You are a 24-year-old graduate student studying Archaeology at modern-day Miskatonic University. Being the perfect student, you are on the road to achieve your dreams and with your whole life ahead of you. All of that begins to change when a mysterious artifact is discovered outside of Dunwich. Do you have what it takes to transform your school into your own personal harem while avoiding suspicion, and bring about a lustful apocalypse?
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A young Archaeology student at modern-day Miskatonic handles a mysterious artifact that imbues him with various supernatural powers. Using these powers, the student is called upon by an Eldritch god to release him from his prison. To do so, the student must bimbofy staff and other students, send enough of them into insatiable sex frenzies, and dig up an ancient ceremonial space underneath the campus, all while dodging a rival faction and avoiding suspicion.
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Over a dozen characters including your best friend, stepsister, teachers, other students, and more!
*Fixed issue that caused player dick size to max out at 20 when the preference was set to Unlimited
*Gave Vitae Anchor's suspicion penalty a more visible effect on the suspicion meter
*The Dev Console now has an option to add/remove/reset the Vitae Anchor upgrade. This reset option will reset the upgrade to owned but with 0 uses, which should help alleviate cases in which the suspicion manipulator in the console is unable to override the upgrade.
Changelog
+Added Priya and Ying's F+F sex scene images
*Fixed issue where Madison's aroused face always showed
*Fixed issue where Huong's aroused face never showed
*Fixed issue where black hair strands would show over Huong's largest breast size when hair is supposed to be blonde or platinum
*Fixed isse where Huong's doll image had rough edges
Changelog
+Added the Female+Female vaginal sex scene images for Detective Lawson and Tom
*Updated NW.js for Windows version
Hey deviants! I wanted to let everyone know that the recode is still coming along. I'm roughly about 30% done. The changelog for it is shaping up to be looong, it's already about 2 pages and growing. I'll probably even post a preview of it on Patreon pretty soon.
For now, here's some more art trickling in.
Changelog
+Added the Female+Female vaginal sex scene images for Madison (occult club president) and Dr. Jackson (business professor)
Changelog
+Added another unlockable image to the photo album
+Added a new music track that plays at night
Changelog
+Added the Female+Female vaginal sex scenes for Melissa (art student) and Harriet (cafeteria worker)
Hey, deviants! I'm working on some massive changes to Artifact behind the scenes that probably won't be ready for at least a few more weeks, if not longer. Until then, any updates are likely going to be small compared to the normal updates.
Changelog
+Added Dr. Ella Fairfax's (math professor) female-player vaginal sex scene image
Hello again, deviants! Today's update includes a couple of big things I have been wanting to add for quite a while now, but held out due to how complicated the changes would be: a way to persist past Game Over, and an extended day! Let's jump into the changelog.
+Added Dr. Ella Fairfax's (math professor) female-player vaginal sex scene image
+New ability: Vitae Anchor
Any reserved husk is automatically implanted with a fragment of your soul. Should you get caught by the Black Brotherhood, your body will dissolve and you may return to this plane of existence in the body of the reserved husk. Returning this way takes multiple days and will impart a permanent suspicion handicap.
This ability only works when suspicion reaches its maximum; it does not work for other types of losses.
Some aspects, namely the reserved husks' home dormitory, may not function as intended if this ability is used on a husk that was reserved before this update
*There is now more time, allowing for 1 more action per day!
Phases of the day are now labeled Dawn, Morning, Noon, Afternoon, Evening, and Dusk, and Night. Dusk is the final part of the day where regular actions can no longer be taken, and Night should mostly only be seen on rare scripted occasions.
*Fixed an area that incorrectly referred to Dr. Jackson, the business professor, as a math professor
*Fixed a display issue for “E” breast cup sizes, as well as multiple other extremely specific potential paperdoll and sidebar display issue scenarios
*Minor performance improvements
Artifact – 0.79.58 Release & Changelog
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+Added Female+Female sex scene images for:
Mikah (stepsister)
Dr. Lydia Sterling (Art professor)
Dr. Howard (Archaeology professor)
Huong (gym rat)
+Added another new ability: Cursed Flux
While female, your vaginal juices have the power to create Ph'tanari when making contact with other vaginas.
