Weekly Update - 12.12.22

Hello everyone!

First of all, a big welcome to all the new folks; I'm glad you're here. Of course, if you're just here for early access and dip after a month, that's totally understandable. Though if you're considering that, I should tell you that I update the 'early access' version of the game every month, not just when a whole chapter is finished. That's called the BIP, so if it interests you, please consider sticking around. 

That is entirely more self-promotion than I can handle, so back to the regular update we go. 

Anyhow, I am presently working on the outline of Chapter Eight. I've got the broad strokes down; right now it's just a matter of filling in the scenes with appropriate code and cues so I remember what I need to write when. We begin, naturally, with the PC regaining consciousness after the tumultuous events of the last chapter. From there, they have a couple of visitors, the last of which is whomever you chose to follow during Chapter Seven. There's some opportunities there to talk about various issues that might have come up during the course of those events, including the heavy stuff, but of course it goes without saying that most of those things are not so easily resolved. 

After that, the scene transitions to some time later, with the PC helping out in efforts to repair and otherwise recover from the effects of two rampaging Giants and a breach into Tartarus. This is a small scene that depends on the job the PC chose back in Chapter Four, with a couple alternative backdrops if the choice selected was "none of the above, thanks."

At the end of this scene, you get a bit of conversation with Eurydice, who, if you've minded the chapter title, is about to play a bigger role in events than she has so far. After you've spoken to her, we get a scene change again, and, surprise surprise, someone has breached the Underworld's flagging defenses. The PC is summoned to the throne room to participate in the discussion of what should happen next, where the cast meets Orpheus and hears his plea to be allowed to return to the surface with his beloved Eurydice. 

From here, PC will be able to, in ways either subtle or overt, influence how that myth plays out, and perhaps even change its tragic ending, if you so desire. I'm hoping it will pay homage to the myth properly, while still allowing for reasonable divergence by those of you who like to play characters who would want to alter that outcome. 

After this, there is one last scene with the character you chose in Chapter Seven, and I am keeping that one under my hat for now, as I rather hope it will be something you all enjoy very much. 

And that's the plan for Chapter Eight. It's certainly likely to be long, because of course it is, but I really don't think it will be so lengthy as Chapter Seven, which means it shouldn't be quite so long in 'production,' either. 

In the meantime, the month will continue with its usual slate of bonus contents and the like: this week, we'll have a new set of character interview questions answered by somebody; following that, there will be a scene from Alekto's POV. And on the last week of the month, the Moirae's Mirror will preview or go in depth on something related to the plot or the world (can you tell I haven't decided on that one, yet?)

So, I hope you all enjoy it. December can be a great month or a really tough one, I know. So please, everyone, look after yourselves and each other. I'll be back in this slot next week with (hopefully) satisfying progress news.

Cheers!