Jan 2026 Dev Log
Allie posts
CT:OS Ch 7 Final Part Early Release
Ch 7's finally complete, and the update is out for patreon/ko-fi supporters!
Play it here.
As a perfect tie-in with the Australian Open Men's and Wom...
2026-02-01 12:42:16 +0000 UTC View PostCT:OS Passwords
These passwords are to skip matches and/or to activate beast mode. Enter them when the game asks you for a password (case sensitive, no spaces).
The list is complete up to Ch 7 (including the matches for the upcoming update on Feb 1).
Beast-mode: unle...
2026-01-30 03:50:26 +0000 UTC View Post2026 Yearly Poll – What You Guys Said
First off: thank you so much for the thoughtful, detailed, funny, wonderful responses. I loved reading through every single one of them.
🏆 Clear Top Priority for 2026
Most of you are emotionally invested in CT:OS and want steady momentum more than anything else. ...
2026-01-14 13:11:59 +0000 UTC View Post2026 Feedback Poll
Exciting things are in store for 2026! I’m going to more time to dedicate to writing and game development. I'd love to hear from you, and shape what the year will look like together.
This short poll is a way for me find out:
what you guys love, what you’re most...
2026-01-05 03:12:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Tobin: "Home Court"
1 Jan
You'd agreed to play basketball with Tobin's friends in the morning. It had seemed like a great idea in theory—you want to meet them, especially after all the stories Tobin's told.
But after the long night you'd spent together, curled up in Tobin's a...
2026-01-03 13:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post2025: Year-in-Review
Happy New Year everyone!
This year was such a journey—and one that wouldn't have been possible without my wonderful team of artists and this lovely community 💛
Thank you for the love, the patience, the feedback, the fanart, the messages, the quiet support, and t...
2026-01-01 15:36:32 +0000 UTC View PostSam: "Feels like Home"
You’re already thrumming with excitement the moment you and your father ring the familiar gnome-shaped doorbell on Sam’s front porch. You can hear the hum of laughter and conversation from inside, familiar voices you haven't heard in a while. Well, since Thanksgiving, but it feels like a life...
2026-01-01 15:07:11 +0000 UTC View PostG: “Hallmark Romance”
24 December
The pilot's voice crackles over the intercom, pulling you from a hazy half-dream. You press your forehead to the cold airplane window. Below, the landscape unfolds in shades of white and grey and deep green—endless pine forests threaded with silver rivers, fro...
2025-12-25 12:40:23 +0000 UTC View PostRayyan Winter Snippet: "An Invitation"
28th December
The house smells like caramelized onions, garlic sizzling in oil, the deep, earthy scent of meat simmering in spices—it’s warm, savory, and comforting: the kind of smell that promises you’ll be eating well and probably too much. You take a deep, apprecia...
2025-12-23 13:53:31 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Crisis Chapter 5 is live!
Hi everyone!
Chapter 5: The Crisis
The latest chapter is live for ko-fi and patreon supporters! This is the one where things ...
2025-12-14 01:59:09 +0000 UTC View PostNov Dev Log
Hi everyone!
The end of the year is looming, and wow, it’s been a whirlwind (heck, typhoon) over here. Sorry this Dev Log is coming out a week late, but we've had so much exciting progress!
Merry Crisis
The VN demo is officially out, 2025-12-08 03:59:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hands on instruction (Geneviève)
It’s a sunny early-Spring day, but the late-afternoon air carries a bite sharp enough to make Geneviève shiver in her dry-fit shirt and shorts. “How the heck do you guys practice in this?” she asks, hopping up and down in a desperate attempt to warm up. “I’m already freezing.”
...
2025-11-17 15:27:39 +0000 UTC View PostHands-on instruction (Guillaume)
It’s a sunny early-Spring day, but the late-afternoon air carries a bite sharp enough to make Guillaume shiver in his dry-fit shirt and shorts. “How the heck do you guys practice in this?” he asks, hopping up and down in a desperate attempt to warm up. “I’m already freezing.”
Yo...
2025-11-17 15:25:49 +0000 UTC View PostRayyan's post-party POV scene
Rayyan sits on the edge of their bed, freshly showered and dressed, the shredded remains of the Mummy costume dumped in the laundry basket. The quiet of their room feels like a sanctuary after the chaos of the Halloween party.