This ability costs no XP, and also does not count toward the unlocking of higher tier abilities.
*Female players no longer have access to male-specific sex acts.
This leaves vaginal as the only sex act option for now, unless coupled with the free Cursed Flux ability to turn the partner to futa, in which case it is replaced by the fellatio and penetration options. This will be improved upon in the future to give female players additional choices.
*Further removal/changing of stray male player references when playing as female
*Additions to the dev console
Artifact – 0.79.58 Release & Changelog
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+Added female-player “Get fucked by...” sex scenes for
Huong
Dr. Ella Fairfax
Dr. Lydia Sterling
Melissa
Mikah
Priya
Tom
Ying
+Added a new ability: Rebellious Lust
Satisfying your own lustful desires far surpasses your will to serve. Ejaculating inside of a vagina will no longer cause a penis to grow on Affected females... but at what cost?
This ability costs no XP, and also does not count toward the unlocking of higher tier abilities.
+Speed is now giftable
Speed will lower an NPC's IQ
*Female players will no longer create Ph'tanari when engaging in vaginal sex with a female NPC
*Added a Forbidden Acts section to the Celaeno Fragments, as well as made small revisions to the Ph'tanari, Husks, Powers, Affected, and Broodmother sections
*Amended more stray references to male anatomy when player is female
*Fixed an issue that could cause both the male-player and female-player sex scene images to be shown for female players
*Fixed issue that could cause a few very specific changes regarding Dr. Lydia Sterling to not occur
Artifact – 0.79.56 Release & Changelog
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+Added Priya's questline, with a new item as a possible quest reward
+Added female player variant of Dr. Howard's “Get fucked by...” sex scene
+Added new Home background image
+Added a “clear cache” option to the Dev Console. This should help alleviate some performance issues, but further testing is required to make sure it doesn't negatively impact other areas of the game. As with all other items in the Dev Console, exercise extreme caution if using.
*Ms. Lane can no longer make an appearance in Dr. Sterling's quest if she has been made into a broodmother
*Fixed issue that could cause multiple sex scene images to show in the same scene for female players
*Fixed issue that caused Ms. Lane's image to show in Dr. Jackson's female-player “Get fucked by...” sex scene
*Fixed issue that prevented Dr. Howard's penis from showing on his Diminished Lvl3 paperdoll
*Restored a missing link in Ying's fellatio scene
*Performance improvements
*Formatting improvements for the Lower Campus and the Daily Schedule
Artifact – 0.79.55 Release & Changelog
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Madison (Occult Club)
Detective Lawson (Police)
Ms. Lane (Librarian)
Harriet (Cafeteria Worker)
Dr. Jackson (Business Professor)
*Improved support for alternate resolutions
Artifact – 0.79.53 Release & Changelog
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+Added Dr. Lydia Sterling's full questline
+Added a frenzy scene for Melissa
She is located very close to her original location
If the player has already pushed Melissa to the point of frenzy where she would originally leave, she will now return as of this update
+Added the ability to infest male characters with parasites, so long as they are not diminished
This effect is currently only cosmetic, as diminished males already become willing females, and sex scenes for non-diminished males are still in the pipeline
*Revised Madison's questline (spoilers ahead)
If giving Madison the correct textbook, the player will still have a chance to warn her about the Keeper of Secrets before the interaction ends
When giving Madison the incorrect textbook and choosing to warn her, the quest now completes and rewards XP
Attempting to find Madison post-questline where the incorrect textbook was given to her will now drop hints about her fate
The quest log should now properly update between the quest stages regardless of path chosen
Some of these changes may not work for existing saves where the quest has already started or completed, so a Debug subsection with a Madison Quest option has been added to the Dev Console and may be used to Force Complete (or Force Reset) the quest if any issues have arise
*Applied a fix for an error where Madison could disappear from her location prematurely
*Applied a fix for an issue where the player could get stuck at Tom's house if he went into a frenzy while there
*Applied a fix for the police station quest
where a scene could prematurely play out before player interaction
where a potential penis size change would not successfully occur
*Melissa's location will no longer get tangled with Priya's location once Priya has been frenzied
*Improved formatting for the quest tracker, frenzies, and arboretum overlook
*Obtaining the restricted section pass from anyone now passes time
*The Arboretum Overlook is now considered part of the Arboretum, and not part of the Art Building
*Added some more text to the end of the introduction
*Edited some descriptions around the art building
*Various spelling and grammar fixes
*Minor performance improvements
Artifact – 0.79.52 Release and Changelog
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Changelog
+Added the following images for Harriet
Infested Bust
Oral (BOTH giving & receiving) sex scene
Anal (BOTH giving & receiving) sex scene
Titfuck sex scene
Vaginal sex scene
Frenzy scene
Futa frenzy scene
+Added Ying's Diminished2 image
*Fixed issue where audio controls for new games began at 0
*Minor performance improvements
Artifact – 0.79.49 Release and Changelog
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+Added Harriet's main images
Bust
Paperdoll
+Added Madison's full questline, and revised a bit of the existing text. Multiple different resolutions and endings, plus a new unique item as a reward for a certain ending!
