Announcement: New Membership System Launch & May Update

Thank you all for your continued support of Puppet Mage.

As AI technology and game production workflows continue to evolve, the investment required for Puppet Mage has also been steadily increasing across content scale, presentation quality, CG production, system design, and asset processing.

Compared to the original Parasite Slime, the overall development cost of Puppet Mage has already reached roughly three times the previous level. As future chapters, CGs, event scenes, and system content continue to expand, these costs may rise even further.

To help the project develop in a more stable and sustainable way, while also offering higher-level benefits to players who wish to support the game more deeply, we are officially introducing a new Lv3 Membership Tier.

Please note:

This adjustment will not reduce the existing benefits of Lv1 or Lv2 members.

Lv1 benefits will remain unchanged.

Lv2 members will continue to receive early access to member content 14 days in advance.

Lv3 is a newly added highest-level support tier built on top of the existing membership system. It is mainly intended for players who wish to access content earlier, follow the development process more closely, and participate more deeply in game feedback and future direction suggestions.

Lv3 Membership Benefits

As the current highest membership tier, Lv3 members will receive the following benefits:

Early access to member content 28 days in advance:
Lv3 members will be able to access related member content 28 days before its general release.

Highest-priority reference for game feedback and direction suggestions:
Feedback, suggestions, and development direction opinions from Lv3 members will be prioritized for review and consideration.
The final development direction will still be based on the overall game plan, content quality, and production feasibility.

Access to weekly development progress updates:
Going forward, we will try to share the latest development progress of Puppet Mage on a weekly basis.

Early previews of selected development content:
Development updates may occasionally include in-game CGs, preview images, system content, or work-in-progress visuals.

Lv2 Membership Benefits

Lv2 benefits will remain unchanged:

• Lv2 members will still receive early access to member content 14 days in advance;

• Lv2 members will be able to access weekly development progress updates;

• Lv2 members will be able to view in-game CGs, preview images, or production materials that may be shared in development updates.

Lv1 Membership Benefits

Lv1 benefits will also remain unchanged:

• Existing accessible content and benefits will not be affected;

• This adjustment will not reduce the current Lv1 member experience.

Future Development Progress Updates

Going forward, we will try to maintain weekly development progress updates, which may include:

• Current chapter development progress;

• New events, systems, or map production progress;

• Selected in-game CGs or preview images;

• Notes on future content direction;

• Version update plans and development records.

Once again, thank you all for your understanding and support.

Puppet Mage will continue to move forward with stable updates and content quality as its core goals. The new Lv3 tier is not a reduction of existing membership benefits, but an additional higher-level option for players who wish to support the project more deeply.

Your support is an important reason why this project can continue moving forward.

This month, Puppet Mage will receive its first official development version.

This version will focus on establishing the game’s core gameplay framework: a dual-mode loop of surface exploration and underground combat.

Players will progress through events and encounter different characters on the surface, while exploring underground areas, fighting monsters, accumulating stats, and improving their own abilities. As combat and growth continue, players will gradually strengthen their puppet magic, unlock higher levels of control, and eventually transform the female characters they encounter into their own puppets.

This will be the first real step toward shaping Puppet Mage into its full form.

From exploration, combat, and character growth to mental domination and puppet transformation systems, the core gameplay experience will be connected for the first time in this month’s version.

If the previous content was more of a concept and direction showcase, this update will officially allow players to see the basic structure and future potential of Puppet Mage as an RPG.