- The Cabin - Episode 11 | Dev-Note - 25 September 2026
Bonjour!This isn't going to be a super long or detailed dev note, but I do tend to ramble, so who knows. I have a couple of things to talk about beyond the cabin, so bare with me.The Cabin;Progress on episode 11 has been moving forward at a steady pace. I would say at no point has it stalled for more than a day, which is good. Technically speaking, all the art for scenes 1-6 is done, minus a couple small parts in the middle, but I still need to go over the art for the 2nd half of scene 6. Scene 6 is split into multiple scenarios; the first of which is done, the 2nd is done, but I need to go over it to fix some things, and the 3rd and final section is done, but I still need to go over some things ( though not as much as parts 1 or 2 needed ). After parts 2 & 3 of scene 6 are done, scene 7 needs to be done ( which I believe consists of 20 renders so nice and small ), and then I need to do…
- [Cross-Promo] Leap Into Life Episode 1 by Deep Mania Studio - 11 September 2026
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- The Cabin - Episode 11 | Dev-Note - 9 August 2026
Hey all,Bringing this dev-note a little earlier in the month this month, as I have some things to talk about. First of all, and this is sad news, but I don't see a release being out this month. I have hopes we can make a September release, but honestly I'm not going to promise that either. The size of episode 11 has honestly been a kick in the teeth, and it's been so hard to get through, but things are progressing, which I'll explain in more detail below. The thing that has annoyed me the most about this update is I said not too long ago that future releases would be much quicker and I'm working on making the episodes smaller but still feel full of content, but then this episode comes along and it's so big it makes me feel like I'm just a liar, and I apologise for that. That being said, let me fill you in on what's going on with The Cabin, and various other projects;The Cabin - Episode…
- The Cabin - Episode 11 | Dev-Note - 15 July 2026
Hey all,It's that time again for another dev note, and I'm going to keep this one short and to the point. Progress on episode 11 isn't going as smooth as I would have liked. While things are progressing, they're progressing a lot slower than I'd like. This month and next month are both tricky months for me, as I need to put a lot more focus on WTHI than I normally would. Cheeky is happy with where we're at, but I'm not so happy. Mostly because I feel like I should be putting out more art than I currently am. Normally my work schedule is I'll work one day on WTHI, then take a day off and work on The Cabin, and then the next day back on WTHI and so on like that. But as we're close to the release of Season 2, this month I'm working Monday-Friday on WTHI and then weekends on The Cabin. I know it's not ideal, but whenever I'm close to a release with The Cabin, Cheeky always gives me the mont…
- The Cabin - Episode 11 | Dev-Note - 16 June 2026
Hey all,This dev-note is going to be slightly different from how I normally do it. Normally I'd post one to Patreon and then paste it over here, but a lot of things on the Patreon one were specific to Patreon this month, and there wasn't really a lot I could copy over to here, so I figured I'd start fresh. First of all, as much as I hate to do it, episode 11 release is getting pushed back a couple of months. The planned release date was originally July, and we were well on track for it, but then Crab dropped the writing for scene 6, and, I kid you not, the whole scene ( just one scene ) is larger than episode 10 combined. I told him last month to start aiming for smaller episodes, but to his credit and in his defense, the scene is kind of needed. I had a poll on Patreon on whether or not we should push the release back a couple months or release it in two parts, and the vast majority vo…
- The Cabin - Episode 11 | Dev-Note - 20 May 2026
Hey all,I posted this on patreon last week and totally forgot to post it here, so apologies for the delay. Work on episode 11 is well underway, and it's time once again to share brief update. I have a few updates for various projects, but I'm not going to go into some long post about everything, and I'll try to keep everything to a minimum.The Cabin - Episode 11I'm very happy with the amount of work done on episode 11 over the last month. Crab has finished the writing for the first 4 scenes, and they've been converted into script format. As for the art, we have the first 3 scenes finished, and work has begun on the 4th. I'm unsure at the moment how many scenes there will be in episode 11, but 3 completed scenes in the first month is a massive achievement compared to previous months, and I'm very happy with the work Crab & the other artists have done.Adverse Effects 2I don't really have…
- The Cabin - Summer Vacation | Episode 10 Release! - 14 April 2026
