Hi everybody, welcome to February! I don't have much in terms of an update for the game, since I just updated the alpha build a few days ago, but I do have a poll for you!
So Croelle originally had a rapier or at least a long thin sword in the books, for no particularly reason other than that's how I imagined him, but I'm now thinking that this is potentially an improper choice for him in terms of his combat capabilities. Rapiers are so flimsy that it just doesn't seem like something Cr...
2021-02-01 22:51:56 +0000 UTC
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I hope you enjoyed The Painted Devil and Chandry's Shakespearan tragedy!
Whose story do you want to read next? I promise it probably won't be in play format! And I'm leaving the boys who won for their second round already (Blade, Trouble, Red, Chase) off!
2021-02-01 22:47:39 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, welcome to February!
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're having a lovely start to your February!
2021-02-01 22:39:37 +0000 UTC
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General
hi, lena! i was wondering about physical differences between the species in the shepherds 'verse? like, elves obviously have the ears and you've mentioned norms having 'sun touched skin,' but i'd love it if you could tell us more. <3
Hi there, thanks for your question! I think I'm axing the sun-touched skin thing; at the time I thought it was unfair that all of the other races got a "cool physical feature" to distinguish them, but then over time I rem...
2021-02-01 01:28:54 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone, I come bearing gifts! Here's the alpha preview update for January!
Password: stvalentine
What's New:
- 26,000 new words of content added to the game, including to Chapter 6
- 2 new codex documents: The Forgotten Peoples of Blest and The Fashions of Blest - see if you can un...
2021-01-30 09:26:21 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, quick update on where I'm at as January draws to a close!
January was actually kind of a low month for me in terms of productivity: it's the first in a long time where I didn't meet a lot of my goals! I wasn't able to complete other work obligations, and I didn't get as much done on ShoH as I was hoping. I was basically so busy with other things that I had to leave ShoH for the last week or so, which is usually when I do a "blitz" and crank out a lot, but for some reason I ...
2021-01-29 18:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, welcome to the last weekend of the first month of the new year! (Why did I put it like that?!)
Sorry that this Q&A is a few days later than usual: I thought I'd switch it up this month with posting the monthly short story early and the Q&A later! :D
(The real reason is that I've been buried under a total avalanche of work and didn't want to open the Q&A until I actually had some free time to answer questions, lol!)
If you know the drill, fire away! T...
2021-01-29 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Okay, so I went ahead and wrote a full Shakespearan play for Chandry's origin story, complete with a SparkNotes guide to read after you get through the play! 😂😂😂 I'm dropping it a bit early in case there are (very likely) questions for the author Q&A in a few days!
It's a bit shorter than the typical Shakespeare play, and I borrowed heavily from Shakespeare's style of writing and language to write it: there's one or two semi-famous lines peppered throughout (the whole play ...
2021-01-23 03:21:21 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, I don't have too much to update you on vis-à-vis the game this week! I've been busy preparing for my partner's birthday (I baked him a cake intended to look like the one in Mario 64 and boy was it a labor) and catching up on work after the holiday break and handling miscellaneous ShoH things, like organizing prizes for the winners of the holiday contest and writing back and forth with the various artists we have in the commission rotation, or updating the public demo, a...
2021-01-14 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello there! 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 month'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. T...
2021-01-12 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, it's my partner's birthday today, and that puts me in the mindset of birthdays and gifts! As such, the goody of this month is the Shepherds of Haven gift guide (spoilers ahoy) and a secret birthday calendar I made for the characters, so you can plan which gifts to get ahead of time and when!
Birthday Calendar
(The game starts in Kthili, with Trouble being the first birthday ...
2021-01-11 23:43:39 +0000 UTC
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Shepherds of Haven Holiday Contest Winners
You can view all entries and winners on the contest page here!
2021-01-11 23:24:54 +0000 UTC
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The ShoH Holiday Contest Entries (2020) are up!
Please vote below on your favorite entries (feel free to vote for as many as you like)! Voting will last for a week before winners and honorary awards are announced: until then, entries will be as anonymous as possible on the contest page!
Note: please do not vote in this contest unless you have viewed and read all
2021-01-03 07:51:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello! For really no reason at all, which of the Shepherds would you like to see in Valentine's outfits/styles? 👀 You know, red suits and dresses, chocolates and flowers... I'm thinking of 4, 2 boys and 2 girls, so keep that in mind while you vote! 😉
Who would you like to see in a Valentine's Day outfit?
2021-01-01 22:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to 2021! I hope you enjoyed Trouble's (ultimately depressing lol) short story! Whose story should we explore this month?
I'm leaving the boys who previously won (Blade, Trouble, Chase, and Red) off the poll this month to give them a break! 😄
2021-01-01 20:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Happy New Year, everybody!
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're having a lovely start to your January and to 2021!