*The daily schedule in the sidebar will now update with new class information after changing identities
*Fixed an issue that could prevent a certain event from playing out when edging at home
*Performance improvements for the SHiMMER news feed
*Further reduced the number of save slots available by 1 (this will NOT affect grandfathered slots)
*Further scaling/formatting improvements
*Certain ambience, sound effects, and music will now respond better
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+Added Ying's frenzy images
*The Upgrades screen can now be accessed from a new icon in the sidebar, saving you the trouble of having to travel to your bedroom each time you want to access it
*Further scaling/formatting improvements for the Info sidebar, Upgrades, character presences, frenzies, and the interaction bar
*Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong paperdoll to show for husks during possession scenes
*Fixed a rogue parenthesis that could appear in the sidebar for dark-skinned Pcs
*Minor performance improvements
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Work continues on improving support for various screen sizes. Roughly a quarter of the conversions deemed necessary have been done, so you may now notice a few changes, but there is still a long way to go and I will continue to keep this as one of my main focuses.
Ying's frenzy scene is almost done! Once he is done, we have Harriet left and then, finally, the Crimson Seraph himself. The plan is to finish these characters in order and move on to other art necessities (M+M scene artwork, F+F artwork, backgrounds, broodmother-related art, a frenzy for Melissa, transitional gender art, and more). However, with the plot rewrite, I may opt to hold off on the Crimson Seraph artwork until we get further along in that process.
On to this week's changes!
Changelog
*Improved some formatting/scaling for parts of the sidebar, possession scenes, inventory, game menu, and the expanded map.
*The yearly schedule will no longer show players their chance to pass the midterms if the day of midterms has already occurred, in which case it will now show whether or not they passed. In addition, the yearly schedule can now be opened multiple times without having to reload/switch passages first.
*The game will now try harder to adapt screen size widths under 1440px
*Changed the map font to something more thematic, yet legible
*Female MCs will now see Libido Pills instead of Penis Enlargement Pills
Changelog
+Added Ying's final sex scene image before the frenzy
*Minor performance improvements for the interaction bar
*Changes regarding increasing support for various screen sizes, although at this point very few differences may be noticeable
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+Added three more Ying sex scene images
Vaginal
Titjob
Give fellatio
*Changing Identity can now cause you to lose or gain certain bodily-based perks or boons
Athletic
Attractive Slacker
High Tolerance
Ugly (can be lost, but never gained)
*The Midterms section of the Yearly Schedule will now also show the player's projected chance of passing the midterms
*A warning will now show if a Demo save is detected while playing the paid version
Artifact – 0.79.43 Patch
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*Stat changes provided by the Macho perk now fit with both male and female MCs
*Decreased the amount of Dick/Libido growth provided in the early stages of the Sheltered perk, plus decreased the amount of growth lost in the later stages
*Applied fix for an issue that could potentially cause the player to fail the midterms after already passing them
*The Midterms event will now show your chance of success
*The dev console now includes a control for passing/failing the midterm
Artifact – 0.79.41 Release and Changelog
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+Added more Ying art
Remaining paperdoll art
Fellatio sex scene
Anal sex scene
*Avoiding expulsion is now slightly more challenging
Previously it was impossible to get expelled before the first 60 days. This has been changed to the first 45 days.
