#beta devs

[ebonic]

Item asylum whiteboard doodles ! Pt.2

(Have more in my TikTok :3)

[askcombatking]

(GOING TO DO MY REDESIGN B. XERROZ YIPEE)

" I've noticed some things of your army that needs improvement , no offense about it of course . But you need snipers ... like me. There's a huge potential of having snipers and the asylumers are everywhere so you'll need some. "

(Redesign) b. Xerroz did kinda point but combat king did knew they were the most dangerous and wanted sniper after all , meaning their a threat to the JPX . . .

" So would you want me to train some ? I am the greatest sniper from what people call me . "

Combat king had to think . . . Since they are a beta dev should he trust them ? But (Redesign) b. Xerroz did shot one of the JPX developers which was xerroz which means they were more powerful than he thought . . .

"Snipers are cowards."

*The king doesn't give second thought upon speaking*

"If you're gonna fight, you fight like a warrior. Not by staying on the far part of the battlefield. Snipers are cheaters and will always be."

". . .And we already have snipers. Never heard of the Uncertified Backliners?"

[asktheredesignbetadevs]

What do you think about the other bosses, y'k such as matter, klev, and so on?

The beta devs thought for awhile . . . Then beta jean was the first to talk

Beta JeanRBLX : " Well . . Matter is interesting to me . . Their a fallen angel from the place we were born (the heavenly skies) and their against the JPX ! So he's definitely interesting to me . . "

Beta Xerroz : " . . . I think klev is alright for me . . We actually talked once since he's pals with slungus, which I know her . . But klev and I sometimes hang out so he's cool I guess . . "

Beta PortABoi : " i don't mind the 10hrburstman . . The tree deity . [HUGE INSPO FROM THE 10HRBURSTMAN BLOG !] I actually talked to him and . . It's kinda embarrassing he's someone I can get along . "

The trio stared at beta figure to wait his answer

Beta figure : " Well, I find combat king and his people interesting ! "

The rest of the bosses they either okay , or just barely know the others

You : " what about the trash gang ? "

Beta devs and beta figure : " We hate them . "

[nocturnalnightwing]

A drawing of Beta Jean 4 @ebonic

[ask-the-betas-devs]

What's yalls hobbies? Or what do you like to do in break?

"B.jean talks to me about stuff he likes during our breaks, don't know how he alway has something to talk about. His hobby is playing games with me, i suppose."

"B.figure, don't you have any other hobbies beside playing-"

"Fight asylumers for money"

"Oh... Is it atleast fun?"

"No."

"Hobbies? Well, i don't think i have any, usually im too busy for one."

"Don't you do anything during our mission breaks? It's called a break for a reason."

" I sleep xerroz, unlike you who keeps stocking up on energy drinks because you stay up until midnight to DRAW."

"... Fair. Atleast i have a hob-

"Your hobbies include drawing and avoiding every social interaction."

"Bitch??"

"Pfft"

[14dayswithyou]

HAPPY VARENTINES DAY, ANGEL ! I've been facing some tech issues recently, but!! To celebrate Ren's birthday and Valentine's Day, I'll be releasing Day 5 (the Early Access version) for all the Beta Testers in a few days!

And for those who aren't part of the 14DWY Discord server, don't worry! The public version will be available for everyone to play once the beta testing period is over ^^

[asktheredesignbetadevs]

Beta jean : " I want my yaoi real . . . "

B. Jean sighs but he knows the tree deity is lying alright

when is the marriage with combat king?

" I- "

[ He simply stared at you, utterly flabbergasted. ]

" NEVER-? "

" H- H e' s jus t a fr ie n d to m e, he l l, I 'm ev en on t he f en ce ab o ut calli n g hi m a fri en d, he 's a n all y h- He i s a F R IEN D at M OS T- "

[ The shadow started stuttering, his voice sounding... a bit crunchier than usual. His face lightened a bit. ]

" We 'r e no t gett in g ma r ried. E ver. EV ER. G et ou t o f my s ig ht. "

[ He backed up a bit and looked away. ]

-🌳

[merrycrisis-if]

Merry crisis announcements! 🎉

Upcoming chapter

I'm 95% done with writing the next chapter of Merry Crisis (i.e. 27th Dec) and it's already a banger at 56k words!

