Minotaur Hotel

Devlog

• Postmortem: Writing the Hinterlands
  September 07, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #postmortem

  It's been wonderful seeing the reaction so far over Build 0.5's Hinterlands 3 section. When we started on it I was aware it was a bold idea at best, a crazy one at worst, to interrupt the story we had... Continue reading

  
• Sexy Pin Ups Survey!
  September 06, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #call for input

  Howdy! For those who are just joining us, a few weeks back we were close to hitting 3,000 followers on Twitter and to releasing the most recent version of the game. To mark that occasion I promised th... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.5.1 Release & Changelog
  September 04, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #major announcement, #release

  I hope you guys have been enjoying 0.5 so far! This was a massive update, so regardless of how much QA we did before release, it was unavoidable that issues would pop up. We decided to put together an... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.5 Release & Changelog
  August 20, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  After a year of work, 0.5 is out! It's our biggest update yet! Before you begin, a couple things: Take your time . It took the QA testers over a week to go through all the content. There's a lot to ge... Continue reading

  
• Precise Release Hour + August's Fan Art Expo
  August 18, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #fanart

  Howdy! We're halfway through August and just a few days away from Build 0.5's release, so I thought it would be nice putting up a DevLog to clarify some things and do another fan art exposition post j... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.5 Q&A Session
  August 13, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #Q&A

  Just one week away! To continue the tradition of holding a Q&A session before the release of the new build, here are our answers for your questions. Sinsiny: Can we marry Asterion in the next build th... Continue reading

  
• Send us questions! We are having another Q&A Session!
  August 05, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #qa

  Howdy! Build 0.5 comes out on August 20, which is about two weeks from now. We decided to keep up our tradition and do a pre-release Questions & Answers session. What this means is that you can send u... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.5 Release Date + July Progress Report
  July 27, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #progress report, #release date, #major announcement

  Build 0.5 Release Date: AUGUST 20th That's right! After months of hard work we are ready to announce the release date of Build 0.5! It's coming out on August 20th and adds approximately 300,000 words... Continue reading

  
• July's Fanart Friday + Anír Soma
  July 16, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #fanart

  Hello! As we said in the last progress report, we thought of doing something a little different this month to shake things up in preparation for the approaching release of Build 0.5. After some brains... Continue reading

  
• June Progress Report
  June 30, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #progress report

  Hello, Nanoff and MinoAnon here! As usual, we will be listing all the build's content and how well we're doing. Main Chapters Chapter 14 Finished and implemented Chapter 15 Finished and implemented Ch... Continue reading

  
• May Progress Report
  June 05, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #progress report

  Nanoff here. May was, again, a VERY productive month for us, and we're getting close to wrapping up the build. As usual, here's our current progress: Main Chapters Chapter 14 Finished and implemented... Continue reading

  
• April Progress Report
  May 09, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #progress report

  Nanoff here. Sorry for the delay putting this devlog out! It's been a busy week for us. Here's how the build is currently doing: Main chapters Chapter 14 Finished and implemented Chapter 15 Finished a... Continue reading

  
• Call for Input: Designing the Grootslang
  April 03, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #call for input

  Howdy! If you've been following the game's development, recently we unveiled some concept art for a new character, a South African grootslang (a legendary creature of African folklore, made by the god... Continue reading

  
• March Progress Report
  April 01, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #progress report

  Another month has passed. Let's take a look at the progress so far. Chapter 15 For starters, nanoff just finished porting Chapter 15 to the game — that’s notable considering it’s sitting at abou... Continue reading

  
• February Progress Report
  March 06, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #progress report

  Hello, everyone! February came and went so quickly. It’s honestly surprising just how quickly, but I guess that comes with being a shorter month. This was a very busy month for the team. Some of it... Continue reading

  
• January Progress Report
  February 07, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #call for input, #progress report

  It's been a couple months since we released 0.4, which was meant to be a shorter (but still substantial) update while we work on the next build, which, to really make an impact, requires a lot of cont... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.4.1: Code overhaul, new songs and bug fixes.
  January 05, 2021 by Nanoff

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  #major announcement, #code overhaul, #bug fix

  BUILD 0.4.1 IS OUT Howdy! We're putting up version 0.4.1 of Minotaur Hotel. Now, first of all, it does not add new content , so if you are up to date with the game you don't have to download it. That... Continue reading

  
• The (Budget-Friendly) Journey to Get Good Music for an Indie Game and Our Experience with iLicenseMusic
  January 03, 2021 by Minoh Workshop

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  #assets, #music, #soundtrack, #iLicenseMusic, #Creative Commons

  Let's say you are making or want to make a game. What you would usually do is introspect a little, take note of your skills and then plan it out to account for your talents and limitations. You'll nee... Continue reading

  
• December Development Update & New Year
  December 31, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #progress report

  Howdy! So, releasing a new build is usually an exhaustive process, but we did things a lot differently for 0.4. Mainly it was smoother, the amount of content it had was less than our normal and it wa... Continue reading

