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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut Patch Notes & News

New Slay the Princess posters are up on our shop!

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31d ago

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/b7ab74c80c008f1eeccfbc2b2939f52945500dcd.png Folks keep asking us, can I buy the art book, but only the cover, and on a piece of paper without any text on it to put on my wall? If that sounds like you or someone you know, then I have some good news for you! You can do that, now, TODAY! And not just with the art book cover! You want to put the vinyl on the wall, but in a thin, non-vinyl cover form? You can do that too! How about that million copies sold celebration art? Yeah, no longer digital. Get that bad boy ON YOUR WALL (or other poster friendly location.) Available on our store from now through the end of July!

New Slay the Princess posters are up on our shop!

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31d ago

We're getting into game publishing!

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115d ago

Hello everyone! We're extremely excited to announce that we've started a publishing label, and that the first game we've signed is the sophomore title from our dear friends at sunset visitor 斜陽過客, who you might know from the Peabody-winning 1000xResist. It's called Prove You're Human, and you can check out the trailer below before giving it a wishlist. Beyond Prove You're Human, we've also signed a yet-to-be-announced title from SmallBu, the dual Emmy-winning animation studio behind Later Alligator and Baman Piderman. We can't wait to show you all what Lindsay and Alex have been cooking there! For those of you might be nervous that launching a publishing label might slow down our work on internal projects like Scarlet Hollow, fear not! This work has been going on in the background for nearly a year now, so we can comfortably say that it's yet to have an impact on our development timelines. If you'd like a more in-depth look at our thoughts on publishing, we've written up a post on Medium that you can check out here: https://blacktabbygames.medium.com/announcing-black-tabby-publishing-500708c30a38 Thank you so much for your continued support! We never thought we'd be able to fund other small developers and help them bring their games to life, and it's all thanks to you! All the best and there's always more to come, Tony and Abby

Slay the Princess has official surpassed ONE MILLION units sold!

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181d ago

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/50c557e135bfd8f504c8ce542d4e10edb6b45214.png Hello heroes, slayers and yearners! We are thrilled to announce that Slay the Princess has officially surpassed one million units sold. When we started work on this project, we couldn't imagine where it would wind up taking us. Visual novels are often dismissed and looked down upon in our industry, and for ours to hit such a stunning sales milestone backed up by critical and audience acclaim is something that we previously thought to be impossible. And yet, here we are. We couldn't have done this without you. Your support has permanently altered the course of our lives for the better, and it's put us in a position where we can make bold choices doing what we love for as long we'd like. It's a rare opportunity that we don't take lightly, and one we seek to honor by dedicating our lives to making the best works we possibly can. We hope all of you stay with us for the rest of our creative journey. Next stop: the penultimate chapter of Scarlet Hollow, releasing in 11 days. If you have yet to pick up the game, the first chapter is free on Steam as a demo, and your saves carry over into the paid release. While we're here, we also want to tease one of many upcoming pieces of merch we have in the works with Fangamer, coming late Spring/early Summer. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/47ab2b2e5633dbb48067b18bd60160b84c63a608.png So keep your eyes peeled! All the best, and thank you again for sharing in such an important part of our lives. Tony and Abby

WITCH PLUSH

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284d ago

After a YEAR of teasers, THE "The Witch Princess (Plush)" is FINALLY HERE, alongside a ton of new and exciting Slay the Princess merch from Fangamer, including a limited stock of art books.

These items are available on both fangamer.com AND fangamer.eu.

Hope you enjoy, and in case you missed it, the digital art book also released yesterday! You can grab it here on Steam. Or as a standalone on Topatoco!

See you all soon!

Tony and Abby

The (Digital) Art of Slay the Princess is out now!

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286d ago

Hey folks! The digital version of The Art of Slay the Princess is OUT NOW as DLC for the game. A nearly 300 page PDF, inspired by the CYOA books of your childhood! It's like playing a (digital) analog version of the game, complete with artist commentary. And choices are hyperlinked to where you need to go, so no need to flip back and forth across pages. Check it out here:

Or better yet, pick it up in the Ultimate Edition bundle alongside the Supporter's Pack for a deeper discount! If you want the physical edition you can order it here: https://store.serenityforge.com/products/the-art-of-slay-the-princess-the-pristine-cut-reprint-release We're also doing a livestream celebrating the game's second anniversary TOMORROW starting at 1:45 pm eastern time at: We'd love to see you there, and you're looking for an update on the fangamer.eu version of the art book, you'll want to tune in! All the best, Tony and Abby

Slay the Princess Second Anniversary Livestream!