Hey all, Really sorry for the delay today but finally managed to get it working. I'd spent all day trying and gave up about an hour ago. Was in bed when I thought, 'Fuck it', and asked AI a quick question on my phone, and that ended up being the solution to all my problems :P If you're a dev and have to use SteamPipeGUI... Just don't! Ask AI about it and create a .bat file to bypass it; it worked like a charm :P turning a 12-hour stress-fest into 2 mins of bliss. Ugh, sorry for rambling; I'm just happy it works :p if you find any issues or errors or just don't like the game, let me know :)
- The Cabin - Episode 10 | Dev-Note - 21 March 2026
Hey all,Apologies for the delay in getting this dev-note out. I just wanted to wait until I got the last scene back before saying anything.So, we have just over a week before the month comes to an end. Will we be getting a release this month?... Honestly, I don't know. There is still a lot to do, and in terms of completion, I have scenes 1, 2 and 3 ready to go. Scenes 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 still have quite a bit of work. The actual art is done, but a couple of scenes need relighting and re-rendering, which alone could take up to a week, and on top of that, I still don't have any animations back. I am still pushing for a release this month, but I can't be 100% certain just yet that it'll happen. If it isn't out this month, then it'll be the 1st week of April. Like it is so close to being finished.Episode 11 Work?While I've been trotting along with episode 10, Crab is pushing on with episode 1…
- The Cabin - Episode 10 | Dev-Note - 14 February 2026
Bonjour!\:steamfacepalm:. I wish there was a way to receive notifications from the discussions of the game on my phone, but I don't believe it's possible ( or at least google says it's not... ). I'm gonna open a support ticket with Steam to see if there is any way to receive better notifications when people start threads of reply here. ]Time for another developer update, and we have a few things to talk about this month, both with the cabin and outside of The Cabin. But, since you're here for The Cabin, I guess that would be a good place to start. The Cabin -The Writing! - Those who are in the Discord group probably know already, but Crab has finished all the writing for episode 10, and I've just finished putting it all together in the script, apart from music and sound effects, which I tend to do during the test phase. But, as far as I'm concerned, all the writing for episode 10 is don…
- The Cabin - Episode 10 | Dev-Note - 16 January 2026
Hey all,I want to start by quickly saying I have something going on in my personal life and won't be working over the weekend. I'll be back on Monday. I know you guys won't care and it won't affect you in the slightest, but I prefer to be transparent if I'm taking time off.Now, as for the game, there isn't much to report to be honest. This month has been one of my most productive in a long time so that's good, finishing off multiple scenes. I still have a few to go, but I decided next month I'm going to hire an artist. I've tried looking into an artist in the past, but the price was always too high, but given the amount of time it's taking me to get an episode done alone, I'm just going to bite the bullet and hire someone. I won't be able to start looking until next month, as I have taxes to pay this month :'( so the budget for this month is a little tight, but I plan to start looking s…
- Merry... Late... Christmas! - 26 December 2025
Hey all,I did post this last night, but upon checking it just now, I realised I saved it as a draft and never actually posted it to Steam. That being said, Merry Christmas ( or happy holidays ).I want to apologise for the radio silence over the last month or so too. As some of you probably know ( and I'm sure some don't ), I work full time on another game called Where The Heart Is, and over the last year, myself and CheekyGimp have worked tirelessly to finish the game, and a couple of weeks ago, we finally did. The scale of WTHI is insane, and just to give you a little idea of the size, episode 25 ( the final episode ) had over 5,000 renders! That's more than all of The Cabin! So, my focus over the last month was getting that finished and squared away. That being said, though, just because the game is finished, that doesn't mean I'm done working on it. We still have multiple Steam versi…
- The Cabin - Episode 9 | Release - 6 October 2025
Hey all, Episode 9 is finally here! Huzzah! The game has a couple of new features, and you can now delete and name your saves. There are a few more I wanted to add but sadly wasn't able to, but I might be able to in episode 10. Please find below a little change-log for this episode. Also, there are no new achievements in this update. Steam only allows a set amount, and with the game still having a long way to go before being complete, I didn't want to waste potential future achievements on random things. Change-Log: Delete saves implemented. Name saves implemented. 3,200 lines of code. 420 new renders.
- 1 Week Delay - 29 September 2025
Hey all,I was away over the weekend, and while I was away, Crab has been testing the game and came across some major issues that break the flow of the story. I hope they won't take a full week to fix it, but I'm extending it by a week just to be sure. I apologise for the delay, but I'd rather take a week to fix it than release a buggy episode.
