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[taylor-mccue]

Once a week check-in.

I'm alive.

See you next week.

[taylor-mccue]

He Fucked The Girl Out of Me has been re-indexed. I am sorry about the delays.

Switching over the remaining keys and building an additional page took time.

I put a link to the bonus pack on the HFTGOOM main page with large text which felt a gross but I don't know how else people are supposed to know the bonus pack exists.

I never thought I'd be putting a "Donate here" in big text but also how else are players supposed to know a switchover even happened.

I regret that I can't retroactively give keys away or give them out to queer games bundle purchasers directly.

I am sorry. I am really sorry.

The payment processor situation forced me to set up a weird workaround to prevent my game from staying de-indexed.

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In order to comply with itch's rules for re-indexing my game I am going to be removing the HFTGOOM - BONUS PACK download and steam keys for it from the English HFTGOOM page.

The reason I am doing this is itch won't allow paid content on adult games. Steam won't allow me to screw over their customers by giving away something for free on another site that steam users have to pay for. I have to remove that paid content to re-index on itch.

What will happen is I will spin off the "Bonus Pack" into a paid adult itch page that will be de-indexed. The English version of HFTGOOM will then be re-indexed. I will do this at Midnight EST on Wednesday.

What this means is if you purchase the Queer Games Bundle or donate to HFTGOOM and haven't redeemed a key, that you will have 48 hours to do so. I apologize for the trouble. This is an unintended consequence of the whole mastercard situation.

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TLDR: You have until August 6th Midnight EST to claim Bonus Pack Keys from the English page of "He Fucked The Girl Out of Me".TLDR: You have until August 6th Midnight EST to claim Bonus Pack Keys from the English page of "He Fucked The Girl Out of Me".

Claim your keys here:

He Fucked the Girl Out of Me. by Taylor McCue

Click download and then "Claim Steam Key" if you previously donated or bought a Queer Games Bundle.

[taylor-mccue]

Not much to say for this weeks update.

Hormones of the dead got split into a few short stories.

I sketched one of the MCs. I went for feel more than quality.

Her dream is to get a job where she can help make the world a better place. Too bad nobody is hiring trans women.

In other news, HFTGOOM has been re-indexed in all languages except for english.

Unfortunately the english version of HFTGOOM has steam keys tied to it at 5 usd each.

If I edit that I'll fuck up the queer games bundle.

I don't want to mess that up so until the bundle is over and the keys are gone I'll be leaving things as is.

Anyways after all this chaos I'll see you all next week.

[taylor-mccue]

HFTGOOM has been restricted in the UK on itch.

If you are in a country that doesn't have legal access to my games you can still play them on my self hosted website:

https://taylormccue.neocities.org

[taylor-mccue]

My game HFTGOOM/He Fucked The Girl Out of Me has been de-indexed by itch.

Since I was worried that they might eventually take down my games, I've decided to self host my games on a personal website.

You can now find my games here:

I'm mainly doing this because I think what visa and mastercard are doing is wrong and this is my small way of fighting back.

This isn't a perfect fix since you can host all you want but that doesn't mean players will be able to find it. Still it's better than doing nothing and being hopeless.

Also making your own website is fun.

[taylor-mccue]

HFTGOOM/He Fucked The Girl Out of Me has been deindexed by itch.

I am worried it could be erased.

Please considering downloading an offline copy to help preserve the game here:

If you know any rom sites please consider uploading a copy to save it.

Seeing the game de-indexed just makes me really sad.

I don't want to panic, the game can still be downloaded but I worry that anything could happen at this point.

I knew this day would come but I didn't think it'd be today.

[taylor-mccue]

I made it back safely.

See you all next week!

[taylor-mccue]

Hi everyone, once a week update.

I keep making incremental slow progress.

It pains me to say this since every Monday I'm like "wow I'll break this trend and do great this week." and then Sunday I show up with no displayable results.

Anyways this week I'm going to visit my grandparents in Arizona.

I'll be gone about two weeks.

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There is one thing I would like to share before I go:

TangledVirus is currently between jobs and needs some help:

I'm really tired but I want to boost her.

