Greetings everyone!\n\nVersion 0.3.2b just went live! It\'s a small bugfix patch. Here be the notes! :)\n

• Corrected a definition bug, that could cause a [u]\"Sayer not found\"[/u] hard crash, when viewing scenes from the Replay Gallery.

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• Added several minor [u]translation lines[/u] that were missed in the original localization to Simplified Chinese.

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• [u]STEAM ACHIEVEMENTS[/u]: Appear to be non-functional for the majority of players. They tested fine before the upload, but something is blocking them. I am working to find the cause and correct it. Please bare with me :).

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Hey everyone!\n\nIt\'s been a hell of a dev cycle. A lot\'s happened. Many of you were around for it, so I won\'t go back into detail on that, but [u]Rivers of Astrum: Daughter of Darkness, version 0.3.2 is now live on Steam!\n\n\n\n[/u]Before we get started ... [u]BIG DEAL[/u] ... There\'s an almost certainty that [u]prior saves will not work in this version,[/u] due to the retcon changes made to the code, to incorporate the Simplified Chinese translation. I try as much as I can to avoid save game compatibility issues, but I\'m simply beginning to believe (due to the nature of their CAUSE), that - with my direction for the game - it may simply be something that has to be suffered through from time to time (for both you guys and me) until the game achieves its 1.0 release.\n\nI wanted to make that much known upfront at least. I certainly don\'t do it on purpose, but there are a thousand instances i can think of in which it - unfortunately - becomes unavoidable. Most especially when adding new code to old content (such as integrating a new translation).\n\nWith that dark cloud out of the way though, on to the update info!\n\n\n\n\nThis version includes a lot of exciting new stuff!\n\nIf you start a new game with the update, you will get all of the updated info on specifics for the game\'s systems, for those of you who choose to read through that :)\n

[u]Replay Galleries![/u]\n

[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45529429/6faa917180b8971bbc50996fe55d8e568f484730.png\"][/img][u](this image was taken during development, before the list was finalized, and doesn\'t reflect the current scene order displayed in-game)[/u]

Several scenes are now available for replaying at your discretion, once unlocked. More scenes will - of course - get added to it later in development, as those scenes occur in the game.

\n[u]Notes on that:[/u]

Hey guys!\n\nWe\'re almost there. If anyone has noticed within the last few hours, Steam Achievements for the game have been popping up. There will only be a handful for now, and none of them will be achievable until the public release of version 0.3.2, but they were the last step.\n\n[u]THE PUBLIC STEAM RELEASE OF VERSION 0.3.2 IS SCHEDULED FOR 14, NOVEMBER, 2025.[/u]\n\n[u]What Version 0.3.2 will Bring (The Changelog):[/u]

• Added 9 animations, 501 renders, and approximately 3,600 words. Continuing the story.

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• Due to feedback, the font size was slightly increased, to account for the smaller natural size of the game\'s font.

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• Nonconsensual Content Returned for all future Steam releases, unless told otherwise by Steam.

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• Galleries facelifted, and new Character Screens added. Welcome our new heroes to the team!

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• Steam Achievements added! There are only a handful for now, they will be integrated as the story continues!.

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• Game now autosaves at the end of current update content, to avoid save file conflicts moving forward.

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• Official Credits Roll! I know, no one really watches credits. But if you happen to be someone who does, I\'d love feedback!

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• All characters\' names now have a small outline, to help them remain visible during certain scenes.

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[u]Known Issues(1):[/u]\n

\nThere is a version of Cara\'s scene where there are 3-4 lines that are not voiced. This was an oversight on my part, they were simply missed when I delivered the script to Claire, and a scheduling conflict prevented us from getting them voiced in time for the release.

