[HTML][Patreon] Artifact - Lovecraftian/Horror bimbofication / feminization game

[MSMRZZRS]

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Artifact is a Lovecraftian adult text adventure coded in Twine. It is currently in alpha, and is early access. There are 15 unique characters (10 female, 5 male) and there will be over 70 possible sex scenes.

You are a 24-year-old male graduate student studying Archaeology at modern-day Miskatonic University. Being the perfect student, you are on the road to achieve your dreams and with your whole life ahead of you. All of that begins to change when a mysterious artifact is discovered outside of Dunwich. Do you have what it takes to transform your school into your own personal harem while avoiding suspicion, and bring about a lustful apocalypse?

In Artifact you have one school year to stealthily turn the entire campus into your sex-crazed bimbo sluts, without being caught by a mysterious rival who's on the hunt for you. You can seduce NPC's with supernatural powers, infest them with mind-altering parasites, send them into sex frenzies, dynamically change the size of yours and their genitalia, mind control randomly-generated students and turn them into mindless husks, and more!

At its core, Artifact caters to: breast inflation, bimbofication, mind control, incest (only if you count step siblings).

There are also optional fetishes like: femdom (on yourself), futanari (others), parasitism (others), impregnation (others), exhibitionism (yourself and others), gender swapping (others) , forced feminization (on yourself or others), small penis humiliation (yourself or others), big dick (yourself or others)

Some are only 'optional' in the same way that getting hit by an enemy is optional (an unintended consequence of your actions), or that getting a fire flower is optional (a powerup that can greatly help, but is not required to win).

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[Kesil]

Kinks and pairings, please?

As someone who likes Lovecraftian themes in smut, I dislike it when you can't start with a female character and trigger consensual scenes.

 

[MSMRZZRS]

Kinks and pairings, please?

As someone who likes Lovecraftian themes in smut, I dislike it when you can't start with a female character and trigger consensual scenes.

You start as male, and at the moment you can only be male but I plan to eventually allow a gender transformation. I imagine it blurs the lines of consent though, as a lot of these interactions are only consensual because of dark magic influence.

I edited the post to include more info.

 

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0.68 Changelog:

+Added a difficulty system via perks and boons at character creation, with 9 different working traits (and 1 placeholder trait) to choose from
+Added Eldritch Enhancement upgrade - You sacrifice sexual energy derived from sex frenzies to provide a significant one-time boost to your genitalia size. As a bonus, you permanently receive an extra small boost from taking Penis Enlargement Pills. You may visit your bedroom to perform the ritual.
+Added Shadow Over Arkham upgrade - A soft haze falls over Essex County, shrouding Arkham and the University in an increasingly dreary atmosphere. Your negative actions slowly dwindle from the memories of residents and help keep suspicion down. This includes the Black Brotherhood, who will slowly forget your identity if they happen to uncover it. This effect intensifies if you frenzy at least 1 person for every 20 days that pass.
+Added full Sterling artwork
+Added full Huong artwork
+Added a Med Clinic to the lower campus (updated campus map is pending). The Med Clinic is the location of a doctor (who will eventually be a full fledged npc with artwork, but for the moment is just a train for a new mechanic) that can help with addiction, should you develop it. Depending on severity, treatment options include instant medication, a short (3-day) stay at rehab, or a long (5-day) stay at rehab.
+Added NPC sex act preferences. Now, each character has a higher chance of choosing 2 particular scenes when coming onto you, based on their personal preferences. These 2 scenes may also provide slightly more extreme stat changes than other options.
+Added objective tracker to sidebar
+Added more hints pointing player to the library after picking up the crown
+Added option at start of game to update (and re-update) saved stats .
+Added further clarifications for objectives when you first research your powers
+Added new lines to Caelano Fragments:
~Prolonged exposure to an Anointed One can lead to high levels of arousal, but as long as there are no major symptoms present, even the smallest break in exposure can be enough to escape his influence.
~If unable to escape the Anointed's influence, the affected will seek out anyone and everyone willing to help get release from their intense, perpetual arousal. Their attempts have always been in vein, as the copius sex increases their libido. On the surface, their bodies may also undergo rapid changes.
~Anointed Ones seem to be immune to all known diseases transmitted via genitalia.
+Added the following line to The Black Brother's Occult Hunter's Guide:
~If the Anointed manages to turn enough of his victims into a sex frenzy, the ritual is complete and the concentration os sexual energy in the area will force the skies to part. Their false god will step into this world, and by then it will be too late.
+Added the following tip after the intro:
~A vague amount of time passes when traveling between different rooms or locations, and changes may occur between visits. However, traveling does not affect the time of day. Only interactions between you and the world, interactions between you and others, or sleeping in your bed may pass the time of day.
+Added additional possible character outcomes for Game Over epilogue
+Added Load Game option to Game Over screen
+Added a substitute teacher that replaces Dr. Howard's spot teaching in class whenever he gets frenzied
+Colorized player hair color text and eye color text
+Added End User License Agreement txt file
*Sleeping now has a chance to reduce addiction
*Fixed ridiculously long decimal numbers in sidebar
*Fixed stat changes (or lack thereof) in Detective Lawson's scenes
*Reorganized upgrade layouts
*Fixed gangbang trigger conditions for characters with existing artwork
*Speed dealer now has “buy more, save more” options
*Each rank of the Diminished upgrade purchased now requires owning the rank before it
*The speed dealer can now be diminished, which can result in a variety of outcomes (including discounts) based on the level of diminishing.
*Sleeping to start a new day is no longer possible until evening
*You now gain 1 XP from your first time reading the books in the library. This XP must be spent on the Bimbofy upgrade to unlock access to the rest of the upgrades.
*Very slightly reworked various existing encounters to play out in a more logical way
*Spelling/grammar fixes
*Increased display size for frenzied artwork
*Stat changes for sex scenes are now more consistent, with few variances between characters
*Credits are now viewable from the main manu
*Increased starting Cock Girth
*Mikah is no longer able to walk in on your edging or masturbating in your bedroom if she has been frenzied
*You can no longer do spotting for Huong after she has been frenzied
*Various sidebar formatting and layout changes
-Removed placeholder text for entering player stats
-Replaced Patreon button from the sidebar with a standard link