To understand the kind of person she is, last year she helped run the queer games bundle and worked on it while homeless.

Like she was at pretty much the most vulnerable position a person can be in and it didn't stop her from trying to do the right thing and help others.

Please help her if you can.

Like honestly I think shes just an amazing game dev and human being.

I have a lot of respect for her so please just if you can help her out.

Okay, I'm going to sleep for real.

See you all in like twoish weeks.

[taylor-mccue]

How my week went:

I found a tiny cake for a dollar in one of the various pride clearance sections I checked out.

I got some behind the scenes steam stuff done. Back and forth.

I've got a dialog system shaping up.

I switched engines to game maker.

Switching engines is terrifying since typically in games it's til dev do we part.

Behind the scenes: The Modern Trans Narratives in Games is running this weekend.

I got to see photos of the event but I don't know if I'm allowed to share them. It looked like people were having fun.

My artist statements were well received.

That about sums up my week.

Three weeks of having nothing gamedev related to show.

I'm probably not very good at this social media thing but I'm still glad I get to be alive and exist.

I'll see you all next week.

[taylor-mccue]

I had my anime figure celebrate pride this week.

[taylor-mccue]

Staring at a blank "What's Happening?" prompt like I'm in a time loop anime.

What do I say?

Do I try to put a positive spin on it or fall into despair. Neither accurately reflects where I'm at right now.

I am struggling and I am trying.

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I alternate between worrying about oversharing and withdrawing into total isolation.

Anyways here are the things I've waited all week to share:

1. Mushroom Musume finally released:

Skeleton of Deep Hell needs help. She posted a Gofund me and only 17 people helped.

One of those people was after I posted this message on previous social media so TBH I kinda did a fist pump because idk I want her to be okay.

Anyways basically she writes cool stuff on deep hell and her gofundme died like after 1 day. If you have like even a dollar consider just throwing something in there to help her.

I'm serious. I donated too so this isn't a like "I'm randomly reblogging" no like this is someone I deeply respect.

Like it kills me shes not getting helped so please help her.

3. There is a "Give Trans People Money Please" Bundle recruiting:

If you are trans and a gamedev and could use some money to help make life easier I would suggest joining.

I have complicated mixed feelings on bundles but it makes me happy to see people trying.

Anyways that's all that I have to say for now.

I'll see you all next week, hopefully with some progress that is easily sharable.

[taylor-mccue]

I don't know how I screwed up so badly this week that I've got nothing to show for it but I did.

As long as I'm still alive there is hope.

I'll see you all next week.

[taylor-mccue]

Once a week update: Finished script for eventual demo of zombie game.

Did behind the scenes stuff to setup steam page.

My final barrier is five screenshots since I'm nervous about using alpha art.

I haven't nailed down the art style yet. Did a secret project.

Drew a robot.

See you all next week

! Also I'm going to be super honest for the second post, I discovered mahjong this week and tried it for the first time.

I got obsessed with it and suffered as a result.

It is too much fun even if I lose 85% of the time.

Also drawing a robot was fun, it was nice to just draw something for my own sake without sharing it.

I think I understand now why some artists have notebooks that they never share with anyone.

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Once a week update:

I'll be part of the Modern Trans Narratives in Games Exhibition at Boshi's Place. The money raised during the exhibition will go to Metro Inclusive Health who provided healthcare to me during some of my worst moments.

I am grateful that in a small way I am able to give back to them.

Otherwise I don't have much to update this week. My cold got way worse before it got better.

I've been doing behind the scenes work on a translation that I'd been neglecting.

Sometimes you have to work in the shadows to be able to end up doing something cool later.

Anyways I will see you all next week. Thank you for keeping up with me.

[taylor-mccue]

Once a week check-in.

I got a cold. It sucks.

I did some concept art.

I was digging through an interview and was surprised to get smacked in the face with how slow I am.

The truth is I've always been a turtle game developer.

I'm really behind on replying to emails.

I appreciate people being patient with me.

Good or bad I'll see you all next week with another update.

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Working on a steam page.

See you all next week. :)