Good god I actually pulled an all-nighter for this and still didn't finish the chapter completely.
It's a whopping 74k words at the moment (I overshot my estimate by about 14k words lmao, sobs), and it's about 97% finished. The only thing that's missing at the moment is A's low romance route 😵💫
I'll finish it up after I catch some rest and update it before public release.
Anyways, 2024-12-20 07:57:58 +0000 UTC View Post
I may have gone a teeny tiny bit overboard with all the romance content in this chapter, so for those of you waiting, the early access is gonna take me several more hours to finish 🤪
It’ll probably be done by the time it's technically December 20th in my timezone haha. Apologies to those in Europe, I know it's already really late over there!! But at least you can look forward to it in the morning 💖
Sorry for the lack of previews lately, I've been full steam ahead on CH12 the past week and am writing the final scenes to complete it before early access release for tier 3 on Thursday!
I'm estimating that the final product will be around 60k words, which is way more than I initially planned for this chapter... but all the plot and romance variations are really stacking up haha. The friendship scene with all the LI variations alone is 16k words 😅
I haven't done a beta readin...
Man, I wanna post more/longer previews but we're inching into real spoiler territory now with where I'm at with the chapter, so... you're all gonna have to subsist on these little snacks until the chapter drops.
Which is in 3 weeks from now!!! I'm so excited, we're almost at the finish line 🙌🏼
Here's a little sneak peek of D's romance scene to tide you over until then:
“How are you feeling?” you ask, your gaze flitting down to $dname’s side where $dth...
2024-12-05 18:27:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hiya, I hope everyone’s been doing well ✨
Here are the estimated release dates for Chapter 12:
Public release: December 28
Patreon tier 1 early access: December 26
Patreon tier 2 early access: December 24
Patreon tier 3 early access: December 19 💕
If anything changes, I’ll let you know, but if delays are necessary the...
2024-11-25 20:34:08 +0000 UTC View PostX's romance is such a spicy one this chapter, and people on the low romance route are in luck because they get the same scene as the people on the high romance route!!
Well... with some very subtle, very minor differences... but I'm sure those will be nothing to worry about 😇
Here's some snippets:
You narrow your eyes at them. “What aren’t you telling me?”
Shifting their weight around from one foot to the other, Ziryan’s cheeks turn slightly redd...
2024-11-20 19:37:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I've started working on the dedicated romance scenes, yay!!
Today I finished up the low romance variants for R, and posted a little sneak peek for it on my Tumblr, but of course you guys get a bigger preview for it here. The low romance variant for R as well as the other LIs will have 1 scene that will give your Crown 2 choices, one of which will help you recover the low romance, and the other which will, uh, make it worse 🙈
You know, if you wanted even more angst. Or ...
2024-11-14 21:02:16 +0000 UTC View PostI've posted an extensive progress update for CH12 on itch.io and on Tumblr, but it doesn't contain anything new that patrons don't already know aside from a new preview for an A Romance/R Friendship scene! So I decided not to just lazily co...
2024-11-06 18:30:25 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Halloween 🎃
This one's a shorter preview since I'm finding that I'm struggling to post anything that doesn't constitute major spoilers as the chapters progress lol. I've also been writing a lot of variants of the same scenes, and I don't want to post all of those either! Gotta give you guys a reason to replay the game multiple times haha
I'm overall happy with what I was able to accomplish in the past two weeks, though, as I've finished the opening scene variatio...
2024-10-31 17:15:50 +0000 UTC View PostI finished writing the insane amounts of variants on the opening scene!!! 😵💫
I won't post all of them (obviously lol), but the contrasts between A's low and high romance routes, especially if you choose the friendship scene with X, really tickled me. And I haven't posted the variation showing A's high romance route yet, so that seemed a good one to pick for the preview this time:
At the mention of the Imperial Guards, you cannot stop your thoughts from driftin...
2024-10-18 01:44:33 +0000 UTC View Post
A CH12 preview from last month has been released for the public 💖
I won't be releasing all the previews for the public, but this one seemed a cute one to share with you guys. I will probably pick one for this month to be released publicly as well, we'll see!
2024-10-09 15:59:23 +0000 UTC View PostI think posting these previews was really the Best idea because I'm finding myself writing daily again!! Not in huge numbers, but we're ~25k words into the chapter, which is double the amount I had like 2 weeks ago lol.
This preview is also one of my favs as this section of the chapter is providing pretty big Set-Up for the expedition to the mountains 👀
It's a relatively big spoiler in that it signposts what you can expect to see in CH13/14 as well, but it's also a major compon...
2024-10-07 17:32:01 +0000 UTC View PostFinalllyyyyy I've made some headway into the other major story branch for this chapter, the one where the Crown has gone to Kham and asked her to arrange a meeting with the peri trader.
This preview also includes a snippet for folks romancing D, since they're the only one so far that hasn't gotten anything yet, and one that is unique to this specific branch with Kham:
“There is one thing I have been wondering, princess,” you say as you stare back into her eyes, wat...
2024-09-26 20:45:40 +0000 UTC View Post
More friendship scene previews!! With romance variations!!
I'm having a lot of fun writing this scene even though the branching is a nightmare. For each Friend LI they discuss the Crown's main romance, including variations accounting for an unsteady/low romance or a steady/high romance. That's, uh... quite a lot.
At least the scenes are all pretty short!! So I've got that going for me lol.
Anyways, here's the first preview for if the player chooses R's friendship scene while...
2024-09-16 21:38:30 +0000 UTC View PostBack for another one!!
Note that this spoils the opening scene of the chapter, which I've been leaving blank for a while since I couldn't come up with a good way to continue from all the deliberations and plot-heavy planning from the previous chapter. In the end, I decided to give the Crown a little friendship moment with a chosen character!
