You are a 24-year-old male graduate student studying Archaeology at modern-day Miskatonic University. Being the perfect student, you are on the road to achieve your dreams and with your whole life ahead of you. All of that begins to change when a mysterious artifact is discovered outside of Dunwich. Do you have what it takes to transform your school into your own personal harem while avoiding suspicion, and bring about a lustful apocalypse?
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A young Archaeology student at modern-day Miskatonic handles a mysterious artifact that imbues him with various supernatural powers. Using these powers, the student is called upon by an Eldritch god to release him from his prison. To do so, the student must bimbofy staff and other students, send enough of them into insatiable sex frenzies, and dig up an ancient ceremonial space underneath the campus, all while dodging a rival faction and avoiding suspicion.
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Over a dozen characters including your best friend, stepsister, teachers, other students, and more!
Changelog
+Added Ying's final sex scene image before the frenzy
*Minor performance improvements for the interaction bar
*Changes regarding increasing support for various screen sizes, although at this point very few differences may be noticeable
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+Added three more Ying sex scene images
Vaginal
Titjob
Give fellatio
*Changing Identity can now cause you to lose or gain certain bodily-based perks or boons
Athletic
Attractive Slacker
High Tolerance
Ugly (can be lost, but never gained)
*The Midterms section of the Yearly Schedule will now also show the player's projected chance of passing the midterms
*A warning will now show if a Demo save is detected while playing the paid version
Artifact – 0.79.43 Patch
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*Stat changes provided by the Macho perk now fit with both male and female MCs
*Decreased the amount of Dick/Libido growth provided in the early stages of the Sheltered perk, plus decreased the amount of growth lost in the later stages
*Applied fix for an issue that could potentially cause the player to fail the midterms after already passing them
*The Midterms event will now show your chance of success
*The dev console now includes a control for passing/failing the midterm
Artifact – 0.79.41 Release and Changelog
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+Added more Ying art
Remaining paperdoll art
Fellatio sex scene
Anal sex scene
*Avoiding expulsion is now slightly more challenging
Previously it was impossible to get expelled before the first 60 days. This has been changed to the first 45 days.
The threshold of expulsion has changed from 20% of days to 30%
Players who were underneath the threshold before this change will get an option to convert their Academia score into a similar one when loading the save.
*If the player manages to advance time past Night before getting to morning (rare, but possible through certain events), taking speed will now set the time back to Evening instead of night
*Performance improvements regarding bidding
*Fixed issue that caused Mikah's “Get fucked...” scene not to play out
*Buying speed from the dealer will now immediately refresh the number of speed in your inventory
*Taking Enlargement pills no longer comes with a suspicion cost
*When attempting to feed broodmothers, it is now more apparent when you have no food to give
This update brings in dozens of new images! Most with a focus on black tendrily eldritch goodness ahead of next week's eclipse.
Plus, fixes galore, quality of life improvements, and some formatting improvements!
Let's get down to it.
Artifact – 0.79.41 Release and Changelog
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+Added new parasite infest images for each seducible NPC (with the exception of Ying and Harriet, whose art are still a WIP)
+Added a new “corrupted” look for each infested NPC (again, with the exception of Ying and Harriet)
+Added half of Ying's paperdoll artwork
+Added a lot of new ending scenarios for NPCs who are infested or broodmothers
*The High Tolerance perk no longer increases addiction until after the player has taken speed for the first time
*Fixed an issue that could prevent players from being able to assign bidding commands
*Formatting fixes for Infest passages
*Formatting fixes/improvements for a certain home encounter
*Fixed bug that could prevent expulsion from occurring
*Dick size changing notifications will now specify whether it's the play or the NPC that the change is happening to
*Restored the splatter image when spewing Black Ichor against potential husks
*Restored certain sound effects
*Fixed issue that could cause incorrect pronouns while flirting
*University Woods no longer gives players upfront options to “Mark another door” before having marked any with the Mark of the Anointed ability
*Light performance improvements for dormitory areas
*Removed some stray brackets
*Using pills or speed directly from the sidebar will now refresh the item amounts quicker
*Removed some excessive bust images during the intro
*The dev console now includes controls for Academia, Age, Hair Style, Melanin, and various inventory items
*Fixed dev console bug where changing suspicion would instead alter the cash variable
*Revised some newly added audio for a handful of spooky moments
Artifact – 0.79.40 Release and Changelog
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+Added Ying's bust image
+Added some new audio tracks
*Changed the starting IQ for most NPCs. Mostly a little lower, with the exception of Ying who now has a slightly higher IQ.