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[Dislexic]

Er, do you not have a download link on here?

EDIT: Never mind, found it. Might want to make that a bit more obveous though.

 

[Lucky-38]

This looks really promising so far! And I'm extremely glad it's not just another one of the ones that use either real pictures or 3dcg images. Always takes me out of the fantasy.

 

[MSMRZZRS]

This looks really promising so far! And I'm extremely glad it's not just another one of the ones that use either real pictures or 3dcg images. Always takes me out of the fantasy.

Same! The market is oversaturated with those janky ones.

 

[MSMRZZRS]

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0.69 Changelog
+Added the ability to leave a mark at random dormitories
+Added ability to possess randomly-generated student inhabitants of marked dormitories and create soulless husks from their bodies
+Added the ability to reserve a husk to use in the ritual to summon the eldritch god
+Added a “cutscene” after reaching a certain progression which introduces the new possession mechanic
+Added Abnormal Fungus upgrade: A sentient fungus begins to grow in the Student Center boiler room, slowly splitting rock and sediment, creeping up the limbs of worker husks, seeping into their ears and making them more virile.
+Added an option to the sidebar to quickly view Arousal progression across all aroused characters, as well as their current location
+You may now attempt to withhold orgasms from receiving fellatio. Successful withhold means dick growth. Half other benefits, but no tit growth. Unsuccessful means extra shrinkage than normal, but all benefits. Not withholding means standard shrinking and all benefits. If the NPC is forcing themselves on you, you will not have the option to try and withhold.
+Added option to “Exert” your power on a frenzied NPC to quickly alter their stats in order to unlock the artwork, rather than just re-visiting the same passage dozens of times waiting for their stats to change
+Added a student housing section to the Upper Campus with 5 dormitories (only 1 active dormitory at this time)
+Added Charismatic trait: You know how to shine in social interactions, and your sense of humor is attractive. Automatically receive a daily reduction in suspicion, and a chance for aroused Affected to become more aroused in your absence.
+Added a boiler room to the student center, available after a certain progression. Husks can be sent to the boiler room and used as workers to help you uncover something ancient and hidden.
+Added bathroom to Rec Center
+Added a visual progress bar to the suspicion tracker
+Added some more easy-use navigation menus to the player home and campus
+Added the option to scan the pages of the library books, for reference later
*Replaced all existing music with original tracks
*Rewrote most of the intro scenes
*Reformatted the sidebar
*Increased the amount of information available in the sidebar
*Made the scrollbars less obtrusive, more thematic
*Arousal now has a chance to decrease faster when visiting NPC's
*Removed the requirement to have the Diminish upgrades in order to witness female frenzies
*IQ changes from sex scenes are now larger stat changes (the text description of the amount of reduction/increase will not change)
*Edging now adds 1 more suspicion point, rather than 0.5
*Altered the following line in Caelano Fragments:
~If unable to escape his influence, the affected will eventually seek out anyone and everyone willing to help get release from their intense, perpetual arousal. At this point, they no longer serve the Anointed, instead working directly under the influence of (unintelligible). The copious sex increases their libido and sends them further spiraling into a sex frenzy. On the surface, their bodies may also undergo rapid changes.
*It is no longer possible to leave the house during the home invasion encounter
*Increased the genitalia size and suspicion increase provided by Eldritch Enhancement
*Maya will no longer ask if you've been to the library, if you have indeed been to it
*Updated executable icon
-Removed all links to Patreon

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0.70 Release and Changelog

THIS RELEASE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH SAVEGAMES FROM EARLIER VERSIONS

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+Added Tom artwork: ~Bust ~Sex scenes ~Paper doll (now features the game's first Diminished (Level 2) depiction)

+The bedroom laptop is now more than just a link, it has a whole interface where you also have access to not just penis enlargement pills, but social media as well

+Added SHiMMER, a social media site where you can: ~Read status updates from NPCs throughout the school year ~Send friend requests to NPCs you'd like to get to know more. Anyone interested in getting to know you back will accept after some time. ~Learn useful, personal information about NPCs to help you manipulate them

+Added a bookstore to the student center where you can buy all sorts of gifts.

