Greetings, Researchers! The Steam closed beta branch has updated to version 0.8.8, with a new investigator Detective Galatea joining the squad.

Starting with Galatea, we will strive to release a new investigator every 4 months, with the full content breadth for each new investigator releasing in two updates spaced 2 months apart. Each update will include 24 sex scenes. When the second update for each investigator releases, the rate of obtaining additional experiments will increase, which should address previous concerns where new scenes for previously released investigators were difficult to obtain through Blueprint analysis. Between those updates, we will update monthly to optimize already implemented sex scenes.

If you encounter any bugs, please submit a bug report on the project’s Github[github.com] page. Thank you for the support!

• New Investigator: Galatea
  
• 24 Galatea experiments added
  
• New map: Neo Dunwich

• New experimental cum visual effects. Please note that this is work in progress.
  
• Adjusted the effect of custom focal lengths.
  
• Increased daily Relationship Point cap.
  
• In “Show Genitalia Only” display mode, Lloiger’s two genitals will no longer display simultaneously.
  
• Adjusted the login process to reduce network issue frequency.
  
• More upper and lower garments can be equipped alongside “underwear” tagged clothing.

• Urine incontinence counter now tracks correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue where progress for drinking daily tasks would not increase.
  
• Fixed an issue where learning an experiment would cause lag and no notification would trigger.
  
• Fixed an issue where the experiment interface would cause lag.
  
• Fixed clipping and floating issues in some experiments.
  
• Fixed an issue where switching character passes would hide player models in other experiments.
  
• Fixed an issue where dilation level continued to drop when womb tattoos and anal plugs are equipped.
  
• Fixed an issue with incorrect text prompts when gaining character pass progress through orgasms.
  
• Fixed an issue where Affinity values displayed incorrectly in specific situations.
  
• Fixed some UI issues.

• Added a quick room switch feature.
  
• Optimized UI interaction logic.

Happy New Year! A new investigator joins the squad in this Closed Beta update.

A century ago, the Lunar War erupted over the contested Lagh Metal meteorite that had fallen on the Moon. During the conflict, TALON (Tactical Aviation Low Orbit Network) commanded over a thousand air battles. The deep neural network formed by intercommunicating orbital fighter squadrons quickly surpassed human tactical ingenuity, demonstrating foresight far beyond even the greatest strategists.

After the war, TALON was decommissioned and repurposed as the navigational AI for the Archimedes, guiding the spacecraft unscathed through the dense asteroid fields of the Kuiper Belt to ultimately reach Yuggoth. Outwardly carefree and nonchalant, this veteran pilot has been quietly longing for the day it might once again soar freely in the skies like a bird—and perhaps that day is closer than it seems.

With the VR system further refined, we have shifted our focus back to the combat system and Research Passes. The pace at which new investigators are released will pick up significantly in the coming new year.

As always, to report bugs or send feedback & suggestions to the development team, feel free to do so with our Github[github.com]!

• New Investigator: Talon, along with 44 new sex scenes and 11 outfit sets in her Research Pass.
  
• 2 New Lounge Mode maps:
  • Neo Innsmouth Harbor
    
  • Neo Arkham Highway Checkpoint
  
  
• Talon's Haute Couture House outfit sets:
  • Gilded Ribbon
    
    
  • Succubus Manipulator
    
    
• 22 costume pieces for Talon added to Nemed Flagship Store.
  
• New Test Specimen:
  • Nightgaunt
    
  • Nodens' Kelpie
• New Anal Plug: Plastic Anal Beads added to the Amorous Emporium.
  
• New soundtracks can be selected on the music player in the crew quarter:
  • The Shadow Over Innsmouth
    
  • City of Broken Dreams
• Church of Starry Wisdom Costumes are available in the Haute Couture House:
  • Temple Guard
    
  • Church Healer
    
    
  • Augur
    
    
  • Hierodule
    
  • Missionary
    
  • Church Enforcer
    
  • Battle Deacon

The above sets have the Church of Starry Wisdom set perk: Esoteric Ritual

• Simultaneous Orgasms gain an additional +1 to earned research progress when the outfit set is equipped.

• Backend transferred to Epic Online Services. Entering and exiting a map takes less time and the connection stability is improved.
  
• When equipping/unequipping an anal plug in the lobby/changing room, the investigator will turn around for showcasing. You can always ask an investigator to turn around by clicking her legs in the lobby/changing room.
  
