Whatever else is true of these nobles, they sure do know how to decorate.
It’s the main thought running through my mind as I take in the elegant room our host has provided for today’s salon. Sunlight streams in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, filtered gently through sheer curtains. The enchantments on them filter out the heat from outside, but they’re s...
2024-05-17 17:36:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Whatever else is true of these nobles, they sure do know how to decorate.
It’s the main thought running through my mind as I take in the elegant room our host has provided for today’s salon. Sunlight streams in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, filtered gently through sheer curtains. The enchantments on them filter out the heat from outside, but they’re s...
2024-05-17 17:34:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I went ahead and rolled for who's going to have their RO bonus story release first, and Lady Luck chose Rin :D
One thing I'm realizing more and more as I write these ROs is that Rin is like an overgrown cat in a lot of ways 😂 Very random with affection, picky about space, friends, and just about everything else, and still endlessly lovable (at least to me - which is a good thing, ...
2024-05-16 19:13:45 +0000 UTC View Post(some alpha demo spoilers in here if you haven't played it yet, FYI. Scroll to the bottom for dates + this week's preview)
I feel like I finally hit my stride again this week - and gosh, it's such a relief lol. I made a good dent in the second half of chapter 9's... 4th... rewrite? Idk, I've lost count on this demon chapter. Point is, we're making headway. I went through and played the alpha again with fresh eyes to start with, and it was really helpful. I noticed a cou...
2024-05-13 00:39:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Quick note: the RO bonus stories will release this month, as well, on the Agent tier. This is the monthly extra, which is separate content. So don't worry, the ROs are still coming ;)
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His blood was made of strawberries. It’s the only part of him she remembers. The burst of water that swam through the sweetness, the rush of High Summer, High Courts and daylight...
2024-05-07 00:54:30 +0000 UTC View PostThis was a very eclectic round of writing. I hopped to the epilogue chapter and coded out a few possible endings and wrote some of the RO-based conversations, including fleshing out one I'd already begun. Then it was time to spend some more energy on chapter 9, which I've come to accept as "this is my life now." 😂
I'm going to be working this coming week on writing, since with all the health issues I've been having I've started falling a little behind. My chronically ill ass i...
2024-05-06 00:36:27 +0000 UTC View PostI feel like I'm cleaning out a basement with chapter 9 xD
I continue to be so glad I have the alpha to keep me on-schedule. It's wild how much having an external deadline helps my process. At the moment it's forcing me to look at things realistically, and unapologetically toss things into the "keep," "keep with revisions," and "cut" piles.
One of my biggest takeaways from this continues to be "don't let the main plot diverge insanely depending on route, and let varia...
2024-04-29 00:27:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt contains the first half of all 3 Chapter 9 routes, and a few additions to Chapter 8.
We're off to the wilds again, this time to explore some secrets of the desert! ☀️ I hope you enjoy ~
(as always, if you have any issues accessing or playing the demo, comment or send me a dm and I'll...
2024-04-25 20:40:52 +0000 UTC View PostI'm pretty proud of this weekend's work, despite it being less than usual. Amidst the ongoing health scare thing, I managed to get a decent bit of Chapter 9's prep for the alpha sorted out, and tweak a few things that desperately needed it. We're going into the base, as you know if you've played the alpha, and there's so much in there that's gone through revision after revision until I landed on something approximating a playable chapter.
The thing that really made this chapter s...
2024-04-22 01:49:47 +0000 UTC View PostWelp, I might be infected with rabies, nbd 😭
(Fey minigame preview at the bottom to avoid this post being too heavy)
That being said, the alpha will still update on schedule! But I hope you'll understand if it's not the entirety of chapter 9. I was also in the hospital yesterday for what's either an allergic reaction to the animal or an unrelated virus, so in general I'm just moving slow. I will do my best to have multiple al...
2024-04-19 20:03:54 +0000 UTC View Post
We have a first draft of the map! I put together the video of me creating it, and here's the draft as an image :) Scroll below for a short story from the perspective of a cartographer in the world of Leas 🧡
----- Short Story: The Cartographer's Notes -----
Notes written in a small, practical notebook belonging to Karina, Archivist of Dalusin specializing in Cartographic Arts. The book...
2024-04-15 15:10:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe saga of Chapter 9 torturing me continues, but I'm gonna win this battle if it's the last thing I do. I hit the high of realizing the overall flow is working shockingly well given how hard it's been to write. Then I realized that an entire mini-scene I was planning to write needed to be scrapped, because it introduced too many differences between branches. It was to the point where if you played one route you'd have a different impression of some really key points to the plot. I don't...
2024-04-15 01:40:10 +0000 UTC View PostI'm in "draft 1" of the map so it's a little rough, but I can already see the vision, so to speak. I've never been an artist but this software is amazing at making that not a problem.
For this month's extra (Wilds Wanderer tier or higher) I'll be posting a look into the creation process this Monday, along with the beginnings of a... side-story, I guess I'd call it. It's in the format of a series of journal entries by a new side character. (So if you're an artist yourself and unim...
2024-04-13 20:13:48 +0000 UTC View PostI'm excited to share that I've invested in some mapmaking software for Leas! Thanks to your subscriptions, I'm now the proud owner of a copy of Wonderdraft ☀️Thank you so much!
I'm going to share the creation process as I go in the form of monthly extras, so if maps are your thing, stay tuned :D
askflh. Guys I'm so happy omg 😭😄😄 It's finally coming together!!