+Added ability to give gifts to NPCs to help increase their arousal . NPCs will also have differing 'preferred gifts' which will have a greater effect on arousal than other gifts.

+Added NPC sex act preferences to the arousal tracker, which will show up once the preferred acts have been learned

+You now have the option to put on a condom when having sex. Wearing a condom will prevent your partner from turning into a ph'tanari during vaginal sex

+Wrote 5 of the possible possession scenes for husks

+Waite Hall, the all-girls dorm, is now open for you to visit and mark up the doors

+Added a developer console to the bedroom laptop, with a secret code to unlock (feature will not available in the demo)

+Added a “secret” folder to Mikah's profile on the laptop

+Added a trophy case to the student center

+Added Menu screen with options to: go to the main menu, toggle fullscreen, restart the entire game, or quit

+Added “Wait” option to sidebar to allow at-will passing of time

+Added stat changes to Madison's Infest scene

+Added dates and times to the save slots

*Rewrote the remaining intro scenes

*Exerting your power on frenzied characters will now continually increase dick size, even if you have reached the max size required to view the artwork

*Sex scenes will now tell you when the current sex act is one of the NPC's preferred sex acts

*Music preferences are now saved between sessions

*Fixed Mikah's sex scene, which had only half of the new text and all of the old

*Starting a new game immediately after another one should now properly reset all variables

*Reformatted the menu screen

*Fixed Priya's irresistable advances to be, well, irresistable

*Fixed dual rec center links after Priya is frenzied

*Tom now has a higher starting IQ

*Styled the <hr> elements

*Fixed issue that caused paperdoll art to move slightly to the right, which was cutting off about 5% of the image

*Changed white background in Dr. Sterling's bust to transparent

*Dropdown menus are now red text on a black background (some browsers were displaying them as white on white)

*You can now dig multiple times in the boiler room without leaving the passage in between each time.

*Changed a lot of references regarding exact amounts of stat changes to be more vague, to avoid confusion in the mismatch of information displayed due to how things work behind the scenes

*You can now leave the gym after asking Huong to do your bidding

*Purchasing speed or gifts will now automatically update the cash in the sidebar

*The speed dealer can no longer be exploited through the diminish mechanic

*You can no longer dig in the boiler room if the day is ending

*You can now click on your cash in the sidebar to update the amount

*The business building no longer has a perpetual “Let it go” option

*Arousal can no longer go negative

*Fixed “Expand Map” passage layout

*Fixed issue that prevented players from leaving the Rec center bathroom

*Fixed issue that allowed players to take pills they don't have in the Rec Center bathroom

*Changed character creation inputs for Hair and Eye Color to dropdown boxes, instead of input boxes. This should skirt potential errors from incorrect or unsaved inputs.

*Cleaned up the character creation menu

*Huong's and Dr. Howard's location now properly display in the Affected menu

*Fixed issue with sidebar where you could take an infinite amount of pills you don't have

*Fixed dick size automatically resetting when passing through Upper Campus

*Fixed issue with Exert power showing up in business bathroom without an NPC present

*Changed Dyer Hall to Waite Hall

*Changed Football Field to Locksley Stadium

*Changed library to Weylan-Hyde Library

*Fixed issue with the library waypoint not showing after some intro scenarios

*The option to infest NPCs with parasites is now tied to whether or not there is any time left in the day

-Removed the Save option from the Load Game section at the start.

 

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v0.71 - The Facelift Update - Release and Changelog
+Added Tom's gangbang artwork
+Added artwork for Ms. Lane:

• Bust
• Paperdoll
• Sex Scenes

+Added artwork for Dr. Howard:

• Bust
• Anal Sex Scene

+Added sounds to the dream sequence
+Added sounds to the menus
+Added sounds to the clocktower event
+Added artwork to the main menu and settings menu
+Added Dick Length and Girth preferences to the settings menu
+Added Metric / Imperial unit preferences to the settings menu (only affects the sidebar, for now)
+Added 2 more save slots
+Added Quit Game option to Main Menu
+Added futanari preferences: “As Intended (Default)”, “Always On”, or “Always Off”
+Added option to hide or display the game difficulty
*Replaced the grand majority of non-character artwork, including:

• Stock photo backgrounds
• Main Menu
• Parasite and scene illustrations

*The main menu artwork and parasite artwork now have a variety of images that the game will cycle through
*Partially unified the color scheme (eventually will get rid of all green, orange, or otherwise non-red-or-monochrome text)
*Made the sidebar map larger
*Most artwork is now displayed larger
*All images should now better scale down with the window size, for anyone playing in less than 1080p
*Reformatted the Main Menu
*Reformatted the intro passages that were off-center
*Reformatted paperdolls and their stat displays, and will immediately continue to make UI changes regarding interactions with NPCs
*Saves will now display the date and time of the savegame (unless you are loading the game immediately after booting it up)
*Mark of the Anointed is now an upgrade ability
*Reformatted the sidebar
*The “Game Menu” link is now a wheel at the top of the sidebar
*At some point, the hair and eye colors for a lot of NPC's became skewed to the wrong color. This has been fixed for hair, eyes soon to follow.
*Moved save/load options from the sidebar to the settings menu
*Moved the sound controls to the settings menu
*Spelling and grammar fixes
*Fixed the formatting for NPC preferences on Affected screen
*Dr. Howard now properly appears in the Arc bathroom when frenzied
*Fixed a bug where you could potentially not unlock Mark of the Anointed without going to sleep with exactly 3 frenzies
*Doubled the amount of suspicion caused by infesting someone with a parasite
*Moved the Dev Console access point from the sidebar to the settings menu
-Removed some of the redundant busts