Features

The lead-up to the Nat surprise(!!)

Visit the columbarium with your family (to commemorate your grandparents 👴👵), and relive some childhood memories! <flesh out your MC's family life!>

Skip the columbarium family trip and have lunch with Qiu (at their workplace 💼🌶) or Shay (includes an optional boxing 🥊 session, and potentially meet someone dear to them 🍲). Or play boardgames with Joony 🎲 instead!

Meet Qiu or Shay at a 'winter'-themed funfair/carnival in the evening (or save it for a future Nat date)🧸🎄🍻 <win stuffed animals, drink mulled wine, sit on the lawn and... experience... snow(?)>

Release dates

Early: 22 Mar

Public: 5 Apr

Call for Beta-testers

Merry Crisis has reached a really substantial word count (past 200k with this new chapter), so it's about time I started editing it more systematically! :)

I would love to get a couple of beta testers involved, so do drop me an email at allieebobo@gmail.com if you're interested to help beta-test the newest chapter and the entire IF!

If you have noticed some errors, do also drop them here (much appreciated!)

Sneak peak scenes

As you guys know, I was meant to publish an early sneak peek for Qiu's lunch scene a long time ago--and it just took a long time to take shape.

I'll be releasing not just Qiu's lunch, but also Shay's lunch, and both will be fully interactive. You will need to do a quick input of your MC's/Qiu/Shay's pronouns though.

Release dates

Early: 15 Mar

Public: 22 Mar

Love, Allie

[timethehobo]

I keep scribbling my OCs and forgetting to post them. Here’s a Dev again.

[ebonic]

If the beta devs had valentine skins

[ebonic]

I did it @idk-what-to-name-v2 ....

I just a sketch but I still wanted to draw it pookie

Os x IA au. Beta jean ily

[askcombatking]

Honest opinion about tje beta devs :]

"A brave trio left to rot, manages to reignite from the ashes and prove themselves worthy fighters. I respect them and their strenght to keep moving even if they are alone.c

"Yet still. I can't help but see the monsters they were modelled after in those eyes."

"Either way. They have my respect."

[asktheredesignbetadevs]

" We will get our revenge after everything we've been through together . . . "

——————————————

Hello there ! I've seen many item asylum blogs and wanted to do mine about the beta devs, but the redesign IA au! This au and blog is run by @ebonic !

All of this is not apart of JPX and simply just an au and redesign [but still kept some Canon parts of the lore] and just want to have fun after all !

How the beta devs and beta figure look like in my design !

Texts !

Beta JeanRBLX : " Heya there bud ! "

Beta Xerroz : " . . . Hello . . " [he isn't talkative much]

Beta PortABoi : " Hello or whatever . . "

Beta Figure : " Sup dude ! "

Extras !

Dividers from @ask-the-betas-devs [pls check them out!]

No NSFW please! Only rizzing the beta devs or Beta figure as a joke count! (If ya feeling silly)

Have fun [showing your ocs, role-playing, being creative, etc. Since I like seeing people like that and people interact my redesigns !]

Curse words are accepted but no slurs please!

Gore and blood is accepted !

[ask-the-betas-devs]

Wh4t 1s y0ur f4v0r1t3 th1ng, b3t4 d3vs?

"My gun. Helps alot with stuff."

"I guess my favourite thing is my dagger! I don't know much about it origins but it's powerful, nevertheless. I have been using it ever since i got my hands on it.

"B.jean's snacks, other than that i don't h-."

"My what now."

"Oops."

"Hey! Get back here!!"

"There they go again. Well, get out now."

"No, stay actually."

