To start with, if you are looking for the itch.io page for the new game, here it is: The Perils of Bianca. The game is complete. From now on, I expect that only minor bug fixes will be made.

I have been working on The Perils of Bianca over the last year. I completed the game two weeks ago, and have been testing everything extensively since then. A few days ago I had managed to bring the game to a state that I could find only minor textual errors, so I planned a release of version 1.0 on Saturday, July 26, 2025. 

And then, on July 24, itch.io suddenly removed the indexing of all games with adult content. I fully understand why they had to do this; if they hadn't, all game developers on itch.io would have lost the ability to charge for their games. Now only developers of adult content are affected. Moreover, this is a temporary situation, though how and when it will be resolved is unknown at this time. However, as long as the situation is as it is now, only those with a direct link to the game's main page (as I give above) can find it.

It is possible that my games will be fully restored to itch.io's indexing. This is actually likely, as the games are completely free, so they are not affected by the demands of payment processors. However, it is also possible that my games will be completely removed from itch.io. I simply don't know.

I considered postponing the release of The Perils of Bianca. I decided to just go through with it, for three main reasons:

(1) I had already prepared everything, I just needed to press a button to effectuate the release. 

(2) I don't see much difference between finding a different place to upload the game, and uploading it to itch.io now and if it gets removed finding a different place to upload the game.

(3) My experience is that a 1.0 release of a game is usually followed by a 1.0.1 release within a few weeks. It may actually be a good thing if at this time only a limited number of players have access to the game, who can then report their findings to me so that I can incorporate them in a next release, which may find a wider public.

If you download and play the game, and would be willing to report your findings to me, I would appreciate that. I am interested in learning about bugs you encounter, but also comments on what you like or dislike about the game. You can send them to me privately at scarlet_herring@yahoo.com. If you want to make more public comments, you can do so with this post or on the game's main page. Note that if you write a review for the game on itch.io, nobody but I can see it; only the average star rating can be seen by others. That is, strangely, how itch.io organizes things.

I hope you enjoy The Perils of Bianca.