Hey all, hope your week's going well!!
I'm a bit late with this but that's because I'm full steam ahead on CH11 at the moment. Also still need to post the A and D previews, hope I'll get around to doing that sometime this week!!
This snippet was fun to write, though, and quite a bit longer than the usual character snippet since it's ~1k words long. Also, I can't even really call it R's character snippet since it's told from the Crown's POV and has a bit of a romantic slant lol ...
2023-07-18 17:23:03 +0000 UTC
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Hellooo, hope your summer is going well so far 🌻
It's been a while since I gave a solid update but I wanted to wait until I was absolutely sure I could finally announce the CH11 release dates.
I'm at 62k words at the moment, having finished A's route and filling in the last scenes for D's route as well. The drafts for each LI route will be finished within the week, but there are some portions I'm not completely happy about, so I will have to take time to do rew...
2023-07-09 18:47:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, hope your week has been good so far!!
Here's the free A/R bonus snippet, as promised. It took me a while to decide on the exact scenario since there were so many options my brain got a little overloaded.
In the end, I decided on a post-game scene, after the story in AToC has ended (and the Empire hasn't burned down lol). It assumes A and R didn't really have the time or space to deepen their relationship during the events of the game, and finally connect after ev...
2023-06-30 19:18:09 +0000 UTC
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Heyaaa, hope you had a great week!!
With this snippet we've finished all the CH10 POV scenes, and D's is a very cute preview for CH11 in my opinion.
Well, cute to me. Probably anxiety-inducing for the rest of you haha.
The file also already includes the A/R bonus snippet that I'm making a separate post for, mainly for tier 1 patrons who only have access to the tier 1 file. You can find that one on A's page.
Both of these snippets have also been added to the ti...
2023-06-30 19:17:42 +0000 UTC
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"Date" because this isn't technically a romantic date, but the scenario was sooo cute I couldn't help but write it. Also from R's POV, because it was even cuter that way.
It's also relatively close to the game's canon timeline, I'd say it takes place very shortly after the events of the game so R and the Crown are still in that honeymoon phase of their relationship. And absolutely acting like it lol.
So, 2023-06-26 01:42:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey all! There was no voting for Q&A this month since D was the only left haha. If you haven't read Part I of their Q&A yet, you can find it here.
Bit late this week since I'm busy writing, so tier 3 will get the romantic snippet tomorrow instead. Tier 2+ will also get the character snippet on Friday instead of Saturday since that's the last day of June this month. Somewhere between tom...
2023-06-24 23:52:59 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, hope your week has started off well!!
Slight delay on this one as I keep working on CH11, but it's a very big one for X. In terms of emotional damage, that is. Which is why I should also warn you: unless you have caught up with X's route up to and including CH10, this will have MASSIVE SPOILERS for their romance route.
Even if you don't care about spoilers, reading X's romance route first is highly advised, otherwise this scene will basically make ze...
2023-06-19 18:18:58 +0000 UTC
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As promised, the delayed dev sneak peek!! I've started releasing the old posts in this series in chronological order on the Tumblr blog, but it'll be months before I release this one and the previous one. Mostly I just wanted to have it archived neatly somewhere haha.
Part I / Part II / 2023-06-13 22:11:18 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, hope June has gone well for you!!
I was supposed to post development sneak peeks for tier 2+ patrons this past week, but I've had a bit of an impromptu break. A little mini-vacation to rest my mind before overworking myself, haha. The weather was really hot and sunny, so I spent most of my time enjoying it, which means I'll be posting the dev sneak peek this coming Tuesday instead.
I'm also hopeful I'll be able to finish and post the bonus A/R snippet the coming week as w...
2023-06-12 00:09:41 +0000 UTC
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Heyyy!!
A day late with this, but I think it'll be worth the bit of delay. It's R's POV on the romance scene in CH10, specifically the high romance variant. I was considering writing the low romance variant as well, but I ran out of time!! Maybe I'll add it at a later date.
Here's the link!!
You can select the assertive or the passive variant for it as well, so fo...