 

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0.72.1 - Release and Changelog

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+New upgrade: Call of the Broodmother - Channel the power of the Broodmother to supernaturally lure others with you to its location. This upgrade allows you to create a broodmother out of any named female NPC.
+New upgrade: Vitae Exchange - Sacrifice a husk in order to assume one of their traits. The cost to make the sacrifice depends on the desired trait (only the first Clemmens Husk is activated for this interaction at the moment, the rest will follow soon)
+Added a partially-functioning placeholder for player character appearance customization
+Revamped the library encounter text and added an illustration
+Added multiple illustrations for Maya pregnancy (body horror warning)
+Added background artwork for the restricted section
+Added background artwork for Lower Campus
+Added illustration to home encounter
+Added multiple illustrations to clocktower encounter
+Added Tom Antarctica pic illustration for player home
+Added a visual effect for owning Shadow Over Arkham
+Added visual effects for increasing numbers of frenzies
+Added poster illustration for Mikah's room
+Added maximum cup size preferences
+Added animations to the Bimbofication, Diminish2, and Diminish3 upgrade pages
*Changed background artwork for the med clinic
*NPCs no longer lose their arousal each time you encounter them. Instead, it only occurs when you are sleeping , and the change is minimal as long as you have visited them earlier that day
Reduced the amount of arousal provided by *most actions across the board
*The Charismatic trait now also heightens your chances of successfully flirting
*Flirting now permanently has a higher chance of succeeding (and greater effect on Arousal) after gifting an NPC's preferred items
*NPC's IQ's can no longer recover far past their starting IQ
*Updated book texts to sound a little more lore-friendly
*Reduced audio and image file sizes
*Harriet's irresistable advances are now actually irresistable
*Updated the trophy case
*named the god Vhl'attar
*The time of day in the sidebar will now automatically update in real time whenever voluntarily passing time
*Further reformatted the sidebar
*Failing at flirting will now pass the time of day
*Time should no longer pass when viewing a copy of the books on your phone
*Spiking the food now increases bust size in female staff and students, and decreases IQ for all staff and students
-Removed more redundant busts

 

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0.73 - Release and Changelog

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+A man has arrived to MU to warn the campus of the Anointed One. (Added many more main story scenes with multiple possible scenarios, triggering after 1 frenzy)

• Roughly 3-4 new cutscenes available in 1 playthrough (around 8 or so possible cutscenes depending on choices and other variables)
• 1 new quest with multiple resolutions

+Added a new meter to the sidebar:

• The Academia Meter measures your academic standing at the school.
• After the first 60 days, if the meter is too low (roughly below 20%), the pc is “expelled”. For now, being expelled just means your suspicion is set to the maximum.

+Added Midterms event, which can be tracked using the yearly schedule

• Attending class the grand majority of the time (roughly 70% or more) will result in automatically passing the midterm.
• The less you attend class, the smaller the chance of you being able to pass the midterm.
• Having the Intelligent trait also boosts the chance of success.
• Passing the Midterm will result in a boost to the Academia meter, while failing it will result in a hit to the Academia meter.
• If Dr. Howard is not frenzied, but has an Arousal of 6 or higher, and the player fails the midterm, a special scene is available to allow the player to pass it IF they attend class on that day
• Missing the Midterm will result in automatic failure of the test, negatively affecting the academia meter
• The game will remind you about the Midterms on the day of.

+Added the option to obtain free daily meals from the cafeteria. Meals are useful for Broodmothers - more information further down the changelog
+ Added the Intelligent trait
- Intelligent (Some things just come easier to you, and you retain a lot of knowledge. You automatically have a higher chance to succeed on exams.)
+Added background artwork for when the PC is dreaming
*Attending class now only passes time by one unit, whether you're there early or late.
*Small intro retcon, the artifacts are assigned as your personal grad project as opposed to something for class study
*Broodmothers are still initially inseminated by you, but after that, the method to progress production of parasites is to feed the Broodmother. Broodmothers can be fed any obtainable food items. Maya is currently the only one updated with these new mechanics, the others are still following the old mechanics but are soon to follow.
*Purchasing items no longer passes time
*Re-aligned Dr. Sterling's image
*Lure should now work properly, as should creating new broodmothers
*Fixed one of the dialogue options with Maya at the end of the intro
*The player now begins the game with the Diminish Level 1 ability
*Fixed issue where dick size would not change when metric units were enabled
*Updated Patron credits