[asktheredesignbetadevs]

[VRO WHY IM I KEEP USING MY DIFFERENT ACCOUNT I HATE MY STUPID BAKA LIFE]

B. Xerroz : " All the greatest snipers have been brutally killed by one sniper in particular . . . Even Xerroz himself , but he survived . "

B. Xerroz : " Are you certain you want to be a sniper? Many people are scared of this, which is why there aren't many snipers these days. It saddens me . . . "

Oh . . . he killed all the snipers. He's really that dangerous.

[This is also part of my redesign IA lore so it ain't canon!]

B. Xerroz : " So Katriel . . That's your name right ? "

The two just stand there , katriel questions how he even got here . . Well he was the most dangerous people from jbc so she kept her guard up . . .

B. Xerroz : " I've heard your are really skilled sniper in the mercenaries . . . Hm . "

"....Yeah. What's it to you? " Katriel retorted, her hand resting on her hip.

Her weapon was readily available, and she was on guard. She knew what this person was capable of.

[mythauragame]

Development Update - December 2024

Happy New Year, everyone! We're so excited to be able to start off 2025 with our biggest news yet: we have a planned closed beta launch window of Q1 2026 for Mythaura!

Read on for a recap of 2024, more information about our closed beta period, Ryu expressions, January astrology, and Ko-fi Winter Quarter reward concepts!

2024 Year in Review

Creative

This year, the creative team worked on adding new features, introducing imaginative designs, and refining lore/worldbuilding to enrich the overall experience.

New Beasts and Expressions: All 9 beast expression bases completed for both young and adult with finalized specials for Dragons, Unicorns, Griffins, Hippogriffs, and Ryu.

Mutations, Supers and Specials: Introduced the Celestial mutation as well as new Specials Banding & Merle, and the Super Prismatic.

New Artist: Welcomed Sourdeer to the creative team.

Collaboration and Sponsorship: Sponsored several new companions from our Ko-Fi sponsors—Amaru, Inkminks, Somnowl, Torchlight Python, Belligerent Capygora, and the Fruit-Footeded Gecko.

New Colors: Revealed two eye-catching colors, Canyon (a contest winner) and Porphyry (a surprise bonus), giving players even more variety for their Beasts.

Classes and Gear: Unveiled distinct classes, each with its own themed equipment and companions, to provide deeper roleplay and strategic depth.

Items and Worldbuilding: Created a range of new items—from soulshift coins to potions, rations, and over a dozen fishable species—enriching Mythaura’s economy and interactions.

Star Signs & Astrology: Continued to elaborate on the zodiac-like system, connecting each Beast’s fate to celestial alignments.

Questing & Story Outline: Laid the groundwork for the intro quest pipeline and overarching narrative, ensuring that players’ journey unfolds with purposeful progression.

Code

This year, the development team worked diligently on refining and expanding the codebase to support new features, enhance performance, and improve gameplay experiences. A total 429,000 lines of code changed across both the backend and frontend, reflecting:

New Features: Implementation of systems like skill trees, inventory management, community forums, elite enemies, npc & quest systems, and advanced customization options for Beasts.

Optimizations and Refactoring: Significant cleanup and streamlining of backend systems, such as game state management, passive effects, damage algorithms, and map data structures, ensuring better performance and maintainability.

Map Builder: a tool that allows us to build bespoke maps

Regular updates to ensure compatibility with modern tools and frameworks.

It’s worth noting that line changes alone don’t capture the complexity of programming work. For example:

A single line of efficient code can replace multiple lines of legacy logic.

Optimizing backend systems often involves removing redundant or outdated code without adding new functionality.

Things like added dependencies can add many lines of code without adding much bespoke functionality.

Mythaura Closed Beta

We are so beyond excited to share this information with you here first: Mythaura closed beta is targeted for Q1 2026!