*The “maze” encounter in the arboretum now offers multiple alternate resolutions if the player loses their way. The new resolutions are based on upgraded powers, inventory items, or perks.
*Updated a couple of item descriptions to hint at potential uses
*Game Over music now varies depending on either the type of Game Over scenario, or the player's general playstyle
*Added a warning to the save menu when an excessive number of grandfathered save slots is detected
*Minor text corrections
Artifact – 0.79.39 Release and Changelog
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*The map now shows the legend again, and expanding the map will now expand the legend text as well
*Fixed formatting on starting a new day, the upgrades page, and the location text on the map subsection of the sidebar
*Replaced some missing map images
Artifact – 0.79.38 Release and Changelog
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+Added a tutorial section when the player retrieves the library book, also accessible from viewing the copy of the books
+ Added two new sex scene images for Dr. Jackson
+Added Dr. Jackson's frenzy scene image
+Added some new map effects based on upgrades obtained and frenzy progress
*Fixed an issue that could potentially allow players to infinitely gift flowers
*Updated the arousal threshold numbers within the interaction bar
*Interaction bar formatting fixes
*Friends List formatting fixes
*Library bathroom formatting fixes
*Frenzied NPCs are now tallied up regardless of what subsection of the sidebar is active
Artifact – 0.79.33 Release and Changelog
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+Added Dr. Jackson's titjob image
*A particular story scene will now further clarify for players why certain bodily changes may occur
*Fixed issue where a certain scene could cause both the player's face to disappear and the penis to still show if gender-swapped to female
*Fixed issue that could cause Dr. Jackson's male penis to show on his female frame
*Fixed issue that caused bill amounts to be unset. Players who had the dev console enabled may need to fix the amount manually via the console.
*Updated new dev console to include more controls
*Madison no longer disappears in the middle of her unfinished questline
*Various minor text corrections
*Improved itch.io integration
Artifact – 0.79.35 Release and Changelog
*Fixed issue that caused male NPC penises to disappear
*Fixed issue with the Dev Console that could cause the player's face to disappear if it was pulled up
*Fixed issue that caused use of Vitae essences to disappear if the player home was changed after identity looting
*Fixed issue that prevented Build and some other essences from properly applying (not applicable to existing essences)
*Fixed issue that prevented Skin Color essences from displaying
*It is no longer possible to use breast essences on male forms
*Female-only physique essences now translate into the closest comparable male body type when being applied to male forms
*Players can no longer lure NPCs before obtaining knowledge about the artifacts
*More performance improvements
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+Added Dr. Jackson sex scene images:
*Expanded Identity looting. Taking someone's Identity now also results in:
*Updated the XP costs in the Vitae Exchange upgrade description to reflect the new values from the previous update
*Reserved husks will now have their image displayed next to their stats
*Taking penis enlargement pills in the bedroom will now allow you to take multiple pills without leaving the page
*Butt-tons of performance improvements
*Fixed an issue that could cause certain husks to populate improperly
*Fixed NPCs leaking arousal even when they have been visited that day
*Minor text additions, alternatives, and corrections
Artifact – 0.79.32 Release and Changelog
*Hotfix for player portrait disappearing
*Fixed an error that caused some NB penis images not to display
Artifact – 0.79.30 Release and Changelog
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+Added Dr. Jackson images
+Added scenarios for more characters to the Game Over epilogue
*The mechanic where forced fellatio scenes force the player to cum has now spread from just Mikah, Detective Lawson, and Ms. Lane to the rest of the NPCs
*Decreased the XP costs of using Vitae Exchange
*Increased NPC IQ decay rate
*The different power levels now show their XP cost on the Upgrades page
*Diminish 2 reduces diminished male's penis size to a minimum, and after hitting Diminish 3 their penises will disappear entirely after reaching that minimum
*Fixed an issue that could prevent creation of broodmothers
*Fixed an issue that could prevent Fellatio sex scene details from showing when the NPC was close to frenzying
*Fixed a couple of errors that caused certain text not to display properly
*Restored Huong's and Dr. Fairfax's vaginal sex scenes
*Updated Broodmother formatting
*Decreased the maximum number of save slots from 5 to 3 in an effort to combat a bug that can cause saves to stop working. Existing saves from slot 4 and 5 should still display until deleted (see FAQ for more info on deleting saves)
*Increased DOM storage space again (exe version) from 30 MB to 45 MB
*Performance improvements
*The expanded map now properly displays one cohesive image, and now has increased compatibility with smaller window sizes.