  
• You can now tilt the camera in free camera mode.
  
• Investigator's dialogue will change when any mouth gag is equipped.
  
• Improved breasts jiggle physics.
  
• Added toe animations to previous sex scenes for more lively feet motions.
  
• Added mouth animations to some of the monsters that can make a sound.
  
• Male actors' penis will become wet when given a blowjob.
  
• Rearranged the rewards of relationship level upgrades.
  
• Some daily tasks are now easier to complete.
  
• It is now properly displayed that Injecting Aphrodisiacs gives 3 affinity. The affinity bonus was in effect but not shown to players before this patch.
  
• When belly bulge disables a certain part of the costume a prompt will appear.
  
• UI/UX improvements.
  
• General bug fixes.

• You can enter all desktop version maps.
  
• You may now use all desktop version environment interactions, such as pole dancing and masturbating in VR.
  
• UI/UX improvements.

It’s been a long time coming! Update 0.8.5 has finished testing and is now available for download through the closed beta test branch. If you encounter any issues, please feel free to file a bug report through our Github[github.com]!

This version adds VR support, accessible via the OpenXR option when launching the game.

Also added this update is Lounge Mode. Lounge Mode will contain several differently themed maps, from Neo Arkham’s subway to a spa resort in Neo Ipswich. It is completely single-player, and other players cannot join your room. The first Lounge mode map can be accessed via selecting Crew Quarters in Archimedes Station. You may also move between the crew quarters and main deck of Archimedes station directly in the map: the blast door in the crew quarters leads to the main deck, and the elevator in the main deck leads to the crew quarters.

• In this update we added 8 new sex scenes:
  
  • No.153 Hugging Against Wall (Alet + Dreamer)
    
  • No.154 Aerial Anal Fetal (Alet + Lloigor)
    
  • No.155 Restrained Front-Entry (Alet + The Great Race of Yith)
    
  • No.253 Arms Held High Doggy (Erika + Gug)
    
  • No.353 Arm Held Anal Doggystyle (Dr.Anya + Deep One)
    
  • No.354 Wall From Behind (Dr.Anya + Migo Nymph)
    
  • No.355 Face-Down-Ass-Up (Dr.Anya + Deep One)
    
  • No.454 Blowjob and Vaginal Vibe (Celia + Slyph × 2)
• You may now purchase costumes directly from the character outfits panel. Unpurchased Nemed Flagship Store costume pieces can be previewed from the shop and character outfits panel.
  
• Juzi's Pioneer Stealthsuit MK2 replaces her Pioneer Stealthsuit in this update.
  
  
• New costume sets can be obtained from the Nemed Haute Couture House:
  • Succubus Temptress
    
  • Succubus Huntress
    
  • Succubus Tormentor
    
  • Succubus Dancer
    
  • Succubus Concubine
    
  • Succubus Courtesan
    
• Added Haute Couture Set Perk: Demonic Lure for all Succubus outfit sets.
  • Demonic Lure:
    • Male ejaculation volume +10mL when the outfit set is equipped.
      
    • If the set is equipped together with womb tattoos, ejaculation volume is further increased to +20mL.
• Male simultaneous orgasm ecstasy threshold is reduced to 80% from 90% on default. When your relationship level reaches Confidante with an investigator, her simultaneous orgasm threshold will also be reduced to 80%.
  
• After reaching Research Pass Level 50, every further level up will increase your affinity with the investigator by 3.

Improvements and bug fixes:

• Added Auto Mode for sex scenes. Auto Mode will automatically trigger Special Actions when prompted and investigator Sensitivity is not full. Experiments will automatically restart after any party orgasms.
  
• Daily login now provides 30 progress points instead of 20.
  
• Hide UI hotkey will hide itself along with all other UI elements.
  
• Added investigator reactions when you claim their Research Pass rewards.
  
• Sounds made by other players will have a smaller falloff range so the map won't be as noisy as before.
  
• New music for blueprint analyzing, lobby and Archimedes Station.
  
• Adjusted nylon materials. Pantyhose and stockings denier settings now correctly affect the shade of fabric.
  
• POV camera is steadier.
  
• Outfit sets can now be combined with costume pieces if there's no overlap.
  
• Fixed various mesh deformation issues with belly bulge.
  
