Maids & Masters: Arrival [v1.0] [The Mithril Hourglass]

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Decades ago, an Estate was attacked by Servants of an unknown Master. Their only goal seemed to be the deaths of everyone on the grounds. There were no survivors. Our protagonist Master had been kept away from the destruction by his uncle, who raised him. With no one left alive to explain why he had to grow up an orphan, he returns home with a single Servant – his childhood friend – seeking to rebuild his family Estate and take revenge on whoever tried to burn it to the ground. And hopefully build a harem of cute Maids along the way~

Thread Updated: 2023-3-10

Release Date: 2023-3-10

Developer: The Mithril Hourglass Patreon – Website – Twitter – Itch.io

Censored: No

Version: 1.0

OS: Windows, Mac

Language: English

Sequel: Maids & Masters

Other Games: Love/Loss – Redemption Harem

Genre:

3DCG, 2D Game, Animated, Male Protagonist, Oral Sex, Adventure, Fantasy, Humor, Romance, RPG, Turn Based Combat

Installation:

Extract and run Game.exe.

Changelog:

v1.0 is the first and full release. The following changelog is from the original VX Ace tech demo.

Converted the engine from VX Ace to MZ.

– This means native mouse support, text skip, dynamic screen size, and more!

Replaced the placeholder faces and sprites for Master, Melissa, other Maids, and maps.

Replaced all of the “dev comments” with in-character comments from Master or Melissa.

Reworked nearly all of the dialogue to be more in line with the main game’s characterization.

Reworked events and switches so the save will carry over to the MZ remaster of the main game.

Reworked and re-rendered Melissa’s scene at the end, including full animations.

Added a new custom Game Over screen.

Added several new events to make exploring each room more dynamic.

Added dialogue interactions to objects to match the Estate in the main game.

Added sun shafts and dialogue interactions to match the windows in the main game.

Added better player direction to Melissa as well as more instances of Melissa.

Added a visual representation of Melissa to most of the existing exploration events.

Added affection increases for Melissa to some of the optional events that can be found.

Added a small amount of post-game content to be found after the credits roll.

Added renders to the issue of Stay Clean Quarterly in the library.

Added several plugins to support QoL changes. Check the README for more information.

Added the Trophy Codex.

Updated the garden maze so the path is “clearer” and to reset on touching the entrance.

Updated the Estate grounds to match the grounds in the main game.

Updated several maps to properly include all of their walls and borders.

Updated how the Clown Nose is obtained – it is now exclusive to Arrival.

Updated equipment and item icons to match the icons from the main game.

Removed most of the rat encounters in favor of more enemy Maid encounters.

Removed the Status (Maid Info) and Formation options from the menu.

Various other minor text, map, and event updates.

Developer Notes:

Saves from this game will not transfer to the VX Ace version of Maids & Masters, only the remastered MZ version.

It isn’t mentioned in the README, but game pad controls are fully supported. Yhe default controls are (listing things as Playstation layout/Xbox layout): X/A is interact, Square/X is sprint, Circle/B is cancel, Triangle/Y opens the menu, arrows and left joystick moves you, and R1/RB hides text.