Technically this snippet involves X, but they're talking to the Crown about R on R's romance route, so... yeah lol.
Today's preview is specifically a little tidbit featuring X, including a romantic variation!!
I'm aiming to show off little LI tidbits once a week next to more generalized previews, so we're starting off with the Pale Sword this time. Again, this one takes place on the route where the Crown has chosen to talk to the peri trader directly, but players who chose to speak to Kham will also have a little moment with X in that one!!
I've taken out the coding terms and have shortened the...
2024-09-08 19:33:59 +0000 UTC View PostFirst preview of September, yay!!
This is a snippet from the route for Crowns who chose to go directly to the peri trader in CH10, with a little flavor text depending on your Crown's intuitive/intelligence trait:
You manage to make it through the marketplace, finally arriving at a large building with an open front, wrapping around the corner of the street. Tables and shelves are lined with various flowers and plants, perused by a few passing customers.
This appe...
2024-09-04 22:40:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Whew, this is gonna be my last snippet uploaded for a while!!
This one features a scenario where D has to protect the Crown from some danger, as a reversal of an earlier snippet where the Crown protected D ✨
Enjoy 💖
2024-08-31 01:54:36 +0000 UTC View PostDunno if I can call this a real beach date since there's a bunch of other people around (Imperial Guards, but like, visibly present), but it's still definitely got romantic tones!! A tiny bit more A lore and their love for sea serpents too.
Here's the link, I also updated the tier 3 file with it.
Enjoy 💖
2024-08-28 02:46:39 +0000 UTC View PostDid the extra exclamation marks help communicate the urgency lol
Anyway seriously, I do actually have something important to say: work on CH12 has been absolutely tormenting me for the past year and I think, aside from personal circumstances, part of the reason is because I'm having Patreon Content Fatigue. You know, in case the increasingly erratic uploads and me running out of ideas for snippets weren't making that obvious 😭
So I've decided September (...
2024-08-25 17:51:21 +0000 UTC View PostGot some suggestions for R showing off some magic, together with the Crown as well, so I ended up writing this little snippet!
I missed writing the group dynamics of the main LIs + the Crown so here's a scene of them hanging out together, with R showing off their magic skill and an advanced sneak peek at what kinds of magical abilities your Crown will be able to perform in the future! I will very likely include some alternate version of this scene in the story at some point, so...
2024-08-25 01:24:59 +0000 UTC View PostI just received an email from Patreon stating that any new members who want to pledge to a creator after November this year through the iOS app will be subject to an additional 30% fee from Apple!
Hey,
Apple is requiring that Patreon use their in-app purchasing system and remove all other billing systems from the Patreon iOS app by November 2024. This means that starting in November, new memberships purchased in the iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% App St...
2024-08-12 16:14:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Maybe I should just make this a regular feature. You get to potentially see your fav scenario written out, I get to no longer break my head open coming up with ideas, it's a win-win!
From last month I still have these suggestions as options as well if you wanna second them:
A/D/R meeting the Crown in an alternate timeline where the Crown is a mercenary like mom (the X version of this has already been written)
The LIs spending a holiday together
Credit to Nya McAllister for the idea!
Fun little beach date for our local overworked monarch and their resident sorcerer 💖 There was a D version of this scene as well, but in this one the Crown gets to have some more water-related fun. The benefits of having a partner who has prodigious magic talent 🤪
Here's the link! Enjoy!!
2024-07-31 21:46:15 +0000 UTC View PostCredit to Jaiden Woods for the prompt!
This one has a romantic angle as it assumes an established relationship between D and the Crown, and takes place sometime in the future. Basically, the Crown and D had an argument right before D left on a mission, and now are reuniting again after spending that time apart!
It was interesting to write, since I haven't really gotten to overt conflicts between D and the Crown yet in their game routes, so it allowed me to a dip a toe in it in thi...
2024-07-30 03:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostCredit to Rue for the suggestion!!
Exactly what it says on the tin, this is a glimpse into that fight X and A had in CH2 while the Crown was off trying to find R. You'll find it listed beneath X's category!! It's about ~1k words because I had fun with writing this little scene, I almost forgot it was one of those things the reader didn't get to witness because it happened off-screen lmao
Usually, I've got snippets for the month already planned out by now, but this month I'm struggling to think of any scenarios in particular 🤔
For reference, the love interests up this month are X (tier 1/On the Run), D (tier 2/Successor), and R (tier 3/Crown). If you've got any scenarios you wanna see for either of these three, let me know in the comments!
2024-07-03 17:32:11 +0000 UTC View PostOmg it's been forever since I had anything of note to post about CH12 so I'm very happy about being able to make this post!! Since it's been so long, I've decided to unlock this post for tier 1 as well 💖
In part of what's taking me so long is that a lot of different plot threads continue to converge in this chapter and the chapters following it, so I've been agonizing a lot ov...
2024-07-03 17:31:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe set is complete!!!!!
I have very little context to give about this, it's just X being incorrigibly thirsty and the Crown going along with it (AKA pretending as if they aren't just as thirsty). Like the others, it's established relationship, and hints to spicy content.
Enjoy 💖
2024-06-30 20:44:14 +0000 UTC View PostI knew I was gonna end up late on one of these lmao
This one can be read as both platonic as well as romantic if you squint. I was going to write it in a more comedic tone, but then it ended up becoming a sweet moment where D reassures the Crown about some of their insecurities, and now here we are!
You can read this as taking place sometime early in the Crown's reign during a moment where things are a bit calmer and no immediate crisis situation is taking place lol. Poor Crown. 2024-06-29 16:35:59 +0000 UTC View Post