0.72.4 - Release and Changelog
+Added a couple of stalker images where appropriate, and more to come
+Added new background image for Upper Campus
+Added new background image for recreation center
+Added new background image for arboretum encounter
+Added skin colors to character customizer
*Improved character customizer formatting
*The poster in Mikah's room now automatically collapses (visually, not narratively) after the first few visits
*Fixed issue in some scenarios where Huong's frenzy would not display properly
*Fixed some options in the customizer incorrectly displaying
*Fixed Call of the Broodmother upgrade disappearing after purchasing Bimbofy
*Fixed stray Maya birthing image
*Re-aligned bust images
*Changed sidebar formatting in regards to the fast travel
*Made the scrollbar a bit wider, and the track a bit darker


0.72.3 - Release and Changelog
+Added a couple of stalker images where appropriate, and more to come
+Added new background image for Upper Campus
+Added new background image for recreation center
+Added new background image for arboretum encounter
+Added skin colors to character customizer
*Improved character customizer formatting
*The poster in Mikah's room now automatically collapses (visually, not narratively) after the first few visits
*Fixed issue in some scenarios where Huong's frenzy would not display properly
*Fixed some options in the customizer incorrectly displaying
*Fixed Call of the Broodmother upgrade disappearing after purchasing Bimbofy
*Fixed stray Maya birthing image
*Re-aligned bust images
*Changed sidebar formatting in regards to the fast travel
*Made the scrollbar a bit wider, and the track a bit darker

0.72.2 - Release and Changelog
+Added new doll parts:
Female – Slim Thick – Face 2
Female – Slim Thick – Face 3
Female – Slim Thick – Face 4
Female – Slim Thick – Hair – Extra Short – Mid & Dark
Female – Slim Thick – Hair – Neck Length – Mid & Dark
Female – Slim Thick – Hair – Back Length – Mid & Dark
Female – Pear – Face 2
Female – Pear – Face 3
Female – Pear – Hair – Extra Short – Mid & Dark
Female – Pear – Hair – Neck Length - Light & Mid & Dark
Female – Pear – Hair – Shoulder Length – Mid & Dark
Female – Pear – Hair – Back Length - Light & Mid & Dark
Female – Muscular – Face 1
Female – Muscular – Face 2
Male – Average – Hair – Extra Short – Mid & Dark
Male – Average – Hair – Neck Length – Mid & Dark
Male – Average – Hair – Back Length - Light & Mid & Dark
Female – Curvy – Face 1
Female – Curvy – Face 2
Female – Curvy – Face 3
Female – Curvy – Face 4
*Fixed Mark of the Anointed disappearing after obtaining upgrades
*Fixed some spots where links were not clickable
*Fixed skin color in customizer

 

[To&Fro]

I played the 'demo' version of this game. All comments are in relation to that version.

First, I'm a long time Lovecraft fan. I played the TABLETOP version of Call of Cthulhu as a teenager long before most of the readers/writers here were even born. I was a pretty good keeper behind the screens, or at least my players thought so under penalty of horrific character incidents if they didn't say as much.

This game seems centered on some more modern concepts of Lovecraftian style of Horror. Like most modern concepts it somewhat rushes the grisly nastiness up front and the nasty consequences as well. A lot of modern entertainment is like this, so if this is your style- this game will hold quite a bit of interest for you.

Standard Lovecraft Horror doesn't really translate well to this modern viewpoint. It's slow building, the characters have to play detective to follow what... at first... seem like normal clues to a fairly common crime. Murder, kidnapping, etc. However, somewhere along the way something starts smelling fishy and it might just be a deep one. Puns aside, if you were doing it right, the occult nature of things slowly takes over and the players are left saying "Hey, wasn't it just a moment ago we were looking for the rich ladies lost schnauzer?" while facing down cultists in robes and some blobby squid-like thing that just oozed in from a grate.

This game isn't like that, it moves you quickly into the role it has planned for you (nope, not gonna spoil it) and goes quickly from there.

Part of the 'quick' issue is the time system in the game itself. Not only is the visible 'clock' not functional, but you basically get ONE action per 4–6-hour time segment. If you mess that up, get your timing wrong, you have to move on to the next day and try to fix it. Sometimes that quick chat at the swimming pool costs you your moment to do something else you should have been doing... bummer. Yeah, this needs to be addressed in some significant way to make the game more playable. It certainly might slow the pace the game takes on.

Next, what you are supposed to be doing at any given time is very vague. Most VN's somewhat lead you by the nose from point to point and then give you playtime every so often, this isn't like that. It's got far more of a sandbox feel with a time-pressure associated. Those two positions make for a strange sensation of game play. A true sandbox game has almost NO time-pressure, Minecraft, EVE Online, etc. all let you do your thing (I just picked two of the oldest successful sandbox games as an illustration) in your own sweet time. Some people would probably thrive under these conditions, do whatever you want but the timer is running! I'm not one of them.

You also have to 'stay under the radar' of the authorities or you get caught and a bad end happens. This is the most Lovecraftian concept in the game, most of the bad stuff had to stay hidden, if not, the cops moved in before the time for communing with the Great Old Ones was ready for the grand video chat, the jig was up!

