Dear Villains and Villainesses,

This is Tanya and Emily, the two devs behind Save the Villainess! We are thrilled to share our holiday update with you this month. We have so many treats up our sleeve… including an update on the development of Save the Villainess, a fun elimination game, and an interview and exclusive game sketches shared with the writers of Otome.com. 

First, we wanted to share our game updates with you! Thanks to the generosity of our Kickstarter patrons, we were able to commission characters models of teenage Jane, Edmund, Izel, and Ben. Due to this, we have begun revising our existing game outlines and writing to incorporate flashbacks of our teenage cast. 

We have planned for flashbacks to teenage Jane interacting with the other cast members in the common route and in the three character specific-routes for Edmund, Izel, and Ben. We have outlined the character interactions that our teen cast will have with one another to expand on their relationships with one another, as well as to incorporate more information about the wicked, bleak, and blackly funny fantasy world they live in.  We can't wait to share more surprises and clues in those flashbacks. 

If you're nervous about who to trust, the flashbacks might help... or might make you even more nervous!

Now let's have some holiday fun! One of our amazing players - cloudy_floofs - started a fun elimination game over on our discord server under the #stv-fanfic-fanart section. This game has slowly whittled down the number of characters from least to most popular.

Right now, only 5 characters remain – and you’ll have to take part in the game on our discord if you want to vote for the next one out. Plus, every time a human character is voted out, they write a little message. 

Come join us on our discord server – or follow us on our Bluesky or Tumblr accounts – to see all the character's elimination notes as they come in!

We have something else to share as a holiday treat. Otome.com is an amazing website of passionate otome fans who review a wide range of otome games and do interviews with otome and dating sim game devs. A few weeks ago, they interviewed us on Save the Villainess... and we had a great time disclosing secrets we've never shared before!

If you prefer to read the interview, you can check out the transcript here. The transcript also happens to have two exclusive production sketches we haven't shared anywhere else yet!

Thanks again to the awesome folks of Otome.com for holding this interview with us. If you want to hear more of our thoughts on the characters, inspirations, themes and behind-the-scenes-shenanigans of our game, please check the interviews out!

As 2024 closes, we want to wish you a happy holiday season and a wonderful new year. Your support and kindness have made 2024 a magical year for us and we look forward to sharing more of Save the Villainess with you in the year to come. 

You can also keep in touch with us on discord, our mailing list (where you can request free cards with special dialogue from our characters every month), Bluesky, and Tumblr. 

May you have a wonderful 2024 ahead of you!