When I made the Ability descriptions, I tried to keep them short and concise so as not to distract too much of the player's attention during character creation. Well, the descriptions seem to be concise. But probably not quite comprehensive enough. Right now I'm thinking about expanding the Ability descriptions a little bit on the not-so-obvious aspects.
It should look something like this:
Vigor
[Old description, hereafter they will rema...
2024-04-28 15:29:22 +0000 UTC
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There's not much to tell, but the long silence is not good for this page. It needs to be stroked and brushed, then it will purr... Uh, to the point!
First, the unpleasant. Touch and forget.
My energy situation here has not improved. In fact, it's creeping worse. The lights go off at random times of the day and night, for a random number of hours, and the periods between the blackouts are gradually getting shorter, while the time of the blackouts themselves, on the...
2024-04-22 10:34:23 +0000 UTC
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Well, two weeks have passed, it's time to share. Although this time it's the public version of the emergency update from March 23. In general, that's why I won't post it anywhere where I usually post updates. Just here. But this is the public version, so if you decide to take it to some site, share it with friends, or anything - that's your business. Somewhere, during this month (I hope) will be released a full version 1.7, public right away. Then and only then will I consider this episode co...
2024-04-04 21:17:11 +0000 UTC
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If everything had been normal, version 1.7 should have been released today, then two weeks later, its public version. But everything went to hell and created quite a bunch of problems (a couple of posts down if you don't have any idea what I'm talking about).
What now?
Public version 1.69 will be released on April 5. Perhaps it will be a little bit expanded. Anyway, I now have the arts of the hunter's camp and surrounding areas ready. However, somewhere right afte...
2024-03-31 01:42:46 +0000 UTC
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Update in the attached files.
The nice 1.7 number will appear when I can finish it properly. Alas, it's hard for me to give you a time frame right now. Nevertheless, it's +/- 90% of the episode. Tested to make sure it's passable. But bugs with some specific combinations of different variables cannot be ruled out. Hopefully, I can polish this up in the next 2 weeks before it's time for the public version.
2024-03-23 16:10:20 +0000 UTC
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To help you understand my current state, I will describe my last few days. First of all, and this is not the main reason, I got sick again. Fortunately, this crap only hit me hard on the first day but it started getting weaker the next day. Nevertheless, for almost three days I ate nothing and slept most of the time, completely weakened. My appetite partially returned only yesterday evening. I ate a little, regained a bit of strength, and went back to work (testing t...
2024-03-22 18:12:22 +0000 UTC
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Just a reminder of the 1.7 release date. Well, also because if I stay silent until the end of the month, some people might start to worry. No need to.
Overall.
The bulk of the episode is already in my version of the game. And as far as I've been able to test everything, it's working as it should. Now the part that was voted for last month is in the process of being translated and added. I think it's a matter of the next few days.
What's left?
2024-03-14 21:14:09 +0000 UTC
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Day by day, I'm gently and carefully converting the draft right into the game. A little behind my schedule, so to speak, but nothing critical. So there's not much to report, the work is moving forward, and I've already exhausted my limit of hints and minor spoilers for the upcoming update.
This episode contains quite a bunch of new stuff I haven't done before, but the experience will come in handy. Especially in the next chapter... But let's not get ahead too much. Another remarkable th...
2024-02-24 06:44:37 +0000 UTC
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Patron voting is now complete. The post with it should be open for public viewing and comment by now. Most want a full-fledged update, not a short one. So be it.
So far, the biggest update was 1.5. The upcoming update, if I do it right, will probably be comparable in size. Despite the extra month, the actual work for me has gotten significantly more. But that's okay. It's good to keep yourself creatively challenged.
And... And that's it. Let this be a short post instead of a ...
2024-02-08 14:36:35 +0000 UTC
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A bit of clarification.
It's better to put it in numbers, it'll be clearer. To understand, the last update 1.6 included 298 pages in the draft. And the 1.5 update before last was 368 pages.
Now I have the 280-page draft of the next update done. But there's a tiny little problem... Due to December being devoured by illness, I'm lacking a bloody month of work. Sensing that people would be waiting and pissed off, I then decided to release a shorter update, l...