There is an odd sense of focus on size issues, sexual slavery, and other slightly off-kilter adult concepts. This isn't a bad thing, it just felt mostly unfinished as a concept how it ties into the overall picture. Given several errors and some of the coding being incomplete and not operating the UI properly, it's clear this is an early concept game and while fairly well developed down the road, has some significant revisions going forward.

I did enjoy the game for the most part, but it was hard to stay sucked into it with both the pacing and error issues. Most Lovecraft stories LIVE on how much they suck you in and scare the crap outta you. This is more of an action concept, think Temple of Doom with a Lovecraft/Urutsukidoji bend. If you have a couple hours... or ten, feel free to give it a try!

 

[MSMRZZRS]

0.74 - Release and Changelog
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+Added a NEW MAIN QUEST, triggering after the first is complete, again with multiple paths

A new woman has arrived with valuable information that could threaten you

+Added all remaining Dr. Howard sex scene images (pending frenzy)

+Added Ms. Lane frenzy image (non-futa)

+Added a plethora of new doll parts

+Added Face5 for SlimThick model

+Platinum for SlimThickHairExtraShort

+SlimThickHairShort all shades

+SlimThickHairShaved all shades

+Platinum for SlimThickHairNeckLength

+custom option for SlimThickHairNeckLength

+SlimThickHairShoulderLength all colors

+Platinum for SlimThickHairBackLength

+SlimThickChest all sizes/shades

+PearFace4 5 & 6

+PearChest all sizes/shades

+PearHair all styles/shades

+PearHairShaved all shades

+PearHairShort all shades

+PearHairNeckLength Platinum

+PearHairShoulderLength Platinum

+PearHairBackLength Platinum

+FemaleSlimThickHairShortDyed

+FemaleMuscularFace3 & Face4

+FemaleMuscularHair all styles/shades

+MaleAverageFace2 , Face3, Face4, Face5, and Face6

+FemaleCurvyFace4 and Face5

+FemaleCurvy all hair

+FemaleCurvyChest all sizes

*Changed navigational ellipses to “Continue” instead, which should help with alleviating some navigational confusion

*Changed informative ellipses to “Info”

*Added XP as a reward for the first main quest

*Added player's SHiMMER password hint in case the password is lost

*Assigning a new broodmother no longer requires you to leave and re-enter the lab for the broodmother actions to show up

*Fixed issue where the spiking scenario in one of the first quests would not complete it

*Fixed error which caused the quest tracker not to display

*Fixed error which caused a hint for the first main quest not to display

*The game window no longer opens to 1920 x 1080 by default (now should instead save the last window size)

-Removed stray backslashes from Upper and Lower Campus

 

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0.75 - Release and Changelog

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+Added multiple side quests for Madison

+Added first part of the next main quest – the Anointed One returns to campus to find that it is closely surveiled

+Added Dr. Howard paperdoll

+Added Melissa paperdoll (new character), who appears either at a certain point in the main questline, or on her own after 30 days

+Added the University Woods dorm area and their respective husks

+Added the Arboretum Overlook and Arboretum Trail, accessible from the Art Building

+Added a new tip to the early game regarding arousal and IQ management

+Added a Stats option to the Menu, which tracks your largest and smallest penis size in the playthrough, as well as see how the game has interpreted your actions so far. (Stats NOT available if the Dev Console is enabled)

+Expanded Broodmother actions from Maya-only to ALL main NPCs

+Vitae Exchange is now available on ALL husks instead of just the first

*Changed Diminish1 description to specify males instead of “same sex”

*Changed Chocolate item description

*Fixed issue with Ms. Lane and Dr. Sterling automatically becoming futa if frenzied, which caused the frenzy image to disappear if she was not meant to be futa

*Fixed issue that could cause frenzy text not to appear while futa was “Always Off”

*Fixed issue where Maya's frenzy image may not display if the Cup Size Preference setting is changed from default

*Fixed issue that caused Dr. Howard's frenzy image not to display

*Fixed issue with Tom's frenzy that caused unrelated changes to Dr. Howard

*Fixed Harriet's frenzy to properly change stats

*Fixed issue that could cause Huong to leave her frenzy

*Removed the IQ requirement for viewing frenzy images

*Fixed issue that could cause player to be stuck in a room when its native NPC goes into a frenzy

*Fixed issue that could cause multiple links to show for exiting an area

*Fixed issue that caused some campus flavor text to not display

*Fixed issue that caused Detective Lawson's BJ scene to not play out properly if it was forced

*Changed link text on student housing navigation menu descriptions from “Continue” to “Info”

 

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Artifact v0.76 - Release and Changelog​

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+Added a new main quest, complete with two possible new sex scenes
+Added new doll body sets

• Female / Fit (body, faces, hair, eyes, chest)
• Female / Average (body, faces, hair, eyes, chest)