*Fixed issue with husks regarding certain dorms getting miscounted
*Fixed an issue that could cause Ying's advances to misbehave
*Fixed an issue that allows players to leave Fellatio sex scenes prematurely for most characters
*Updated Patron credits
Artifact – 0.79.30 Release and Changelog
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*Fixed error that could cause Vaginal and “Get fucked by...” sex scenes to not play out properly
*Math Building now properly exits to Upper Campus instead of Lower Campus
*Restored the XP gained from Hartmann quest
*Assuming the identity of a female husk no longer causes players to lose, now changing Dick Size to Libido
*Restored the “Get fucked by...” scene for Madison
Artifact – 0.79.29 Release and Changelog
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+New map images
+New special bidding options:
*Increased DOM storage space (If you have had issues saving past a point, this shouldhelp)
*Diminish is now an ongoing effect, occurring on its own every night without the need for the player to continue making contact with the individual after the initial Diminishing
*Decreased the effectiveness of the Charismatic trait (will not affect existing characters)
*Each killed husk will now provide a bonus to Hope, but also a slight increase to suspicion
*Increased the likelihood of looting an Identity or Genitalia essence from a husk, as well as the likelihood to get a desired essence via Hope
*Male NPCs should no longer obtain negative dick/girth sizes
*Fixed bug that could prevent NPCs from retrieving items while doing your bidding
*Fixed bug in the essence looting system that could cause certain duplicate essences to both be rerolled
*Revised the ideal body questionnaire, plus it now includes vagina and breast size options.
*The boiler room will now display how many husks the player has from each dorm
*Fixed issue where using ichor on a potential husk could lead to a screen with no links
*Taking a husk's Identity will now completely wipe suspicion (instead of relieving just up to 30 of it), and the functionality of taking their name and appearance has also been restored
*The Exit Husk link during possession scenes will no longer show if a new route to continue is uncovered before the scene ends
*Various minor format adjustments
-Removed some unreferenced code
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Changelog
+New special bidding options for some individual characters:
+Added a new ambient track to the house
+Added a new ambient track that will play in most buildings at night
*Assigning a “Special” bidding command now costs time
*Penis Enlargement Pill Changes
*Some ambient tracks will now play in more places
*The inventory screen will now keep track of the number of penis enlargement pills owned
*The format for male characters will now better scale to window size
*The daily schedule will now scale better to window size
*Peached Pink is now closed at night
*Peached Pink has been added to the schedule
*SHiMMER app format improvements
*Minor performance improvements at the Peached Pink
*Highlighted some more variant text that may otherwise go unnoticed
*Detective Lawson's oral scene no longer allows you to leave before the scene completes
*Restored the text that appears when visitng Essex Red after hours
*Fixed issue with inventory format that prevented it from closing
*Fixed bug that prevented Priya from doing bidding
*Updated Patron credits
A lot of new changes have arrived in the latest update! Some more testing will be needed to further balance the mechanics, but this update smooths things out and paves the way to make future updates to these mechanics a breeze.
A brand new save is recommended. However, if you load a pre-0.79.27 save, the game will still attempt to convert the save for you.
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+Added the complete artwork for Dr. Ella Fairfax
+Added new images for ALL items (not including parasites)
+Added Dr. Howard's Diminished (Level 2) image
*Arousal & IQ have been revamped:
*Fixed issue that caused Ms. Lane's futa frenzy image to not display
*Fixed a pronoun error during flirting
*Fixed issue that caused sex scene stat changes to play out before the scene itself
*Restored Dr. Howard's frenzy image
*Restored some missing sex scenes
*Purchasing items at the store will now update the inventory screen right away
*Fixed issue that prevented NPC penis stats from properly changing
*Fixed an error on the Upper and Lower Campus that could give the false appearance of Game Over
*Adjusted inventory UI scaling
*Loading saves from pre-0.79.27 versions of the game will now attempt a conversion to 0.79.27
This was originally penned for my Patrons, but I figure everyone may like to hear this!
There are some big changes heading to Artifact. I've been getting some smaller fixes out of the way recently. Then begins the major tasks at hand.
Firstly, Arousal. Arousal being capped to 10 worked a lot better in the beginning, but now with the plethora of perks, upgrades, and various conditions that can affect Arousal, 10 is just not cutting it. I have been reworking the entire system on paper in an attempt to make it so that each "stage" of arousal lasts longer, gains and losses are more incremental, and changes occur at a slower pace.
