Hello everyone, and happy Saturday once again! Hope your weekend is going well :D
I come bearing a bit of bad news today, namely that I've hit a pretty significant roadblock in writing content for AMR. There are numerous contributing factors to this that I'll discuss at length over the course of this devlog, but ultimately it culminates in the following couple of points:
- I've been really unhappy with the quality of writing that I've been churning out for the past week or so, and...
2021-06-12 17:24:56 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, and happy Saturday! Hope you're all staying healthy and safe.
It's been a pretty productive first week of development so far, with two major things on my to-do list having been checked-off. Betrayer, Ilya's side story, is now up and running, and the game-breaking bug that prevented me from releasing the Spirit Gate path's last bit has now been addressed.
Its implementation brings the last update's wordcount to 23k words, which means the game has now hit the 1...
2021-06-05 20:35:52 +0000 UTC
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This took much longer than expected! Big apologies for the delay--if you recall the devlog from several weeks ago, I had intended to pursue a more innovative format, where the story is told from the perspective of a historian reviewing Ilya's letters centuries after the story had concluded. It was a fun idea to toy around with, but ultimately left little room for emotive writing! As a result, I ended up scrapping the first version of this story and starting it over from scratch.
Bet...
2021-06-04 22:25:19 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! It's the end of the month, which means it's time for the Snapchat Stories and Patron Tweets features!
Here they are, based on requests submitted by Arcanists:
2021-05-31 19:18:18 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, and happy update day! Thank you for your patience. :D
This update is roughly 21k words in length, split mainly into the following segments:
- Plot advancement content, including the Eli reunion scene in full
- Yu and F's paths in the Arcadia day-off scene (which now takes place before you commit to a division in Arcadia)
- Spirit Gate path of the Reglaire arc
- The break-in path of the Old Cathedral segment
2021-05-30 17:03:20 +0000 UTC
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Presented without caption because wow, what do you even say to that?
Cover and character design done by Yangpeiv / Riizart, whose commission info you can find here!
2021-05-23 14:43:34 +0000 UTC
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Hello and happy Saturday! As always, I hope you're all staying safe and healthy.
First of all, I'd like to extend my biggest gratitude for helping me reach my final goal! I was in tears when I first saw, y'all. It's incredibly validating that my work would resonate so much with so many people, and more than ever my confidence has been reaffirmed that there's a future for me in writing. I'll do my damnedest to make good on the grace that you've given me.
As promised on the $1k goal...
2021-05-22 15:55:16 +0000 UTC
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It's been a long time coming, but Yurui's portrait is finally finished! Her outfit is slightly less grandiose than Yusuha's is, but she makes up for it in side-eye and that glorious mane of red hair. And of course, it wouldn't be Yu without the side windows!
Falco is up next!
2021-05-22 15:00:57 +0000 UTC
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A bit out of order today, for the sneak peek to come before the devlog! Variety is the spice of life and all that. Devlog should go up sometime later today; in the meantime, please enjoy Part 2 of the Eli reunion scene! You've made no secret of how much you anticipated it, so trust and believe I'm doing everything I can not to disappoint. ;D
2021-05-22 12:13:49 +0000 UTC
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The cover art for A Mage Reborn will feature a pair of mages (potential MCs, if you will), and I received their character design earlier this month! They turned out really well, and I'm super excited to show you guys the finished product, hopefully later this month!
If you're at all curious ab...
2021-05-15 10:11:43 +0000 UTC
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As promised, a double feature! I'm withholding the Spirit Gate path of the Reglaire invasion because I'm not yet happy with how it turned out so far. Instead, the first thing I'll be showing off is the next update's opening scene, featuring the main antagonists of the next arc!
2021-05-15 09:57:04 +0000 UTC
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Hello hello! Happy Saturday once again. :D Lots of things to talk about this week!
I'll start with a piece of bad news first, just to get it out of the way: I will most likely have to reduce the wordcount goal for this month's update. :( I apologize! I had been confident that the holidays would provide me enough time to write a lengthier update than the last, but my professors have collectively decided to dump a boatload of coursework on me right before Eid. Damn you, higher education!<...
2021-05-15 09:50:11 +0000 UTC
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We're in the last stretch! Please select which of these portraits you'd like to see next, after Yurui.
2021-05-10 21:10:41 +0000 UTC
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The results of this poll will determine which one of these requested prompts will be written for the April / May side story! You can pick multiple options if you so desire. :D
2021-05-10 21:08:18 +0000 UTC
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Hello and Happy Saturday once again! Or Sunday really, at least in most places. Sorry for the late update; it's the run-up to Eid al Fitr and things have been a bit hectic lately.
That being said, progress is going smoothly for the next update! I'm up 5k words from last week, and the bulk of the next arc has been fully storyboarded. However, most of the progress writing-wise has been on future combat scenes that don't really make sense out of context, so I'm saving the sneak peek for no...
2021-05-08 21:33:30 +0000 UTC
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Yusuha is here!
Power shoulders. Crop top. Skin-tight black leggings. Billowing sleeves. Gold-enameled belt. The rope from Adrian's fanart. Yusuha's combat outfit is far from practical and takes forever to get into...but such are the sacrifices one must make to be the most dashing assassin in all of Nightsaber.
(The on...
2021-05-06 14:01:12 +0000 UTC
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Happy May Day! Hope everyone is staying healthy and safe coming into this month.