They crawl into bed intending to sleep, but their mind's too ac...
2025-11-14 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOct Dev Log
Hi everyone! Hope you've all been having a wonderful October! If you have fall 🍂 where you are, consider me VERY jealous. To everyone who celebrates, happy Mid Autumn, Diwali/Deepavali, and halloween!
This month, a lot of exciting progress was made on the Merry Crisis VN, and I also did...
2025-11-01 01:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHalloween Snippet (Nat)
Halloween, Senior Year of College
I.
"This is ridiculous," you say, but you're already laughing. Three years in, and you still don’t understand the sheer enthusiasm with which Americans celebrate Halloween.
"It's time-honored tradition...
2025-10-31 01:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostHalloween Snippets (CT:OS)
SAM O’CONNELLY
<In high school>
Sam shows up at your house covered in glitter, wearing fake vampire fangs that are a little too big for their mouth, a superhero cape draped over their shoulders, waving a lightsaber, with a pirate hat...
2025-10-30 14:39:49 +0000 UTC View PostShay (M) Morning After Sneak Peek
29 December
You wake to the sounds of Shay snoring lightly, smiling at the thought that even the air whistling out of his parted lips sounds strangely musical. Some t...
2025-10-18 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostShay (F) Morning After Sneak Peek
29 December
You wake to the sounds of Shay snoring lightly, smiling at the thought that even the air whistling out of her parted lips sounds strangely musical. Some t...
2025-10-18 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostQiu (M) Morning After Sneak peek
29 December
You’re awakened by an unfamiliar alarm tone in an unfamiliar room. Sunlight slants through the little slit where the curtain hadn't been drawn all the way across...
2025-10-11 02:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostQiu (F) Morning After Sneak Peek
29 December
You’re awakened by an unfamiliar alarm tone in an unfamiliar room. Sunlight slants through the little slit where the curtain hadn't been drawn all the way across...
2025-10-11 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostNat (M) Morning After Sneak Peek
29 December
You wake to the gentle pressure of Nat's arm draped across your waist. The room is quiet, save for the sound of Nat's soft steady breathing. It takes you a couple ...
2025-10-11 01:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostNat (F) Morning After sneak peek
29 December
You wake to the gentle pressure of Nat's arm draped across your waist. The room is quiet, save for the sound of Nat's soft steady breathing. It takes you a couple ...
2025-10-04 01:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSep Dev Log
Hi everyone! Hope you've all been having a wonderful September!
This month, CT:OS passed the 5,000 Tumblr supporter mark! I'm so honored and grateful for you guys's support. It has been such a wonderful journey so far and I cannot emphasize enough how much you all mean to me.
Merry C... 2025-09-30 13:35:21 +0000 UTC View Post
CT:OS Ch 7 Pt. 3
This update picks up where Pt. 2 left off, for the folks who didn't play against Sam and Pan.
Play it here!
Aug Dev Log
Author’s note
Lots of super exciting progress this month, I really missed writing and development work, so it felt really good to get back into the swing of things.
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2025-08-30 14:37:09 +0000 UTC View PostState of Emergency: Guillaume's tennis weekend
Weekend of the NCAO Doubles Championship
Saturday, 7 Nov.
Morning routine
Guillaume wakes early, and makes herself a cup of espresso. The room feels too quiet without MC, who'd taken to stopping by for a morning coffee/tea/juice...
2025-08-15 05:59:20 +0000 UTC View Post"State of Emergency": Geneviève's tennis weekend
Weekend of the NCAO Doubles Championship
Saturday, 7 Nov.
Morning routine
Geneviève wakes early, and makes herself a cup of espresso. The room feels too quiet without MC, who'd taken to stopping by for a morning coffee/tea/jui...
2025-08-15 05:07:32 +0000 UTC View PostJul Dev Log
Author's Note
Again, big apology to everyone for how quiet it's been—something personal happened and I needed to take some time off, and then I also had a long overseas work trip that sucked all my remaining time and energy.
I started editing, writing and coding a...
2025-08-03 10:50:22 +0000 UTC View Post