Progress 21.07.2024 and Changelog for Tribulations of a Mage 0.45.0

Hello all!

Update is ready to be released. Just doing the final bits and pieces to it. So nothing too drastic there. I started rendering the 0.46.0, luckily it's simple enough to do right now since the sets are done.

And on the writing side of things, I already started writing 0.50.00. It feels strange, it always does closer I get to the end of the story. Still, not that much to write any more of this story. A bit melancholic feel to it... Ah well. Right, no spoilers so no preview... for several reasons.

I haven't rendered Tamara in a while. She is, along with Naha, a strange character. She is a demon, she is evil by every definition there is. And yet she has traits you don't associate with demons. She cares, to a point. She is affectionate, but her nature is to be dominant. If she sees something, she will take it even if she would need to slaughter the entire population of the world, but might be persuaded to stop if asked nicely. Same with Naha, he is an incubus, but yet he would be willing to throw everything he is away for his love, not that he can without dying and all that. Which reminds me I need to update the werewolf models. Eh maybe thinking too deeply of these things. Anyway, the important stuff.

Changelog: ToaM 0.45.0

• 350 renders

• Implemented the next part of the story

• 1 hidden image

• Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, Abs, Chris2606, OBE, Sylaan, Bernie64GER, ravendarklocks)

There is a pile of fixes for earlier updates pending. Those are coming, just they are mostly on the development build and I don't always do full sync of the files from development to publishing build. And while I rememember, the hidden image in this one might not make much sense if certain paths aren't open. Just think it as a glimpse of alternative reality in that case.

Release schedule:

• $15 Tier: As soon as the post has had its final touches and links been verified.

• $10 Tier: 23rd of July

• $5 Tier: 24th of July

• $3 Tier: 25th of July

• Public: 4th of August

Checksums SHA256:

27D74662A57282FF280C48EA601A605D37DA93899AE2D17E3B25CF2BD10D147D
ToaM-0.45.0-mac-C.zip

0CC2BE5593E21BFE9132B08AF9DCDC1D9BCB30BAA09F66E0373ABCA0A1827D41
ToaM-0.45.0-mac.zip

D0A2AD20B94DDCA72955BA9E4080EE743F29BE04DF3214C3AA5407D6B0691F6A
ToaM-0.45.0-pc-C.zip

AD1727B93CBBACA188E9475ACEEA472B2EC27B7DA3A145FB39CDF0D904D90E59
ToaM-0.45.0-pc.zip

A455D8142B81FEBB317E9BCD94ECD8F7D4D47D397B6D6EF2C6BEBB019F53E12E
ToaM-0.45.0-UpdateC.zip

F0C359232C2BDFD64273D71AB3082C181DEF484BF1AF688E0D9541E73B0D0828
ToaM-0.45.0-Update.zip

B402D1B10C762AAA8D94FCE559D24AFA4A956AB555396597CDA8F93755382D88
com.talothral.toam-release.apk

051265CC14F1FE383BBAFC3A4010948091C388B47B4D43F8ACC53CD632DD1DA7
com.talothral.toam-release.apk (WT)