  
• RenPy tutorial: Changing fonts, font size and textbox
  December 27, 2020 by Nanoff

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  #Renpy, #Tutorial

  Nanoff here. While MinoAnon and the writers are slaving away at 0.5, I have most of the art assets already done and have been doing a much needed code clean up. While I was doing it, I figured I might... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.4 Release
  November 19, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #release

  And it's here! Build 0.4 adds approximately 35,000 words of content to Minotaur Hotel — most of it contained in what we call Chapter 13. Now, before you proceed I want to explain why this build is "... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.4 Q&A Session
  November 13, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #Q&A

  And here it is! We compiled all the questions we got and they are all answered below. This time we tagged who sent the question, to make it easier to find your answers. They were ordered by which ones... Continue reading

  
• Send us questions! We are having a Q&A Session!
  November 09, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #Q&A

  Hello, everyone! In preparation for Build 0.4's release next week we decided to do something fun — much like we did last time we are having a Questions & Answers session. This means you can send us... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.4 Release Date: November 19th
  November 05, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  Build 0.4 is coming out on November 19th. There, there, the wait is coming to an end. So, let's tell this story properly, shall we? When we are outlining what the next build of Mino Hotel will be like... Continue reading

  
• 0.3.2: Minor Bug Fix and Typos
  November 04, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  Hello, everyone. A few days ago we were told about a bug on 0.3.1. It happened due to some changes for 0.4 that went untested and made it so sometimes the player fails to get rewards through R&D. This... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.3.1 and Minotaur Hotel: SFW Mode Release
  October 23, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #walkthrough, #major announcement

  Hello, everyone. Tonight we are releasing a quality of life update to Minotaur Hotel, as we mentioned a while ago on our Twitter. This build, like 0.2.5, is not a major release and does not continue... Continue reading

  
• Progress Update + Releasing Boomer's Big Date
  October 04, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #progress report, #boomer, #major announcement

  Howdy! We have a lot to talk about today. It's been a while since we last posted a proper update, so today we're taking some time to get everyone up to speed on what's up. Afterwards we will introduce... Continue reading

  
• Minotaur Hotel's Writing Manual III — Writing Exercises
  August 18, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #writing manual

  Howdy! I was planning on releasing the DevLog later this week but, as some of you may already know, last night Minotaur Hotel became Itch.io's 9th highest rated game . To celebrate and mark the occasi... Continue reading

  
• Minotaur Hotel's Writing Manual II — Descriptions, Tension, Mechanics, Blocking, Scope and Length
  August 13, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #writing manual

  Today we continue with the writing manual (you can find the first part here ). We'll see a few more techniques, this time going into more of the specifics of visual novels (as opposed to general wr... Continue reading

  
• Minotaur Hotel's Writing Manual I — Introduction, Basics and Characters
  August 08, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #writing manual

  A few times I've received requests to know about our writing process in Minotaur Hotel. I've given little bits and pieces in response but the process itself is just sprawling enough that writing it al... Continue reading

  
• The Results for the Furry VN Audience Survey are Here!
  August 05, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #survey

  Howdy! Some of you may remember that a while ago we made a survey about audience preferences regarding furry visuals novels (FVNs). The initial results were always available to people who filled it an... Continue reading

  
• Orc Breeding is Out!
  July 25, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #orc breeding

  Orc Breeding is out, click here! Howdy! You may remember we released a project on beta a while ago — and now it's officially out! Orc Breeding is a collection of erotic fiction about orcs — strong... Continue reading

  
• Gay Furry Visual Novel Audience Survey
  June 30, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #survey

  Hey everyone. A while ago I talked with the other devs and suggested making a survey to assess what people prefer in their gay furry VNs. I then set up this fairly comprehensive questionnaire that ass... Continue reading

  
• New Project & Beta Release: Orc Breeding
  June 19, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #orc breeding, #major announcement

  Howdy! A while ago we started a little side project to bring some attention to one of our writer's work and to give ourselves a simple product to work while resting from Minotaur Hotel 0.3. We've ment... Continue reading

  
• Build Update & 20k Downloads
  May 23, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #update, #patch, #bug fix

  Hello, everyone. Last night we released Build 0.3, and quickly afterwards a very dedicated player caught a rare but possibly game-breaking bug. nanoff found its origin and fixed it. Since the chances... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.3 Release
  May 22, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #major announcement, #release

  Build 0.3 is here, finally! It took us two more months than expected and it's three times bigger than we planned but it's here. It adds Chapter 9, 10, 11 and 12, at a total of 92.000 words of story... Continue reading

  
• Pre-Release Q&A
  May 16, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  Hello, everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful and socially isolated weekend. As we said in the Release Date Announcement DevLog , we planned on doing a Q&A session of sorts. We intended on publishin... Continue reading

  
• Release Date Announcement
  May 12, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  Hello, everyone! After six months, yes, Build 0.3 is nearly here. It's about two months late, yes, but it's also nearly three times the original estimated size. We went above and beyond, trying to... Continue reading