+Added Melissa blowjob scene (image only)
+Added husks' images to their spot in the boiler room (not all husks will have all body parts yet)
+Added a toggle option for fullscreen that appears when first booting up the game. (As much as I'd like the game to automatically switch to or from fullscreen by remembering your preferences whenever you boot it up, it simply is not possible with this game engine since it requires user input to go fullscreen. The best I can do in these circumstances is to present the fullscreen option as early and effortlessly as possible.)
*Expanded the drain encounter
*Professors and staff no longer eat from the cafeteria, except on rare occasions
*Reformatted boiler room husks for easier navigation and cleaner look
*Taking your free meal from the cafeteria should now function properly, as should purchasing additional meals
*Fixed images for Dr. Howard's scenes
*Fixed issue with Dr. Hartmann occasionally being unable to do his rant
*Fixed missing text in the Ghouls chapter of the fragments
*Fixed potential issue with being unable to leave Archaeology lab under certain scenarios
*Fixed potential progression issue in the red light encounter
*Increased Boiler Room visibility in Student Center
*Fixed issue that resulted in certain library quest text being visible even after its relevant quest had progressed
-Removed many of the “broken link” images, although some few may still remain
-Removed duplicate links from Archaeology Building Bathroom

 

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Artifact - New Demo Available! - 0.77 Release and Changelog

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If you are using a savegame from 0.75 or older and Melissa has already appeared for you, a new save is recommended to show her correct stats. This update may break savegames where “Fullscreen effects” were manually enabled in the menu.


+Added a new image for having Red eyes

+Added a Darker skin color option

+Added an option to automatically consume any owned speed to the menu

+Added some more tips to the beginning regarding frenzies and strategy

+Added Slim & Obese female physiques

*Tennis:

• Playing 2, 4, 8, & 12 tennis matches will provide you with a mild bonus to help win future Tennis games, in addition to the Athletic trait bonus. A tip explaining this bonus has also been added for first-time court visits.

*Saving:

• Should now work as expected
  
• Saves have been increased from 5 slots to infinite slots
  
• Old saves should still be compatible, and all old saves from history will show (unless cookies are cleared)

*Infest changes:

• Infesting now prevents that NPC's arousal from ever being below 4
  
• Infesting an NPC more than once is no longer possible
  
• Parasite effectiveness on NPCs above 4 arousal has been reduced

*Flirting, Gifting, and Groping actions are no longer available once an NPC is already willing to have sex (Arousal 4 or higher)

*Reduced the overall effectiveness of gifts when the target NPC is already willing to have sex (Arousal 4 or higher)

*Standardized Infest stat changes

*Groping changes:

• Now consistently grants +1 Arousal
  
• The amount of IQ points it reduces has been increased
  
• The overall suspicion caused by groping has been increased (and will vary depending on how aroused the NPC already is, I.e. more arousal = smaller suspicion hit)

*Reformatted the NPC UI

*When starting a new day, you will now be warned when your Academia score is too low

*Staff not eating every day in the cafeteria now applies whether your spike food on your own or with Harriet's help

*Giving gifts should now reflect the correct change in arousal for each character

*Increased the transition speeds of New Day texts, saving roughly a couple of seconds of waiting each day

*Fixed an error where Melissa's stats would not exist when loading an existing game that was created before 0.76 (before Melissa was added to the game). For pre-076 savegames where Melissa already exists, a new savegame is recommended to properly display her stats.

*Fullscreen Effects is now only available in Dev mode, indefinitely

*Restored dorm husk varieties (UW is now mostly older students again, Waite is now all girls again, etc.)

*Changed some of the general placeholder NPC dialogue to be more immersive

*Navigation to the Tennis Courts was mistakenly located in the Upper Campus, even though the courts were actually located in Lower Campus. The navigation has been fixed.

*Fixed issue where genitalia length could show excess numbers behind girth in the sidebar

*Bedroom edging event now has a slightly smaller chance to happen

*Maya is no longer a broodmother by default whenever you skip the intro

*Negative IQ is no longer possible

*Fixed the library portion of Madison's quest

-Removed XP rewards for creating 10 and 30 husks. XP reward for 20 husks still remains.

-Removed two face options from the character customizer

 

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0.78 - Release and Changelog (New Demo Available!)
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+Added the remaining male dolls:

• Slim
• Lean
• Fit
• Muscular
• Obese

+Added around 45 new penis images for all male dolls
+Replaced old campus map images with new images
+Added new location tags for the expanding campus
+Added tips for using the Gifting system, Sex Preferences, Arousal system, and Shimmer
+Added a condom dispenser to all university bathrooms, which have a chance to refill every 30 days
+Added new background images for your house, including Upstairs Hallway, Upstairs Bathroom, Downstairs Hallway, Kitchen, Living Room, and Dining Room.
*Quest text and event text that appear in common areas are now displayed in pink, so they become easier to distinguish from the usual white text descriptions when racing through campus
*Spread new doll images to all husks
*Condom changes:

• Condoms now prevent NPC dick AND NPC breast changes from sex acts
• Condoms now dampen NPC Arousal and NPC IQ changes from sex acts (to a certain minimum, but not to 0), including if your partner is the one doing the penetration