• Anal plugs will no longer disappear randomly.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the cursor to disappear.
  
• Language settings will come into effect immediately.
  
• Improved interactions between avatars and interactable props.

Operation Lovecraft has achieved one million wishlists on Steam!🎉 As an adult-only project with zero marketing budget this is miraculous to us. Seeing an 18+ restricted game amongst recognizable masterpieces in the top wishlisted list feels kind of unreal.

Due to our decision to not release a half-finished game on Steam through Early Access but instead to officially release when it is satisfactorily completed, the development progress has been hazy to many folks who have been following us. We’ve recently upgraded Operation Lovecraft to Unreal Engine 5 and added controller support. The VR version of Harem Mode will be added in the upcoming 0.8.5 release. Update 0.9.0 will introduce core gameplay aspects with the combat system, and will be the last major update before official release.

We’re pushing hard to improve & polish the game as quickly as possible, and we’d like to thank everyone who helped with crowdfunding and closed beta testing, as well as you who are reading this.

We are giving away 50 closed beta access keys on our official Operation Lovecraft Twitter. If a winner already has access to the closed beta test, they will receive a free Harem mode Advanced Research Pass. To participate in the raffle, simply follow us on our twitter account and retweet & like the giveaway tweet.

Winners will be notified via direct message on Twitter afterwards.

Greetings, Researchers! We’re hosting our first screenshot contest over on our Discord server[discord.com], and invite everyone to submit screenshots to enter. The top 10 will receive prizes such as Neo England Pounds in Harem Mode, and voters will have a chance to earn extra Likes.

Closed Beta Patch 0.8.2 includes the largest update to Harem Mode since its refactoring. We upgraded the game engine to Unreal Engine 5, removed the Sanity system, and added new investigator Juzi with 52 accompanying sex scenes.

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• The Sanity system was originally intended to control concurrently online player numbers to reduce server load until the game’s back-end refactoring was completed. Now that it’s no longer needed post-0.8.2 we’ve removed the Sanity system entirely, and login time will no longer affect in-game resources.
  
• Advanced Research Pass: Juzi and her costume customization options have been added.
  
• New experimental subjects: Saaitti’s Revenant, Mi-Go Adult, Shantak.
  
• Added optional skins for Dreamer and Hound of Tindalos.
  
• Added controller support.
  
• Added first-person view camera.
  
• The number of points required to level up in a character pass has been lowered from 150 to 100.
  
• Players can now preview all characters in-menu before purchasing any corresponding Premium Passes.
  
• Xeno experiments are now accessible in Erotes Nightclub.
  
• Players can select from additional Do Not Disturb options: hide all other players, hide players using xeno experiments, hide players using human only experiments.
  
• Cognitive Filters now increase the player’s weekly pass progression limit by 200 points after use. Elizabeth’s skill Silver Key now increases the weekly pass progression limit by 5 points after the first orgasm of each day.
  
• Lesbian experiments can now be obtained from character-specific blueprints from both investigators involved.
  
• Obtaining duplicate blueprints will provide Affinity points for the corresponding investigator/s involved in addition to data fragments.
  
• Simultaneous orgasms will increase the Affinity of the investigator by 2 points, or 1 in the case of a lesbian experiment.This can happen up to 5 times daily. Drinking Affinity gain has been adjusted to 2 points, and also counts towards the daily Affinity gain limit with simultaneous orgasms.
  
• NEP can now be used to obtain costumes.
  
• The number of data fragments required to synthesize experiments have increased.
  
• Players can now filter experiments to show those owned and not yet owned.
  
• Optimized interactions with investigators in bondage. Players will no longer be able to access actions on the opposite side of the wall when selecting positions.
  
• When starting an experiment, investigators will remove as little clothing as they can.
  
• Players can enter Inspect Mode and give Likes during experiments.
  
• Optimized adaptive scaling and line break logic for some languages.
  
• Adjusted Elizabeth and Celia’s running animations and all investigator’s stairs animations.
  
• Optimized the mailbox to prevent mail from opening & loading too slowly.
  
• Adjusted skin textures at high skin saturation and wetness. Investigator’s skin will no longer look like shiny plastic.
  
• Added new lighting, shadow, and HDR options.
  
• Optimizations to some sound, motions, and UI.

• Fixed an issue where an investigator’s belly remained expanded after expelling semen.
  
