Bewitching Sinners news & patch notes

Due to me having issues updating my W-8BEN on steam, I decided to pull Bewitching Sinners out from sale for now while I get my tax issues and needed identification sorted . This is a bit of a finicky process and I don't know if it will clear or not so I decided to stop steam sales for now since the money won't be sent to me at this state anyway. Currently the request to remove Bewitching Sinners from sale is in process and hopefully be done by 16th May 11 am PDT. For those who already bought Bewitching Sinners via Steam Store, you're fine, nothing will happen with your purchase, this will only effect those who haven't bought the game as they will not be able to buy it on steam. I know this announcement may seem out of the blue and bad timing considering about a year and a week ago, Bewitching Sinners was released on Steam, but what must be done, must be done. On the brighter end of things, I am actually working on a sequel for Bewitching Sinners and sale of Bewitching Sinners is still done on itch io which has no ties to steam or if you want more sneak peeks of the sequel which is in the progress of being made then check out my Patreon to get images of progress like down below {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/a0b33795c4390f383c36e77b0bac87010815a724.jpg If my tax get sorted out, I will resume sale here one day, if not then I will probably only continue sale on itch io and Patreon where my tax documents and identifications are sorted. Thank you and I apologize for the inconvenience this all brings, please know I also wouldn't have done this unless it was absolutely necessary. To be clear as well, this is not the fault of Steam or their Tax third party, they are just doing their job, and I am doing my best to comply and the stopping of sales were of my request to ensure no funds pile up on their end and further inconveniencing everyone. Best Regards and Goodbye for now, Miss Xero

Patch to fix a crashing bug during the lake celebration scene in the Chinese Translation

Good news! Bewitching Sinners official Chinese translation is finally here! Simply update the game and go to the settings to change into Chinese. When changing the language I strongly advise to change the language in the main menu settings then start a new game rather than loading an old save due to how the pronoun system work in my game. I suggest sticking to a language you want to use through out the whole game for the smoothest experience. I apologize and admit there may still be some missed translations or so, but if you encountered any of them you can post them in the discussion thread or email me and I will do my best to deal with them accordingly. Many thanks to Carmen and nana.maruse who translated this game. Have fun and I hope you enjoy! Also just so you know, I, Miss Xero, can't understand any chinese. So although the comments in chinese are appreciated, I genuinely cannot understand any of them, but with Google translate, anything is possible i suppose. Thank you for supporting this game and I apologize for any misspoken words I may have made in this post Besides the chinese translation, I also made some usual grammar fixes and the like.

只是让我的中文玩家知道，中文翻译目前正在进行游戏测试，我们希望在确保消除任何崩溃错误后，于4月中旬发布 感谢您的耐心 Just letting my chinese speaking players that the chinese translation is currently in play testing, we’re hoping to release mid April after we are sure to get rid of any crashing bugs Thank you for your patience > < Besides a chinese translation we also have the Sequel of Bewitching Sinners in the works! more details on my Patreon {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/79be10eddc8592ae5874b42764621343c771ddff.png

Hello Everyone! I'm back, with a little surprise for Valentine's day. Not a DLC, but I did make a compilation of side stories to celebrate this Valentine's day. I have a sweet version and a spicy version. Difference is the spicy version is slightly longer as it adds... well some spice for the more mature palates. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/0d01a276b85f501d4ac3056ec5e0bc1b8e096a11.jpg Price is adjusted to fit Patreon's terms of a minimum 3 usd per on-sell post > <, and I wanted to keep things fair for crossposting on itch and Patreon I'm sorry if it seems a bit pricy but I swear the funds will be put to good use as it will be used for Voice Actor hunting in Bewitching Sinner's sequel, Royal Blood! The planned demo fo Royal Blood is set in October, this year on Halloween. Here's some screenshots of the upcoming lands of Vortec, Alexei's Castle, and Ivar's new lair (yup he's back, and he will be dateable this time!) Check out my Patreon for more info and I'll keep you updated later! Thank you all and happy Valentine everyone! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/4e3403c2b84321764d1eeee0deabb6fbc4ca3b2f.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/13c2395040a7f60e37baf59a24bb57b4433d759b.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/b4cd3cb31486ef8602ee85a3ed8cbebf88195c80.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/74057dd1e70d9a8c29428954dd9bb0a6235391ee.jpg

