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TLS 0.64.3 Public Release

Update is finally public! More here:

https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2022/11/tls-0643-public-release.html 

On these two week releases, I feel like I run out of things to say. I hope everyone enjoys it and wish good Thanksgivings or weekends to all! Thank you to everyone who has supported me so much I can make this a career. ^-^

November 20 Update

I heard you like updates, so I put updates in your update:

1) TLS 0.64.x seems to be stable. Should be no issues with it going public next weekend, so that's nice.

2) My hand is okay. It ached for a few days but resting it seemed to solve the problem. Maybe shouldn't have mentioned it, but I try hard to do exercises to avoid carpal tunnel or similar problems due to my chosen professions. Hopefully just an anomaly.

3) Huge thanks to everyone who left reviews on DoW! I had onl...

TLS 0.64.2 Release

We're doing another patron-only week. No huge changes, but many reports and thus fixes/alterations came in late in the week, hence there was little time for testing.

Link: https://mega.nz/file/T99CXDYK#rwpY9uqjsTMYEwpDExuMb1Xms3E3nFir99v1lzw1YKw 

TLS 0.64.2

 - Uyae's quest has been modified in a number of ways. The results now requ...

November 13 Update

Left hand aches for no reason. It's not my dominant hand and it didn't start during my heavy work period, instead on Saturday when I was actually relaxing it. Could conceive of it being due to exercise, but I have no reasonable explanation why just one hand. Sucks. T-T

Fortunately, work is mostly right handed mouse stuff, so I've kept up. TLS 0.64.1 is now out for $5 backers on the previous post. Not critical...

TLS 0.64.0 Release

Three new harem quests, here we go! This update started as work done during other projects, but it ended up a reasonably rounded set with a whole lot of content. See below for more!

UPDATE: TLS 0.64.1

 - Bugfixing and polishing.

 - Balance changes for Balia's quest, including removing all game overs, changing the color of repeatable fights, and removing random drops.

New Link: 2022-11-11 23:02:19 +0000 UTC View Post

November 6 Update

Could have put out a TLS update this weekend, but I decided to try for a somewhat larger update next weekend instead. This wasn't a decision made this week, of course. Some weeks ago, I realized that TLS 0.64.0 was going to be out in November instead of October even at max speed, and I felt that given the lagging time, everyone should get a more substantial chunk of playtime.

There will be three harem quests in this one. One running around, one with a brand new mechanic, and one simpler...

October 30 Update

I have two pretty long (hopefully interesting) posts basically entirely written, but I guess I'm not going with those today. I have finally built up some momentum on TLS and I don't want to distract myself.

Next update is going to be weird because it's based on what I could effectively do while working on all the OEA release stuff. Quests that might not seem important at first, but will actually be critical for your final battle results. You'll see.

Anyway, please enjoy the Hallow...

October 23 Update

I don't take weekends off, but there's still a difference between a normal working weekend when I only have to make a couple posts and one where I've released something that will result in a flood of comments. Recently I've been on a streak of releasing something new every weekend:

- The Brightest Shadow 3

- TLS 0.63.0 (Patreon release)

- TLS 0.63.3 (public)

- OEA 0.7.0 beta (Patreon release)

- Genre-Savvy Apocalypse + OEA beta2

- OEA 0.7.0 (Steam release)<...

October 16 Update

It's a big game release weekend, which is always a mixed bag. I'm a bit scattered, so this update will be a few tidbits of information as well as an odd request for players of past games.

Because Steam personalizes everyone's pages so much, individual experiences vary, but it does seem like OEA is hitting trending pages for many players with the right settings. Here it is at the top of a category, whee:

2022-10-16 17:02:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Once Ever After final release!

It's out! If you have been waiting during the Early Access period, you can now get the game via these two fine stores:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/951860/Once_Ever_After/ 

https://sierralee.itch.io/once-ever-after 

There's some good news implicit in those links: I had p...

TLS Art Preview #29

Due to all the suggestions, we have a mostly portrait set this time. Lots of new characters or concepts, notably the original Wendis painting that will appear at the beginning of the game. More to come, then this feature will be complete.

As the one exception, Vhala gets a CG just for her! While the vast majority of the scenes will continue to be sex, I think the occasional SFW image is nice, and Vhala deserves something. This will appear during the Third Arclentian War in lieu of the s...

October 9 Update

OEA 0.7.0 is out and doesn't seem to have any issues, so that's good. It also means I need to make some decisions soon.

Genre-Savvy Apocalypse has performed better than expected. Tons of time in the top 20 in site popularity (pretty good), rated in the top 2000 (just okay), and quadrupling followers in a week (decent). Kind of wish I'd blocked off more time for it so I could keep up th...

OEA 0.7.0 on Steam

The newest version of Once Ever After is now available to everyone who owns the game on Steam! More here, if you haven't already played it:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/951860/Once_Ever_After/ 

This is my last planned content update for this game, so my intent is for it to leave Early Access and be finished (for good) once I've confirmed there are no standing is...

October 2 Update

Double release weekend: Genre-Savvy Apocalypse as well as a new version of Once Ever After. Barring some surprise problem cropping up, the OEA update will be going out to Steam soon, then it will leave Early Access. Can I slip a TLS update in there? Dunno, no promises.

One of the experiments I wanted to do with GSA was to see how much of an impact mentioning it on Patreon would have. This experiment was thoroughly ruined by the story hitting Rising Stars the day before that announcement...

Something Different: Genre-Savvy Apocalypse

Though I mostly work on games and books these days, there's a reliable contingent asking me to write more erotica. I am... only sort of appeasing this group. But what I have for you does include some sex scenes. This is the the refresher project I mentioned last time.