2024-01-31 10:29:13 +0000 UTC
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What was planned?
The original plan for the 1.7 update envisioned a certain pool of events. Conventionally, it could be divided into two parts. But, the first half grew quite a lot in the work process. Because I didn't want to miss a chance to detail and show quite a unique situation, in which the players and protagonist have not yet been.
Then December came, I got the flu and was sick for ¾ of a month. Then there was the "pre-update" post (well, that ...
2024-01-14 19:05:30 +0000 UTC
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First of all, I apologize for my long online absence and infrequent replies. I got the flu at the beginning of the month, and a nasty one at that. It ended (I hope) only a couple of days ago, so I've been sick for almost the whole damn month. Game development, as you may have guessed, has been... slow. No, surely, I tried to work under the medication, but not that I was too productive. So the progress is there, but it's so modest that it's even embarrassing to mention it.
All in all, il...
2023-12-24 05:34:09 +0000 UTC
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Main.
Usually, I work along the lines of - scene ready in draft → add it to the game, and test it. But because of the specific, "hybridized" gameplay at the beginning of the next episode, it's not very convenient, so I doing the draft of a whole series of scenes altogether this time, about ~ half of the entire update/episode.
The hybridization that I mentioned above is a mix of "free roam sequence" stuff, with Selene wandering here and there ...
2023-11-30 14:01:25 +0000 UTC
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Everything written below is purely my thoughts on game mechanics. Nothing is binding. Play as you and only you like. But maybe you'll find something useful for yourself.
Builds.
When creating a character in the Inner Empire, the system is designed so that there are only 5 possible options for distributing the start Ability levels. These 5 options can be divided into 3 builds:
1. Versatile
- 3-1-1-1-1-1
- ...
2023-11-20 22:44:16 +0000 UTC
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Well, Patreon has added a free subscribers feature. Looks like it's evolving faster than me, huh. Okay, let's adapt - let the announcements of updates be open to everyone, just like the public versions of the updates themselves. I've also unlocked comments for free followers on content they can see. Everything else, for now, remains for paid patrons.
So, next update. What can I tell you without critical spoilers... However, if you want to know nothing at all about the upcoming ...
2023-11-10 09:35:18 +0000 UTC
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Well, two weeks have passed and it's time to share. The update is in the attached files.
As usual, I used the time between patron and public versions for deep testing and polishing. You can find a list of changes in the Changelog section in the game itself. In brief, a few arts and portraits were replaced, one bug was found and fixed, and a lot of small things were improved (I think so). And, of course, added all new patrons to the credit section. Thanks, guys and gals!
Enjoy....
2023-11-03 00:40:09 +0000 UTC
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Watch out for spoilers! I recommend you play to the update's end first and then come back here to see if you missed anything.
Well, foremost, this is the first update in the game, where builds with heavy investment in Vigor will be like: "Ugh! Ugh! Yeah, Muscle Time! Ugh! Ugh! Yeah! Muscles!"
Even though most of the Vigor checks won't yield the desired results, you'll still gain a bunch of experience. But at the most important moment, a ...
2023-10-19 19:27:10 +0000 UTC
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Watch out for spoilers! I recommend you play to the update's end first and then come back here to see if you missed anything.
Well, let's get started.
Cadonis.
- It's simple. The scene with him will start automatically if you're dating. And pretty quickly. Dating, hmm... well, yeah, I guess you could call it that.
- But... There is a way to avoid it. Use the [Agility 1] "Slip out of his arms"...
2023-10-19 18:46:36 +0000 UTC
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Update 1.6 is ready. You can download it from the attached files.
Without further ado - I just hope you like it.
No, wait! Thanks for your support! It wouldn't be possible without you. Okay, now you can download it.
2023-10-19 17:33:38 +0000 UTC
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So, the end of September, as promised the release date of the update. That's October 14-21. That is the same two weeks, plus one more week in case something goes wrong. Time frames are actually very short for me, but it can't be dragged out any longer.
I've already told even more than enough about the update itself in previous posts, so there will be no new posts from me here until the update is released. And the next time you see a notification about a new post here - ...
2023-09-30 06:48:04 +0000 UTC
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A lot of things. Let's try to go through it point by point.