- The Cabin - Episode 9 | Dev-Note - 15 September 2025
Hey all,Quick update for you this time, without me rambling too much. All the art and writing is done for episode 9; my priority now is rendering, which is still going to take about another week, so release will be at the end of the month, but it will be this month for sure.And finally, work on Adverse Effects 2 is underway but is kind of slow going. I'm not really in a writing mood at the minute and can't really be bothered doing the brief if I'm being honest. Once I get into a groove with it, it'll be smooth sailing, but right now I'm not feeling it, so my focus is mostly on The Cabin and WTHI. And lastly, I don't normally like to talk about finances, but Steam has taken a massive hit recently; with all the crap that came out with the activist group and payment processors, I'm finally starting to see some impact from it, and it's not good. I'm not going to go into any numbers or anyth…
- The Cabin - Episode 9 | Dev-Note - 24 August 2025
Hey all,Just wanted to give a quick update about this last month and what to expect in the coming months.First off, I had high hopes that episode 9 would be out this month; sadly, due to some family issues I'm having to delay it a little. I had some family problems at the start of the month, but that all died down after a week, but then last week it all went to hell again. I won't go into any detail about it, but I'm having to look after my 3 nieces during the day, and ( for obvious reasons ) I can't work on a porn game with them around. I'm still trying to work on The Cabin at night and on the weekends, but with a full-time job, looking after 3 kids and trying to support another family member has just been a massive physical and emotional rollercoaster. That being said, something was said on the situation by one of my family members last week which gives me hope that the emotional aspe…
- The Cabin - Episode 9 | Dev-Note - 27 July 2025
Hey all,I realised it's been a while since I've done an update here, and truth be told, I sort of forgot. I'm going to try to do at least one development update per month from now on. I've added a reminder in my phone to remind me on the last day of the month, every month. There obviously won't be one at the end of this month since I'm posting it now... yeah. But the point of the updates is both to update you guys and to hold myself accountable. I feel like I've been slacking off too much with The Cabin, and things need to change.That being said, massive updates have been made this month from both Crap and myself. First Crab, he's finished all the writing for episode 9 and will soon be starting on the planning phase of episode 10. He already has a decent idea of how it'll go and what'll be involved, but that's all in his head at the moment, and it needs to be fleshed out a little, and w…
- The Cabin - Episode 8 Release - 26 May 2025
Hey all, Episode 8 is finally here. I wanted to provide a brief update before you download. We're already well ahead with episode 9, Crab has a decent amount of the writing done and I've got 3 scenes scripted out so far. If you have any issues with the game, please let me know in the discussions and as always, thanks for playing and supporting.
- The Cabin - Episode 8 | Dev-Note - 4 May 2025
Bonjour, and welcome to May! As I said not too long ago, I'll be leaving at the end of this month for a week to go on holiday, so I really want to get episode 8 out before I go. I've had a word with Cheeky, and I've taken this week off from WTHI to focus on getting Episode 8 finished. Having worked on it a very small amount yesterday and ( so far ) an even smaller amount today, I'm very confident I can get it finished in time. I know that might sound weird, being working a little but being confident we'll get it done, but I've had a bit of a family weekend going on the last couple of days, and even though I've only worked a small amount, I still got a shot tonne done! So over the next week, when I have zero commitments anywhere else, I should be good. I'm not going to go into some super long ramble like I normally do, so I'll give you some quick notes instead: I have 3 more scenes to do…
- The Cabin - Episode 8 | Dev-Note - 19 April 2025
Hey all, I wanted to jump on real quick and give a little update for episode 8 and also do a couple of introductions as well and update as to when we might be expecting the release of episode 8. The Introductions: I'd like to introduce you to a couple of people. The first being the lovely lady in the render, Roxy. I ran a poll on Patreon with names suggested there and here, and Roxy was the winner with 39% of the votes. For those interested, there will be a screenshot at the bottom of this post with the full results. Second, I'd like to introduce you to Kingcrab. If you're in the Discord group, I'm sure you've seen him around, and the name won't be new to you, but he's been a patron for quite a while and has been somewhat of an unofficial proofreader for some time also. But we got to talking over the last couple of weeks about the lack of progress in the game, and after some back and fo…
- The Cabin - Episode 8 | Dev-Note - 24 March 2025
Hey all, I first want to thank everyone for your kind words; I didn't expect such support. I wish I could reply to everyone, but there were just so many messages, but know that I have read them all, and I truly appreciate you guys. I've never had an experience like that on the internet before, and it took me a little by surprise. I know people always say the internet is a terrible place, but I've never seen or had anything like that happen before, but we're moving on, pushing forward and continuing into episode 8. I also wanted to jump on and give a little update about episode 8. There isn't really much to report, to be honest; art is slowly chugging along, and I haven't fully finished the script (about 50% done at the moment). I spent way too much time writing the 5th scene (the best scene of the episode... just saying...). But, while I have you, I want to introduce you to... um... wel…
