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The Mithril Hourglass
Jul 26, 2025 03:07 am
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Maids & Masters v0.22 Public Release
There's a lot going on right now, and if you've been made aware of it, you're probably some combination of scared, angry, confused, and frustrated. Before I get to the release, let's talk about it a little.
You might have heard that itch.io recently de-indexed all adult games. If you want to read itch's own announcement on the topic, you can find that by clicking here. This is following Steam taking similar action recently against games with specific content, and other websites like the one you're on now taking similar action before that.
This has been the result of a consistent and concerted effort by payment processors - primarily Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal - to restrict creative freedom and censor artists. If this continues, it won't just be adult games and pornography that contains potentially questionable material that isn't allowed. Groups like Collective Shout - the group that's claiming victory as this censorship takes place - want all adult content, along with any other form of media they happen to disagree with like manga and anime, removed from society altogether.
Whether you support creative freedom, enjoy content that doesn't cut to black after two characters kiss, believe there is beauty worth celebrating in the human form, or just dislike censorship and don't think you should be told what you can and can't spend your own money on, this affects you.
So, what can you do about it? Believe it or not, there's a lot you can do about it.
First, you can learn more. StopCensoring.Games is a website with a few more paragraphs on how this unjust wave of censorship has been negatively affecting communities and individuals alike.
There are also several videos you can watch by creators like Madam Savvy and Moist Critical on YouTube that discuss Collective Shout and some of the specifics about what's currently happening and why this wave of censorship is something you should be concerned about.
While you have every right to be angry with itch, Steam, and Patreon for conceding to these outrageous demands, it's important to know that they were forced into this and staying angry with only them won't fix the root of the problem.
There are also several videos you can watch by creators like Madam Savvy and Moist Critical on YouTube that discuss Collective Shout and some of the specifics about what's currently happening and why this wave of censorship is something you should be concerned about.
While you have every right to be angry with itch, Steam, and Patreon for conceding to these outrageous demands, it's important to know that they were forced into this and staying angry with only them won't fix the root of the problem.
Next, you can sign petitions. Both Change.org and the ACLU have petitions open calling for payment processors to end their policies against sex work and for censorship advocates like Collective Shout to cease their attempts to control what we as adults are allowed to read, watch, and play.
You can also contact the payment providers yourself and let them know directly that this behavior is not going to be tolerated. You can contact Visa through [email protected] in the US and Canada.
Points of contact will vary depending on who you want to contact and what part of the world you're in. You can find more contact information like phone numbers and email addresses collected here.
Collective Shout claims that it only took them roughly 1000 phone calls to convince these payment processors to take action. Just the people here made up more than a quarter of that number, so we can absolutely make a difference here. Leafo has stated that itch's most pressing concern at this time is related to Stripe if you'd like more specific focus.
Points of contact will vary depending on who you want to contact and what part of the world you're in. You can find more contact information like phone numbers and email addresses collected here.
Collective Shout claims that it only took them roughly 1000 phone calls to convince these payment processors to take action. Just the people here made up more than a quarter of that number, so we can absolutely make a difference here. Leafo has stated that itch's most pressing concern at this time is related to Stripe if you'd like more specific focus.
If you want to take it a step further, write to your local politicians and lawmakers to enact legislation that will protect our freedoms in artistic expression and provide you as an individual fair and open access to banking and payment infrastructure.
In the US, the Free Access to Banking Act is a bill that seeks to do exactly that.
Outside the US, you can still write a letter or email to those that represent you and call them to take action. There's a template on the Stop Censoring Games website that will require some adjusting to fit your part of the world, but will still provide talking points to bring to their attention.
In the US, the Free Access to Banking Act is a bill that seeks to do exactly that.
Outside the US, you can still write a letter or email to those that represent you and call them to take action. There's a template on the Stop Censoring Games website that will require some adjusting to fit your part of the world, but will still provide talking points to bring to their attention.
If you've done that and still want to do more, share these links. Talk about it online. Let the extremists calling for this censorship know that they do not speak for you. The more people that are aware of what is happening and how it infringes on their rights, the more support these petitions will have, the more negotiating power organizations like the ACLU gains to fight on your behalf, and the more likely it becomes that we can prevent this from continuing.
To be perfectly clear, this is not a harassment campaign. My only goal is to give you the information necessary to understand what's happening, and to empower you to do something about it. This is important, because if we don't do something now, we may not have the opportunity to do something in the future.
Your actions matter.
Your voice matters.
Your support makes a difference.
Now, if you just scrolled to the bottom of the post to get to the links, I'd like to ask you to at least skim through what I've written.
There was definitely a point in time when this started where I wasn't sure if continuing development on Maids & Masters was even an option despite all my efforts to make sure I never violated any of these archaic and ill-defined policies. Even as little as sharing some of the links above and talking about this could mean the difference between creative and financial freedom or letting corporations decide how you're allowed to spend your own money.
If you didn't just scroll to the bottom, thank you. Here's the public release of Maids & Masters v0.22.
Windows version: https://www.mediafire.com/file/3tr8n607m54e00h/Maids_%2526_Masters_v0.22_WIN.rar/file
Full change log is on the dev blog: https://themithrilhourglass.blogspot.com/2025/05/maids-masters-v022-release.html
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The Mithril Hourglass
Jul 18, 2025 10:10 pm
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Summer Adult Games Bundle
We have so many games for you to play, we had to split it into two bundles!
We have the usual free bundle with Maids and Masters in it here: https://itch.io/b/3122/summer-adult-games
If you want free stuff and want games that have some new content for you to play, that's the bundle for you.
If you want free stuff and want games that have some new content for you to play, that's the bundle for you.
Then we have a tiered bundle with Precious Kouhai in it here: https://itch.io/b/3123/summer-adult-games
If you want a ton of premium content at a whopping 90% off, or just want to check out some demos or games you might have missed, give that link a click.
If you want a ton of premium content at a whopping 90% off, or just want to check out some demos or games you might have missed, give that link a click.
Both bundles have hit both stretch goals already, so there's also links to more than 100 renders that were made special for the bundle as well as even more discounts for things like Patreon pages if you decide you want to support a particular developer.
So, instead of trying to up-sell you to subscribe to a tier to get all the bonus renders, you can just go to the bundle page and get them. Though I am also running a discount on Early Supporter and higher tiers over on Patreon, so if you've been on the fence about supporting me and Patreon is an option for you, now's a great time to sign up. Use code SUMMER25 to get the discount.
The only catch is that it won't last forever - there's only about a week left to grab these bundles and my discount.
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