The threshold of expulsion has changed from 20% of days to 30%
Players who were underneath the threshold before this change will get an option to convert their Academia score into a similar one when loading the save.
*If the player manages to advance time past Night before getting to morning (rare, but possible through certain events), taking speed will now set the time back to Evening instead of night
*Performance improvements regarding bidding
*Fixed issue that caused Mikah's “Get fucked...” scene not to play out
*Buying speed from the dealer will now immediately refresh the number of speed in your inventory
*Taking Enlargement pills no longer comes with a suspicion cost
*When attempting to feed broodmothers, it is now more apparent when you have no food to give
This update brings in dozens of new images! Most with a focus on black tendrily eldritch goodness ahead of next week's eclipse.
Plus, fixes galore, quality of life improvements, and some formatting improvements!
Let's get down to it.
Artifact – 0.79.41 Release and Changelog
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+Added new parasite infest images for each seducible NPC (with the exception of Ying and Harriet, whose art are still a WIP)
+Added a new “corrupted” look for each infested NPC (again, with the exception of Ying and Harriet)
+Added half of Ying's paperdoll artwork
+Added a lot of new ending scenarios for NPCs who are infested or broodmothers
*The High Tolerance perk no longer increases addiction until after the player has taken speed for the first time
*Fixed an issue that could prevent players from being able to assign bidding commands
*Formatting fixes for Infest passages
*Formatting fixes/improvements for a certain home encounter
*Fixed bug that could prevent expulsion from occurring
*Dick size changing notifications will now specify whether it's the play or the NPC that the change is happening to
*Restored the splatter image when spewing Black Ichor against potential husks
*Restored certain sound effects
*Fixed issue that could cause incorrect pronouns while flirting
*University Woods no longer gives players upfront options to “Mark another door” before having marked any with the Mark of the Anointed ability
*Light performance improvements for dormitory areas
*Removed some stray brackets
*Using pills or speed directly from the sidebar will now refresh the item amounts quicker
*Removed some excessive bust images during the intro
*The dev console now includes controls for Academia, Age, Hair Style, Melanin, and various inventory items
*Fixed dev console bug where changing suspicion would instead alter the cash variable
*Revised some newly added audio for a handful of spooky moments
Artifact – 0.79.40 Release and Changelog
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+Added Ying's bust image
+Added some new audio tracks
*Changed the starting IQ for most NPCs. Mostly a little lower, with the exception of Ying who now has a slightly higher IQ.
*The “maze” encounter in the arboretum now offers multiple alternate resolutions if the player loses their way. The new resolutions are based on upgraded powers, inventory items, or perks.
*Updated a couple of item descriptions to hint at potential uses
*Game Over music now varies depending on either the type of Game Over scenario, or the player's general playstyle
*Added a warning to the save menu when an excessive number of grandfathered save slots is detected
*Minor text corrections
Artifact – 0.79.39 Release and Changelog
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*The map now shows the legend again, and expanding the map will now expand the legend text as well
*Fixed formatting on starting a new day, the upgrades page, and the location text on the map subsection of the sidebar
*Replaced some missing map images
Artifact – 0.79.38 Release and Changelog
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+Added a tutorial section when the player retrieves the library book, also accessible from viewing the copy of the books
+ Added two new sex scene images for Dr. Jackson
+Added Dr. Jackson's frenzy scene image
+Added some new map effects based on upgrades obtained and frenzy progress
*Fixed an issue that could potentially allow players to infinitely gift flowers
*Updated the arousal threshold numbers within the interaction bar
*Interaction bar formatting fixes
*Friends List formatting fixes
*Library bathroom formatting fixes
*Frenzied NPCs are now tallied up regardless of what subsection of the sidebar is active
Artifact – 0.79.33 Release and Changelog
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+Added Dr. Jackson's titjob image
*A particular story scene will now further clarify for players why certain bodily changes may occur
*Fixed issue where a certain scene could cause both the player's face to disappear and the penis to still show if gender-swapped to female
*Fixed issue that could cause Dr. Jackson's male penis to show on his female frame
*Fixed issue that caused bill amounts to be unset. Players who had the dev console enabled may need to fix the amount manually via the console.