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[u]Planned Items:[/u]

The big planned item for now is Chinese translation. I\'ve entered into a contract with a translator, and work on that has begun. If it\'s ready in time to meet the public release date (and I can get it coded in without too many snags) then it will go live in 0.3.2. If not, then it will be included in the following release!\n\nOther languages are in the plan, but I\'m one guy. I gotta bring it in as I can afford to do so :)

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Update news aside (and this is the last time I\'ll be bringing it up), I want to thank everyone for sticking with me. This dev cycle brought me a lot of heartache. I lost my dog, Cadie. Collective Shout tried to attack our livelihoods, and succeeded in a few cases. In the middle of that, I lost my cat, and best friend, Biscuit. So ... I was down for a while, and working much slower than usual for a longer while still. I\'m still recovering from Biscuit\'s loss. It still doesn\'t feel real yet. But the grief has largely passed, and i will be getting back to work at a normal pace now! :)\n\nI can\'t wait for you guys to continue the story! Some heavy plot drops in this one! steamhappy\n\n~ Paper Tiger\n\n \n\n

Hey everyone,

So one of the biggest deals for me, and one of the most requested items, was a scene replay gallery. It\'s coming in this update, which is very close at hand, but i just wanted to share what that\'s going to look like, in-game!

I\'ve only got 5 tasks left on the update checklist, after which it will go to the beta testers. If anyone is interested in signing up for beta testing, feel free to ping me on discord.

Please note that there are some obligations that come with beta testing. I appreciate anyone will to help me iron out bugs, but i don\'t want anyone to take advantage just for early access either.

But, if you\'re interested, you know where to find me! Hit me up and we can discuss it :) This is what the replay gallery currently looks like, and it will obviously get filled out with more scenes as they are introduced.

We\'re almost there!

~ Paper Tiger

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Greetings, everyone!\n\nI do apologize on being late with this, but here is the final wallpaper in the series. The TL;DR of everything I\'m about to say is \"We\'re back to the grind!\"\n\nThe long version:\n\nLosing Biscuit rocked me. It\'s been a long time since i\'ve experienced grief that substantially. If I\'m honest, a small part of me thought that it may be MONTHS on end, before I\'d be emotionally stable enough to get back to game work.\n\nBut, even then, i was making forward progress, as much as I could stand to, while saying goodbye to Biscuit. Today, that progress kicked up quite a bit, and I felt all the old motivations coming back MUCH sooner than I thought they would.\n\nI would apologize for the slowdown, but grief is grief, and Biscuit was my best friend. Taking time to grieve that loss is not something I feel the need to apologize for. But, that said, we\'re back at it now! And I\'m kicking off the renewed work vigor with the final shot in the wallpaper series! :)\n\nThe uncompressed version of this image can be found here! \n\nIf anyone has any questions, please feel free to hit me up either here, or on Discord.\n\nBest wishes, everyone, and I really AM excited to get this next update done! :)\n\n~ Paper Tiger\n\n[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45529429/7498e509c3c54b0075013cd1b80bdc9e2c00452a.jpg\"][/img]\n\n

Hey everyone, \n\nI do apologize for this shot in the series being late. I lost my best friend in this world 3 days ago (Biscuit, my cat, and the best little buddy I could\'ve ever asked for.) \n\nTo say it\'s been difficult would be the understatement of the century, and it has certainly slowed game work down. \n\nBut i still move forward, as much as I can stand to, while im grieving his loss. However, this is number 6 in a series of 7. Today, we have the wallpaper for miss Selene Proudbrooke. \n

The link to download the high quality version can be found here.

[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45529429/640ec1ba8e005d87216226c26e83d7b1b0ec1cd8.jpg\"][/img]\nBest wishes, and please understand that development will slow down a little bit while im recovering from the loss of my best friend :(\n\n~ Paper Tiger\n\n\n

Hey everyone! \n\n#5 in the series is a teaser for one of the ladies introduced in the upcoming update. \n\nMeet Kiara (the woman who stepped up to train with Colt in the training yard)! \n\nFull quality version can be found here!

[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45529429/c08901acd6b91667ed59735cbabe7d2a0bb46ecd.jpg\"][/img]

Progress continues!