2021-01-01 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody, and welcome to 2021! I don't have much to update about the game itself, as I spent the last week celebrating Christmas and New Year's with my family, but I do have some other things to note, and I'd like to do a "State of the Union" post for 2021!
Small updates:
- The Shepherds of Haven Holiday Contest ended yesterday, and voting will begin here tomorrow on January 2nd!
- For the month of December, we ran a fun holiday event where Offic...
2021-01-01 15:01:06 +0000 UTC
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Last reminder to everyone that the contest is closed to submissions at 11 PM MST tonight! All entries will be posted on the contest page (below) on January 2nd, and voting here on Patreon will run until January 9th.
https://www.shepherdsofhaven.com/contest
Thank you to everyone who participated, and Happy New Year to all of you! Thank you so much for everything you do, and...
2020-12-31 19:53:51 +0000 UTC
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[CONTENT WARNING: descriptions of violence, graphic injuries, and medical procedures involving the body. Brief mentions of death, alcoholism, and domestic abuse.]
There was a new Mage in Ashtown, and Elden couldn’t stop thinking about her.
It was wrong to think of a patient this way, he knew. He had to be professional, clinical—gods knew he didn’t get his reputation as the best Healer in the Quarter by hounding after women, no matter how beautiful. But there...
2020-12-31 19:43:31 +0000 UTC
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Hello, since Characters and ROs won the last commissioned art poll, let's decide which character we should focus on for this round's commission!
Remember, Ayla, Red, Trouble, and Blade have all won the past rounds, and their decided mediums were character reference sheets! After this poll, we will vote on the medium/format/style of the piece--but first we want to pick the character of the piece itself!
Who do you want to be the subject of our next commission?
<...
2020-12-29 23:17:26 +0000 UTC
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General
Trouble, bless him. 😂 How obvious in the land of blatancy would MC have to get to break through the "hey, MC is just my buddy" fog that Trouble lives in? Is he this oblivious to all types of advances or just MC's?
Things Trouble thinks friends can do:
- Sitting in his lap
- Cuddling while cold
- Putting their head on each other's shoulder
- Kissing on the cheek - a lot
- Nuzzling
2020-12-22 23:36:28 +0000 UTC
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Hello, it's that time of month again: time for the author Q&A! :) I will answer the first 20 questions sent in before the deadline, and any questions after the first 20 will be saved and answered in next month's Q&A! ❤ The questions will be divided into General, Spoilers, and NSFW for your reading pleasure!
The deadline for this month will be Monday, 11/21 at 12 PM MST. I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline, and I'm making the as...
2020-12-20 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Just as a heads up, the contest deadline has been extended to December 31st, 2020 by popular request! 😃 Hopefully that gives anyone more time during this busy holiday season! Details on the contest here!
2020-12-20 04:01:08 +0000 UTC
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So here's where we stand with the character cards!
1) Blade - done
2) Red - done
3) Chase - in progress
4) Trouble - in progress
5) Tallys - queued
Who should be remade alongside Tallys' card when the time comes? You can see all of the old character cards here!
2020-12-19 22:00:59 +0000 UTC
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Hello there! Remember how Chase was voted to be one of the first character cards to be remade, alongside Blade and Red?
Well, here he is! I admit the process of making this card was quite a lengthy and complex procedure, and I'm not totally happy with his color palette or the fact that the style doesn't match the artist who did Blade and Red's cards. So I've taken the liberty of asking her (the Red and Blade artist) to do Chase as well as Trouble (who won the poll last month); Tallys an...
2020-12-19 22:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello, I come bearing an update to the alpha build (and a new password to fit the season!)
Password: merrywintersun
What's New:
- 15,000 words of content added to Chapter 6
- Nobility! Fancy parties! Barbed words!
- A few new Chandry interludes: I don't know if you can access them before this chapter...
2020-12-19 08:33:26 +0000 UTC
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HIM...
His outfits! His guns! Better watch out, or a fantasy steampunk-cowboy-sniper's going to fight you!
Thank you for voting for Trouble when it came to this commissioned art piece, and don't forget to vote for the next commission here! I hope you enjoy! ♥
2020-12-17 03:27:34 +0000 UTC
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Hello there! 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 (seen below).
- 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.
- Final...
2020-12-14 21:29:48 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody, I hope your Decembers are going amazing!
I thought I was not going to have much to say this update, as I feel like I'm running a little behind on things this month. Long story short, last week I was hit by a sudden and pretty extreme bout of anxiety, which is normally not an issue for me! I've worked through it, but it was pretty crippling in terms of my workflow for a few days. But now that I've rallied and feel better, I've managed to work a bit on Chapter 6--about 3,000...
2020-12-14 21:15:21 +0000 UTC
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In a bid to improve the Order's standing and general public image, Riel has created a month-long holiday event for fans and Patrons! You can send letters, holiday greetings, and questions to one Shepherd who is dedicated to answering your postcards all month long... Shery!
How does it work?