2024-04-10 13:57:24 +0000 UTC View PostI mostly spent this weekend working on the next alpha update. Chapter 9's three routes are really starting to shape up better. They've been the bane of my existence for ages now, but I have to say there's an even bigger sense of accomplishment as I iron them out. And I learned a lot from it. Most specifically, I've come up with the following notes-to-self:
Don't write one branch that's too different from the others, it'll spiral out of control until it's so different that the ch...
2024-04-08 00:11:44 +0000 UTC View PostI mentioned briefly on tumblr that I split Chapter 12 in two, and that's because I want the "falling action" and epilogue to stand on its own. With that in mind, I'm excited to say I'm really close to finishing 12. I have a lot of feelings about this chapter - there's a lot of really cool scenes and moments, but there's also some potential for things to go darker than I expected. I'm proud of how I've handled that element - there's a huge amount of player agency around these things, with only...
2024-03-31 23:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostIf you break up with Rin there's this moment towards the end of the game where you talk about it, and agh it's so unexpectedly sweet. I think I'm going to share it as a bonus scene here because I want to know someone's seen it. I'm still working on it, but here's a little preview:
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"Do me a favor?"
[mc choice here, but for now let's just say "Sure."]
"If you ever do leave, do it that way again," [rin_heSheThey] say[s]. "If you get sick...
2024-03-30 13:26:20 +0000 UTC View PostI'm so excited to share the alpha of chapter 8!! I hope you enjoy it, and if you encounter any issues playing, give me a holler via this post or DM. Quick note: If you have trouble with saves, check that your browser URL is "https" and not "http" - it's apparently come up for some games on moody.ink.
Without further ado: Here it is!
Which theme would you like to see for the first round of RO Bonus Stories?
2024-03-25 20:56:18 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the first Character Q&A!
You can ask questions by commenting on this post! (Or by DM-ing me a question, if you prefer). When I have enough questions to go on, I'll post the characters' answers :D
2024-03-25 20:53:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I find Keo at the south wall of Den Zarel’s compound. Their tall, muscled form stands so still I’d almost mistake them for another stone in the architecture if I wasn't looking closely. They’re gazing out at the wilds, the landscape beyond the city quiet in the moonlight.
“Hard to believe it’s Lasan already,” I say as I approach. The lights and music of the celebrations still fill ...
2024-03-12 20:43:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I find Keo at the south wall of Den Zarel’s compound. His tall, muscled form stands so still I’d almost mistake him for another stone in the architecture if I wasn't looking closely. He's gazing out at the wilds, the landscape beyond the city quiet in the moonlight.
“Hard to believe it’s Lasan already,” I say as I approach. The lights and music of the celebrations still fill the wide...
2024-03-12 20:42:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I find Keo at the south wall of Den Zarel’s compound. Her tall, muscled form stands so still I’d almost mistake her for another stone in the architecture if I wasn't looking closely. She's gazing out at the wilds, the landscape beyond the city quiet in the moonlight.
“Hard to believe it’s Lasan already,” I say as I approach. The lights and music of the celebrations still fill the wid...
2024-03-12 20:42:07 +0000 UTC View Post
A mix of short trees, dense bushes, and cacti populate the area, offering me spots of intermittent shade as I travel. Hummingbirds dart from flower to flower, and the insects keep up a steady hum that lulls me into a focused rhythm. Most importantly, with how thick the brush is here it's imporssible to see me meeting up with Rin from the city walls.
"Make. The sun. Stop," he/she/they say(s) by...
2024-03-12 19:51:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Text:
choice option:
"Who are all these Fey?" I ask, shocked.
choice body:
"Who are all these Fey?" I ask, shocked.
"I call this one impy," Keo says, gesturing to a red creature the size of my fist perched on his/her/their shoulder. I only recognize it from my memory of a bestiary; I've never been far enough into the desert to see one before. It looks like a jackal, but...
2024-03-12 19:47:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a sneak peek into chapter nine! Thanks so much for supporting my writing!
Text:
Well, that's something. I stop short at the note in my hands, so small I almost missed it.
Target Wren Iolenas incorrectly profiled. Client deemed at fault for assignment failure.
We can't work with bad information, [redacted]. If you want this fi...
2024-03-12 19:40:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm kicking my feet over how Rin and Tiane seem to have decided they're siblings 😂
I'm not sure how well the image will post to ko-fi, so in case it's hard to read here's the text (minus a few coding symbols to keep the text editor here happy)
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"Hey watch it!" {rin} snaps, grabbing her wrist and wincing. "Not so tight, my hair's weaker than yours."
"That may...
2024-03-12 19:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Text:
She rubs the back of her neck, looking uncomfortable. "You... technically, probably, shouldn't have survived it. And I may have invented a new technique by accident, that saved you. It's part of the curriculum now for advanced healers."
I was supposed to die? I stare at her in shock until Wren nudges me.
"Time to process that later," [wren_he] say[s_w], not unkindly.<...
2024-03-12 19:17:17 +0000 UTC View Post
"I can't believe I agreed to this," I mutter under my breath. I glance around the lavish enclave I'm sat in, perched on the edge of a too-plush couch to keep myself from sinking into it. We've been waiting for hours, and I'm steadily regretting coming here.
"Technically Adaan agreed to it for you," Wren corrects, handing me a crystal glass and clinking it with his all in one motion. "Cheer up ...
2024-03-12 18:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post