Hey all!! We're back with another character snippet, which I'm very proud of considering I released a whole chapter this month ✨
This one's for A's first meeting with the Crown in CH2! Here's the link for this month!
The tier 3 file will also be updated with A's snippet; I'll be posting it shortly, as it also includes D's romantic snippet as an a...
2022-09-17 17:34:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe release is finally here!!
First, thank you all so much for pledging, it's incredibly appreciated!!
Second, I've also set up a Google Forms for reporting any bugs or typos you may run into anonymously, in case you don't want to do so on Discord or through Tumblr.
There's also a player survey attached to the very end of the chapter, but beware some questions contain a lot of big spoilers 2022-09-15 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The release is finally here!!
First, thank you all so much for pledging, it's incredibly appreciated!!
Second, I've also set up a Google Forms for reporting any bugs or typos you may run into anonymously, in case you don't want to do so on Discord or through Tumblr.
There's also a player survey attached to the very end of the chapter, but beware some questions contain a lot of big spoilers 2022-09-12 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Due to the CH9 early access release I received an absolutely huge influx of new pledges, especially ones for tier 3, so I absolutely smashed my goal of getting to 1k a month 🙏🏽
While I suspect this'll be temporary due to the chapter release, as I stated in the weekly progress update, I still wanted to show my appreciation in some way for Tier 3 patrons in particular, so I've decided that I will release a romantic snippet featuring the Crown and an LI this...
2022-09-11 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, hope your week is going well!!
It was certainly a busy one for me lol. I finally got to release Chapter 9 for Tier 3 patrons, and Tier 2 and 1 patrons will be getting access either tomorrow or later this week, with the public release right around the corner 👀
To start things off with, I wanted to thank all the new pledges for helping me get past my 1k goal for the Patreon!! Based on this I've decided to release a bonus romantic snippet for Tier 3 2022-09-11 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all! Last month I posted the first part of a closer look on the disciplines of magic in Arsur and what each looks like in practice, so here's part 2!
Healing
Healing magic, aside from using alchemy, relies heavily on a specific type of aura magic. Essentially, to become a healer, a user must train their aura to become <...
2022-09-07 15:43:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe release is finally here!!
First, thank you all so much for pledging, it's incredibly appreciated!!
Second, I've also set up a Google Forms for reporting any bugs or typos you may run into anonymously, in case you don't want to do so on Discord or through Tumblr.
There's also a player survey attached to the very end of the chapter, but beware some questions contain a lot of big...
2022-09-05 17:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! I don't technically have any posts scheduled for this week since we're in between the regular monthly schedule, so I thought I'd post more previews for Chapter 9 instead ✨
These will also be posted later on the Tumblr blog, but you get to see them a little early!
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2022-09-02 19:58:29 +0000 UTC
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This is kind of a super quick and short update as I'm literally in the last stages of writing the chapter and will likely send it to my betas some time tomorrow to be reviewed in the coming week. Then the tier 3 patrons will get access to the chapter on September 5th the week after 👀
There were quite a few scenes I wrote in this chapter that I had to cut due to Bloating and will instead insert into future chapters. I also had to limit the size of some of the variants--remember that D...
2022-08-28 20:51:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey gang!! I'm shocked I managed to finish this snippet on time considering I still need to complete the last bits of the CH9 draft, so I'm rather proud of myself haha.
It's D's turn for the first meeting this time!! Here's the new link to the game file.
As a reminder, the link for these snippets will change on a monthly basis, and they also differ per tier, so make sure to check...
2022-08-27 18:41:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, hope your week has gone well!!
I've been working on the final scenes for CH9 and I'm more than confident I'll be able to send it off for beta-reading some time the coming week ✨
The initial estimate of 60k for this chapter has been cut down to ~45k (which I'm literally 2k away from reaching) as I realized, while editing in between, that the middle part ended up being too bloated with plot points and choices that should be spread out more during futu...
2022-08-21 20:59:25 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!! Tûjo and Heval won the poll by 1 vote, though Kaja & Ezo were a very close runner-up, and there were several interesting questions sent in as well.
I'll save the questions that were intended for the other characters that won't get a turn this month until they are featured in the Q&A as well, thanks for sending them in ✨
Onto the Q&A!
Can you advise how you chose your profession?
Heval: "It wasn't really a choic...
2022-08-19 21:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostHi all, it's that time of the month again! Each LI has had a Q&A session, so I thought it would be fun to give various side characters a chance for a Q&A as well.
There's various characters to choose from, both individually and in pairings, but you can also submit suggestions for a character that isn't listed, and I'll put them as an option to vote on during the next round!
2022-08-17 16:56:18 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!! R's tier 1 snippet is here, the first one depicting the Crown's first meeting with the LIs in the story 💖
Here's the link for this month! The tier 3 file has also been updated with R's snippet, check A's post from last month for the link if you have that tier and would rather ...
2022-08-13 23:39:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all, hope your week went well 💖
It's been a while since a proper progress update but I've had a lot of things cooking in the meantime that I'm excited to update you on!
In case you haven't seen in yet, I announced the release dates for Chapter 9 on my Tumblr a few days ago - it differs per tier, so make sure you check when your tier gets the release! ...
2022-08-07 16:18:26 +0000 UTC View PostFor this and next month's sneak peek, I thought it would be nice to go more in-depth with the nine types of disciplines that have been named in the story so far! Especially since your Crown will eventually be able to choose which one to learn in the story.