Reworking this system alone could take some time; throw bug testing into the mix and I'm not sure exactly how long it will take. At this point I'm not sure if it could be one week or several, but what I do know is that it needs to be done.
Secondly, story. Near the current checkpoint of the main plot, my brain was feeling like a rock that I had to squeeze, so I took a break from the plot to refine some other areas. Coming back to it, I know it can be much better, and I know it can be much better from earlier on. I have been working with someone to rework the outline and rewrite things so that changes occur at a slower pace and more attention is paid to certain variable player traits, among other larger plot changes.
There will also be more random encounters, transformation events, character side quests (new and revamped), but for now this has all taken a back seat for the plot rework.
I want to take another moment here to thank you all again for you support through this crazy year! We have so many balls rolling now, I'm excited to see how it all plays out in 2024!
Hope you all have happy holidays! <3
Artifact - 0.79.26 Release and Changelog
*Hotfix for bug that caused some of the medium-girth dick sizes for players and husks to disappear
*Fixed potential bug regarding the display of units of measurement
*Updated Patron credits
Artifact – 0.79.25 Release and Changelog
*Hotfix for bug that could cause female players to see pink boxes
*Female players will now need to keep their 'libido' above 0, instead of 'penis size'. Libido will translate back and forth to dick size when changing genders
*Refined some game over text
*Standardized a few outlier changes
*Applied a fix for bug that could cause Maya to lose Broodmother interactiveness
*Performance improvements
-Removed “spectral penises” and all references to them
Artifact – 0.79.23 Release and Changelog
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+Added much of Dr. Ella Fairfax's art
+Added last five remaining character sex scenes for female players
*Improved overall broodmother formatting
*Fixed error that caused broodmother actions to show up multiple times
*Fixed broodmother images shifting
*Fixed issue that prevented Detective Vivian Lawson's image from showing up in broodmothers
+Added Dr. Ella Fairfax's bust image
+Added female player sex scenes (written) for the following characters:
+Added new music for the main Game Over scenarios
+Added new ambience for the arboretum
+Added new option to the Preferences menu: Quicksave Behavior
*Applied a fix that caused multiple manual saves to improperly function
*Broodmothers are no longer capable of frenzying, or of “jumping” the player
*Applied a new fix that caused players to get stuck in the lab with Maya if she was a broodmother
*The menu button will now only enable after the player sleeps on Day 0
*Fixed issue where the Main Menu link would not work in the Settings menu if another link had already been clicked before leaving the screen
*Improved Preferences menu formatting
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+Added Priya artwork:
+Expanded the Bidding mechanic:
*Fixed an issue with Gifting that was resulting in most items never succeeding
*Improved the New Day format
*Suspicion changes as a result of dick size changes are now identified as such. This is to separate the notification from other suspicion change notifications that may occur simultaneously.
Artifact – 0.79.14 Release and Changelog
+Added Priya's bust artwork
*Vagina sex scenes are now available as options to futa players
*Made backgrounds transparent for all characters' bust images
*The use of quicksave now creates saves labeled as such
*Performance improvements
Artifact – 0.79.13 Release and Changelog
+Added female-pov sex scenes for the Vaginal option on all* NPCs (Melissa & Ying have a placeholder scene)
+Added female-pov sex scenes for the “Get Fucked” option for Mikah, Tom, Dr. Howard, Maya, and Dr. Jackson
+Added a quicksave option
+Added Aroused expression for Dr. Howard
*SHiMMER will now automatically suggest nearby NPCs as friends
*Improved formatting on title screen, preference menu, app screen, SHiMMER, and map screens
*Fixed some issues that prevented lured NPCs from being assigned as Broodmother
*You no longer need to be friends with an NPC before you can track their arousal through your friends list.
*Restored frenzy image for Ms. Lane's futa scenario
*Updated Patron credits
-Removed “View Affected” link from the INFO sidebar (this can now be viewed from the friends list in APP)
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+Added all of Detective Lawson's remaining sex scene images and frenzy images
+Added the SHiMMER “app” to the sidebar, allowing for easier, on-the-fly access to NPC profiles. This has also replaced the “View Affected” link, and NPC Arousal levels are now viewable from players' 'Friends List'. NPC's current locations are only available if the NPC has accepted the player's friend request.