• Fixed an issue where tabbing out of the game using Alt + Tab would cause sound effects and backgrounds to disappear.
  
• Fixed the deformation and texture issues of some costumes.
  
• Fixed an issue where pleasure gains would behave abnormally when multiple players had sex with the same investigator in bondage at the same time.
  
• Fixed some display issues in ultra-wide screen resolutions.
  
• Fixed abnormal resolution issues when pole dancing.
  
• Fixed incorrect volume settings when entering Harem Mode.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Simultaneous Climax button would be difficult to click in some cases during experiments.
  
• Fixed an issue where changing clothes in the Changing Room menu would prevent players from exiting the Changing Room.

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As this is the first Unreal 5 playable version of Operation Lovecraft, there are likely to be bugs aplenty. Please feel free to report them on our bug tracking Github[github.com]!

In upcoming updates we will add rewards related to the Affinity system: pubic hair and finger/toenail customization features, mouth gags, etc. Full VR support for Harem Mode will be introduced in 0.8.5.

Happy holidays! Update 0.7.8b is complete and available for download in the closed beta branch. We have mostly finished the optimization work and have started preparing for the release of Research Pass: Juzi before 2024 Lunar New Year.

• Fixed an issue where some sound effects were not affected by volume settings.
  
• Fixed issues with certain poses in cumflated state.
  
• Fixed various clothing clipping issues.
  
• Gallery mode bug fixes.
  
• Fixed an issue where some buttons were lacking click effects and sounds.
  
• Wetness on penis is now correctly enabled, especially in blowjob scenes. Please note that it is a work-in-progress feature currently missing on some monsters.
  
• Exhausted sex scenes will now use correct facial expressions.

• Game loading speed increased by 300%.
  
• RAM usage decreased by 50%.
  
• Settings and outfit customization UI improvements.
  
• Adjusted the maximum duration of cum stains.
  
• Increased cumshot load for some male test subjects.
  
• Player ID will now be properly displayed in the Experiment Analyzing animation.
  
• Adjusted the climax expressions for operation table sex scenes.
  
• Optimized the lag when clicking "Start" to enter the lobby.
  
• Optimized the transition effect of the research pass interface, adding a full-screen UI animation.
  
• Specified the types of special actions during sex scenes.
  
• Optimized the interaction experience with another player’s avatar restrained in a bondage device.
  
• Repair gel can now be used during sex scenes.
  
• Breast physics improvements when half nude.
  
• Experimental environment lighting customizable with HDR settings.

• Added teleportation VFX when ending sex scenes.
  
• Added shortcuts for clothing customization.
  
• Added a blur effect when switching camera modes.
  
• Added a Bug Report button to the lobby main menu, next to the LINK PATREON button.
  
• Added the option to set the max framerate limit.
  
• Added a button to reset female body customizations.
  
• Added 4 new Dr.Anya sex scenes and 1 new Elizabeth sex scene.
  
• Nemed Costume Shop for Christmas is now reopened! You may claim the Christmas outfits for the investigators in harem mode before January 24th.

With Update 0.7.75, frame rates should double on average for most players. We will later add a FPS cap slider to the game via hotpatch so your machine doesn't roar like a jet engine.
If you ever had or have issues accessing Harem Mode due to hardware limits, give it another go.

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• 12 new sex scenes for Celia, Alet and Erika. 4 additional scenes for Dr. Anya will be added in update 0.8.0 along with Research Pass: Juzi.
  
• Female characters now use different voices and sucking sounds when blowing different sized penises.
  
• Fixed all gallery related issues and added squirt VFX.
  
• Female characters will now use suffocation voices and facial expressions in choking sex scenes.
  
• Improved the highlights of Elizabeth’s hair.
  
• Reworked Elizabeth and Celia locomotion animations and fixed the breast deformation issues with Elizabeth and Anya's environment interaction, masturbation and operation bed scenes.
  
• Max penetration speed in sex scenes increased.
  
• Repair Gel can now be used to instantly refill an investigator's stamina and provide a small bonus to affinity.
  
• Sex scenes tagged with Exhausted no longer require the investigator's stamina to be 0. However, experiments without the Exhausted tag generate ecstasy very slowly if the investigator’s stamina is depleted.
  
• Added a toggle for physics simulated hair strands.
  
• Portuguese and Chinese will no longer be occasionally displayed when using another language.
  
• New and faster experiments analyzing animation - and can now be skipped.
  
