection of Q3 2025.

And finally, for Hell in the Sheets, progress has started on the v0.2 script and art assets. I believe we're on track for the Q2 release outlined in the roadmap!

Thank you all for your support and your patience. We hope to continue to bring you quality content! If you're not already in the community Discord, we'll be holding a Live Q&A next Sunday (Feb 9th) at 3:00 PM EST (GMT-5). Drop by and get your burning questions answered!

Hello all! Another update coming at you!

For MalOvent, the v0.3 script is still in review before the greater art pass can be done. As a reminder, mono is on holiday for until the end of January, so the absolute bare minimum, nose-to-the-grindstone release is still in March 2025. Realistically, I'd continue to say look towards April/May, but again please keep in mind this is NOT a hard deadline for us. It'll be done when it's done.

For A Fortnight at Frenni Fazclaire's 2 (F@FF 2), the asset train is chugging along. Sprite creation takes time, but the good news is that once they're done things will advance at record pace. My current guesstimation of a Q1/Q2 2025 release for v0.1 still seems plausible at the moment.

For Behemoth's Curse, I passed off the v0.2 script for review and tweaking last night. Once it's been fixed, we can begin the art pass. No promises, but this likely means an earlier release than our initial projection of Q3 2025.

And finally, for Hell in the Sheets, the asset train is moving along at double speed. I already have all the musical tracks done, and there's about 40% of art assets still needing to be completed before v0.1 can go out the door. Optimist-Me says perhaps February, but Realist-Me says March and beyond is more likely.

Thank you all for your support and your patience. We hope to continue to bring you quality content!

I thought it might be fun to take a look back at A Fortnight at Frenni Fazclaire's for the New Year and talk about what the team learned and what's changing for the second entry in the series coming later this year. If you haven't played the first game yet, I HIGHLY recommend you do before reading this post!

--LESSON 1: MULTIPLE PROTAGONISTS IS HARD

We really shot for the moon and tried to include multiple gender protagonists for our first ever Visual Novel. What we didn't fully anticipate was the sheer amount of work (coding, writing, drawing, animating, etc.) that came with having both a male and a female perspective on top of needing scenes with each of the girls. This additional workload was almost too much for us to handle, leading to us needing to cut scenes and pair down the animation drastically. For this reason, F@FF 2 will be limited to a Male POV. If you want a non-Male (or at least a non-cis one) perspective, you might enjoy the upcoming Hell in the Sheets Visual Novel!

--LESSON 2: PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO NAME THE MC

For joke reasons (as in literal jokes in the game), the name(s) for the MC in F@FF 1 were static. This caused a small uproar that we weren't expecting. The good news is that, ever since F@FF 1, all of our Visual Novels allow you to name yourself.

--LESSON 3: PEOPLE WILL WORK FOR THE 100% SAVE FILE

While it is the ultimate goal for any developer for the player to want to 100% their game(s), sometimes the barrier to that can be prohibitive. This is especially the case in the Adult games industry where many times the "good stuff" is locked behind tedious minigames, oddly complex systems, needlessly-added padding, and/or other barriers meant to make the player "work for their reward". There is some value in that, but our goal is always to provide a low to medium barrier in terms of completion. I anticipate that F@FF 2 will be on the higher end of the complexity scale, which leads into the next lesson...

--LESSON 4: COMPLEXITY IS KING WHEN IT COMES TO PLAYER CHOICE

Although MalOvent is well-regarded and well-received, it is admittedly far less complex than the inner workings and story branches contained with F@FF 1. This has led to some people calling MalOvent a "kinetic novel" instead of a "visual novel", even if player choice still matters in that story! For F@FF 2, we're going back deep into the same level of complexity and branch potential that F@FF 1. Which leads to...

--LESSON 5: PLAN AHEAD FOR ALL POTENTIAL STORY BRANCHES

Part of the reason we kept having to require players to start their F@FF 1 saves over between versions is because we didn't properly plan or anticipate when small, seemingly innocent choices would butterfly-effect their way somewhere down the line. All our games since then deliberately make it a point to save a variable or make some other kind of change that should (hopefully) mean less destruction of player saves.

--LESSON 6: NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE TRUE WAIFU

Anyone who's played F@FF 1 tends to view Zero in a positive light simply because of how helpful and caring she is in the main story. She started as an original one-off character, so the evolution into her becoming a waifu was a delight in terms of character development and player reception. I can't reveal who will "fill Zero's shoes" for F@FF 2 yet, but I do anticipate that one particular character will be adored by all who play it.

--LESSON 7: TRANSLATIONS NEED TO HAPPEN AT THE END OF A PROJECT

While being able to release updates with multiple languages is a boon, sometimes it can lead to major scheduling and delivery issues down the line. This has been especially notable in the Russian translation, where the original translators have gone quiet and every replacement has used some kind of machine translation that we cannot use. That has led to the point where players relying on that translation cannot fully enjoy the final parts of F@FF 1 because there's simply no translation there. For this reason, F@FF 2 will only begin to offer translations after the full English release is available.

--LESSON 8: TRANSPARENCY IS KEY

As with all new game development studios, there have been some growing pains both behind and in front of the scenes. What we've found works best for us is to be open and honest with each other and with our fanbase. Sure, that sometimes leads to not making everyone happy, but that's okay. You can't please everyone.

--LESSON 9: DON'T BE AFRAID TO SAY "NO"

One of the big differences between ourselves and many popular Adult game designers is that we're not out to "milk" our fanbase. We don't offer special tiers that affect the development process, nor do we take requests/commissions for specific scenes in our games. We're upfront about our development process and progress, even if it means losing some support in the process due to long gaps between releases. We're also not afraid to remove bad actors that are negatively affecting the development process or the fan community at large.

And finally...

--LESSON 10: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME

I cannot understate how amazing it is that something starting as a simple Choose-Your-Own-Adventure story written for fun evolved into the NFW brand we have today. I personally never set out to make big bucks, but I can confirm that your support thus far has enabled our artists to make positive changes in their lives. And based on all the testimonials and reviews we've received, some of you have benefited from our works as well. To me, that makes this all worth it.

If you've read this far, thank you again for taking the time. We hope to continue to bring you quality content, and for F@FF 2 we're going to be doing all we can to upgrade and enhance the experience of the first game.

Hello all! Another update coming at you!

For MalOvent, the v0.3 script is 95% done. The H-Scenes still need to be written, but the main bulk of the script has been handed off to mono for review and the art pass. As a reminder, mono is on holiday for a bit, so the absolute bare minimum, nose-to-the-grindstone release would be in March 2025. Realistically, I'd continue to say look towards April/May, but again please keep in mind this is NOT a hard deadline for us. It'll be done when it's done.

For A Fortnight at Frenni Fazclaire's 2 (F@FF 2), we've already completed Roxy's sprites, which you can see right here if you're a Patron! Aurora the Tiger is coming up next, followed by Mia Mangle and Glamrock Chiku. My current guesstimation of a Q1/Q2 2025 release for v0.1 seems to be holding true at the moment.

For Behemoth's Curse, I'll be working on the v0.2 script over the holidays here and there now that MalOvent's v0.3 script is almost done. If you haven't already checked out the v0.1 release, grab it here!

And finally, for Hell in the Sheets, the only update I have is that things are beginning to chug along a few weeks earlier than expected. I can at least tease that those of you that enjoy TTRPGs will have fun with this VN even if you're not into the whole Monster Femboy thing. In fact, there will be ways for you to play and appreciate the story without any lewdness taking place, just like every other VN up to this point.

Thank you all for your support and your patience. We hope to continue to bring you quality content!