*Updated new dev console to include more controls
*Madison no longer disappears in the middle of her unfinished questline
*Various minor text corrections
*Improved itch.io integration
Artifact – 0.79.35 Release and Changelog
*Fixed issue that caused male NPC penises to disappear
*Fixed issue with the Dev Console that could cause the player's face to disappear if it was pulled up
*Fixed issue that caused use of Vitae essences to disappear if the player home was changed after identity looting
*Fixed issue that prevented Build and some other essences from properly applying (not applicable to existing essences)
*Fixed issue that prevented Skin Color essences from displaying
*It is no longer possible to use breast essences on male forms
*Female-only physique essences now translate into the closest comparable male body type when being applied to male forms
*Players can no longer lure NPCs before obtaining knowledge about the artifacts
*More performance improvements
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+Added Dr. Jackson sex scene images:
*Expanded Identity looting. Taking someone's Identity now also results in:
*Updated the XP costs in the Vitae Exchange upgrade description to reflect the new values from the previous update
*Reserved husks will now have their image displayed next to their stats
*Taking penis enlargement pills in the bedroom will now allow you to take multiple pills without leaving the page
*Butt-tons of performance improvements
*Fixed an issue that could cause certain husks to populate improperly
*Fixed NPCs leaking arousal even when they have been visited that day
*Minor text additions, alternatives, and corrections
Artifact – 0.79.32 Release and Changelog
*Hotfix for player portrait disappearing
*Fixed an error that caused some NB penis images not to display
Artifact – 0.79.30 Release and Changelog
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+Added Dr. Jackson images
+Added scenarios for more characters to the Game Over epilogue
*The mechanic where forced fellatio scenes force the player to cum has now spread from just Mikah, Detective Lawson, and Ms. Lane to the rest of the NPCs
*Decreased the XP costs of using Vitae Exchange
*Increased NPC IQ decay rate
*The different power levels now show their XP cost on the Upgrades page
*Diminish 2 reduces diminished male's penis size to a minimum, and after hitting Diminish 3 their penises will disappear entirely after reaching that minimum
*Fixed an issue that could prevent creation of broodmothers
*Fixed an issue that could prevent Fellatio sex scene details from showing when the NPC was close to frenzying
*Fixed a couple of errors that caused certain text not to display properly
*Restored Huong's and Dr. Fairfax's vaginal sex scenes
*Updated Broodmother formatting
*Decreased the maximum number of save slots from 5 to 3 in an effort to combat a bug that can cause saves to stop working. Existing saves from slot 4 and 5 should still display until deleted (see FAQ for more info on deleting saves)
*Increased DOM storage space again (exe version) from 30 MB to 45 MB
*Performance improvements
*The expanded map now properly displays one cohesive image, and now has increased compatibility with smaller window sizes.
*Fixed issue with husks regarding certain dorms getting miscounted
*Fixed an issue that could cause Ying's advances to misbehave
*Fixed an issue that allows players to leave Fellatio sex scenes prematurely for most characters
*Updated Patron credits
Artifact – 0.79.30 Release and Changelog
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*Fixed error that could cause Vaginal and “Get fucked by...” sex scenes to not play out properly
*Math Building now properly exits to Upper Campus instead of Lower Campus
*Restored the XP gained from Hartmann quest
*Assuming the identity of a female husk no longer causes players to lose, now changing Dick Size to Libido
*Restored the “Get fucked by...” scene for Madison
Artifact – 0.79.29 Release and Changelog
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+New map images
+New special bidding options:
*Increased DOM storage space (If you have had issues saving past a point, this shouldhelp)
*Diminish is now an ongoing effect, occurring on its own every night without the need for the player to continue making contact with the individual after the initial Diminishing
*Decreased the effectiveness of the Charismatic trait (will not affect existing characters)
*Each killed husk will now provide a bonus to Hope, but also a slight increase to suspicion
*Increased the likelihood of looting an Identity or Genitalia essence from a husk, as well as the likelihood to get a desired essence via Hope
*Male NPCs should no longer obtain negative dick/girth sizes
*Fixed bug that could prevent NPCs from retrieving items while doing your bidding
*Fixed bug in the essence looting system that could cause certain duplicate essences to both be rerolled
*Revised the ideal body questionnaire, plus it now includes vagina and breast size options.
