Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
Yesterday, update 0.3.0.2 was posted, bringing the first part of Chapter 3 to patrons in the Scribe ($5) tier. I'm very happy with how it turned out, and hope to continue with this format going forward (and back; I plan on revisiting Chapters 1 and 2 and getting them up to the standard...
2025-10-13 13:14:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
Happy October. The days here in Tokyo are finally cooling off, and even though it's a bit gray and drizzly at the moment, I am so ready for the fall. I had a thorough clean of my apartment, and now I'm thinking about getting a room fragrance or some scented candles because I'm all out,...
2025-10-06 14:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
This week's update is a day late, and will be short and sweet. It's been a busy weekend, with both updates 0.2.9.3 and 0.3.0.1 dropping in the last two days. I'm looking forward to hearing what you think about them when you get a chance to play. 0.3.0.1 is my favorite thing I've done w...
2025-09-29 14:20:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
The first part of Chapter 3 is here.
IMPORTANT: As always, new updates tend to come with a lot of new and updated variables. I usually recommend playing a fresh game to avoid any inconsistencies. In this case, as long as your save game is from updates 0.2.9.2 or 0...
2025-09-28 12:56:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
I'm excited to be a week away from releasing the first part of Chapter 3 to Cantors. It's my favorite piece of the story yet, and I think it's looking pretty awesome.
It's still under construction, and honestly, having only a week left scares me a bit, but then I remember I'll pr...
2025-09-21 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
Earlier today, I posted update 0.2.9.2, available for patrons in the Scribe and Cantor tiers.
I'm really happy with how Chapter 2 came together, but I'm even happier with how Chapter 3 is coming along so far. There is a lot of stuff that needs to be done to get the first Chapter...
2025-09-14 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
The Library Tunnels are a series of lore posts written as extracts from books that can be found in the priory library.
From "The Forgotten Ruins of Priory Isle" by Father Justus
It has taken ...
2025-09-10 09:59:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
It's been a pretty standard week of development here, and without any Itch de-indexing drama, this dev update might be a less eventful than the others.
I've been focusing mostly on getting the gallery (our most requested feature by far) set up and in shape for release of 0.2.9.2 ...
2025-09-07 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
Chapter 2 has been scribed, illuminated, and delivered. The first draft of it a...
2025-08-31 12:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
It's time to bring Chapter 2 to a close. The download links can be found at the bottom of this post.
IMPORTANT: As always, new updates tend to come with a lot of new and updated variables. To avoid inconsistencies, I recommend playing a fresh game, or at least star...
2025-08-31 11:39:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings of the Lucent Priory,
This one is for the fantasy nerds (a.k.a 99% of you).
As a long-time DM, I've picked up a few skills over the years, and one of them is mapmaking. So, for the more hardcore fantasy fans out there, I've drawn this "fantasy book front page map" of the Kingdom o...
2025-08-27 02:05:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
Canticle passed 5,000 downloads on Itch this week! I'm continually amazed by how many people seem to be responding to it. For me, something like this game has been missing from the gay VN space, and I'm happy there are a bunch of you out there who share that view.
Last week, I sa...
2025-08-24 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings of the Lucent Priory,
It's been a busy week of development here. I was on vacation from work for the week, so I was able to dedicate more time to the game.
After the Scribe release last weekend, I got some more feedback and bug reports, although those seem to be dwindling now, so ...
2025-08-17 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings of the Lucent Priory,
Remember how I said we were 'so back' last week? Well, we're not anymore. Itch.io has decided to deindex the game again after I pushed an android release. As of today, we've been delisted almost a week, which ...
2025-08-10 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm starting a new series of posts focusing on the lore of the world of Canticle for my patrons in the Scribe tier and above. They will be written in the form of extracts from mostly historical (and perhaps pseudo-historical) tomes that can be found in the library of the Lucent Priory.
The First Lucent Ma...
2025-08-05 00:34:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings of the Lucent Priory,
We're so back.
Earlier this week, Canticle finally got indexed on itch.io again. (Funnily enough, it took them longer to index the safe version than it did to re-index the NSFW version after I removed the donation option). As it is, both Canticle versions are...
2025-08-03 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
With the launch of Canticle: Safe Version on itch.io, I am posting the files for the NSFW version of the demo here on Patreon so that wandering players coming over from there can find it.
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings of the Lucent Priory,
It's been a crazy week. Starting with the good news, update 0.277 ("First Dates") is up now for Cantors. So far, people have been able to download it and play it and there have been no game-breaking bugs reported, and a new character that was introduced seems to be...
2025-07-28 02:51:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Unlocked for all patrons!
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
Fancy a date?
Your fellow novices are looking for a fun day out in Downprior after their first week of classes, and it's time to join them and get to know them a bit better.
IMPORTANT!
Canticle b...
2025-07-27 12:29:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings of the Lucent Priory,
It's been a Jude week in the Mammoth household. To give you an idea, most other dates range around 15-20 MB, but Jude clocks in at 75 MB. I'm going to try and decrease the size through various shenanigans, but let's just say, after this date, I think Jude is going ...
2025-07-20 11:23:41 +0000 UTC View PostBrothers and Sisters and Siblings of the Lucent Priory,
After our Apprentice Chanter got his glow-up, it's time for the Alchemist to get one as well. Brother Jude has been a bit off when it comes to the style of his sprite, just a little bit too smooth and cartoony, which messed up things down the line. In any case, his...
2025-07-15 03:59:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings of the Lucent Priory,
It's been quite the week. For everyone who's been paying attention in the Discord server, you know that the game has been un-indexed for some kind of regular review at itch.io for almost a week n...
2025-07-13 10:10:56 +0000 UTC View PostBrothers and Sisters and Siblings,
In a patron poll on Discord, you had been asked to vote on whether Luca should gain some muscle, and the answer was pretty resoundingly: yes. Even so, there were those who made the good point about body diversity in the game, and I took their views to heart as well. Go...
2025-07-08 15:24:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Brothers and Sisters and Siblings,
It has been a hot and steamy week of development for Canticle as I make my way through the various dates that continue from the point at which Chapter 2 currently closes off.
Here is what I have been working on this past week:
Last week in the "Thank You" update (v0...
2025-07-06 11:21:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Download for Windows and Linux
2025-06-29 13:31:51 +0000 UTC
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I'm starting a series of posts about specific characters in the game. I thought it might be a good way to gauge how people feel about them in general (so feel free to comment!) and fill in some blanks in world-building that haven't been answered yet (but hopefully will be soon with a system I'm planning to implement).
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You can now download the most recent version of the game here:
Download for PC
2025-06-22 18:47:11 +0000 UTC
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So, back in January, on a Tuesday, I woke up one day and I had the urge to do something creative.
I had been reading up on medieval monasteries for some time, both in non-fiction and fiction (The Name of the Rose was a big thing for me last year) and I had decided to make a D&D campaign set in a monastery ...
