Love by the Water

Devlog

• 12 Days of Christmas renders! Vote in the Discord server!
  December 02, 2025 by cure

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  #poll, #bonus

  Welcome to December! I hope everyone is enjoying the cooler weather. I know I am! In celebration of the holiday season last year, we pitted Team Naughty vs. Team Nice in a vote to decide what animatio... Continue reading

  
• Gender-swapped Wake for 200 ratings!
  November 27, 2025 by cure

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  #devlog

  Read the full dev log for free on Patreon!] Thank you everyone for helping me hit 800 members in the Discord server and 200 ratings on itch.io! It's crazy to see my little game hit milestones like thi... Continue reading

  
• We hit 50k downloads so fast I've already hit 60k too (and almost 200 reviews!)
  November 13, 2025 by cure

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  #misc

  I was so excited to hit 50k downloads on itch.io with the new update, but we hit 60k two days later! So crazy! Thank you so much to everyone who has played the game and given me feedback and support!... Continue reading

  
• Love by the Water's 5th chapter—Day 3: Night—is now public!
  November 09, 2025 by cure

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  #update, #New chapter

  L ove by the Water's 5th chapter—Day 3: Night—is now public! Downloads: Itch.io (mirrors in game description) Patreon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Changelog: Words: 80,000~ → 98,764 HD R... Continue reading

  
• Love by the Water's 5th chapter—Day 3: Night—is now available on Patreon!
  October 31, 2025 by cure

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  #announcement, #release dates, #changelog, #update

  Love by the Water's 5th chapter—Day 3: Night—is now available on Patreon! Please check out my Patreon for access to the new Halloween update, and see the update's changelog and release dates below... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #6 - Release date announcement!
  October 29, 2025 by cure

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  #announcement, #progress update

  hey kiddos, here are the release dates for the newest update: Day 3 - Night Release dates : The Great Old Ones - Friday, October 31st (Halloween!) , Sun Gods - Monday, November 3rd Lovers - Thursday,... Continue reading

  
• 30,000 downloads on itch.io (and almost 150 ratings)!
  July 14, 2025 by cure

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  #progress update, #bonus

  30,000 downloads!!! :D I don't have anything particularly interesting to share, but I was really excited to see that we hit 30,000 downloads here on itch! We're also currently sitting at 149 ratings,... Continue reading

  
• Relaunch Android port is now available!
  June 20, 2025 by cure

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  #android, #renpy, #update

  Thank you to Blackeye for the Android port! It's currently only available on MEGA, but I'll upload mirrors to Patreon as soon as I can... Continue reading
• ​Love by the Water's Chapter 1 relaunch is now available!
  June 20, 2025 by cure

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  #update, #lbtw, #renpy

  Love by the Water's Chapter 1 relaunch is now available! (This update does not progress the story but instead is a remaster of the game's first chapter.) DOWNLOAD LINKS : PC: MEGA | MixDrop | GoFile |... Continue reading

  
• Join my Discord and/or Patreon for extra content!
  March 12, 2025 by cure

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  #blog

  Hi, sweethearts! I tend to neglect the itch.io blog post function, so I worry many of you don't know about how often I actually post. I'm sure many of you are just interested in new chapters (which is... Continue reading

  
• February wallpaper (thank you for 50 patrons!!!)
  February 19, 2025 by cure

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  #special

  A lot of firsts this week! I hit 50 paid patrons for the first time! As well as 1,000 itch followers, 450 discord members, and we're about to hit 100 itchio reviews!! I can't believe how kind and gene... Continue reading

  
• Chapter 4 is now public!
  February 08, 2025 by cure

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  #release

  Good morning, everyone! Chapter 4 of Love by the Water is now public and available for all to play! I really hope you enjoy it! Please let me know any and all thoughts over in the Discord! I'd love to... Continue reading

  
• Chapter 4 now out on Patreon, public next week :)
  February 03, 2025 by cure

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  #Update

  CHAPTER 4 RELEASE AND CHANGELOG ANNOUNCEMENT Good morning, everyone ! Chapter 4 is now available! https://www.patreon.com/cureisonline Changelog : 1,600 renders 55 animations 6,500 lines of code 15 ne... Continue reading

  
• Happy Holidays, everyone! Christmas Clash + Winter Bundle
  December 22, 2024 by cure

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  #special

  Happy Holidays, everyone! I want to make sure everyone remembers to join the Discord server and vote in the Christmas Clash ! Whichever team wins, Naughty or Nice, will receive a long-form animation f... Continue reading

  
• Custom renders in celebration of Chapter 3 releasing!
  June 06, 2024 by cure

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  Helllllllloooooooooooooooooo ! Like I mentioned a few weeks ago: In celebration of Chapter 3 finally releasing, I wanted to do something to thank my higher tier patrons for their patience over the las... Continue reading

  
• Chapter 3 is now public! (Love by the Water)
  June 04, 2024 by cure

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  #release

  Hello, my friends! Love by the Water 's third chapter is now available to play! Patreon | Discord | Buy me a Coffee Changelog : 1,600+ new images 5,000+ new lines of code 25 new animations 100+ new so... Continue reading

  
• Thank you! 0.2 has been out for a week now!
  November 09, 2023 by cure

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  I just wanted to quickly thank everyone for the support and interest this week. Releasing 0.2 was a big deal to me, and you all made it worth it. I'm back to working on chapter 3 now, but the early st... Continue reading

  
• Chapter 2 is now live!
  November 06, 2023 by cure

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  #update

  As of 5:15AM this morning—after a very long couple of months and a particularly crazy week full of nights that became mornings that became nights—the second update to my game is now available for... Continue reading

  
• 0.2 is officially out on Patreon, live here in a few days :)
  November 03, 2023 by cure

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  #progress update

  0.2 is now available to patrons! As of 5:15AM this morning—after a very long couple of months and a particularly crazy week full of nights that became mornings that became nights—the second update... Continue reading

  
• Love by the Water 0.1 release out now!
  June 10, 2023 by cure

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  #release, #update

  Hello! I wanted to let everyone know that 0.1 is now available to download ! I released the initial demo for the game last month to test the waters and get some early feedback. That demo made up about... Continue reading

  
• 0.001 Demo hotfix!
  April 15, 2023 by cure

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  #hotfix, #update

  For anyone who reported lag issues on Android/PC, I had to re-write the entire script, but I found the issue and updated the DL links to hopefully fix any more lagging/crashing. I took this opportunit... Continue reading