*Dick Size is now customizable at the start, and is factored into the Game Difficulty calculation
*Added option to take penis enlargement pills in upstairs bathroom
*Scaled up and standardized positive NPC breast changes
*Scaled up positive NPC dick size changes
*Scaled back NPC IQ changes
*Slightly scaled up negative PC dick size changes
*Standardized IQ stat changes from sex acts
*Standardized player & NPC dick size changes from sex acts & pills
*Replaced vague descriptions of stat changes from all sex & infest scenes with the actual stat changes
*Sidebar stats will now flash when they are dangerously low
*Standardized NPC arousal stat changes from sex acts
*NPC Preferences have been revamped, they now indicate 1-2 levels stronger change of arousal for the preferred sex acts. Preference 1 is 2 levels stronger than average, Preference 2 is one level stronger than average.
*The stadium is now located in the Lower Campus
*Maths & Sciences building is now located in Upper Campus
*Scaled down Harriet's suspicion recovery when doing your bidding
*The frequency in which husks had much larger dick sizes has been reduced
*Restored Huong's & Priya's bidding functionality
*Fixed issue that prevented Vitae Exchange from working at all. Vitae Exchange may still be clunky
*Fixed an issue that prevented the assignment of multiple broodmothers
*Restored Ying's Diminish scene
*Applied a new fix for accidental renaming
*Fixed some minor issues regarding punctuation, grammar, and uniformity
*Further compressed images – they should now take up roughly half the size that they used to
-Removed broken image link for one of Tom's and Dr. Howard's frenzy scenes
(0.77.1)
*Fixed suspicion stat change on Mikah's futa anal sex scene
*Fixed issue with switching genders in customizer that could return broken images until re-choosing custom options
*Fixed an issue where an NPC could return from their frenzy
*Fixed a rogue description showing in the menu
*Fixed an issue where the volume could change on its own (it may still change on its on via the main menu, but will right itself once a savegame with volume preferences is loaded)

 

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Artifact – 0.79 Release and Changelog
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+Added Melissa's remaining sex scene images (frenzy image to come at a later date)
+Added the next main quest
+Added Black Ichor upgrade

• When taking initial control of a husk, you may engage in (a sort of) combat in which you can spew black ichor from your throat onto another target student to immediately create another husk out of them
• Reduces the need to spend a lot of time marking doors, reducing risk of losing husks because of doors being scrubbed
• Husks created this way are automatically sent to the boiler room

+Added the Peached Pink, a hair salon just off campus. Accessible from your home.

• You can change your haircut or hairstyle here, and doing so will slightly reduce suspicion
• Getting a shorter haircut is cheap and can be done any time
• Getting a longer haircut is expensive to do instantly, but as cheap as any other haircut as long as you wait for your hair to "grow out" more. Your hairstyle never automatically changes from what you set it as, no matter how long it grows.

+Added new background images for the following locations:

• Tennis courts
• Frat house
• Dormitories
• Clocktower
• Peached Pink

*Vitae Exchange Overhaul:

• Available traits have changed. Using Vitae Exchange on a husk will now “disassemble” the husk and present you with two random “essences” from either Identity, Breasts, Genitalia, Physique, Hair, Gender, or Skin Color. One essence from the husk may be salvaged, and you can only hold one essence from every type.
• All traits now cost a varying amount of XP to use either on yourself, or on your reserved husk
• Using different essences on yourself will have varying degrees of suspicion reduction, with the Identity essence providing the largest reduction

*Performing an NPC's favorite sex act for the first time will now result in gaining XP
*There is now a chance for marked dormitory doors to be found and scrubbed before the player can take possession of its resident student. A higher suspicion means that there is a higher chance that a mark will be scrubbed.
*Husk possession scenes have been fleshed out more
*The sidebar will now remember your preference between looking at the Info, Inventory, or the Map
*Fixed error that removed NPC stats from unfinished characters
*Fixed some formatting in Upgrades
*Updated the Game Over screen with the new options for loading saves
*Revised the Stats screen in the menu & provided explanation on some stats
*Fixed issue where displaying girth changes returned an error
*Reduced frequency and intensity of arousal that is automatically lost overnight
*Fixed issue that prevented the gifting system from working
*Fixed issue that prevented arousal changes from gifting and flirting
*Restored Priya's interactions in the pool
*Repaired the Cream Cheese solution to the Dr. Hartmann quest
*Fixed issue that could cause Priya to prematurely become platinum blonde
*Moved books link from Info to the Inventory
*Changed exit location of student housing
*The expanded map now shows you where you currently are
*The option to escape from a location if stuck has been moved from the Map to the “More” section of the Menu
*Updated Starby's coffee option to accurately reflect updated stat changes
*Restored Kai's image
*Made the Student Center and Recreation more prominent in the campus navigation menu
*A plethora of various formatting fixes!

(0.78.2)
*Applied new naming fix
*Fixed issue with Melissa's quest where player may end up stuck in arboretum

(0.78.1)
+Added nude drawing encounter aftermath flavor text
*Fixed hair images for Male Average Back Length
*Fixed bug that could cause premature expulsion (from school)
*Fixed Living Room bug that set money to $400 and set the day to 70
*Fixed bug that caused faces not to show on player dolls with Red eyes
*Fixed bug that caused the largest chest size to appear askew on the Female Lean doll (currently fixed on player doll only)
*the Days Remaining counter now properly updates with the correct number
*Reduced the amount of days that you can be knocked out from a certain encounter