2023-05-29 19:47:32 +0000 UTC
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Just wanted to let you guys know that the bonus planned A/R snippet will be released in June instead of May, and the A/X one will be released in July instead of June!! I'm really in the thick of writing CH11 and can barely keep up with my Patreon schedule as is, so I haven't been able to find the time to work on either one yet.
I'll still do my best to post R's tier 2 snippet tomorrow, which I'm excited about since it features their POV in CH10 - for that scene. R romancers kno...
2023-05-25 19:44:42 +0000 UTC
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Hiya, sorry for the late upload!!
I was supposed to write a proper date for this prompt, but D whispered in my ear about how a sparring scene would be way sexier, so that's what ended up happening haha. It can kind of be counted as a date?
Here's the link!! The file has been updated with the new theme as well 💖
Hope you enjoy!!
2023-05-23 01:29:07 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the late upload!! It took me a few days to get to this one. In case you haven't seen it yet, X's first Q&A from last year can be found here.
I'll be posting D's romantic snippet on Monday, since I didn't have much time to write it - I've been focused on CH11 this week haha.
Onto X's Q&A!
What are the best things about leading a mercenary gr...
2023-05-19 21:29:20 +0000 UTC
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Time for another Q&A vote!! R and A have already had theirs, so the choice is between X or D this time 💖
Use the link below to vote on who you want to see this month and submit any possible questions you might want to see answered. Even if the LI you voted for doesn't win the poll, I'll save your question to answer it when they do get their turn!!
The Q&A itself will be posted on Wednesday this time, since I was a few days behind with the character snippet.
2023-05-15 17:03:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, hope your week has started well!! ✨
I'm here with A's snippet as promised, AND I've updated the bonus content file with the new theme that I've been working on!!
I got some feedback from tier 2+ patrons after releasing it for the main game last week, so for those who have already seen it, I tweaked the background color for the dark mode since I was told the white-on-black was a bit harsh, so it should be a little easier on the eyes now.!! Also fixed the settings menu ac...
2023-05-15 16:48:00 +0000 UTC
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Firstly, happy mother's day to all the moms 💖
It'll be a short update this week, but I'll post an extra long preview for R's route to make up for it!! I've taken a little break this weekend since the weather warmed up for the first time this year and I wanted to take a rest to enjoy the sun, so I'll be posting A's character snippet tomorrow.
As for chapter progress, I'm almost finished with R's route!! X's total wordcount ended up at 18k due to Imperial Court v...
2023-05-14 18:30:20 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, hope May has started well for you!!
I mentioned this on Tumblr yesterday, but I've been working on a new UI for AToC for the past week!! It's got the Settings API that allows users to edit fonts, font size and switch between light mode and dark mode. It also has a responsive mobile layout so you can comfortably play the game in portrait mode now.
There are still some parts I'm not entirely happy with. Foremost is that some of the images aren't sized ideally on mobile vert...
2023-05-03 20:52:36 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, it's the last day of April!! Hope your week (and your month) is ending on a high note.
It's been a minute since the last progress report, but I'm more or less satisfied with where we're at so far. The word count came in at ~35k words, so about 10k short of my goal for April, but I think that can be rectified easily in May. I took a 1-week break from writing due to some uni stuff I had to take care of, so my writing pace took a hit lol.
Specifically, ...
2023-04-30 19:16:58 +0000 UTC
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Heyyy, hope you're all having a great weekend!!
Damn I put out a lot of snippets back to back it feels like. It was basically 3 in the span of a week haha. And with this we finished all the POV scenes for CH8! The next two months will be for CH10 👀
A's character snippet was fun to write, I got to add a little bit more detail about their backstory, as well as the first inkling of Developing Feelings from their POV. Sometimes you really need a good old slow burn to balance things...
2023-04-29 22:45:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, hope your week is going well!!
Based on the poll results from last time, X/D won out with a majority wanting to read it from D's POV as well, so that's what I wrote for this month.
I had so much fun with this snippet and it flowed so easily (literally wrote it in like, 2 hours) that I could just feel my brain flooding with gratitude-serotonin for being able to write a completely new dynamic. I'm definitely going to be writing A/R and A/X snippets fo...