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313d ago

Slay the Princess is going to turn TWO in just a month, and we've got a few things planned to celebrate with you all. October 20th sees the release of the digital version of the Slay the Princess Artbook. It should be set up with hyperlinks so you can seamlessly choose your path just like you would in the analog copy. Wishlist it here:

October 21st is a LIVESTREAM with us (the devs!) and cast of the game (and the musician!) It starts at 1:45 pm EST on blacktabbygames. Ask us questions! Watch Abby draw the Princess! Other things too, I'm sure... like maybe... some sort of... announcement... some sort of... reveal... for something you've all been waiting for a long time... ːSTPWitchNyaː ːSTPWitchNyaː ːSTPWitchNyaː Better be there when we go live!

We're also running a fan art event for the community through all of October! Post your fan art with the right tags to the right platforms, and you could win keys for both of our games. Your art might even be shared on the livestream!

No prompts are necessary, but if you want a daily prompt list to mine or ideas, or to draw along with others in the community, you can use this: Thanks so much for the years of support and community! We can't wait to see you in chat! Best, Tony and Abby

The Art of Slay the Princess Shipping Aug 15th! Take a look... it's in a book!

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403d ago

UPDATE: fangamer and fangamer.eu will also be carrying limited quantities of the art book. we won't have a link to purchase until they have those copies in hand, but we'll make an announcement as soon as they do!

You can also wishlist the digital version of the art book here to get notified when it launches. ~~~~~~~~~ Hey folks! We're so excited to announce that the official Slay the Princess art book is about to go off to the printer! We've got over 290 pages of analogue, choice-driven gameplay in hardcover, complete with concept art and thorough developer commentary! Abby personally laid out every page of this book, so it should have the same heart and soul as the game. You can pre-order your copy from Serenity Forge's store (and if you pick it up with a physical edition of the game you should be able to save on shipping...) The size of the print run is going to depend on how many pre-orders we get, so now's a good time to buy a copy! To our fans in the EU, we're currently looking into a separate distribution option so shipping is less brutal. Stay tuned! With that out of the way... take a look... if you dare...

And I'm realizing that we don't have any photos of pages with concept art on them, so here's a screenshot of what those pages'll look like with the Eye of the Needle! To folks who want a cheaper alternative, we'll be releasing a digital copy of the art book on Steam just in time for the game's 2 year anniversary for $14.99 USD (with regional pricing!) :] (That'll be October 20th, if you want a date to mark on your calendar.) All the best, and thank you, as always, for everything you've done for us. ~ Tony and Abby

Slay the Princess Physicals and Art Book Releasing August 15th

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485d ago

Hey folks! Some long work is finally coming to an end, and we're thrilled to share that the physical editions AND the art book for Slay the Princess will be releasing on August 15th. It took longer than anticipated to finalize mould and painting for the statue, but it's finally at the point where it's entering mass production. PS5 and Nintendo Switch cartridges will be fully up-to-date with fixes, including the skeptic-paranoid changes, performance improvements for the Switch, and functioning text to speech for visually-impaired console players. Check it out! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/13d42b1cc4965ec4aa845910357fc5b8f233cdf1.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/d9c4166cb9ad676981c9fce64618465f3100b2db.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/b7b41aa2c0b4ca034c588390fd6b670304acb1f1.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/ef96154c7b7be228711f77fcc6f4b5000070cd10.jpg And we've got some brand new previews of the artbook while you're here. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/c835c3641d6571f4e3b7c2db33194a103f796f07.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/d181d20f299c711dc7335678c7d1badb6896b9e9.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/6c9c160ff8362e73292a2eb1c160121b07f1bad5.png You can pre-order both the physical editions and art book through Serenity Forge's store: https://store.serenityforge.com/collections/slay-the-princess Thank you all so much! Tony

Slay the Princess is a finalist in this year's Nebula Awards

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508d ago

Hey folks! We're extremely happy to share that Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut is a finalist for this year's Nebula Awards (Best Game Writing.) It's a huge honor for our work to be acknowledged this way, and we wouldn't be here without each and every one of you supporting us all the way. So thank you all so much. We have a lot more work to share with the world, and we can't wait to see you on the next steps of our journey, from the rest of Scarlet Hollow to what lies beyond the horizon. All the best, Tony and Abby

March 5th small fix

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515d ago

Fixed a translation error where a narrator line in happily ever after would display english rather than translated text. Fixed a rare logic error in spectre where a player who triggered the "harsh" spectre variant would unintentionally be pushed to the "friendly" spectre menu.