The update is growing. As well as my anxiety. I can't do anything about it, so I won't even try to hide it. I only ask you to be patient and hope for your understanding. Yeah, it's about a desirable deadline. Again. Sorry.
The update is complex. In many aspects. Not only because of that free roam sequence... It has a plot transition between this episode and the last episode, new lore inje...
2023-09-20 00:22:28 +0000 UTC
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Well, today is the last day of August, a month that has been... not very productive for me. You know, there were a couple of distractions. But in September I plan to... work, work, work, and over here, yep, work again. I really want to release the update at the end of September. Or around that time.
Made some changes to the update development plans. Since the "spoilers are evil" policy is activated here, I can't tell you about them much. But there is good news I can tell. Remem...
2023-08-31 12:44:00 +0000 UTC
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And a couple... well, okay, not a couple words from me.
To avoid confusion, let's define the terminology. By the free roam sequence, I mean a location where you control where the PC will go, who she will (or will not) interact with, and in what order. This is generally similar to traditional gameplay from most games, but with the adjustment that Inner Empire is still a text game. You can take the first half of Chapter 1 as an example of this "free roam sequ...
2023-08-14 18:57:43 +0000 UTC
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Have you ever wondered why, in some default fantasy worlds, characters sometimes play chess? I mean, not in the board game as such, but in the very "earthly" chess. The ancestors of chess originated in ancient India and the figures there, albeit conventionally, reflect ancient Indian military formations. Then... how? Was ancient India there? No? But exist a full replica of real chess? It's easier that way, yes, I know... Too bad I'm not one of those who follow the easy ways...
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2023-07-29 08:38:04 +0000 UTC
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I hate hills. Okay, stop, this has to be the ending. Let's start at the beginning. So, I've been writing a draft, and I've done a few scenes. And then it was time to make the arts for it. The idea is to move the action to a hilly area. But I wasn't worried, because... What's the problem? I guess Campaign Cartographer, the program I make maps in, has an option for hills, right?
Well, it turns out there is one. And it's awful. Well, how awful... it can be used, for those very distant over...
2023-07-22 04:24:47 +0000 UTC
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So now my favorite part is to talk about the update and somehow avoid any spoilers. Oh, well... let's go.
1.6 is already in work. The approximate release date is August at the earliest, but you'd better count on September, and if I make it sooner, let that be a pleasant surprise.
The initial part of the update I'm working on now isn't too much of a concern to me. I've done this sort of thing before. But the main part (from the middle to the end o...
2023-07-09 11:34:59 +0000 UTC
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Two weeks have passed, so it's time to share. Update in the attached files.
Added all new patrons to the credit section. Thanks, guys and gals! There are no changes in the update itself (I haven't found anything that requires fixings). But there are a couple of corrected typos in Chapter 1 and the beginning of Chapter 2.
2023-06-29 21:05:36 +0000 UTC
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Watch out for spoilers! I recommend you play to the update's end first and then come back here to see if you missed anything.
As for finding them - it's not difficult, they are directly tied to who you hang out with (Cadonis or Iolanta). But let's start in order.
Cadonis scene.
- Note, this scene is unavoidable if you haven't broken up with him. See the hints for non-lewd scenes (post below) for details.
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2023-06-16 14:13:44 +0000 UTC
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Watch out for spoilers! I recommend you play to the update's end first and then come back here to see if you missed anything.
In general, the content of 1.5 is sensitive to whether you go through the Cadonis or Iolanta arc. So many things depend on it...
Cadonis arc.
In this update, you have to decide whether Selene stays with him or not. That moment will come during the camping. And it depends on a lot of factors....
2023-06-16 13:20:26 +0000 UTC
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Yeah, I did that. Somehow... Now let me crawl on the bed and just... lie there for a couple of days. Oh yeah, the update is in the attached files. I hope you like it.
I humbly ask you not to leak it into the public spaces. Those who like the game but can't afford support will get it in just 2 weeks.
And... if this isn't too much trouble for you, after you finish the update, please don't torture me with silence. Write at least a couple of words about your impressions. Even if it wi...
2023-06-16 12:00:28 +0000 UTC
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