General
What would the characters' names be if they were of the opposite sex?
Blade: Although I like to think of the name 'Blade' as unisex, I'll go with Steele for F!Blade (I keep thinking of Saticoy Steel if any of you know that unfairly obscure reference)
Trouble: I also like to think of Trouble as a unisex name, so I think she'd be Trouble either way, but I also like the name Elda for some reason!
Tallys: Tamar (the Tamar River is a somewhat myst...
2022-01-19 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, it's time for January's Q&A!
Last month had an overload of questions, so I'm going to be trying to answer the overflow this month. Thus, this month's window for new questions will be smaller than usual so I have time to play catchup!
If you know the drill, fire away! As I said, for this month only, the ask window for this Q&A will only be open for the next 12 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be Sunday, Janua...
2022-01-16 19:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, I hope your January is going super well!
I've been working with an artist, Carlos Alvarez, to create a more detailed map of Haven! This is the finished concept art, which we may or may not proceed to turn into a more painted version down the road--but for now, this is what will appear in the game (and hopefully will become an interactive map that you can click around on as an optional way to navigate your days off 👀)! There's also an overhead rough draft view for even be...
2022-01-10 21:44:28 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, I hope you enjoyed Blade's theme song, which was composed and commissioned with your incredible help! 🎶🎼
Let's keep this party going! What piece of music do you think we should create next? This is for the first round of voting, and specifics and details will be voted on afterward!
Key:
Character theme songs - these will be songs for individual cha...
2022-01-05 23:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, you voted and decided that you wanted to hear a custom music commission for Blade's theme next! Well, here it is for your listening pleasure!!! As you may know, this composition was only made possible by your support: you collectively unlocked the reward to have music and voice commissions created and added to the game, so thank you for making this piece possible!
Our resident co...
2022-01-05 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! I was under the impression this entire time that it was very easy to find the short stories (by clicking on the short story tag), but apparently these tags don't show up on mobile? So I figured I'd put all of the links in one place for ease of access and organization--hopefully I'll remember to update this post every time I post a new short story! (Or maybe we'll shoot for every few ...
2022-01-01 20:42:02 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, Happy New Year! 🌟🎉🎊🥳
You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you so much for your support, and I hope you have a great start to your 2022!
2022-01-01 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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[EXTREME CONTENT WARNING: This story is an attempt at a police procedural murder mystery, and contains all of the elements included in that genre, including extensive discussion and investigation of murder and death. In particular, this story involves the implied kidnapping, physical beating, and violent murder of an adolescent, as well as dealing with the corruption surrounding wealth and privilege, psychological manipulation and interrogation, and implications of bullying and physic...
2021-12-29 23:45:25 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, against all odds, I managed to get a decent amount of work done on the alpha build this month! The holiday crunch was a killer this year, and in between scrambling to get presents for everyone, going back and forth between my in-laws and my family's houses (traveling on Christmas Eve, no less!), and all the other busyness and demands (more interviews--they never end!--learning more Twine and JavaScript, managing some very exciting commissions, making time to see visiting family a...
2021-12-28 02:01:49 +0000 UTC
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Now that Trouble's card has been completed and Ayla and Tallys's are officially in the works, we get to decide which pair of cards is remade next! I am planning on commission Zu to make a Prihine card as well, but I figure it's more important to remake the old ones first before turning to making new ones for the less major characters!
What do you think? Whose cards should we remake next? Vote for your top 2! (2021-12-20 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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IT'S DONE
Look at him in all of his glory!!!
Our sharpshooting troublemaker... 💛 What do you think? I think this card so perfectly captures his confident demeanor and summer colors! I love everything about this piece so much (as always, haha)!
Tallys and Ayla are up next in the docket! We are slowly but surely remaking every character card at this point: eight have been done, so more than half, and just a few more remain! I can't wait to see wh...
2021-12-20 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, the Q&A was a wild one this month! Not only did I get a ton of questions (47, which is way more than usual!), but it's a solid mix of super wholesome Christmas questions and super horny filth LMAO. I wouldn't have it any other way! You sent in such great questions this month that I went over my usual 20; next month will have to be a spillover month so I can try to get to the rest plus some new questions next time! Thanks for your patience, and happy holidays!
2021-12-17 22:57:11 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, it's time for December's Q&A!
If you know the drill, fire away! As per usual, the ask window for this Q&A will only be open for the next 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be Thursday, December 16th, 12 PM MST. I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline!
If you are new or need instructions, read on. If not, leave your questions here in the comments of this post, or on Tumblr!
2021-12-15 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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This is a flash poll for a named character that'll be mentioned and featured more prominently in Chapter 7: I can't tell you much about him without spoiling some details, so all you need to know for now was that he is/was a Mage, and is/was a visitor to Wallmire! Thirties, sort of naive and wide-eyed and good-hearted, constantly amazed by everything, a wandering soul...
You're in for another round of Quick, Name This Guy!
2021-12-11 18:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Well, guys, it's official: I'm totally addicted to making these little codex pages!
If you didn't see the Breads of Blest in September, this is a follow-up in an ongoing of series I'm going to do! Food paintings + me and useless fantasy knowledge... a truly winning combo! 🍒🍇🫐 What should I do next? Vegetables? Meats? Regional dishes?? Non-food entries?! Leave a comment below! And let me know which Bl...