*The boiler room will now display how many husks the player has from each dorm
*Fixed issue where using ichor on a potential husk could lead to a screen with no links
*Taking a husk's Identity will now completely wipe suspicion (instead of relieving just up to 30 of it), and the functionality of taking their name and appearance has also been restored
*The Exit Husk link during possession scenes will no longer show if a new route to continue is uncovered before the scene ends
*Various minor format adjustments
-Removed some unreferenced code
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Changelog
+New special bidding options for some individual characters:
+Added a new ambient track to the house
+Added a new ambient track that will play in most buildings at night
*Assigning a “Special” bidding command now costs time
*Penis Enlargement Pill Changes
*Some ambient tracks will now play in more places
*The inventory screen will now keep track of the number of penis enlargement pills owned
*The format for male characters will now better scale to window size
*The daily schedule will now scale better to window size
*Peached Pink is now closed at night
*Peached Pink has been added to the schedule
*SHiMMER app format improvements
*Minor performance improvements at the Peached Pink
*Highlighted some more variant text that may otherwise go unnoticed
*Detective Lawson's oral scene no longer allows you to leave before the scene completes
*Restored the text that appears when visitng Essex Red after hours
*Fixed issue with inventory format that prevented it from closing
*Fixed bug that prevented Priya from doing bidding
*Updated Patron credits
A lot of new changes have arrived in the latest update! Some more testing will be needed to further balance the mechanics, but this update smooths things out and paves the way to make future updates to these mechanics a breeze.
A brand new save is recommended. However, if you load a pre-0.79.27 save, the game will still attempt to convert the save for you.
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+Added the complete artwork for Dr. Ella Fairfax
+Added new images for ALL items (not including parasites)
+Added Dr. Howard's Diminished (Level 2) image
*Arousal & IQ have been revamped:
*Fixed issue that caused Ms. Lane's futa frenzy image to not display
*Fixed a pronoun error during flirting
*Fixed issue that caused sex scene stat changes to play out before the scene itself
*Restored Dr. Howard's frenzy image
*Restored some missing sex scenes
*Purchasing items at the store will now update the inventory screen right away
*Fixed issue that prevented NPC penis stats from properly changing
*Fixed an error on the Upper and Lower Campus that could give the false appearance of Game Over
*Adjusted inventory UI scaling
*Loading saves from pre-0.79.27 versions of the game will now attempt a conversion to 0.79.27
This was originally penned for my Patrons, but I figure everyone may like to hear this!
There are some big changes heading to Artifact. I've been getting some smaller fixes out of the way recently. Then begins the major tasks at hand.
Firstly, Arousal. Arousal being capped to 10 worked a lot better in the beginning, but now with the plethora of perks, upgrades, and various conditions that can affect Arousal, 10 is just not cutting it. I have been reworking the entire system on paper in an attempt to make it so that each "stage" of arousal lasts longer, gains and losses are more incremental, and changes occur at a slower pace.
Reworking this system alone could take some time; throw bug testing into the mix and I'm not sure exactly how long it will take. At this point I'm not sure if it could be one week or several, but what I do know is that it needs to be done.
Secondly, story. Near the current checkpoint of the main plot, my brain was feeling like a rock that I had to squeeze, so I took a break from the plot to refine some other areas. Coming back to it, I know it can be much better, and I know it can be much better from earlier on. I have been working with someone to rework the outline and rewrite things so that changes occur at a slower pace and more attention is paid to certain variable player traits, among other larger plot changes.
There will also be more random encounters, transformation events, character side quests (new and revamped), but for now this has all taken a back seat for the plot rework.
I want to take another moment here to thank you all again for you support through this crazy year! We have so many balls rolling now, I'm excited to see how it all plays out in 2024!