+Added roughly 200 new possible status updates from NPCs on SHiMMER.
*NPCs will now automatically add you on Shimmer once their Arousal reaches 4
*Trying to start a new game while variables from an existing game are detected will now result in the game prompting you to Restart it to clear out those variables
*Various spelling errors
*Fixed a rogue hook name showing in the sound controls
*Updated patron credits
*(itch only) The game should now have improved integration with the itch.io app
-Removed Main Menu link from the Settings menu (to keep players from trying to start a new game without first clearing all existing variables via Restart Game, which lead to various issues such as some saves giving the appearance of merging together
Artifact – 0.79.8 Release and Changelog
+Added Madison's frenzy image
+Added futa dick images for all 7 fem base body types, for both player and husks
+Added new upgrades:
Tethered Attraction: Prevents an NPCs arousal from hitting 8. Arousal prevented in this way will result in a loss of penis size.
Intrusive Attraction: Prevents an NPCs arousal from dropping below 2. Arousal prevented in this way will result in a loss of penis size.
Unnatural Haunches: negative penis size changes from submissive acts is reduced if penis is already under 4 + slightly higher chance to experience sub acts from frenzying npc
Unnatural Jaws: Bonus to npc arousal if penis is under 4 inches during sub acts + higher chance to experience sub acts from frenzying npc
Unnatural Conversion: Sub acts now increase penis size, with minimal hit to suspicion
*Changed the main font to a more legible style
*The main font is now packaged with the game instead of imported, which should eliminate false positives by anti-malware software
*Minor text color changes favoring legibility
*Fixed an issue that caused the player to be unable to leave the bedroom during a home encounter
*Fixed issue that could prevent Dr. Howard's hair color from changing
*Fixed issue that caused the wrong cup size to display during sex scenes where Maya is beginning to frenzy
*Fixed issue that caused too much time to pass during some of Maya sex scenes
*Fixed issue that prevented one of Madison's sex scene images from showing
*Fixed issue that provided extra suspicion recovery from Mikah giving player head
*Updated the walkthrough through 0.79.7
*Fixed an issue that caused some upgrades to be purchaseable without the proper conditions
-Removed a stray bracket from the Pool
Artifact – 0.79.7 Release and Changelog
+Added Madison's last sex scene (aside from the frenzy)
*Fixed issue that prevented metric sidebar units from displaying the correct number
*Fixed issue that would prevent the player from leaving the Archaeology lab in certain scenarios where Maya was highly aroused and a Broodmother
Artifact – 0.79.6 Release and Changelog
*Fixed issue that could cause errors displaying or changing character breasts
*Fixed issue that prevented futa player dolls from showing
*Re-enabled text highlighting for translation purposes
*Increased the number of condoms that can be refilled in dispensers
Artifact v0.79.5 Changelog
+Added next main quest
+For players playing as Female:
+Added new upgrades:
+Added Madison artwork for:
+Added some more lines to Occult Hunter's Guide as well as the Broodmother section of the books
+Added new Game Over scenarios, with several new character endings.
*Restructured upgrades into an upgrade tree, with new costs
*Redesigned the preference menu, fixing an error that caused selections from dropdown boxes to not persist through loading saves
*Altered some remaining references about race to instead reference skin color
*The quest involving the security cameras no longer triggers until at least 3 NPCs have been frenzied
*Cleaned and improved the New Character screen
*Standardized many of the stat changes from traits
*Made some refinements to the New Day screen
*Fixed Eldritch Enhancement's effects on penis enlargement pills
*Fixed issue where NPC eye colors would not display correctly
*Fixed paperdoll breast progression for NPCs, they should now scale a little more accurately to their intended sizes
*Renamed Bimbofy power to Stupefy
*Various minor spelling, grammar, typo fixes
*Fixed an exploit where you could indeed resist a nearly-frenzied NPC's advances
*The spectral penis is no longer visible if dick size drops below 0
*The metric conversion no longer spits out an error when attempting to convert negative numbers when dick size drops below 0
*The game now starts at Day 1 instead of Day 0
*Repaired certain scenarios for the Stalking solution
*Repaired certain scenarios for the scripted tennis match
*Disabled text selection, to get rid of accidental ugly highlighting
*Decreased the amount of arousal that [spoiler] obtains by showing interest in their hacking, as well as the amount of arousal they require to agree to hack for you
-Removed roughly 500KB of unused/redundant code
-Removed some straggling broken images
-Removed some duplicate links
