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Bookshop visit with Gareth

You sit on the edge of the fountain, tracing your fingers along its mosaic, an explosion of color sprawling onto the pavement, unfurling patterns of flowers and swirling vines under pedestrians’ feet. Every now and then stray droplets spray your back, sliding cool down your back. You welcome the refreshing sensation; it’s a surprisingly warm day for autumn, which paired with the cloudless sky makes up the perfect conditions for a grand harvest festival.

The town square has been deck...

Demo update

What's new?

The beginning of chapter 5, wherein you:

-Meet Elaine!

-Learn all about wine-making

Besides that, we have some changes made to earlier chapters:

-Fleshed out some parts in the second half of chapter 4. I highly recommend replaying the bit, since I've also added some new choices/variables and expanded upon the conversations you have with Junia and Morgana.

-Morgana's POV in chapter 3, after the talk in the stud...

April mini-game poll

If you want to suggest options for next month's poll, here's this handy dandy form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdz8L0mDqvf11V2z5_7Zdalcd0WZp0UsdSFK9kSZ7bN_1Syww/viewform?usp=sf_link 

March POV shift mini-game

The chosen theme of this month was Mordred going to Arthur after the revelation of their conception.

Hope you enjoy it!

Note: There's one choice you'll find that you haven't seen in the demo yet - it'll be there with the next update!

Link: https://llamagirl.itch.io/mordred-goes-to-arthur-chapter-4 

Password: MiniGameArthurConfession

If you find any issues, let ...

Weekly developer's blog

I've been doing edits on the demo, and finished the mini-game for the Royal Sorcerer tier patreons! I'll be posting it later today. Note: towards the end, there's a set of choices that is not currently in the demo (just Arthur asking Mordred how they feel). You'll find it in the next update!

Otherwise, I'm trying to wrap things over the weekened with the changes planned for chapter 4 in preparation for the update next week.

Sneak peek

"How could we leave you out - Elaine's drinking too after all." Elaine freezes in the middle of stuffing her face with buttered bread at the mention of her name, eyes darting towards you. "Admittedly she's not drinking much; last time she indulged she fell into the river."

"Father!" The objection has no power behind it, muffled by a mouthful of bread.

"At Isolde's wedding, no less."

Gareth turns to her, bemused: "You did?"

Elaine hurries to chew - though it's questiona...

Sneak peek

You inch closer to your brother, gently elbowing him. "Hey." Out of the corner of eye, you spy Lot's shifting expression - all that willpower not to scowl, vanished. "Are you alright?" you whisper.

"Of course I'm alright, why wouldn't I be alright?" Gareth glibly replies, gaze fixed ahead.

Weekly developer's blog

Hi everyone! First let me preface this with an apology - I don't know if it's Friday somewhere else in the world but here where I am it's Saturday already...which means I mised the Friday blog. I got caught up with some things yesterday and it completely slipped my mind but I'm here to rectify the mistake!

So, on to my progress: I've wrapped up the scene I wanted to finish in chapter 5 and turned my attention on to the last bit of chapter 4 to flesh things out. Honestly, I like it more ...

A walk in the woods

Merlin was lost. He wouldn’t admit it to anyone though, not even himself. He’d eventually get to his destination, so he couldn’t be lost. In the interim, he was merely meandering.

It was such a lovely day for meandering through the woods, too. Autumn had only started to put its mark on the verdant vegetation: patches of rust among the leaves, slowly overtaking the green like spreading corrosion. The weather, however, was sweet and fair: warm, but not suffocatingly so. A stray bree...

Weekly developer's update

This week I've continued work on chapter 5 - learning more about Elaine, getting to interact a bit with her family. I'll probably be wrapping up a scene I'm writing and turn my attention to the edits I want to make to chapter 4 before continuing with the current chapter.

On another note, I've also been writing for the short story this month, which will feature Merlin's POV :) Exciting stuff!

Second short story poll

Gareth won, woohoo! Time to choose a Mordred (all with a very close relationship with Gareth, of course!)

Weekly developer's blog

This week I've outlined chapter 5, which involved structuring and restructing, taking out and adding scenes, and going through my notes to find anything I've jotted down about the chapter. I've ended up writing some quick pieces of scenes as inspiration came, too 👀 And I've written the beginning to chapter 5, wherein Elaine and her family arrive in Lothia! Working out some details, I've decided to introduce Merlin and (reintroduce) Nimue.

On a different note, I've received feedback p...

