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2026 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. I'll manage my time this year ...

2026 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 excited about 

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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 arms after setting off sparkler...

2025: 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 the hype at exactly the moments...

Sam: "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 lifetime ago now, what with the ma...

G: “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, frozen and still.

G sits be...

Rayyan 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, appreciative inhale the moment you ste...

Merry 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 come to a head, and decisions ...

Nov 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, and publishing to Steam has...

  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.”

You grin, enjoying the rare si...

Hands-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.”

You grin, enjoying the rare sigh...

Rayyan'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 active—turning over what has j...

Oct 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 a lot of writing for Chapter ...

Halloween 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," Nat corrects, waving a plas...

Halloween 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 to top it all off. 

Shay (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 time during the night, he'd end...

Shay (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 time during the night, she'd en...

Qiu (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 the window. For a moment, dis...

Qiu (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 the window. For a moment, dis...

Nat (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 of seconds to remember where y...

Nat (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 of seconds to remember where y...

Sep 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 Crisis

• I've made...

  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! 

Features (~47k ...

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.

I worked on quite a variety of...

State 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 before practice.

Today,...

"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/juice before practice.

Toda...

Jul 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 again middle of last week, and ...