🦋Celebrating Ben's Birthday and Bookish Betrayals at Save the Villainess!
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[/p][p]Dear Villains and Villainesses,[/p][p][/p][p]This is Tanya and Emily, the dastardly duo behind Save the Villainess! We hope you’ve been staying warm and getting ready to feast now that we’re in the last few days of November. In this update, we’re excited to share our celebration of Ben’s birthday (with thanks to Rui for the adorable Ben birthday fanart) and talk about our game updates![/p][p][/p][p]![]()
[/p][p]This month, we’re celebrating the birthday of our dear childhood friend, Ben! As you can see from the video below, Ben has experienced some shenanigans during his birthday… only some of which are tied to Jane. Who else came along to give Ben a birthday surprise? You’ll have to see the video to find out![/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]![]()
[/p][p]This month, before the holiday rush, we completed all of our programming for the very lengthy and very important scenes 28 and 29. These scenes contain several important romantic choices and vital information about the political situation in Carcosa. The choices will help you learn more about and potentially woo Prince Edmund Alpin, the future king of Carcosa. Meanwhile, the information will help you keep your villainess alive to face another day. [/p][p][/p][p]![]()
Keep careful track of all the information about Edmund’s family… the royals who rule may be some of the most dangerous of all![/p][p]
Meanwhile, we started animating Teen Edmund, the star of the upcoming scene 30! We began this process by exporting over a hundred layers from his Photoshop (PSD) file. We will experiment with those layers and eventually program his basic character model next month – a process that takes upward of 100 hours to complete. We did about 20 hours this month and will continue with more next month.[/p][p][/p][p]Finally, we completed the writing and revisions for scenes 31, 32, and 33, which intertwine to create a complicated deductive puzzle you must unravel using the information you learned in the past scenes. As a bonus, the bad ending you get for solving the puzzle incorrectly has some interesting implications for how ‘honest’ the Alpins may be…[/p][p][/p][p]![]()
[/p][p][/p][p]Finally, we're proud to announce that this year, Save the Villainess took part in Steam's Games from Vancouver festival. Please come join us in celebrating some great Steam games from the cold and crisp north![/p][p]
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[/p][p]We finish with a hope that you stay warm and cozy as the winter continues and for those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, we hope you have all the turkey and fixings you desire. See you again next month for more villainy and excitement - as well as a video of Teen Edmund![/p][p][/p][p]Finally, remember you can always find us at the various sites below:[/p][p][/p][p]✦ Our discord server - come chat with us and hear what other players have discovered about our game![/p][p][/p][p]✦ Our mailing list - we send out cute kitten pictures and free cards featuring new banter from our main characters every month. This month, the characters celebrate Halloween and tell you what supernatural creatures they love the most![/p][p][/p][p]✦ Youtube, Bluesky, and Tumblr - our main social media accounts[/p][p][/p][p]✦ Our Free Prequel Novel - The Villainess Wants Her Prince to Live! - Available Online, as a PDF, and an Ebook file[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks again for joining us for another month, friends. We’ll see you in December with an end-of-year wrap up![/p][p][/p][p]With Much Hauntings and Horrors,[/p][p]Tanya & Emily[/p][p]Best Laid Plans Productions Inc.[/p]
[/p][p]This month, we’re celebrating the birthday of our dear childhood friend, Ben! As you can see from the video below, Ben has experienced some shenanigans during his birthday… only some of which are tied to Jane. Who else came along to give Ben a birthday surprise? You’ll have to see the video to find out![/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]
Meanwhile, we started animating Teen Edmund, the star of the upcoming scene 30! We began this process by exporting over a hundred layers from his Photoshop (PSD) file. We will experiment with those layers and eventually program his basic character model next month – a process that takes upward of 100 hours to complete. We did about 20 hours this month and will continue with more next month.[/p][p][/p][p]Finally, we completed the writing and revisions for scenes 31, 32, and 33, which intertwine to create a complicated deductive puzzle you must unravel using the information you learned in the past scenes. As a bonus, the bad ending you get for solving the puzzle incorrectly has some interesting implications for how ‘honest’ the Alpins may be…[/p][p][/p][p]
[/p][p]We finish with a hope that you stay warm and cozy as the winter continues and for those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, we hope you have all the turkey and fixings you desire. See you again next month for more villainy and excitement - as well as a video of Teen Edmund![/p][p][/p][p]Finally, remember you can always find us at the various sites below:[/p][p][/p][p]✦ Our discord server - come chat with us and hear what other players have discovered about our game![/p][p][/p][p]✦ Our mailing list - we send out cute kitten pictures and free cards featuring new banter from our main characters every month. This month, the characters celebrate Halloween and tell you what supernatural creatures they love the most![/p][p][/p][p]✦ Youtube, Bluesky, and Tumblr - our main social media accounts[/p][p][/p][p]✦ Our Free Prequel Novel - The Villainess Wants Her Prince to Live! - Available Online, as a PDF, and an Ebook file[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks again for joining us for another month, friends. We’ll see you in December with an end-of-year wrap up![/p][p][/p][p]With Much Hauntings and Horrors,[/p][p]Tanya & Emily[/p][p]Best Laid Plans Productions Inc.[/p]