i've always figured i wouldn't 🤔🤔 but honestly if enough people want it, i could maybe see about doing it. i can't imagine it would be too difficult...
on itch, no there won't, not unless something super crazy happens with the nsfw content delisting on here. for now, you'll only be able to buy the dlc with paypal. to mitigate this, i am indeed putting the dlc on steam! i submitted it for a second review earlier this afternoon so i believe it'll be out in the next three weeks or so. i'll update everyone with the status on that as it happens :-)
thank you so much for playing!!! <333 i really wouldn't be able to do any of this without the support of people like you ^-^ i'm so happy that this narrative touched your heart!
waaait this comment is so sweet TT-TT genuinely i appreciate your kind words so much and it really means a lot to me!! i've been so excited to share this dlc with you all and it's really amazing that it's been so well received. i've found that throughout my time playing vns that a lot of sex scenes are lacking in not only descriptors but also player agency, which is like a total killer. i wanted to make it so players could really do what they wanted to do and how they wanted to do it!! because i find that so many nsfw vns/dlcs will just make it so stuff happens to you as the player and you can't really control it. i'm so happy to hear that the immersion was successful!!!! yay!!!! thank you so much for playing, i am sending u my love <3
since it's only one track, i wasn't planning on it. however, i've been planning on making physical cds of the soundtrack with the dlc song as a bonus track ^-^ so that will be in the works soon! definitely within the summer.
yes!! it’s been asked of me several times in the past 24 hours, so i spent last night preparing it for review. i originally intended this dlc to be itch exclusive but i know it’s a bit of a hassle now that they’ve gotten rid of stripe for nsfw games. since steam takes a while to go through content, i don’t think it’ll be up for another three weeks or so… but that option will be available by the end of the month for sure! in the meantime, the steam build of the base game is updated to the most recent 3.2 version.
on itchio, no... since they removed stripe & card payments from itch on nsfw games due to that whole debacle a couple months ago, there's nothing i can really do about it from here. people have asked me to put it on steam to kind of mitigate this issue but i'm thinking about it! it's just a lot of work and will take a few more days.
yay!!! i'm so happy that you enjoyed your time playing the game, it means so much to me genuinely, especially since you've been around for so long ^-^<333 i'm so glad the dlc was fun hehehe
you know, the intention was for this to be itchio exclusive since the steam version of the game is already paid and all... and it's a whole exhausting endeavor to upload games on steam... but you're one of multiple people that have asked me this due to itch removing card payments/stripe from nsfw games, so i'm considering it🤔 it might take a few more extra days but if that would make the dlc more accessible for you, i'll do that extra step :-)
no it hasn't 😭 many many many people have asked me this over the past year. i'm currently working on a dlc for my first game and that's been taking up all my time. kurou connect was a project i made for my undergraduate thesis, so i've been letting it sit since i graduated, especially since i can only handle one project at a time as a solo dev. i talked about all of this stuff in an faq i posted on tumblr back in october if you want to check that out!
hi!! the dlc is actually going quite swimmingly, i'm writing the last scene of the prologue at the moment, so i'd say i'm about halfway through with the writing. after that, i'll need to do all the illustrations and whatnot, but often times what takes the longest is all the writing because it's so much, hahaha. i'm thinking that the dlc will release by the end of the year if all goes well!
hiii :-) i'm currently working on a dlc for cryptid coffeehouse, but after i finish up with that, i'll be diving into kurou connect dev! i hope to finish the dlc during the first half of 2025, then i plan on creating a small patch for kurou connect that will mostly involve some art updates... that will be released most likely sometime in the late summer/early fall.
the full game is going to take quite a while since the script i've planned is relatively sprawling, but i plan on releasing builds of the game as i finish scenes & routes. i'll probably make some paid patreon tiers ($5-$15/mo i'm thinking) to upload those builds on as making this game will cost a lot of money ^^; but the demo will always be up for everyone to play!
if all goes well, i'm aiming for the full game to be released in summer of 2026. i work on these things by myself alongside my day jobs so we'll see if the timeline changes o_o but i appreciate your patience and support in the meantime!!! :D <3
yes, but with a couple of edits!! the storyline depicted in those texts is story for the "true" route, but i've edited quite a bit of smaller details to make it more streamlined. there are going to be other routes aside from the true route and things will change as i write it naturally, but for now you can take those messages as a rough outline of what's going to happen :-) if you have any more questions about it, i'd be happy to answer them in a more longform way on my tumblr :D
ahhh prikarin, you've been here supporting the game for so long and it means so much to me. thank you so much for your kind words and thank you so much for being so awesome and holding artemis & their friends so close your heart. i hope to keep seeing you :')
this is a stunning brilliant question LOLLLL... well... i'm currently working on the final final final version of cryptid coffeehouse (version 3.1), and after that i have a silly dlc that i'm going to be writing for cryptid coffeehouse as well. once that's finished, i'll be locking in full time on kurou connect soo.... i hope to get started on that by mid-2025? cryptid coffeehouse has taken me about three years to make to completion, and i hope that kurou connect won't take that long lol sooooo....... hopefully full game will be out 2026? there will be ways to play in-progress demos though. i've got a lot brewing over here :-)
HAHAHA omg you know this is actually a VERY common sentiment. people love odina so much and so do i!!! i've been wanting to make a game about her for a while and i have a pretty good idea for one soooo :P we will see hehehe
thank you so much for playing!!! i appreciate it so much <333 and hahahaha omg no way, its always so fun to see when people recognize the scenes in the game hehehehe
omg no i swear its not the end HAHAHAH it was going to be when i first released this update, but i'm actually in the process of writing three new story events that FINALLY close out the game :^) those events explore u and artemis' relationship as a couple which is super cute LOL but i won't spoil too much hehehe
wahhh im so happy you felt this way!! ^-^ i've worked so hard to not only make the slow burn feel natural but also to make the player character someone that a lot of people would be able to understand and relate to. it's always so insanely satisfying to know that i've succeeded hehehehe. and thank u!!!! im actually in the process of redesigning all of the sprites from the game for the new 3.0 version i'm creating so hopefully u feel the same about artemis' new sprite :P <3 much love!!
awwww :') thank you so so much. i'm so happy that this game brings u so much joy and this comment brings me just as much joy!!! i will be streaming ur playlist hehehe i've already shared it with the discord and i'm sure a lot of other people will be streaming as well :P<3 much love!
thank you omg!!!!!!! im so happy everyone loves the custom pronoun options :^) it makes me so happy that ppl are feeling included becoz like... i struggle so much with not having multiple pronoun sets in games and i really wanted to eliminate that with cryptid coffeehouse. and HAHA OMG IM SO GLAD YOURE A MORDAG FAN shes so underrated thank u for giving her the love she deserves <3
wahhh no thank YOU!!!! <3 your playership means so much to me and the fact that you've played the game multiple times really warms my heart :pleading_emoji: i'm so happy that the game resonates with you and feels realistic, it's always so wonderful to hear that. thank you so much!! <3
im so happy you liked the game omg!!! <3333 i definitely do plan on making more games like this hehehe ^-^ i have one more update planned for cryptid coffeehouse (hopefully coming out sometime this spring/early summer), and then after that i've got a very exciting kurou game im going to be working on :P by popular demand HAHAHA