March short story poll

This month we're choosing from friends/family/Lot, who can't claim the first and the only thing making him the second one is a piece of paper. Note: Accolon won previously so he's not going to be featured on this poll, but he will return for voting next time!

Bug-fix patch

Alright, I've updated the demo will all bugs and typos sent in fixed. Unfortunately, at least in the case of Arthur's missing hangout scene, you will need to start from the beginning. Again, so sorry for the trouble! 

Important observation

It'd seem that, for whatever reason, conversation choices for the Morgana and Accolon scenes won't appear unless you're playing a new game from start, which I'm quite befuddled by. I mean, it's the same code that I use in other similarly structured scenes but only some of them are affected in this way? I have no idea what's going on, but I've replayed myself from beginning and the choices appear in this case.

Anyway, I'm currently tackling other typos and issues that get reported!

Demo Update

What's new?

-Chapter 4 completed!

-Talk with your guests the following day after your birthday

-Discuss matters with Morgana and Accolon

-Confess your feelings to Gawain, if you're crushing on him

Enjoy!

Link: https://llamagirl.itch.io/the-bastard-of-camelot-beta

New Password: BOCDemoUpdate28950

If you find any bugs or typos, have any suggestions or sim...

Gawain plays Mordred a song

The steadfast, monotone pattering of boots fills the silence as you and Dinadan patrol the streets of Camelot town. The shadows are longer and deeper as the sun sinks low on the sky, bathing everything in blazing light; by now, vendors are slowly packing up and taverns are coming to life. Your hand rests on the hilt of your sheathed sword – though rest would suggest an ease that your posture simply does not possess. It’s more akin to a snake coiled to strike. Dinadan’s gait, on...

Weekly developer's blog

So! Work on this month's update is almost done - all I've got left is a Morgana scene, thus completing the chapter. Which makes me excited to start on chapter 5 because I'm finally introducing Elaine, woohoo!

That being said, I'm aiming to release the update on Sunday 👀

Also, for Champion Knight tier and up patreons: The Gawain short story is coming later today! I promise it's very sweet 💕 

February mini-game

This month's chosen theme was: Accolon's POV of finding Mordred in the lodge with Arthur + being confronted about the prophecy

Link: https://llamagirl.itch.io/accolon-searches-for-mordred 

Password: AccolonMiniGame91748

If you find any typos, bugs or inconsistencies let me know through this handy dandy Google form: 2023-02-21 09:28:00 +0000 UTC View Post

March mini-game poll

If you want to suggest options for next month's poll, here's this handy dandy form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdz8L0mDqvf11V2z5_7Zdalcd0WZp0UsdSFK9kSZ7bN_1Syww/viewform?usp=sf_link 

Sneak peek

"The Chariot." You seize the card, appraising it for a second time. It depicts a two-wheeled contraption - half a carriage, drawn by two steeds, one pure white, the other midnight black, both with lush manes. The woman holding the reigns stands up in the gilded chariot, under a canopy of velvet that imitates the starry sky. She dons an armor, polished to a shine, the kind worn for festivities that has never seen the dent or scratch of a sword, that aims to impress rather than protect - that m...

Weekly developer's blog

Finished Kay's interaction scene; working on one with Marcellus and Gaius right now! I've also done some more work on the mini-game, but it's not yet done.

As the last sneak peek may have clued you in, tarot cards are a thing in BoC too 👀 They're considered a tool sorcerers to perform divination - though, again, they're not "exact" and depends a lot on one's skills for better results. They're not exactly like the tarot you may know; I've altered and even merged some cards to fit into...

Choosing a name

Morgana set down her brush and took a step back, admiring her work so far. She had propped up her easel on the hill above the lake glimmering in the noon sun, a veritable vantage point for an artist. Beyond the sapphire expense, sprawled the Capital of Camelot, a maze of rust-red and bark-brown roofs. At her back stood the Royal Castle itself, a stately giant of stone watching over its dominion with a multitude of glass eyes - reaching in every direction, ever open, ever observing, much like ...

Sneak peek

"The Tower." You seize the card, appraising it for a second time. It depicts a crumbling ivory tower, struck by lightning. It blazes, set afire against a stormy sky. From the ravaged tower a figure has either fallen or jumped, its red cloak billowing behind them like a streak of blood. It speaks to you - the allure of mayhem, the beauty in ruin, the temptation to strike down the kingdom your family has been cast out of and barred from, to take down all those who built it on the suffering of y...