I'll be integrating the Roundup and Roadmap feature into one post this month (and most likely for upcoming months as well) because there's usually a fair bit of overlap between contents, and also because I don't want to spam your inboxes! Before I get to the meat of this content, though, there's something I'd like to discuss:
PREFACE. Patreon Billing.
After comparing ...
2021-05-01 14:21:40 +0000 UTC
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CONTENT WARNING: Harsh gesture (the middle finger, to be specific) in image 1, and a swear word in image 2.
Here the stories be!
1. In which Aunt Bess is left wanting for work.
2. In which Ante boldly attends a sermon.
3. In which Saine witnesses his b...
2021-04-30 17:20:46 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! Happy to announce that I was able to power through the block this past week and write a good amount of content! Enough for the update to proceed as scheduled. :D
The good news is that the update sits at 24k words, well within the wordcount range I targeted at the start of this month (20k-25k), and takes the game to where I had intended this update to end.
The bad news is that there's still some choice paths that are incomplete in this update, and will have to...
2021-04-30 17:01:01 +0000 UTC
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F!Eli joins the fray! I've been told she pulls off the look much better than her male counterpart, but hopefully she's still enough of a fashion disaster to compensate for the fact that she, you know, saved your life and everything.
( Also...do not perceive her and M!Eli's sneakers. That's the one aspect about these official arts that will undergo a final revision after everyone's portraits have been completed. xD )
PS. We're still accepting short story requests f...
2021-04-25 16:42:47 +0000 UTC
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As promised, the sneak peek for this week!
There are three customization points that your character can have post-resurrection: outfit, mask, and callsign.
These are the available styles coded into the game right now, though I have plans to introduce slight expansions in future builds. You will a...
2021-04-24 19:10:30 +0000 UTC
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Hello and happy Saturday once again!
I'll be candid with you, folks: it's been a tough time writing this week. I've had my first serious case of writer's block since starting this project in earnest, and none of my usual tricks did me any good this time around. Not that it hasn't happened before, but I usually get my mojo back within a day or two; this time, it's extended to nearly the whole week. It's new waters for me, and one I'm still learning to navigate.
That being said, the...
2021-04-24 14:33:56 +0000 UTC
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Hello! I'm back with the promised sneak peek, although it's...several days late aha. Big apologies, but I felt the need to rewrite the scene after having taken the screenshots, as several of the remarks felt a little out of place. I'm much happier with where it's at right now, though!
This is a choice hub from the next build, with each option having three unique flavor texts depending on what your pre-resurrection stats look like:
2021-04-21 19:04:07 +0000 UTC
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Happy Saturday once again!
Lots of writing done this week (+9k overall), though a lot of it was done on scenes that won't make the next build (undisciplined of me, but sometimes...you gotta strike while the writing iron is hot.)
They're important scenes nevertheless! Starting from the build after 3.0, there will be a day-off scene in Arcadia prior to the Eli rescue arc. You will be able to meet Arcadia's divisions before having to commit to one, brush up on your magic, an...
2021-04-17 14:20:18 +0000 UTC
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Heeeere's the Errand Boy! I guess Saine must be a favorite of Khutilust's too, because he got the guy done in record-breaking speeds. xD
The black outfit is brand-new, combat gear hand-sewn by royal seamstresses. The shabby brown cloak, meanwhile, is a remnant of his White Fangs days. He's taken to wearing it again after events of Errand Boy; it's the only way he feels like he can carry the mage with him, after leaving all their former belongings with Aunt Bess.
F...
2021-04-16 10:37:30 +0000 UTC
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It took a hot minute, but Ilya's portrait is finally completed! She's shown here in her saintess garbs, performing a bit of her theurgy. The bangs are new post-resurrection, and you'll an in-game option to note it. :D
(Currently contemplating the wisdom of also commissioning pre-resurrection White Fangs, after the core cast has been completed. The gang has all changed pretty significantly--Saine grew a lot taller, and Leon lost a lot of weight because of, uh, reasons.)
The next 4 ...
2021-04-13 21:36:36 +0000 UTC
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The haircut scene! Took me a while to figure out how to make it possible for you to change from a shorter hairstyle to a longer one, but pretty satisfied with how it worked out.
2021-04-10 18:43:31 +0000 UTC
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Happy Saturday! Hope you're all doing well :)
It's been a tedious, nuts-and-bolts week for the game's development, but I've cleared it in satisfactory fashion and I'm just glad this phase is behind me, aha. Development time was split roughly equally on writing, coding, and finishing up Errand Boy, which released a few days ago. Let's go over these one by one:
Coding - I've managed to nail down a few critical features that's been stumping me for weeks! It'...
2021-04-10 17:44:47 +0000 UTC
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As promised on the Arcanist blurb, patrons at tiers Arcanist and above have the power to shape NPCs over the course of the game's development. This time, you will have the ability to vote on the appearance and personality type of the next arc's main antagonists.
More details are available over on the actual poll itself, but beware that spoilers for the next arc are quite plentiful. 2021-04-08 23:21:34 +0000 UTC
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It's finally finished! Errand Boy sits at 5500 words, over twice as long as the side story was originally intended to be. It allows you to input your mage's name, pronouns, and non-magical specializations. Unlike Sunblind, however, it is by and large linear fiction, as events happen independently of the mage's influence (or in Sunblind's case, the influence of their memory).
2021-04-07 23:00:03 +0000 UTC
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