Before we get to the gloom, just reminder that you can still get the Harlots DLC of Bewitching Sinners on itch io, a little drizzle of sunshine to make up for the gloom to come. But... now for the gloom I've been debating with myself when to make this post, but decided now is a good enough time to do it. For a couple of months now I have been pretty sick physically, and also that led to me being sick mentally. If some of you don't know, I made Bewitching Sinners alone, and all those late-nights of working myself after working a 9-5 for a year or so has finally caught up. I couldn't seem to find the urge or health to do the previous pace I did for my work. Like even though I have received the Chinese translation for BS, I can't seem to bring myself to meticulously code it in per line and see if I missed anything and such, I did start doing it now, bit by bit but I can't promise a date hence the delay announcement on X. Then there is the second DLC, a dilemma I'm still on the fence even now because don't get me wrong, I do know what I want to do with it... Which is to expand it into a sequel focused in Vortec and aftermath after the whole mayhem in Ignia, but that also kinda clashed with my previous statement of it being a DLC you can play compatibly with this game. Like I said DLC, not another game you had to pay and play from the start for, though the artist in me knows that works best for the story, the business woman in me knows that kinda goes against my previous posts and may anger some of you -- though I do realize I can't make everyone happy. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I need a break. Hence you might not hear much of me and BS for a while until I get my head straight with this project. However I will still be making VNs -- I do have one in the works in my Patreon which is a nice palate cleanser from BS. If you're interested in that and furries(?), go check it out, if not then please be patient as I take my time with BS and will further update the DLCs and Chinese translation dates later. Of course, I apologize for this delay, previous post regarding the second DLC date has been removed to avoid confusion, so if you're confused why some announcement posts are gone -- that is why. I apologize for the lack of professionalism and grammar mistakes in this post, as like I said, I'm not in the best mental state lately. As always, I appreciate your time, support and understanding, and here is an RHI version of Arshem as thank you as he is best boy in Ignia and in the world from the furry Ivar is from. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/f9205841b8493ba9eccc3b9753bc43d29bcc1f21.jpg Best Regards, Xero

Regular update to further improve the narrative quality of the game {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/fb573ea2ef180b5117ff1e0b1d8d524e8cb3999e.png

Continuity fix to make sure you cannot cure Thane after he bonded with Fia

Grammar fixes and typos. Big thank you to steam user Let Me Die for pointing these out and suggesting fixes ^ ^

Fixes recurring gifts from Thane's arena mates after the blood draining event

Due to a display issue in the gallery, the gallery is now fully unlocked from the start of the game to ensure players did not lose their previous progress. Thank you and please comment below if you have any issues! Other than that I fixed some grammar, display issue with Thane's sprite after confronting him for licking Fia, and typos reported by Emlin, thank you so much!

Fixed a bug in Quill's third date event where rejecting causes a "not find" game notification Fixed a display bug of Quill's side sprite in Seth's ending

Fixed bug where you can skip finding Quill on the 17/05 by going on to date Thane in the upper gardens which caused plot skipping and Quill not showing up later. Fixed a display bug during Ivar's happy ending

Regular weekly typo update as we continue to improve Bewitching Sinners quality

Fixed missing sfx file, that accidentally got deleted in version 1.6. My apologies, please update the game if you have version 1.6

Fix for out of text dialogue texts during Meyza's dialogue, and minor grammar fixes. Will regularly update this if any more reports on the grammar and out of bounds texts come in. Thank you for your understanding!