On behalf of the whole team, thank you all so, so much for all of the support for Mythaura over the years. Whether you’ve been around since the Patreon days or joined us after Koa and Sark took over…it’s your support that has gotten this project to where it is. We are so grateful for the faith and trust placed in us, and the opportunity to create something we hope people will truly love and enjoy. This has truly been a collaborative effort with you and we are constantly humbled by all of the thoughtful insights, engaging discussions, and great ideas to come out of this amazing community of supporters.

So: thank you again, it’s been an emotional and amazing journey for the dev team and we’re delighted to join you on your journeys through Mythaura.

Miyazaki Full-Time

Hey everyone, Koa here!

We’re thrilled to share some news about Mythaura’s development! Starting in 2025, Miya will be officially dedicating herself full-time to Mythaura. Her focus will be on bringing even more depth and wonder to the world of Mythaura through content creation, worldbuilding, and building up the brand. It’s a huge step forward, and we’re so excited for the impact her passion and creativity will have on the project!

In addition, I’ve secured 4-day weeks and will be working full-time each Friday to dive deeper into development. This extra push is going to allow us to keep moving steadily forward on both the art and code fronts, and with Miya’s expanded role, the next year of development is looking really promising.

Thank you all for being here and supporting Mythaura every step of the way. We can’t wait to share more as things progress!

Closed Beta FAQ

In the interest of keeping all of the information about our Closed Beta in one place and update as needed, we have added as much information as possible to the FAQ page.

If you have any questions that you can think of, please feel free to reach out to us through our contact form or on Discord!

Winter Quarter (2025) Concepts

It’s the first day of Winter Quarter 2025, which means we’ve got new Quarterly Rewards for Sponsors to vote on on our Ko-fi page!

Which concepts would you like to see made into official site items? Sponsors of Bronze level or higher have a vote in deciding. Please check out the Companion post and the Glamour post on Ko-fi to cast your vote for the winning concepts!

Votes must be posted by January 29, 2025 at 11:59pm PDT in order to be considered.

All Fall 2024 Rewards are now listed in our Ko-fi Shop for individual purchase for all Sponsor levels at $5 USD flat rate per unit. As a reminder, please remember that no more than 3 units of any given item can be purchased. If you purchase more than 3 units of any given item, your entire purchase will be refunded and you will need to place your order again, this time with no more than 3 units of any given item.

Fall 2024 Glamour: Diaphonized Ryu

Fall 2024 Companion: Inhabited Skull

Fall 2024 Solid Gold Glamour: Hippogriff (Young)

NOTE: As covered in the FAQ, the Ko-fi shop will be closing at the end of the year. These will be the last Winter Quarter rewards for Mythaura!

New Super: Zebra

We've added our first new Super to the site since last year's Prismatic: Zebra, which has a chance to occur when parents have the Wildebeest and Banding Specials!

Zebra is now live in our Beast Creator--we're excited to see what you all create with it!

New Expressions: Ryu

The Water-element Ryu has had expressions completed for both the adult and young models. Expressions have been a huge, time-intensive project for the art team to undertake, but the result is always worth it!

Mythauran Astrology: January

The month of January is referred to as Hearth's Embrace, representing the fireplaces kept lit for the entirety of the coldest month of the year. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Glassblower and the carnelian stone.

Mythaura v0.35

Refactored "Beast Parties" into "User Parties," allowing non-beast entities like NPCs to be added to your party. NPCs added to your party will follow you in the overworld, cannot be made your leader, and will make their own decisions in combat.

Checkpoint floor functionality ironed out, allowing pre-built maps to appear at specific floor intervals.

The ability to set spawn and end coordinates in the map builder was added to allow staff to build checkpoint floors.

Various cleanups and refactors to improve performance and reduce the number of queries needed to run certain operations.

Added location events, which power interactable objects in the overworld, such as a lootable chest or a pickable bush.

Thank You!

Thanks for sticking through to the end of the post, we always look forward to sharing our month's work with all of you--thank you for taking the time to read. We'll see you around the Discord.