• More upper outfits can be retained during sex instead of being disabled.
  
• There will no longer be blurry textures on characters if VRAM is insufficient.
  
• Exiting a sex scene without the investigator getting sated will no longer lower their affinity.
  
• Investigator base stamina doubled. (10->20)
  
• Cumflation shape reworked.
  
• Added thigh and belly fat jiggle physics especially on milf characters such as Dr.Anya.
  
• Miscellaneous model and animation quality improvements.
  
• Server stability enhanced.
  
• General UX improvements and bug fixes.

Greetings, Researchers! Update 0.7.5 brings a new investigator: Elizabeth Carter, with 53 new sex scenes.


New experiment subjects: Gug and Tcho-Tcho.

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After this update, all investigator blueprints can be obtained and analyzed normally even if you do not have their respective Advanced Research Pass. Green and Blue experiment synthesis costs have increased, and you will still require the associated Advanced Research Pass to synthesize an investigator’s experiments.

Patch 0.7.5 introduces an experimental feature: when acquiring an outfit set, players will receive all pieces of that set at once which can be mixed and matched with other clothing. Additionally, accessories have been divided into 4 categories: face, neck, hands, earrings. This allows investigators to wear many types of accessories at once, such as glasses and collars.

• A new hair simulation system has been applied to Elizabeth’s hair, which may result in performance and visual issues on lower-end PCs. We will keep a close eye on issues that may arise.
  
• A new experimental UI system has been implemented, which should address all remaining known UI bugs/issues from the previous system.
  
• Players can now browse experiments using category filters.
  
• Genital Dilation Level recovery rate has been reduced to 1/3rd of its previous speed.
  
• Players can manually set an investigator as their avatar.
  
• Players can enter Inspect Mode during experiments.
  
• Server and network connections have been optimized. The game will no longer boot you to the main menu when connections become unstable.
  
• Graphics & sound optimization. Depth of Field settings for all players have been reset to address screen blurring due to accidental changes to that parameter.

If you encounter any issues/bugs, please feel free to report them to us at our Bug Report Github [github.com]!

Greetings everyone, it’s been a long journey.

Rebuilding the entire project for better performance was not an easy choice, with a lot of work needing to be redone from scratch. We understand your anxiety and concerns - through the past months, all hands of the development team have been on deck to get the rebuilding done as we are no less eager than you.

Version 0.7.0 will be the first stable rebuild release, with the closed beta currently open to crowdfunding supporters only. Please note that due to time constraints we have not been able to finish internal testing and there is bound to be plenty of issues and bugs. If you do encounter said issues, feel free to submit a bug report through the #bug-report channel in our Discord[discord.gg] server. Some features that were not properly tested have been temporarily removed in this build (the test has already been delayed twice so we'd rather cut some contents and sail the ship instead of keeping you in the dark for another month), but will be gradually added back during Phase 2.

Below is a list of changes.

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0.7.0 Change Log

• New Map: Erotes Nightclub
  
• New Character: Celia, with 40 character specific experiments
  
• New Specimen: Ghoul
  
• New Specimen: Migo Imago
  
• Custom apparel system with combination and preset features
  
• A total of 100 outfit sets and pieces
  
• Masturbation
  
• Pole dancing
  
• Bar service
  
• Bondage system and kabeshiri
  
• Idle Mode: players may place their characters into bondage/restraints for other players to interact with to gain Likes even while offline
  
• Group sex system: up to three players can participate in bondage/restraints sex at the same time
  
• Belly bulge, cumdump mode and semen release functions
  
• Sexual status UI panel
  
• Vaginal/Anal dilation systems
  
• New Feature: Research Pass
  
• New Item: Cognitive Filter (used to restore Sanity)
  
• New Item: Expedited Certificate (used to level up the Research Pass)
  
• Reworked clothing materials
  
• Reworked body fluids system
  
• Reworked physics of character’s breasts, muscle and body collision
  
• Optimized character clothing logic during sex scenes - forced removal of underwear and high heels does not happen as frequently
  
• Optimized network connection

Features temporarily disabled at the beginning of phase 2:

• Affinity system and affinity events
  
• Operation bed and machine sex
  
• Milking and oviposition
  
• First person camera
  
• New specimen: Shantak
  
• New specimen: Tcho-Tcho
  
• New specimen: Hippokampoi