Most of these you can probably guess what they do based on their names, especially if you've consumed other fantasy stories before, but they do work in unique ways in Arsur considering the inner/outer magic system.
I've decide...
Hey all!! A's tier 3 snippet is here, and with that, all the CH4 snippets have been released! It was a very A-centric month this time haha💖
Note that this snippet has huge spoilers for A's backstory if you haven't played Chapter 7 yet!!
The next set of snippets will be the LIs POV during their first meeting with the Crown 👀
Here's the link for...
2022-07-31 02:28:22 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! Another late post this month, I'm not sure what's going on with my brain but I keep missing the planned schedule post by a day or two lol. Maybe it's the lingering Covid brain fog 😂
As the other 3 LIs were already voted on the last 3 months, so there was no voting this time as this month's Q&A is automatically dedicated to A! Starting from next month there will be voting rounds again, this time including side characters for the Q&A as well!
Som...
2022-07-23 21:56:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!! Sorry for the late upload, but D's tier 1 snippet is finally here 💖
I probably won't manage a weekly progress report this week, but you'll at least have the character snippet to enjoy!
Here's the link for tier 1 this month (it has also been added to the tier 3 file, see R's post from last month for the link). The link for these will change on a monthly basis, and th...
2022-07-17 21:50:23 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!! I've run out of CH9 specific previews for now so I decided this was a good opportunity to do a post for some world-building instead. Specifically, an aspect I've gotten a lot of questions about on the blog but didn't want to answer yet due to how far off we were from it in-game, but I think now is the right time to delve deeper into it: committed romantic relationships!
Note that none of the following is based in any real life history or culture as those tend to be very p...
2022-07-14 00:17:38 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!!
I'm pretty much recovering from Covid right now so I blame my Covid brain from last week for forgetting to post the Dev Sneak Peek. Instead I'll post it this Wednesday, and then you'll have D's snippet on Saturday this week to look forward to as well!
Schedule updates aside, I actually did manage to write a little bit while sick (I added 2k words for a total of 31k now), but I did more editing than anything else, to be honest. I thi...
2022-07-11 00:35:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!! So sorry for the late update, I honestly forgot about posting yesterday; I came down with Covid last Thursday so even though I've been locked up in my room I was pretty much preoccupied with that. My symptoms are thankfully mild (I'm vaccinated + boosted) but I've had a persistent headache and fatigue so I was a little bit muddled lol.
Onto the actual progress update!
First, I can say with certainty that we're most likely looking at an August release d...
2022-07-04 20:08:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey all, I hope June was kind to you!! Personally, I'm just glad I got it over with haha.
This month's tier 3 snippet is kind of depressing, I'm just going to warn you of that beforehand. But it also gives a look into how difficult the past decade has been for R, so that's a little more insight into their backstory and motivations!
Here's the link to their snippet! The link for...
2022-06-30 19:19:00 +0000 UTC View PostI'm handing in my thesis!!!!!!!
I'll see you all for R's character snippet next time! I'll be releasing it on Thursday so that June's tier 3 patrons will still have access to it 💖
2022-06-26 19:54:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey gang! The results came in and about 60% of you voted for R this month, so A will automatically get the next month's Q&A.
We got a couple of questions specified for R from past voting rounds, as well as a bunch more from this round!
Onto the questions ✨
Who is your favorite person to work with?
"I would say Ashti/Azad. We see eye to eye on many things, and the few times they do disagree with me I appreciate hearing their perspective. They never c...
Hey all!
This week's progress report will be very brief since I don't have anything big to talk about at the moment. I handed in the final draft of my thesis this Friday for feedback, so most of my work on that front is finished!! My summer vacation is only 3 weeks away 😭
I managed to write only 2k words (the total is at 27k now), but in the process of fine-tuning the core of the chapter, I added even more variations to ...
2022-06-20 00:09:18 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!! It's pretty late where I'm at (it's technically already Sunday over here lol) and I'm completely beat from thesis work so I'll keep this post short and sweet and let you get right to the snippet.
I don't think I mentioned this for all tiers yet, but I added a minor change to the in-game save function where you no longer have a pop-up asking you to name your save. Now, it will automatically save as whatever your Crown's name is. Hopefully that will make it less a...
2022-06-18 22:43:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all, hope you had a good week!! It's technically the 13th in my timezone now but it's fine don't mention it 🙈
I've gotten back to working on AToC a bit. I didn't write much, just 3k words, but at this point any progress is better than no progress lol
A fun idea I had this week and that I started working on was yet another ✨Dream Sequence✨ influenced by the state of mind of your MC as well as the outcome of the opening scene 2022-06-12 23:33:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya!! Hope your week's going well so far. Frankly my sleeping schedule has been an absolute disaster the past month so I can't believe it's only Wednesday lol
I already gave y'all a brief overview of Arsur's main levels of government in the May Sneak Peek, but now I think it's time to introduce you all to the various positions on the ✨Imperial Court✨ and their responsibilities!
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Hey gang, I'm sorry to say there won't be a progress update today!!
Aside from the Hazire snippet I posted yesterday, I've virtually had no progress with AToC as I'm in the midst of writing out the results of my thesis 😭 It's the biggest and probably most important part, so I had to give it my full attention.
Thankfully it'll get much easier after the coming week as the biggest hurdle will be over with, assuming I can finish my results on time, so I'll be able to fully fo...
2022-06-05 18:41:26 +0000 UTC View Post