After 1.5 years of development, few hours of sleep, and a low office work and home life balance -- I can finally release Bewitching Sinners on Steam! It's been a wild journey as a solo dev, and I know I wouldn't have made it this far without the support of all my lovely Patrons on Patreon, my story editor Requim, and my beloved friends. Been a while since I posted on Steam, and I'm sure this game is far from perfect, but I hope you had some fun with it either way and if not well thanks for giving it a shot! I wish I can say more, but honestly... It's 11 PM when I wrote this, I still have a script I need to submit for my office job and yeah, all in all I'm just glad I was able to release this. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/2fb30664019c3a12baba096539756650addb6aaf.png Apologies in advance if there are any issues, and I also have a guide up for anyone who needs it. I'll probably be asleep when this post is up, but I will check any posts or questions you have in the morning! Cheers, Miss Xero.

Just some general info and updates from the latest beta, available on my Patreon Fixes :

• Fixes in Thane's Love route and general bug fixes
• Fixes for information triggering or not while exploring and asking around map
• Dating Minigame fix, now fully playable with the difficulty rating per date being Thane, Quill, Lyall then Arshem
• Adjusted gift options and character likes/dislikes

Updates that will be kept on to the main game:

• Selling fish mechanic, selling price changes, and price balancing, removed store items that have no use besides money sink
• Quest reward adjustment
• Info of what the bachelors like and dislike can be freely triggered after a successul date (for both likes and dislikes) or a horried date (for just the dislikes). Alternatively, players can research their likes from Merry's bar.
• Added more story and information for Keppler and certain NPCs

That is all, and thank you for your patience! Fingers crossed, if I remain healthy and able to draw actively, Bewitching Sinners should be release late April or Mid June 2024 by the latest > < {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/95c99062cecad194627ebb94ddf06e0493b8c294.png

A New Beta is available on my Patreon!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/c6620e000e8a3d71a87c401e9b9cc1077888e2bc.jpg This month's beta lets you play all the way to the endings and play out all the character routes. I also plan to release a guide, which I will probably publish for public consumption on a later date , but for now I will have it exclusively for my paid members on my Patreon! I will continue developing and polishing up Bewitching Sinners in the meantime as I have a lot of CGs to make. But with basically the story and routes done this year, I will ship those codes and scripts to my editor as I draw all the CG as she checks all my misspellings and mishaps. If my health and pace keep up, I should be able to release in April as planned! Some updates from this month's beta that will stay in the final product: 1. Balanced some personality stats effect to not lock out some choices so drastically. 2. All romance routes will have 2-3 gifts to give to our MC after they've reached a certain amount of points. 3. Added a parting event for the unchosen bachelors. 4. Scripted and coded R18 event slots, but no explicit pictures to keep current rating (Will add R18 DLC if game reaches 10K in gross profit in a year, will probably make the R18 DLC free if gross profit reaches 20K) 5. Added more events for side characters (Dietrich, Hedwin, Keppler, Poppy) 6. Extended total in-game days for better story pacing. 7. Added more side character sprites (Prim, Pike, Margaret, Vortec Blood Knights) That's all for now! I hope you all enjoy the upcoming holidays!

Happy Halloween! This month I've managed to finish the main story plot and love routes for Bewitching Sinners, meaning from this point onward the beta is fully playable to the end of the game! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/43deea101eead7b428270004f0090055a863c557.png For those who don't know, my Patreon lets you try out the game's beta before release and also lets you see in game CGs beforehand! The next scheduled beta is planned to be released in my Patreon on November 30th. Besides paid member content, It also has some code snipbits and progress updates for free members! If all goes well and my schedule keeps up as is, I should be getting everything done in April 2024, assuming my editor is also on track! Anyway, I just want to share this news with you all and wish you a Happy Halloween!

A playable demo is now available to play! If you have previously played this demo on itch.io then there are no differences than an updated patron list. If you have a mac then unfortunately the release for that will still only be on itch.io for now as I had some issues with the depot for that here, but I will keep things updated on that build! Otherwise though, please give the demo a try and let me know if you run into any issues! Also if you want to be more involved with the development of this game, please feel free to drop by at my Patreon where you can get sneak peek contents like below , playable betas, and more! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/b85c791afd49bcc79186814f1987e0309f838bd8.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44647160/a958bd7e89c79d356eaaa446087e916ffca3600f.png