Small (Final?) Content Update

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518d ago

Hey folks! A small (and probably final) content update for Slay the Princess just went live — The Voice of the Skeptic now accompanies you on the Deconstructed side of Happily Ever After instead of Voice of the Paranoid. I’m not sure why I originally settled on Paranoid for that branch of the story. Maybe it was because Skeptic already felt overrepresented in The Pristine Cut between his presence in the Den, and his major role in The Cage split across three routes. The Cage in particular was a very emotionally taxing chapter to work on, so maybe I was tired of writing him. But post release, it’s felt like: 1. Paranoid’s in HEA was just kind of there. At least, none of the things he does in the chapter felt important for his character. 2. Every voice gets an opportunity to truly shine somewhere except Skeptic. In fact, to push players to the cage, we wound up taking away one of his weirdest moments to shine from the base game (pushing you to take The Prisoner’s head with you.) Localizing the game means that redoing any dialogue is very burdensome, since I’d have to have it retranslated in all 12 of our supported languages, but upon looking more closely at the script for Happily Ever After, I realized that all but one or two lines felt more like they belonged to skeptic rather than the paranoid anyways. And that when given to the skeptic, those lines don’t feel like he’s just kind of there the way it felt like Paranoid was just kind of there. The small wins Paranoid can get in that chapter — deducing the identity of the shadow; pushing you to blow out the torches — they’re big wins for the Skeptic, and the route seemed like it would be much more rounded if he was swapped in. And beyond that, I couldn’t get the following line from the Shifting Mound’s monologue about the Deconstructed Damsel out of my head: “Love melted into skepticism, and you pulled back layer after layer after layer until all you were left with was the knowledge that you did not know me.” We couldn’t just use the word skepticism to describe the route’s entry point and not include our lil’ over-analytical guy. So we took some time this month to re-record those lines with Jonny and make the changes to the game, and now that itching need to fix “just one more thing” is finally gone. This is probably the final content update for Slay the Princess (though, never say never I suppose.) Ever since we started work on The Pristine Cut, I wanted to end my work on the game with the conclusion of Happily Ever After. I’m grateful for the opportunity for that to finally be the case. I hope to see you all tomorrow with Scarlet Hollow’s relaunch, but even if I don’t see you there, thank you all for the life-changing support you’ve given us. I hope our game means as much to you as it means to us. All the best, Tony

Princess in Balatro

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524d ago

Dearest Slayers, You can now build decks with Slay the Princess-themed playing cards in Balatro! Please enjoy your new Spades as well as probably the most unhinged professional email I've ever sent. :) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/fd617977156a6d98546dfc7dea07c5176234ea08.png Best, Tony

Slay the Princess x Fangamer first wave now available!

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529d ago

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/deb8516b676ec80c38ad8ee36f17af1317b21eb3.png Hey folks! We're so excited to share the first wave of Slay the Princess merch we're doing with Fangamer. This round is three items:

A "Heart, Lungs, Liver, Nerves" longsleeve shirt.
A Shifting Mound T-Shirt.
A beautiful stained-glass pin of the tower.

You can order these items today, using this link if you're in North America and this link if you're in Europe. Fangamer also ships to other countries, so if you're not in those regions, still try taking an order to checkout! We've really been blown away by the quality of the production here, and we can wait to share more with you in the future, including a very devious plush. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/0592cf419c1c0d0f7da6c0caa726a8044a76d7bc.png That's all for now, folks! Stay tuned for March 3rd, when we'll be launching a huge overhaul update to the first chapters of Scarlet Hollow, which'll be a great time to pick up our other game for the first time! Best, Tony and Abby

January 22 Patch Notes

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557d ago

Small number of fixes: Fixed reported typos/mistranslations for the Polish translation. (Still working on compiling and fixing these for other languages, more polish fixes to come as well) Fixed a sprite in PatD where the Princess has two left hands. Assorted minor fixes.