2021-12-10 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, welcome to the last month of 2021!
You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred by Hosted Games (over usernames like hottie69420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you so much for your support, and I hope you have a ...
2021-12-02 05:44:38 +0000 UTC
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[EXTREME CONTENT WARNING: This story is an attempt at a police procedural murder mystery, and contains all of the elements included in that genre, including extensive discussion and investigation of murder and death. In particular, this story involves the implied kidnapping, physical beating, and violent murder of an adolescent, as well as dealing with the corruption surrounding wealth and privilege. Please protect yourself and read only at your own risk!]
2021-11-30 22:48:25 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, the alpha update for November is here!
I'm actually very proud of the amount of work I got done this month: while I've been working on learning Twine (as well as CSS and HTML and Javascript...) on the side, I still got the same amount of writing done on ShoH that I normally do! So there's the full amount of words for the update this time, plus all of the other stuff I had to do this month (like traveling cross-country for a reading/award ceremony, the holiday weekend, comm...
2021-11-28 05:43:05 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, as stated here, we're commissioning a music piece for the winner of the last music poll, who was Blade! So I'm opening up for suggestions (especially for the musically-inclined among you) for what you think Blade's song would sound like: feel free to send vibes, instruments, sounds, rhythms! Fast or slow? Pipes or electric guitar? Feel free to let loose and even post examples and links...
2021-11-25 01:14:18 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! If you're new to this, voting on an art commission for the game is a reward that Patrons have unlocked on this Patreon! ❤️
How it works:
- First we vote on the subject of the art piece. This round's winner: Characters and ROs.
- Then we vote on specific details of the art piece. If Characters and ROs won, we vote on which character we want to focus on, or if Settings won, we vote on the location we want to see.
2021-11-25 01:05:28 +0000 UTC
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General
It is already down into the low 70s in Texas and I'm a miserable whiny freezing blob. 😭 Which of the ROs are human furnaces and which of them are veritable ice cubes?
I'm the same here in AZ! 😂I'm using a thick fuzzy blanket indoors, but it's not even 60 yet outside...
Blade: his core body temperature runs warmer than average (mostly due to arma), but his hands are usually cold!
Trouble: he runs like a furnace, and doubly so when he sle...
2021-11-18 01:52:14 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, back at it again! Time for this month's Q&A!
If you know the drill, fire away! As per usual, the ask window for this Q&A will only be open for the next 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be Tuesday, November 16th, 12 PM MST. I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline!
If you are new or need instructions, read on. If not, leave your questions here in the comments of this post or...
2021-11-15 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Hiya everyone! I'm still working on the next "codex pages" as mentioned in last month's goody post, but as those pages are so heavily reliant on art, we're going at the pace of our artist for those! Instead, this month I'm giving you a sneak peek at the new character page for the ShoH website; I like to refresh these pages every so often, so here's a look at the latest version (don't worry, the old ...
2021-11-09 21:46:21 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, Characters and ROs won the last poll in this round, so let's decide which character we should focus on for this commission!
Remember, Ayla, Red, Trouble, Blade, Chase, and Riel have all won the past rounds, and their decided mediums were character reference sheets! After this poll, we will vote on the
2021-11-05 23:37:38 +0000 UTC
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MORE POLLS! As you voted recently, our next commissioned music piece for Shepherds will be a character theme song! But whose? It's up to you to decide!
(And once we figure out a winner, I'll be opening it up to your suggestions on how the music piece for them--what instruments or sounds or vibes seem appropriate, so I can relate them to our composer--should go!)
What do you think?...
2021-11-05 23:31:06 +0000 UTC
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And another, much more straightforward and simple poll!
If you remember, how did you first hear about or find Shepherds of Haven?
2021-11-02 00:47:09 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, November is going to be a crazy month for you guys, because I am STACKED with polls to unleash on you! There's the music commission poll, art commission poll, merch polls, and so much more... So buckle in and get those voting thumbs (?? idk why I said it like that but I'm leaving it) ready: there's lots of things I'd like your feedback on this month!
First things first: how do you guys feel about fairmath? This is probably more relevant to the code-divers,...
2021-11-02 00:44:02 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, welcome to November! (This year is just flying by... I can't believe we're almost into 2022... 😅😅😅)
You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred by Hosted Games (over usernames like hottie69420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you s...
2021-11-02 00:21:04 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, I've got the alpha update for October here! As I mentioned in my last post (be sure to check that in case you didn't see my later edit, too), I didn't get as much as I wanted to done on the build this month, but I'm still happy with my work, and it's definitely necessary setup for all the things to come! Wtf is going on in Wallmire?! And which "familiar" face are we going to meet in the mo...
2021-11-01 01:10:58 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, I hope you're settling in (or getting ready to go out for) Halloween weekend--if that's a thing you celebrate! I've been plugging away at the update for the alpha build--I haven't got as much on it done as I wanted to this month, for reasons I'll get into below. But I did manage to finish this month's entry of Trouble and Riel's CSI shenanigans early, along with a bunch of other stressful non-Shepherd stuff--this last week I had an author event/launch party at our local bookstor...
2021-10-30 21:54:14 +0000 UTC
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