~Paper Tiger

Greetings everyone!,\n\nContinuing the series, today we have a 4K Wallpaper for Captain Sandra Gale!\n\nDirect download link to the full quality version: Download \n\n[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45529429/6f2670c7a33d4871a2a5fd676d41362d3127c5c5.jpg\"][/img]

This is #4 in a series of 7 :) More to come!\n\n~ Paper Tiger

Greetings everyone!\n\nContinuing the series, today we have a 4K wallpaper for miss Cara\'Senna N\'Raya!\n\nThe direct download for the full-quality version can be located here! [img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45529429/5b1f79eadf85cd3ba09e66cb72e0ed18b55b8a3b.jpg\"][/img]\nWe\'ve made some really good headway so far this week. The update my be done sooner than I thought :)\n\nStay Tuned for more!\n\n~ Paper Tiger

Hey everyone! Progress continues! I\'m already about 20% done with the largest event of this next update, so it\'s coming along quite nicely!

In the meantime, I\'m doing a series of wallpapers for the ladies of Astrum.

Today, we have miss Kim Ashmoore steamhappy

The direct link to the full-quality version can be found here! [img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45529429/399d49b2a7a4c2666cebc31af065d8e3ff4f6512.jpg\"][/img] Stay tuned for more! ~ Paper Tiger

Hey Everyone!\n\nDevelopment continues, and we\'re close to the next update, but I wanted to take a moment to share a 4K render of miss Vex!

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The direct download, for the full-quality version can be found here! \n\n

Greetings everyone!

In recognition of the game\'s approaching 4-month mark on Steam, I wanted to offer a discount for the next two weeks!

The game will be 20% off, starting today (20, July, 2025) at 10am PST. It will run until 3 August, 2025, 10am PST!\n\nI will also remind everyone that as of now, the game has been slightly edited, to avoid future issues with censorship. This only resulted in the loss of a single scene, which was a bad end that had no bearing on the plot. If you have any questions concerning this, or the sale, feel free to swing by Discord \n\nI greatly appreciate everyone who has shared an interest in the game thus far. Development continues!

Hey guys! It seems Steam may be aiming to cut a particular kind of content from NSFW titles, and - just to be safe - I\'m removing one scene that may have potentially violated some new rules that may (or may not) be placed into effect.

Just wanted to keep everyone updated, and be as transparent as I can. If at any time later it is determined that Steam does not intend to ban all games containing nonconsensual content, then I will bring it back. But until such a time, I\'d rather be safe than sorry. The only scene to be cut was a fairly obscure bad end, anyway. More details will be available on the Discord , if anyone has any questions!

[u]Due to new security changes at Steam, I am not currently able to publish this update, and will not be able to for 72 hours. But it will be posted as soon as I\'m able.[/u]

[u]In future update news:[/u]

The next update is well underway, and approaching ~70% completion, so it won\'t be too long now! :)

Hey everyone,

Now that the game is on steam, it's time to make some final statements on the development cycle, if anyone is interested to hear, please read below :)

• So, i always tried to keep to within a 3 month release window. That was a rule i set as soon as I launched the first demo. That said, I had never had any game development experience prior to setting that rule for myself, and i see now that attempting to adhere to that can lead to rushed situations, under which the quality of the game, or length of the content (or both) will suffer.

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• On the subject of quality, I do try(hard) to keep the writing, the renders and the animations as high quality as i can manage with my current skills, which are always developing :) But quality takes time for a solo indie dev. I can produce quality releases, or quick releases. I can't do both. I've settled on quality, since I want to be able to look back and be proud of the game. I think it's clear by this point that it's not going to be a game that stuffs itself full of the latest nsfw fads. It has an actual story, and one that means a lot to me. I intend to do it justice in my mind :)

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• But that means that official release dates, or even windows, are now a thing of the past. Every update has a designated end point. The goal now will simply be to work on that until it gets there, without being under a clock, which would cause the usual issues that come with rushing.

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• Though I announced that the previous release will be made public, I've decided to postpone it, as it was simply much too short. To the point that it would be a genuine disservice to those who are waiting on the next continuation of the story. That update was intended to be a good bit longer, and im working on completing it up to its original designated end point now.

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• Lastly, versioning got a bit off track with the last few updates. The next update will be version 0.3.2, in order to bring it up to speed with the development plan.