December 31st Patchnotes

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579d ago

Now that the console and PC builds are synced, I've caught up on the past month or so of reported bugs. Highlights/general notes: 1. Fixed a number of typos or instances where the spoken dialogue didn't sync word-for-word with the written text. 2. Restored a handful of inaccessible dialogue lines that were blocked by broken logic. 3. Changed chapter 1 knife -> betray tower start so that displayed art is more consistent with narrated actions. (Specifically, the Princess now has a more accurate level of battle damage) 4. Adjusted volume for a handful of lines that were too quiet. 5. Fixed a mistranslation in Japanese for first meeting with Her. 6. Switched .wav lossless for the pristine cut soundtrack in the supporter's pack for .flac to save space. Replaced Unknown Together and Apotheosis livetracks in the lossless soundtrack with up-to-date in-game versions. I'm sure there's other stuff I'm forgetting, but this is what comes to mind. Happy new year! Tony January 1 Edit: A couple of small fixes for typos missed in yesterday's round + a few minor visual fixes.

Slay the Princess won the grand prize and more at Indie Live Expo!

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603d ago

Hey folks! Just wanted to share that Slay the Princess won the award for best new characters and the grand prize at this year's Indie Live Expo in Tokyo! To celebrate, both of our games are 20% off for the next week. Since this is a pretty short update a few other things:

We've been blown away by the quantity and quality of submissions to the fanart event we've been running. It's still going until the 15th, but the community easily earned an ~art stream.~ It'll be happening on our Twitch channel on December 21st at 1pm Eastern.
The Collector's Edition for PS5 and Switch is still available for pre-order if you're interested in a physical copy of the game with exclusive merch.

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We've got plenty of other cool stuff you can pick up, including pins, shirts, vinyl, posters, and more. Check it out here.

Thank you again for all of your support. We wouldn't have gotten this far without you! All the best, Tony and Abby

Nominate Slay the Princess for the Steam Awards!

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613d ago

Hey folks! The nomination period for the Steam Awards is here, and we'd deeply appreciate it if you nominated Slay the Princess for the Labor of Love award. Since we first released the base game last year, this is the only category we'll eligible in, so it should make it easier for you to choose you vote :) Hopefully The Pristine Cut being free has earned your support ^^

Slay the Princess has sold half a million copies worldwide!

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619d ago

Hey folks! We're beyond thrilled to announce that Slay the Princess has sold over 500,000 copies globally across PC, Mac, Linux, and consoles! It's been one of the greatest experiences of our lives watching so many of you connect with this passion project, and every step of the way you've helped our work exceed even our wildest expectations. To celebrate this milestone, we're releasing a brand-new poster — one that lets you hang up ~every~ Princess on your wall at the same time! Available in full and half-size, and at a small discount if you pre-order it. (It'll also be available after the pre-order period!) https://i.ibb.co/316GZvh/posterpreviewbig.jpg Here's the link: https://topatoco.com/collections/black-tabby/products/ah-stp-allher-pr And if you're interested in other merch, including sticker sheets of the chibi Princess designs in the gallery, keychains, pins, the collector's edition, and more, you can find it all here: https://www.slaytheprincess.com/merch While you're all here, I'd also like to highlight some of the other cool stuff that's happened with Slay the Princess following The Pristine Cut.

The soundtrack won Best Game Music at the World Soundtrack Awards.
The Pristine Cut has received a 91 on Metacritic including a 9/10 from Gamespot, and a 10/10 from Sports Illustrated.
We've been nominated for best community management at the Indie Game Awards. This one is entirely on all of you - thank you so much!
We've made it to the shortlist for the GWB Game Awards.
Nominated for best new characters for Indie Live Expo.

And hopefully there'll be even more good news to come as we continue through to the end of the year! Thank you again, so much! We'll be back with an update for the first four episodes of Scarlet Hollow early next year! (And then Episode 5 later next year!) Best, Tony and Abby

November 6th Patch Notes

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635d ago

Re-worked the new version of The Unknown Together track to be closer to the original release's version while still retaining the live performances. Added a new line of dialogue in the lead-up to Damsel 3, and added an extra dialogue option to the climax. Assorted smaller bug fixes, incl. a bug where TSM's torso would disconnect when selecting a red dialogue option from the Apotheosis route.

