Priestess of Ancient Desire
by Lunymphic Studios
3.4 (2 votes)
HTML
v0.02c
Game Details
- Version
- v0.02c
- Developer
- Lunymphic Studios
- Engine
- HTML
- Status
- Ongoing
- Language
- English
- Censored
- No
- Updated
- 8 June 2026
About
You play a priestess in 1180BC Thebes, caught between the temple's demands and the gods' demands, and the game asks you outright which one you'll serve. It's a slow-burn choice, not a jump scare.
The setup is temple politics: rival priesthoods, divine favor, and a personal reputation you build one decision at a time. Walk the path of Temperance and the game rewards patience and genuine intimacy; lean toward Decadence and your morals erode along with your restraint, until the question of Bride of Osiris versus sacred harlot answers itself.
Most of the game is reading: temple duties, courtly maneuvering, snippets of ancient Egyptian literature, and conversations that shift depending on which path you've been feeding. There's no combat and no real time pressure, just a running tally of who you're becoming.
Changelog
v0.02c - Hotfixes
- Redistributed the starting stores: Mudbricks (10-25 > 20-30), Bread (20-30 > 15-25), Beer (20-30 > 15-25).
- Fixed Paneb reappearing and redirecting to a blank passage after you go out with him in the Harbor.
- Fixed reading Library books not giving you proper skill advancement (now works properly and gives +40 XP instead of +1 to a respective stat)
- Changed the price of Papyrus from 2 Deben to 3.
- Changed Audience Room hours (08:00 – 20:00 to 07:00 – 19:00).
- Added a second tier of Curses and Blessings to Osiris, making him in line with the other 2 Gods.
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v0.02b - Economy & Hotfixes
- Added an epilepsy warning to the game's introductory passage.
- Added a one-time introductory dialogue for Kemhotep in the Audience Chamber to provide guidance for making Deben in the early game.
- The Porter job no longer requires 1 Resilience to perform. Instead, the Resilience stat now provides a resource output bonus during the job, functioning identically to the Allure stat.
- Doubled the starting stockpile of Beer and Bread, and increased the starting stock of Incense by 2.
- Increased the cost of Mudbricks from 1 to 3 (the total Deben value of the initial starting stockpile remains unchanged).
- Increased the baseline rewards for the Porter job by +1 Beer and +1 Bread.
- Fixed a sequence break causing Tiset's interaction to trigger incorrectly if the player visited the Temple of Isis before the Temple of Amun.
- Fixed an issue preventing temple accountants from accepting Sacred Items during barter.
- Fixed a UI formatting error in the "Draw Water" action where the Exhaustion gain displayed its raw variable name instead of the calculated value.
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v0.02a - Hotfix and Mobile Support
- Mobile users rejoice! As usual, let me know ASAP if you encounter any issues.
- Experimental interface for mobile devices has been released!
- Fixed Paneb not appearing in the Harbor after he invites you to a date.
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v0.02 - Update
- Very pleased to announce this release! Thanks to everyone for all your feedback. For the first week, I will be monitoring channels (itch, f95 and Discord) for feedback and will strive to release hotfixes within at most 24 hours.
- This update adds one major quest to the game and one quest for each of the Decadence and Temperance routes. It all comes down to just shy of 100 new scenes, of which 18 have lewd content.
- 1. Gameplay
- Added the Drugs subsystem: Use Ephedra, Shemshehet (cannabis), Blue Lotus, and Opium to temporarily modify stats and needs (but be mindful of tolerance).
- Added the Juggling mini-game: Build the Juggling Chamber to unlock a new income source; performance-based rewards with diminishing returns.
- Added auto-feast functionality to the Kitchen.
- Added a mechanic to take water free of charge from the city’s Water Guilds.
- Multiple workers can now be assigned to a single construction project; construction time lowered across the board.
- Porter job revamped (1 Resilience requirement, lower rewards, limited to once per day).
- Added unique "poke" dialogue for all workers when they have nothing plot-relevant to discuss with you.
- Modified Sanctuary construction costs; changed standard material requirements from Reed to Straw.
- Parcel cost reduced from 200 to 125 deben.
- Added Set (Decadence) and Thoth (Temperance) with unique questlines (5 scenes each; Set will be lewd) to unlock them initiated via Amenhotep.
- Bisexuality and futanari have been added as opt-in sexual preferences.
- 2. Plot
- Added the Priestess of Isis questline (30 scenes including 9 lewd) which unlocks Tiset as a romance option.
- Added Kemhotep interactions (8 scenes) and expanded Tahira as a romance option (7 scenes including 3 lewd).
- Added Minmose (Scribe employee).
- Added a date sequence with Paneb (4 scenes).
- Added the Unclean Embalmer as a recurring visitor (10 scenes, up to 6 are lewd).
- The Chatty Scribe has now learnt The Satire of the Trades and will make it available for your reading pleasure if not turned away.
- The name of the priestess’ father is now consistently Naktharis.
- 3. Bug Fixes
- Wenennefer and Paneb no longer return to the Audience chamber multiple times.
- The Roof passage now loads correctly.
- Temple Stores tabs no longer disappear; added access via Temple Management.
- The Miracle of Osiris that was taking place at the Bakery making it require no grain to produce bread has been sadly undone.
- Ephedra Tea now correctly categorized under Drinks.
- Production tasks (Mudbrick, Bakery, House of Writing) now strictly require raw materials.
- 4. Miscellaneous/UX
- Replaced emoticons with hieroglyphs for worker happiness, wages, and class descriptions.
- Implemented initial mobile support (collapsible sidebars and adjusted layouts).
- Added a new preferences dialogue in the Bedroom (accessible after Tahira's bath) to review fetishes and select preferences.
- New soundtrack implemented; soundtrack is now location sensitive. The new tracks are Desert City, Ibn Al-Noor and Mystery Bazaar by Kevin MacLeod.
- Changed default game font.
- Character creation sequence removed for the foreseeable future.
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v0.01c - another tiny update for hotfixes:
- 1. Fixed sleep option on the roof.
- 2. Added more sleep options (sleep until 7AM and sleep for 2 hours).
- 3. Fixed the bug where workers would remain perpetually tired after being assigned to a construction task.
- 4. Ahmose now sells Ephedra Tea, a natural alternative to modern Ephedrine which instantly revitalizes a Tired worker.
- 5. Added a download option to Itch.io for playing outside of the embed.
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v0.01b - a tiny update for hotfixes:
- 1. Modified the worker system:
- Wages are now required per 24 hours, not per shift, with workers being content with half of their wage if they did no work that day;
- Resources are now granted gradually - baseline once every hour - instead of upon task completion;
- 2. Ahmose now accepts Luxury Goods and sells Copper Tools instead of Bronze Tools (needed for Bakery).
- 3. The temple accountant now sells Gold.
- 4. New building: Wheat Field.
- 5. Vigor regenerate rate buffed by 10% (0.2 -> 0.22 per minute).
- 6. Vigor decay slightly reduced
- In case of one need critical (below 40%): (0.1 -> -0.08 per minute);
- In case of two needs critical (below 40%): (0.3 -> 0.25 per minute);
- In case of three needs critical (below 40%): (0.5 -> 0.4 per minute).
- 7. Fixed the option of taking a bath with Tahira not working once you increase your relationship with her above 10 points.
- 8. Slightly lowered Kemhotep's daily wage (10 deben -> 8 deben).
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