Hope you all have happy holidays! <3
Artifact - 0.79.26 Release and Changelog
*Hotfix for bug that caused some of the medium-girth dick sizes for players and husks to disappear
*Fixed potential bug regarding the display of units of measurement
*Updated Patron credits
Artifact – 0.79.25 Release and Changelog
*Hotfix for bug that could cause female players to see pink boxes
*Female players will now need to keep their 'libido' above 0, instead of 'penis size'. Libido will translate back and forth to dick size when changing genders
*Refined some game over text
*Standardized a few outlier changes
*Applied a fix for bug that could cause Maya to lose Broodmother interactiveness
*Performance improvements
-Removed “spectral penises” and all references to them
Artifact – 0.79.23 Release and Changelog
Download:
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+Added much of Dr. Ella Fairfax's art
+Added last five remaining character sex scenes for female players
*Improved overall broodmother formatting
*Fixed error that caused broodmother actions to show up multiple times
*Fixed broodmother images shifting
*Fixed issue that prevented Detective Vivian Lawson's image from showing up in broodmothers
+Added Dr. Ella Fairfax's bust image
+Added female player sex scenes (written) for the following characters:
+Added new music for the main Game Over scenarios
+Added new ambience for the arboretum
+Added new option to the Preferences menu: Quicksave Behavior
*Applied a fix that caused multiple manual saves to improperly function
*Broodmothers are no longer capable of frenzying, or of “jumping” the player
*Applied a new fix that caused players to get stuck in the lab with Maya if she was a broodmother
*The menu button will now only enable after the player sleeps on Day 0
*Fixed issue where the Main Menu link would not work in the Settings menu if another link had already been clicked before leaving the screen
*Improved Preferences menu formatting
Download
New Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/artifact_
Existing Patrons: Your link is in the welcome message on Patreon.
Itch: https://msmrzzrs.itch.io/artifact
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2082270/Artifact/
+Added Priya artwork:
+Expanded the Bidding mechanic:
*Fixed an issue with Gifting that was resulting in most items never succeeding
*Improved the New Day format
*Suspicion changes as a result of dick size changes are now identified as such. This is to separate the notification from other suspicion change notifications that may occur simultaneously.
Artifact – 0.79.14 Release and Changelog
+Added Priya's bust artwork
*Vagina sex scenes are now available as options to futa players
*Made backgrounds transparent for all characters' bust images
*The use of quicksave now creates saves labeled as such
*Performance improvements
Artifact – 0.79.13 Release and Changelog
+Added female-pov sex scenes for the Vaginal option on all* NPCs (Melissa & Ying have a placeholder scene)
+Added female-pov sex scenes for the “Get Fucked” option for Mikah, Tom, Dr. Howard, Maya, and Dr. Jackson
+Added a quicksave option
+Added Aroused expression for Dr. Howard
*SHiMMER will now automatically suggest nearby NPCs as friends
*Improved formatting on title screen, preference menu, app screen, SHiMMER, and map screens
*Fixed some issues that prevented lured NPCs from being assigned as Broodmother
*You no longer need to be friends with an NPC before you can track their arousal through your friends list.
*Restored frenzy image for Ms. Lane's futa scenario
*Updated Patron credits
-Removed “View Affected” link from the INFO sidebar (this can now be viewed from the friends list in APP)
New Patrons: https://www.patreon.com/artifact_
Itch: https://msmrzzrs.itch.io/artifact
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2082270/Artifact/
+Added all of Detective Lawson's remaining sex scene images and frenzy images
+Added the SHiMMER “app” to the sidebar, allowing for easier, on-the-fly access to NPC profiles. This has also replaced the “View Affected” link, and NPC Arousal levels are now viewable from players' 'Friends List'. NPC's current locations are only available if the NPC has accepted the player's friend request.
+Added roughly 200 new possible status updates from NPCs on SHiMMER.