November 1 Patch — Fixes for yesterday are LIVE :)

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639d ago

Hey folks! Just pushed a new patch that both resolves the save data edge cases we were initially trying to fix in yesterday's patch, and that now includes better failsafes to avoid triggering the rare save issues some users ran into with the following userflow: 1. Playing on October 30th build, pick 2. Game quits to desktop, as intended. Before boot-up, steam downloads October 31 patch. 3. Transition between builds creates new edge case making main menu difficult to access. This patch should no longer cause that issue, AND it should cause games and save files to work correctly for players who experienced the above and did not repair their installs. Next on the short-term docket is fixing some inconsistent animation jumps with the leave with the shifting mound animation. Longer term on the docket is adding some sort of indicator (a checkmark?) when a given route in the gallery. That one might take a little while though. Cheers, and thank you so much for your patience while we hammered this out!

Test Branch For Crash Fix!

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640d ago

Hey folks! Sorry again to folks who ran into a weird bug with the option earlier today. I just pushed what should be a fix for those issues to a beta branch. You can access the branch with the password waitforevertest Instructions on how to access a beta branch can be found here: https://uk.gamesplanet.com/community/news_updates/363353-instructions-how-to-access-a-private-beta-preview-or If you ran into the problems that came up in this thread (https://steamcommunity.com/app/1989270/eventcomments/4630356482652714742?snr=2_9_100003_) switching to the test branch *should* resolve the issue. And if this branch doesn't cause any unforeseen issues, I'll move it to live tomorrow. If you're in the majority of players whose game is currently working properly, only try out this branch if you're willing to test it out and make sure it doesn't cause any issues with your game. Cheers, and so sorry if you ran into problems with the build earlier today! Tony

October 31 Notes. EDITED FOR FIX – PLEASE READ IF HAVING ISSUES

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640d ago

EDIT — Hi everyone! Sorry about this. It looks like this update caused an issue for folks who picked "wait forever" on the old build and then downloaded the patch afterwards. You can fix the issue by doing the following: Disable Steam Cloud for the game. Go to \game\saves. Delete gimmick-LT1.save and quick-1-LT1.save files, if present. Go to %AppData%\RenPy\SlaythePrincess-1651597024 (windows); HOME/Library/RenPy/SlaythePrincess-1651597024 (Mac); Linux: $HOME/.renpy/SlaythePrincess-1651597024 (Linux) And do the same as above. That should be it Although I'm not sure how it behaves on transition between patches It also could be quick-1-LT1.save - delete it too if present. If this leads to an error screen, you can drop this save file into your saves file and reboot the game. After it boots, you should be save to load and continue on your previous saves. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/z8ca0yk8n1za5whba09f1/quick-1-LT1.save?rlkey=091nadldnn8bwxonck4e4a9yb&st=96trpsjd&dl=0 Extremely sorry about this issue! But these steps should resolve the problem and allow you to continue without losing progress. Improved logic for crash to desktop. It now uses a specialized save slot so it won't write over any quick-saves, and has fail-safes in place to prevent a rare edge case caused by manually loading an old save generated by the fake crash.

October 30th Fixes

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641d ago

Game is in a pretty stable place at this point, so patches are going to slow down. Will still be fixing things as they're reported. In the short term, we're hoping to add an indicator on the route-selection level of the gallery that marks off when a given route is "complete." We'll also be looking to patch in typos that have been reported in localizations. Here's what's been pushed on this build: • Corrected incorrectly swapped "Our Song" entries for P&D. • Fixed incorrect gallery images and thumbnails for Cage, HEA, P&D, Tower • Fixed visual glitch with tsm "hand" sprites seen in tlq • Fixed visual glitch with nightmare's dress while puppetted by tsm in tlq • Fixed a missing "talk" sprite in HEA • Fixed a bug in the adversary where the game could lose track of whether the player had a knife • Fixed a bug in the witch that would erroneously grant a gallery unlock under incorrect circumstances • Fixed a bug in the finale where a variant of the fury's sprite would not properly display, and instead it would display her default sprites • Incremented an unused variable during the mirror conversation to unlock a previously unobtainable dialogue option. • Fixed an issue w/ translations where 3 lines in HEA would not play english audio Than you all so much for playing!

Pristine Cut Post-Release ~favorite Princess survey~ new merch, and AMA!