2023-04-27 22:52:23 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the late upload, I was celebrating my mom's 60th birthday over the weekend with my family ✨
This one was really cute to write, it's an established relationship between the Crown and X but still in the courtship phase of things. Thinking about where the Crown and X's relationship is currently at in canon and comparing it to this snippet is kinda funny, the vibes couldn't be more opposite lol.
2023-04-24 19:59:44 +0000 UTC
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Heyaaa, sorry for the late upload!! I had an absolute shitshow of a weekend and couldn't muster the energy to write anything, but thankfully I managed it today 😭
I planned to write and release the extra bonus snippet today (which will feature D/X btw, based on the poll results), but it will have to wait until next week instead 😩
This character snippet is definitely a super cute one though. I'd say it's one of, if not the moment R really started getting a crush on th...
2023-04-18 20:17:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, hope your week is going well!!
The results from the poll came in and A was chosen by a solid majority of voters, so they'll get to have their Q&A this month ✨
Here's A's first character Q&A, in case you haven't seen that one yet.
I also received a few interesting patron-submitted questions, so let's get to it!
Favorite outfit and why?
2023-04-13 19:41:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, hope your week has gone well ✨
The amount of pledges I've received since the release of CH10 have been crazy!! Thank you all so much for your support 🙏🏼
Since I'm already writing 3 snippets a month featuring the LIs with the Crown in some way, as well as doing so while writing the main game, my brain was begging me for something new.
I don't want to tackle the polyamorous dynamics yet, since I haven't worked out what a romantic relationsh...
2023-04-09 17:19:44 +0000 UTC
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We're back to voting for the Q&As!! Since R has already had theirs last month, for fairness, you'll only be able to vote for D, X or A this time 💖
Use the link below to vote on who you want to see first, and submit any possible questions you might want to see answered. Even if the LI you voted for doesn't win the poll, I'll save your question to answer it when they do get their turn!!
The Q&A itself will be posted on Tuesday.
2023-04-09 17:11:45 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, hope your week is going well so far!! Sorry for the late upload, it honestly completely slipped my mind haha.
We're back to more lore about past Crowns, ones that won't feature heavily in the story but might still be cool to know about to understand Arsur's history better. These are always fun to write up!! If you haven't read the past few posts linked below, I would definitely recommend doing that as well.
2023-04-07 21:52:56 +0000 UTC
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A day late on this, woops!! Hope everyone had a good start on their week tho ✨
I'm happy to say I surpassed my 15k words goal for March and made it to 18k words by the time of writing this post. My goal for April will be 25k words, so hopefully by the end of it I will have finished all the LI route opening scenes and be up to ~45k words for the chapter!!
Progress so far
I've finished the first draft for X's opening scene and am hal...
2023-04-03 22:35:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, hope your week has gone well!!
I'm well on track with CH11. If you saw the update I posted yesterday on the Tumblr blog, you already know I made it to 13k words this week. With only a few days left in March I think I'll easily be able to surpass my 15k word goal🙏🏼
For April, I'll be aiming for a minimum of 25k, which means that I'll hopefully have 40k on the books before May begins, and the bulk of the chapter will be finished!!
Progr...
2023-03-26 22:01:40 +0000 UTC
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Hello, hello!! It's time for X's POV of the Chapter Eight scene ✨
This one's a tiny bit spicy. Just the tiniest bit. But that's because the original scene was also a tiny bit spicy, haha.
Here's the link!! The tier 3 file has also been updated with it.
As a reminder, the link for these snippets will change on a monthly basis, and they also differ per tier, s...
2023-03-25 21:00:42 +0000 UTC
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I don't know what's come over me the past few days but my writing pace has been absolutely crazy since I posted that progress update on Sunday haha. I've written between 1.5k-2k words every day since then and am already up to 10.195 words!!
I'm really excited about it so I wanted to share. I suspect all this writing energy is because I've got a break from uni for the first time in forever lol.
All of my progress these past few days has only been f...
2023-03-21 20:55:58 +0000 UTC
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