First, take this link to read what's online:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/58735/genre-savvy-apocalypse<...

September 25 Update

TBS3 is out. TLS 0.63.x is out. OEA 0.7.x is out. TLS art preview is out. Busy times.

Lately I feel like I've been spending all my time wrapping up or releasing work that was already underway. This has gotten me pretty restless, so I've been throwing some energy into something brand new just to keep my creative juices flowing. Hope...

OEA 0.7.0

EDIT

Hey, guys! This week I've been working in response to reports about the beta version of OEA 0.7.0. There were enough that I decided that I needed to put out a new version. Not a lot has changed, but the new content has been polished.

Link: https://mega.nz/file/vkNBhbrR#x7jGIJXCrDxzLpOMnXSVO5HDAUHw42gbmYep9m4WkWs 

This is "beta2" because I want 0.7.0 to ...

TLS Art Preview #29

Three new scenes in this set! Nalili, Neranda, and an elven threesome. This is another small set because some of Annikath's time is still being dedicated to portraits.

Patreon keeps redesigning the UI. -_- I seriously wonder how these redesigns come about. I understand that innovation requires experimentation and users tend to dislike all change, but I can't understand what logic would lead to simple/effective features disappearing. It makes me ponder if there's some kind of dysfunction...

September 18 Update

The TLS update is out and stable, which is nice, but no time to rest! I will have more things for patrons at all tiers soon.

Once I didn't post weekly updates when there was already a release that weekend, but lately there's just too much stuff. This week it's The Brightest Shadow themed, not by design. First there is a worldbuilding post with a full world map, for those inter...

TLS 0.63.3 Public Release

It's that time again! Should be fun, except that my internet randomly decided to be garbage. Managing this many pages/uploads while everything is crawling or failing sucks. -_-

Anyway, check out the new version here:

https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2022/09/tls-0633-public-release.html 

Hopefully everything will go smoothly, because there's no time...

September 11 Update

Lots of stuff going on. The biggest is the TLS 0.63.0 release, of course. Depending on how much more feedback comes in, I may put out the .1 version slightly sooner or slightly later, but we should be on track for a public release in a usual week.

Meanwhile, last week I did a lengthy AMA on r/progressionfantasy if you want to check out my...

TLS 0.63.0 Released!

UPDATE

Hey, new version. Polished up, but there's not a lot to motivate people to replay. I hope some people will test out the new content/features just in case new bugs were added.

Link: https://mega.nz/file/zgMzEZLb#narw_jV8pLeqBajhF2vD_rdtQUrIYQadwg_SAPRah24 

RTP: 2022-09-09 22:11:41 +0000 UTC View Post

September 3 Update

Early update for another book release! This is the third in my epic fantasy series, The Brightest Shadow. You can find it here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BC25MYVH 

While this isn't the conclusion of the entire story, this does complete a trilogy that wraps up many loose ends (sans epilogue). It's been quite a road getting to this point and the whole series is almost a million words!

Some of y...

August 28 Update

Most weeks, this job is a pleasure, and I never lose sight of the privilege that it is to have a creative career. Any problems I have to deal with now are relatively petty compared to some of the struggles I've had earlier in my life, much less people who have faced true hardship.

That said, I do think that some stresses that come with a creative career are at least different. Being the creator of a semi-known thing means constantly being at the center of a maelstrom of opinions in a wa...

August 21 Update

Time to reveal a long-running secret! For the past quite a while, some of Annikath's art time has been dedicated not to new scenes, but to new unique art of the characters. Now is the time to reveal it and get your suggestions!

In a future TLS update, players will engage with a quest that results in various characters sitting for in-world portraits. This will be its own set of events, with some hopefully amusing encounters, but the end result will be that players receive these portraits...

Introducing Character Portraits! (Art Preview #28)

Alright, $10 backers, time to reveal a long-running secret! For the past quite a while, some of Annikath's art time has been dedicated not to new scenes, but to new unique art of the characters. Now is the time to reveal it and get your suggestions!

This entire business actually came about due to a fan utilizing the $50 tier. The request reward is rarely used, but in this case it synergized well with something I was planning. I think it will be a nice addition to the game and I hope eve...

August 14 Update

For today's fanart, we have a lovely Ulfina crossover. ^-^

Anyway, I've been feeling continually better and no one should be worried about me, but I still took it easy a couple days to be sure my immune system had recovered. I hope to have a more substantial update for you soon.

That said, I have been coy about some things because I hate announcing anything before it's ready. Sin...

August 7 Update

Got Covid. -_- Being a hermit, the chances were low, but I guess that's how probability curves work.

Anyway, nobody needs to worry about me. I was fully vaccinated and seem to have gotten a less serious variant. Because I'm unaccustomed to being physically unwell, I didn't realize for several days and just powered through, but now that I'm taking better care of myself, I think my immune system is dealing with things.

This is actually a bit of a relief, because I have a good reason...

July 30 Update

There's too much going on this week. Good stuff, but too much.

First, I released another TWC book! Anyone interested in The Weirkey Chronicles, please consider grabbing or reviewing the newest book! In the first 24 hours it hit the highest ranking this series has reached, and second highest for any of my Sarah Lin books. The peak of a given book is usually relatively early but not at the beginning, so I am real...

July 24 Update

Energy high, motivation skewed, inspiration uncooperative. It's a weird state of being. =/

Way back when, a short time into TLS, I took a month off to recharge myself. That period (plus some later work) produced Ouroboros, which people have generally been happy with. Unless you were around then, you probably don't know that I also put out a build of a project that was left behind instead of completed.

My original reasoning was wanting to show patrons everything I'd worked on to ju...