Extended Progress Update: January 13 2023

Hi Everyone!

I hope you’re doing well.

It’s extremely fitting to have a weekly update on one of the Friday 13ths within this year given TFS’s slow-build horror themes and the total number of chapters in Book One. 😉🖤🐈 That was an intentional choice! This number is sometimes associated with creepy things from the eerie clock in the Haunted Mansion attractions to the Friday the 13th slasher series and so on.

It’s been just over a week since Book One’s release. I’m so grateful for all of your support during the wait and now that you all finally have a chance to experience the full story.

TFS: Book One is live on all available platforms. I was always curious, possibly a bit anxious, about how the different stores would work, like if Steam would let it unlock earlier or later than let’s say the Google Play Store offering it. (I realized that they probably all wouldn’t unlock at a synchronized time.) It’s well past the release date and everything went smoothly!

I’m still kind of taking things in right now after waiting and hoping. TFS made its debut to the public in June 2021 with the release of the first demo. I submitted Book One on June 17th 2022, and then it was a matter of being patient for the Hosted Games queue until January 5th 2023. We all waited together for only 18 months. 

To see it out in public is both exciting and nerve-wracking, so I’ve been taking a little break from writing on Book Two during the release until everything sinks in before shifting back to prepping for it. That being said, I am eagerly working on Patreon content. You all have likely seen January’s Content Schedule. 💚

I've been patiently waiting to share so many ideas here that it’s been fun deciding the topics.

Aside from processing my ~emotions~, I’ll be working on future content, replying to Patreon emails about character portraits/any questions, and, of course, continuing to prep for Book Two’s chapters. (The sheer amount of variables from Book One means I made a spreadsheet, lol. You might have a guess about the scope if you’ve finished a playthrough, or you will experience the butterfly effect in the future. Each chapter gets its own sheet of variables I can call-on or trigger.)

Again, a huge thank you to each of you who found TFS and stayed with me through this process!

[Spoilers Ahead!]

Here’s an excerpt from Book Two:

That feeling of absence was only an illusion—a delusion—that you tried to comfort yourself with. Waiting isn't something you have truly suffered through, but it matters little now. You will fulfill your role, acting within the familiar bounds and confines that feel like home once again.

I wonder what ??? means? 👀

I hope you all have a lovely week! 💚