Chrysanthemum Games

Weekly Update - 06.03.23

Hello all!

And to those of you who are new, welcome. I'm happy to report that the transition to the new structure was pretty painless; hopefully you all found it so as well. 

In the roughly five days since the BIP was released, I've written 10k new words, bringing the chapter total to 110,000. I am hoping to either finish the chapter or get it to a full 160k this month, whichever is shorter. I don't know exactly how many more words the chapter is going to take, but the Orpheu...

An announcement

Hey everyone!

I've adjusted the tiers as outlined in the previous poll on the matter, and we're up and running with the new benefit structure!

For the two of you formerly at the $50 and $20 tiers, if you would be so kind as to choose from the new options, I would appreciate that. My plan was to just drop you into the $25 and $10 options respectively, but it turns out Patreon doesn't just let me do that. Probably for the best, but it does unfortunately mean you'll need to make the ...

BIP - February

Hello everyone! 

As you may be prepared for by now, the BIP is here. Now with a total of 100k words, and three complete scenes, with loads of variation. Most of this is, in some form or another, exploring the fallout from the previous chapter, before we move into the plot developments for this one. I sincerely hope you all enjoy the ~45k new words, if you follow along with the BIPs. :)

As always, this is quite a rough draft, so I do apologize for typos and the like, of which ...

Bonus content poll - February

Hello everyone!

The BIP will be here in a hour. In the meantime, next month's RO POV bonus content is Hermes's, so in this case I'm asking you to help me set the dynamic between him and Seph. Which of these sounds best?

Weekly Update - 27.02.23

Hello everyone!

Good news to report this week: the chapter has just passed the 100k mark, and I am officially done with not only the job-related scene, but the talk with Eurydice that happens therein! That means that from here, the chapter is going to be the Orpheus and Eurydice story, followed by one final scene with your chosen RO/PO. Of course, that's all sure to be quite long, but I'm pretty excited about having finally reached it. 

That's 15k words this week, and the tot...

Important Patreon Poll!

Dear Patrons,

First off, let me thank you all for a cumulative two and a half or so years of support here on Patreon. Fields of Asphodel has come a very long way in that time, and I truly do (quite literally) depend on your support and generosity to keep working on it. Hopefully, one day, writing will be my full-time profession; I do feel I’m getting a little closer every day. 

That said, I’d prefer not to bury the lede too much: this post is about the structure of my Pat...

Moirae's Mirror - February

Hey all!

This month for the Mirror, I've written up a (vague and short, but hopefully interesting) history of the Underworld itself. There's quite a bit of lore in here, so for those of you who like that stuff, enjoy! :)

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The Underworld has always been, for as long as there has been death in the universe. Considering that the very first beings in it once warred amongst themselves, one can imagine that this is a very long time indeed. Certainly, Hades the ...

Weekly Update - 20.02.23

Hey all!

Another week, more pretty decent progress if I do say so myself. The chapter is up to 85k, which is again 11k more than last week. I'm still making my way through the third scene of the chapter, but I've almost made it to the part where Eurydice actually shows up haha. There's a lot of variation in this one, because as I mentioned it keys off either what job the PC has, or whatever else they choose to do with their time if they don't.

I'm actually enjoying writin...

Bonus Content - Hekate POV

Hey all!

This month, you voted for some aftermath from Hekate's perspective. So here she is, on a break from her very extensive work, and musing on the subject of Persephone. 

I hope you enjoy it. Cheers!

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Hekate quite literally cannot remember the last time she was this exhausted.

After she and Persephone had both collapsed, she’d been the first to wake. It hadn’t been such a long time she was unconscious; certain complex magical co...

Weekly Update - 13.02.23

Hello everyone!

We seem to be moving through February at a very rapid rate, unsurprisingly. This week was pretty steady and consistent for progress; the chapter now stands at 74,000 words, 11,000 more than last week, which I'm pretty happy with! I'm making good progress through the (relatively) short scene dealing with the PC's job or lack thereof, and I do think I'll be clear of that by the end of the month, and at least into their conversation with Eurydice. 