  
• Progress Report & Call for Input
  April 02, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #call for input, #progress report

  Hello, everyone. I hope you are doing well during these trying times. Our team is ok, despite quite a few tense moments back when countries were closing borders. Now we are hard at work trying to get... Continue reading

  
• How to Get Your Game Noticed: Search Engine Optimization for Itch​
  March 03, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #marketing, #platforms

  Very often good projects go unnoticed. Those are books, movies, games, etc. that really deserved better. People put in dozens or hundreds of hours on them to make it special... And, at the last moment... Continue reading

  
• Runtime Sprites: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Moo
  February 19, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #ren'py

  Hello, boys and girls. This will be a quick one. Recently our programmer and artist, nanoff, wrote a guide on how he implemented our sprite management system on ren'py. A little bit of context: quite... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.2.5 + Android Release
  February 11, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #android, #feedback, #major announcement

  Hey guys. MinoAnon and nanoff here. We initially set February/March as a tentative release date for Build 0.3, but a number of unforeseen circumstances came up for MinoAnon -- mainly starting a new jo... Continue reading

  
• Android Build is in the Works
  January 09, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #ren'py, #android

  Hello! Today's DevLog will be a quick affair. This week, thanks to Eddio's help (the dev behind Killigan's Treasure, check it out!) nanoff got an Android build working. Ren'py, the engine we use to ma... Continue reading

  
• Walkthrough
  January 03, 2020 by Minoh Workshop

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  #faq, #walkthrough

  MARCH 2021 EDIT: Hey there! If you are looking for the current walkthrough for Minotaur Hotel, you'll find it here. ORIGINAL DEVLOG: Hello everyone. MinoAnon here. Sorry for the relative silence, we'v... Continue reading

  
• Addressing Feedback: How We Are Improving Mino Hotel
  December 18, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  #feedback

  Hello, MinoAnon here. As I mentioned on Twitter shortly after Build 0.2's release I went on a business trip. As soon as I got home I got a cold, fortunately it didn't hit me too hard. Now that it's be... Continue reading

  
• Reviewing "Nerus"
  December 05, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  #nerus, #review

  A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of playing an early build to a then-upcoming visual novel. This little gem is called Nerus , by Roddorod or just Roddo. I just happened to stumble on its author in... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.2 Release
  November 13, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  And here it is, Build 0.2! Have fun! Will I be able to carry my save file over? Yes. You can load your Build 0.1 save file and continue to Build 0.2 with no hiccups... But you will have to have saved... Continue reading

  
• Follow-up to Furry & Bara: Let's Talk About Game Jams
  November 13, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  #platforms, #tags, #barajam

  Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well today. We are so close to releasing Build 0.2, less than 48 hours remaining! This DevLog was written a few weeks ago, about 14 days after we posted a very... Continue reading

  
• Release Date & Final Customization
  November 04, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  #asterion, #assets

  Hello everyone! We are back today with the final devlog showcasing Asterion's customization options. Some of you may remember we promised it'd go online about a week ago. Truth be told, we got too inv... Continue reading

  
• Customization IV: A safe for work peek at Asterion's wardrobe
  October 18, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  #asterion, #assets

  Hello everyone. Today we continue with our journey down Asterion's customization options, and we start with two pretty big features nanoff recently prepared for us: a safe for work mode and Build-A-Mo... Continue reading

  
• Customization the 3rd: Revengeance
  October 13, 2019 by Nanoff

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  #asterion, #assets

  Nanoff here, I'm doing the art and coding for Minotaur Hotel. We made a post about a week ago, asking for input on some customization options Asterion was lacking in. Well, while MinoAnon and other wr... Continue reading

  
• 2nd Call for Input and Update on Customizing Asterion
  October 08, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  #call for input

  About one and half week ago we opened a call for input through which we gathered suggestions on what forms of customization people wanted for Asterion. We got 50 responses via our form and 17 via comm... Continue reading

  
• Furry and Bara Content on Itch.io: A Story of Data, Algorithms, Reports and Traffic Referrals
  September 30, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  #platforms, #tags

  You probably didn't notice it, but about one and a half week ago Itch added a "Bara" tag to its list of suggested tags. And earlier this week they added a "Furry" tag. This post tells the story of why... Continue reading

  
• Call for Input on Customizing Asterion
  September 26, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  #call for input, #major announcement

  What do you want Asterion to look like? Today we are opening a call for input on what ways you'd like to customize Asterion in the game. You are welcome to send your input by whatever means available... Continue reading

  
• Self-Pruning Menu for Ren'Py VNs
  September 20, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  #ren'py, #code, #python

  Today’s development log is about a technical topic that will only be of interest to people making visual novels in ren'py. It’s not exactly an exciting, engaging thing, but we figured it could be... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.1: Where we came from and where we are going.
  September 08, 2019 by Minoh Workshop

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  #major announcement

  Hello everyone. I'm MinoAnon , the main writer for this project. Over this week we released the first build for our visual novel, which has been warmly received. Today I'd like to talk a bit about how... Continue reading