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642d ago

Hey folks! Thank you all so much for playing The Pristine Cut. We've been floored by the audience reception, and are so, so happy you've all come back to celebrate Slay the Princess with us in its final iteration. We're extremely proud of the new and expanded routes — I think they're easily some of the best content in the game — and it means the world to us that you've gotten to experience them. A few things coming up: First thing's first, we're doing a Reddit AMA on /r/games starting at 1pm eastern tomorrow, October 30th! Join our Discord if you want an announcement reminding you when we go live: discord.gg/blacktabbygames Next — we've got a survey for you now that you've played the game! Your answers will contribute to an eventual write-up/data dive I'm going to do on the many stages of Slay the Princess' narrative development. It also lets you pick your favorite Princess :) If you haven't played the Pristine Cut yet, I've tried to keep spoilers in the survey to a minimum, but also, maybe play it first! I think it's *really* good! Here's the link: https://forms.gle/6xWWvz8MvQ6f5xu5A If you want to rank EVERY Princess, we also have a poll for that, AND a poll for voice rankings. Will also be contributing to that write-up. We ran this exact survey *before* the Pristine cut, so I'm really interested in seeing how things change! Princess Ranking: https://strawpoll.com/bVg8B4qLMyY Voice Ranking: https://strawpoll.com/NPgxe3NzQZ2 While you're here, I'd also like to highlight some cool physical stuff you might have missed! First of all, a new thing! We did a first wave of chibi Princess sticker sheets earlier this year, and now that The Pristine Cut is out, we're launching a second wave that contains Princesses from the new chapters, as well as the Damsel, Prisoner, Spectre, and Nightmare (plus their chapter 3 variations.) Get wave 2 here: https://topatoco.com/collections/black-tabby/products/ahh-stp-chibistix2 And here's wave 1 in case you missed it: https://topatoco.com/collections/black-tabby/products/ah-stp-chibistix For instance, there's a collector's edition of the game for Switch and PS5! It comes with all sorts of goodies. If you're in the EU and want a cheaper option, we've got a smaller version of that collector's edition for quite a bit cheaper. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/d0c61bee14987c3860e18299645b70ba23c3b69e.png We're also making a huge art book that takes the shape of the game. Make choices and see the art from their outcomes! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/8e1a7e93aa7ab43f0e082b507094884609e5a4cf.png And finally on the merch front, Slay the Princess is getting a vinyl! The vinyl has two designs: The first is a blood splatter, and you can order it on the Lost in Cult website! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/a2bde4c6e51502951bca5bd40b03c6a3cdf3579b.jpg And the second is a glow-in-the-dark edition, which you can pick up through Serenity Forge: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/420ae69b3b5398c6311c10801b86592241657240.jpg Both vinyls have the same track list, including orchestral renditions of some of your favorite tracks in the game, as well as my two favorite tracks from The Pristine Cut! (Damsel 3 and Spectre 3, iykyk) Serenity Forge will have cheaper shipping in you're in North America, and Lost In Cult will have cheaper shipping if you're in Europe. And last but not least we've got a chunky pre-episode 5 update planned for Scarlet Hollow. More on that soon, but among other things, we're really tightening the UI! Take a peak :) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42705860/90a597d935f440200818f99f08857d88010369b6.png All the best, Tony and Abby

You're on a path in a gallery. And at the end of the path is an achievement fix.

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644d ago

Okay folks! I think we finally got the gallery achievement working. If your gallery is finished, you really just need to boot up a new game it'll trigger right away. I also changed the flag for the achievement so, if you were accidentally granted it last time, you can use one of those third party tools to wipe your achievement progress without it automatically resyncing. If you want to wipe the incorrectly given version of the achievement, its API name is: "ACH_GALLERY" (no quotes) A few other fixes: For Simplified Chinese, it turns out I'd accidentally gotten the Princess' spooky and normal fonts (pink and red) swapped. I've switched them back. Please let me know if this leads to any issues and I will fix it right away! For Steam Deck, a display issue was causing the volume sliders in the preferences screen to flow off the screen and become unusable. The Steam Deck is rendering the preferences menu in a *weird* counterintuitive way. While I look into this further, I've disabled some redundant preferences (parallax which doesn't currently work on deck; and auto-forward) so that the sliders display properly and those tools are usable. We've fixed a number of other small issues as well. Thanks so much for your patience while we sort this out.

Finish the Gallery achievement should be fixed.