Later this wee...

Q&A - Hades (WYR)

Hey all!

If you've been following the pattern of Q&A responses, you know this is a bit out of order, but I've reconfigured the order so that no one 'doubles up' in a month (i.e. we get someone different as the focus for the questionnaire and each of the bonus contents), so some things have shuffled around. Long story short, it's Hades's turn on the questionnaire this month, and we had Charon for the first bonus content and will have Hekate for the next. 

Anyhow, I hope yo...

Weekly Update - 06.01.23

Hello and welcome back, everyone. This month is off to a moderate start, I'd say. The chapter is up to about 63,000 words, 8,000 more since I dropped the BIP on the 31st. I am also finally through the conversation with the RO/PO, and into the section afterwards. This features the PC at their workplace after the events of last chapter, or one of a few different places if they don't have a workplace. Soon they will be visited by Eurydice, and have at least a bit of a conversation with her befor...

Bonus Content - RO Scenarios

Hello everyone,

This month's what-if/maybe-happened side story features Charon angst and a good-natured Dionysus with a pretty obvious crush. I hope you enjoy it!

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Charon sighs almost under their breath, running their fingertips along the deep purple bark of a petrified tree. The grove of them has always been soothing, for some reason, perhaps because of its origins. But it may also be because there is a stillness here, the sort of quiet that is lacking ...

BIP - January

And hello again, folks. :)

It's the last day of the month, and by now you all know what that means. Here once again is the BIP, this time with all of the first and almost all of the second scenes of the chapter included, for a total of just over 55,000 words. I think some of it can get pretty heavy and dramatic, so a general warning for possible discussion of violence, death, and other things you may have encountered last chapter. 

I hope those of you who play as they come ou...

Bonus Content Poll - January

Hey everyone! 

This month's bonus content poll is about Hekate, who will feature in the next variable bonus content piece (that's the one that comes out in the third week of the month).

I've got a couple ideas that should work for it, so I'm curious to know which one interests you the most.

Weekly Update - 30.01.23

Hey y'all!

Here we are, at the end of January. My next couple of days are pretty packed with stuff for the Patreon. I've got to get the BIP edited and posted, and then do the first bonus content of the month (featuring Charon) on Wednesday, so it might be closer to Thursday or Friday before I'm able to post that; we'll see how it goes. 

But! This week has been another pretty good one for progress. The chapter currently sits at 55,000 words, which is about how much will be goi...

The Moirae's Mirror - January

Hello all! This month's mirror is of the 'in-depth preview' variety, and I'm going to talk about some of the choices and decisions I made at the beginning of Chapter Eight! 

Without further ado:

Here we are again with the ever reliable 'CSIDE Screenshot' variety of showing you things, heh. As you can see, the PC's status with regards to dreams is coming back in here in a small way. ...

Weekly Update - 23.01.23

Hello all!

Here we are, rounding the bend into the last stretch of January. As usual, I can't decide whether I think this has gone by entirely too quickly or entirely too slowly. Sometimes it manages to feel like both at the same time.

Anyway! As of this writing, Chapter Eight is up to 44,000 words, so I've written 29,000 on the month. Considering I've still got a week left to go in it, I'm pretty happy with this. I won't quite get up to 45k in total for January, I don't think, bu...

Weekly Update - 16.01.23

Hello all!

The report this week is a good-if-uneventful one. I've made steady progress (except for yesterday when the house needed an emergency clean), and Chapter Eight now sits at 35,000 words. I remain in the debrief scene with the ROs, but significantly further into it now. I do think I'll be done with it by the end of the month, which will mean it's once again time to throw in some plot developments. 

These ones are particularly exciting, and at least judging by the resp...

Q&A - Alekto (WYR)

Hey all!

Back with more would you rather questions this month, and in the hot seat is Alekto, who I have to say would probably not get the point of this game. I did have fun with her answers, though; I hope you enjoy reading them. :)

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1. Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or 20 minutes early?

Early. The excess time would be annoying, but being late would grate on me even more.

2. Would you rather be able to take back anything...