Rivers of Astrum: Daughter of Darkness News

[p]Hey guys!

We're almost there. If anyone has noticed within the last few hours, Steam Achievements for the game have been popping up. There will only be a handful for now, and none of them will be achievable until the public release of version 0.3.2, but they were the last step.

THE PUBLIC STEAM RELEASE OF VERSION 0.3.2 IS SCHEDULED FOR 14, NOVEMBER, 2025.

What Version 0.3.2 will Bring (The Changelog):[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Added 9 animations, 501 renders, and approximately 3,600 words. Continuing the story.[/p]
• [p]Due to feedback, the font size was slightly increased, to account for the smaller natural size of the game's font.[/p]
• [p]Nonconsensual Content Returned for all future Steam releases, unless told otherwise by Steam.[/p]
• [p]Galleries facelifted, and new Character Screens added. Welcome our new heroes to the team![/p]
• [p]Steam Achievements added! There are only a handful for now, they will be integrated as the story continues!.[/p]
• [p]Game now autosaves at the end of current update content, to avoid save file conflicts moving forward.[/p]
• [p]Official Credits Roll! I know, no one really watches credits. But if you happen to be someone who does, I'd love feedback![/p]
• [p]All characters' names now have a small outline, to help them remain visible during certain scenes.[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Known Issues(1):
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There is a version of Cara's scene where there are 3-4 lines that are not voiced. This was an oversight on my part, they were simply missed when I delivered the script to Claire, and a scheduling conflict prevented us from getting them voiced in time for the release.[/p][p][/p][p]
[/p][p]Planned Items:[/p][p][/p][p]The big planned item for now is Chinese translation. I've entered into a contract with a translator, and work on that has begun. If it's ready in time to meet the public release date (and I can get it coded in without too many snags) then it will go live in 0.3.2. If not, then it will be included in the following release!

Other languages are in the plan, but I'm one guy. I gotta bring it in as I can afford to do so :)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Update news aside (and this is the last time I'll be bringing it up), I want to thank everyone for sticking with me. This dev cycle brought me a lot of heartache. I lost my dog, Cadie. Collective Shout tried to attack our livelihoods, and succeeded in a few cases. In the middle of that, I lost my cat, and best friend, Biscuit. So ... I was down for a while, and working much slower than usual for a longer while still. I'm still recovering from Biscuit's loss. It still doesn't feel real yet. But the grief has largely passed, and i will be getting back to work at a normal pace now! :)

I can't wait for you guys to continue the story! Some heavy plot drops in this one! ːsteamhappyː

~ Paper Tiger



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[p]Hey everyone, [/p][p][/p][p]So one of the biggest deals for me, and one of the most requested items, was a scene replay gallery. It's coming in this update, which is very close at hand, but i just wanted to share what that's going to look like, in-game! [/p][p][/p][p]I've only got 5 tasks left on the update checklist, after which it will go to the beta testers. If anyone is interested in signing up for beta testing, feel free to ping me on discord. [/p][p][/p][p]Please note that there are some obligations that come with beta testing. I appreciate anyone will to help me iron out bugs, but i don't want anyone to take advantage just for early access either. [/p][p][/p][p]But, if you're interested, you know where to find me! Hit me up and we can discuss it :) This is what the replay gallery currently looks like, and it will obviously get filled out with more scenes as they are introduced. [/p][p][/p][p]We're almost there! [/p][p][/p][p]~ Paper Tiger[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p]Greetings, everyone!

I do apologize on being late with this, but here is the final wallpaper in the series. The TL;DR of everything I'm about to say is "We're back to the grind!"

The long version:

Losing Biscuit rocked me. It's been a long time since i've experienced grief that substantially. If I'm honest, a small part of me thought that it may be MONTHS on end, before I'd be emotionally stable enough to get back to game work.

But, even then, i was making forward progress, as much as I could stand to, while saying goodbye to Biscuit. Today, that progress kicked up quite a bit, and I felt all the old motivations coming back MUCH sooner than I thought they would.

I would apologize for the slowdown, but grief is grief, and Biscuit was my best friend. Taking time to grieve that loss is not something I feel the need to apologize for. But, that said, we're back at it now! And I'm kicking off the renewed work vigor with the final shot in the wallpaper series! :)

The uncompressed version of this image can be found here!

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to hit me up either here, or on Discord.

Best wishes, everyone, and I really AM excited to get this next update done! :)

~ Paper Tiger



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[p]Hey everyone,

I do apologize for this shot in the series being late. I lost my best friend in this world 3 days ago (Biscuit, my cat, and the best little buddy I could've ever asked for.)

To say it's been difficult would be the understatement of the century, and it has certainly slowed game work down.

But i still move forward, as much as I can stand to, while im grieving his loss. However, this is number 6 in a series of 7. Today, we have the wallpaper for miss Selene Proudbrooke.
[/p][p]The link to download the high quality version can be found here.[/p][p][/p][p]
Best wishes, and please understand that development will slow down a little bit while im recovering from the loss of my best friend :(

~ Paper Tiger


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[p]Hey everyone!

#5 in the series is a teaser for one of the ladies introduced in the upcoming update.

Meet Kiara (the woman who stepped up to train with Colt in the training yard)!

Full quality version can be found here![/p][p][/p][p] [/p][p]Progress continues![/p][p][/p][p]~Paper Tiger[/p]