Black Tabby Gamessteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

645d ago

EDIT: NO IT'S NOT. ROLLING BACK. This achievement is my path in the woods. I fear I may never leave. Title. The achievement to finish the gallery should now be working as intended. If you've already finished the gallery, just start a new game and get to the first menu in the woods, and the achievement should go off for you. A few other fixes — including compressing some images for the new "leave with the shifting mound" ending that make it more performant on windows. And for those of you who missed the earlier patch notes today, we updated the supporter's pack with more stuff, including high res chibis of each princess :) Fixes should be a decent place at this point, gonna slow down and take it a lil easy. Thank you for your patience and for playing our game! Tony

Pristine Cut Day 2 Patch 1

Black Tabby Gamessteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

645d ago

Hey folks! Quite a few little changes here. The gallery will now continue to display "hints" when you hover over thumbnails for CGs, even after you've already unlocked them! A lot of folks requested this change and it was a good idea, so in it goes! Sliders now correctly change color when selected on controller. For the shifting mound sequence, the game now deletes the quick save it creates after you've rebooted. This should avoid a rare issue where manually loading that save after the fact introduced issues with persistent data. In simplified chinese, we have replaced the narrator/voices font with one that is more legible. hope this helps! and then there's a number of other assorted fixes. Note: the "finish the gallery" achievement is still broken. we're actively investigating it - hopefully we have a fix soon. (and regardless, you won't lose progress on the achievement, since it will check against your current unlocks.) we have also updated a few things with the supporter pack: 1. it's now been reduced to two primary folders in the game directory — one for music, one for art. 2. for music, we've added an mp3 option for the pristine cut OST (as opposed to lossless) 3. we've added hd versions of the gallery chibis to the art side of the supporter's pack Thank you all so much for playing! Tony

Pristine Cut Hotfix 6

Black Tabby Gamessteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

646d ago

EDIT — Granting achievement early to players. Rolling back and pushing the other changes while I take a deeper look into this one. EDIT 2 — New update. Gallery hovering and other buxfixes implemented. Finish the gallery achievement temporarily disabled until we drill down the issue. Sorry about that folks and sorry for everyone who was accidentally granted it early. When something is broken but nobody else would realize it isn't working. It looks like a tweak to Ren'py we introduced to improve controller UX for sliders in the preferences menu broke the hover effect in the gallery. We've rolled back that Ren'py tweak, which means sliders won't retain a "hovered" color when selected, but now thumbnails and icons in the gallery should correctly display their hovered variants. Looking into finding a way to make both work at once, but for now, the gallery UI takes precedence over slider UI. This hotfix also includes a couple of things mentioned in Hotfix 5, but that should now work properly (instead of get immediately rolled back) They are: If you've finished the game and are returning for the first time, we check to see if you've earned the "Our Song" achievement, and if so, we automatically unlock the gallery. This should clear up some confusion on how to access it. The achievement to finish the gallery should now function properly. Thanks so much for your patience as we work all of this out.

Pristine Cut Hotfix 5

Black Tabby Gamessteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

646d ago

EDIT — I SPOKE TOO SOON. This patch introduced a crash that I have now rolled back. Please download the rollback patch ASAP Achievement for filling out the gallery should be fixed. To trigger it assuming your gallery is already complete, just go through the motions of unlocking any one gallery item (so finish a chapter?) Let me know if there are still issues with that one. Added a check at the beginning of the game to see if players have previously earned the "Our Song" achievement. If they have, automatically unlocks the gallery. Should ease some confusion on how to access it for returning players. I'm still trying to map out a one-time check to partially sync gallery progress to what achievements a player has already mapped out to see how viable/helpful it would be. Since so many items in the gallery aren't tied to achievements, and achievements tend to be less granular than gallery items, it's unclear how much a partial solution like this would actually save time for players, and I'm wary of the risks making any mistakes in its implementation would introduce. So... still leaning towards no for trying that, but wanted to give you all an update and to let you know that I am earnestly looking into it. Cheers, and thanks so much for a fantastic Pristine Cut launch!

Pristine Cut Hotfix 4

Black Tabby Gamessteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

646d ago

Biggest fix: removed a bug where doing Burned Grey earlier blocks you from doing Prisoner 3. Assorted small fixes to typos. Known issues I'm working on today: 1. Preferences screen is cut-off on Steam Deck 2. Achievement for finishing the gallery is not unlocking. (Don't worry, it'll be retroactive when fixed!)

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