*NPCs will now automatically add you on Shimmer once their Arousal reaches 4
*Trying to start a new game while variables from an existing game are detected will now result in the game prompting you to Restart it to clear out those variables
*Various spelling errors
*Fixed a rogue hook name showing in the sound controls
*Updated patron credits
*(itch only) The game should now have improved integration with the itch.io app
-Removed Main Menu link from the Settings menu (to keep players from trying to start a new game without first clearing all existing variables via Restart Game, which lead to various issues such as some saves giving the appearance of merging together
Artifact – 0.79.8 Release and Changelog
+Added Madison's frenzy image
+Added futa dick images for all 7 fem base body types, for both player and husks
+Added new upgrades:
Tethered Attraction: Prevents an NPCs arousal from hitting 8. Arousal prevented in this way will result in a loss of penis size.
Intrusive Attraction: Prevents an NPCs arousal from dropping below 2. Arousal prevented in this way will result in a loss of penis size.
Unnatural Haunches: negative penis size changes from submissive acts is reduced if penis is already under 4 + slightly higher chance to experience sub acts from frenzying npc
Unnatural Jaws: Bonus to npc arousal if penis is under 4 inches during sub acts + higher chance to experience sub acts from frenzying npc
Unnatural Conversion: Sub acts now increase penis size, with minimal hit to suspicion
*Changed the main font to a more legible style
*The main font is now packaged with the game instead of imported, which should eliminate false positives by anti-malware software
*Minor text color changes favoring legibility
*Fixed an issue that caused the player to be unable to leave the bedroom during a home encounter
*Fixed issue that could prevent Dr. Howard's hair color from changing
*Fixed issue that caused the wrong cup size to display during sex scenes where Maya is beginning to frenzy
*Fixed issue that caused too much time to pass during some of Maya sex scenes
*Fixed issue that prevented one of Madison's sex scene images from showing
*Fixed issue that provided extra suspicion recovery from Mikah giving player head
*Updated the walkthrough through 0.79.7
*Fixed an issue that caused some upgrades to be purchaseable without the proper conditions
-Removed a stray bracket from the Pool
Artifact – 0.79.7 Release and Changelog
+Added Madison's last sex scene (aside from the frenzy)
*Fixed issue that prevented metric sidebar units from displaying the correct number
*Fixed issue that would prevent the player from leaving the Archaeology lab in certain scenarios where Maya was highly aroused and a Broodmother
Artifact – 0.79.6 Release and Changelog
*Fixed issue that could cause errors displaying or changing character breasts
*Fixed issue that prevented futa player dolls from showing
*Re-enabled text highlighting for translation purposes
*Increased the number of condoms that can be refilled in dispensers
Artifact v0.79.5 Changelog
+Added next main quest
+For players playing as Female:
+Added new upgrades:
+Added Madison artwork for:
+Added some more lines to Occult Hunter's Guide as well as the Broodmother section of the books
+Added new Game Over scenarios, with several new character endings.
*Restructured upgrades into an upgrade tree, with new costs
*Redesigned the preference menu, fixing an error that caused selections from dropdown boxes to not persist through loading saves
*Altered some remaining references about race to instead reference skin color
*The quest involving the security cameras no longer triggers until at least 3 NPCs have been frenzied
*Cleaned and improved the New Character screen
*Standardized many of the stat changes from traits
*Made some refinements to the New Day screen
*Fixed Eldritch Enhancement's effects on penis enlargement pills
*Fixed issue where NPC eye colors would not display correctly
*Fixed paperdoll breast progression for NPCs, they should now scale a little more accurately to their intended sizes
*Renamed Bimbofy power to Stupefy
*Various minor spelling, grammar, typo fixes
*Fixed an exploit where you could indeed resist a nearly-frenzied NPC's advances
*The spectral penis is no longer visible if dick size drops below 0
*The metric conversion no longer spits out an error when attempting to convert negative numbers when dick size drops below 0
*The game now starts at Day 1 instead of Day 0
*Repaired certain scenarios for the Stalking solution
*Repaired certain scenarios for the scripted tennis match
*Disabled text selection, to get rid of accidental ugly highlighting
*Decreased the amount of arousal that [spoiler] obtains by showing interest in their hacking, as well as the amount of arousal they require to agree to hack for you
-Removed roughly 500KB of unused/redundant code
-Removed some straggling broken images
-Removed some duplicate links