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Now, with all those new solo dev mistakes out of the way ... I'm open to any questions anyone may have! :)

Hey Everyone! steamhappy

Just wanted to stop in to let everyone know that this update has just been sent to the beta testing team for review! Hopefully that will be done within a week.

We're looking at a public release in the beginning of July! (I won't have a specific date until the beta test is done, but no later than July 15th, I would imagine.)

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment here, or swing by the Discord !

Many thanks, and I can't wait for everyone to continue the story!

~ Paper Tiger

Hey everyone!

The next update has officially moved into the wrap-up/production phase!


On that note, it will probably be the smallest update ever, in terms of linear time. It will stop just short of continuing the main cast's story, and i wanted to explain that, for any who care to know why. (dev heavy stuff, so if that's an immersion breaker i get it, but for those who want to know...)

This scene, while very short linearly, took me nearly 3 months, due to the fact that it branches into two separate paths (hetero or lesbian) , that each have 3 custom animations. If you have straight content disabled, then it will default to the lesbian path, if you do not, then you will be given the choice of which path to follow.

6 animations took 95% of all that time, easy, and there really isn't any way around that. Animations just take time.

I was going to wait until the first branch of the following scene is complete, and release that as the next update, but it's going to take just as long, if not longer, and i do my best to stick to 3 month release cycles, regardless of content size.

I know some AVN players like to skip updates from time to time, so that when they return, there's that much more content to enjoy. I'm gonna be honest with you. If you're one of those types, this would be the update to skip steamhappy

But as i said, i try to stick as close to a steady 3 month release cycle as i can, and if i wait until the scene following this one is done, it'll put me at more like 6-7 months since the last update. I'd just prefer to keep it to the 3 months cycle.

Anyway, that's the news!

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend!

~ Paper Tiger

Hey everyone!

It's a few days early, but I wanted to take this time to wish everyone a happy Easter weekend! Whether you celebrate it or not (I don't, personally), I still wish everyone the best of all the things!

And as always, I hope everyone is enjoying Rivers of Astrum: Daughter of Darkness!

Feel free to drop by the steam community or the discord to share your thoughts!


~ Paper Tiger

Hey Everyone!

Here with a status update!

So, while trying not to be too long winded, or spoilery, here's where we're at:

• This update structure contains a linear scene, as well as the first part of a massive free-roam. The linear scene is completely written and rendered, starting on animation work today ...
  
• The *framework* for the freeroam segment has all been built (from scratch), mapped and rendered in full. I tested it yesterday, everything's flowing like a champ!
  
• There are close to 20 events that branch off of it, though. I've got ~80% of those side events written, with 2 completely rendered, as well as a bit of the third. So, all in all, i'd say this update is about ~15% complete.
  

Hey everyone!

Missed a few references from the pre-launch scrub! Update available now!

Version 0.2.1.6b (Bug Fix):

• Scrubbed 2 stray references to pre-steam Supporter content, that were causing the game to crash, if the Gallery was viewed from certain screens.
  

Hey everyone!

It's been a long time coming (on my end, at least), but Rivers of Astrum: Daughter of Darkness is now officially live on Steam!


Follow Kimberly Ashmoore ([u]and her pet squirrel, Dee![/u]) a young orphaned woman, as she journeys through the realm of Astrum, becoming embroiled in mysteries, plots and dangers that no one could have predicted!


The world of Astrum can be a beautiful and deadly place. The story can get fairly dark at many points. For that reason, the game contains nearly 40 in-game content filters for players to enable/disable content that doesn't suit their tastes. They can be accessed through the game's "Preferences" page. Please don't forget to use them! The story also has both heterosexual, and lesbian content, but since the story centers largely around a lesbian woman, the lesbian content cannot be toggled off. However, the hetero content can.


I want to take this time to thank everyone for their interest in Rivers of Astrum: Daughter of Darkness! Please feel free to visit the Discussion pages if you have any feedback, encounter any bugs, or just want to discuss the characters or the plot! I will make larger announcements here, but if you're the type that likes to get more real-time updates, then the game's Discord Server is where you want to be!

Best Wishes!,

~Paper Tiger