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Weekly dev log #9, August 7th 2023

A duller one this week because I find myself running short on vocabulary, and I've been staring at this damn empty page for at least an hour now.
Last week, I wrote about 7k words total (yay!), spent many hours massaging the dog who's leg is hurting (she is fine, but a great source of debilitating stress- she is my everything, I don't even know how to explain it. This is her first health-scare insomuch that we live in an apartment on the highest floor without an elevator, which just... sc...

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August Q&A poll!

Who's next? Also, I'm including some more characters in the roster. hehe :> Polls close on or around the 23'rd, as always! Ohohohoooo, and happy friday! I'm so excited to play both Baldur's Gate and Remnant II that I'm bursting at the seams. I hope you have a great weekend, too! <3

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The next chapter - a sneak peek

You start running without even thinking of it, up the stairs two at a time, launching yourself through corridors and turns you take out of pure muscle memory, weaving through the masses with practiced ease. The bustle of the morning is gone, hunters and guards running in opposite directions, shouting directions at each other with alarm instead. You feel it too, the alarm. Prickling on your skin like needlegrass, bunching your muscles with tension. Sweat pearls on your brow, not from exertion,...

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Weekly dev log #8, July 31st 2023

Well I feel a bit perkier since last we spoke! I don't think I really realized how mentally exhausted I was after work and just how intense the shift into writing full time was- managing all the different aspects of it wasn't as much of a breeze as I hoped it would be, but one day I swear I will trick my monkey brain to work with me on these matters.

Last week I wrestled with the fact that I struggle to draft 1-2k words a day for Ouro, which I can write without issue, often way...

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August NSFW Poll

You know how this goes, M!Auryn x F!MC is out of the running for next month, but I have plenty of other options for you.
Oh! I feel like reminding you that if there is anything you'd really like to see, you can send me requests for prompts (even anonymously on tumblr, if you wish, just say its for the patreon polling!) and I'll include them in the voting next month. Anyway, let's get to it!

This poll will close on the 23rd of August.

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Polls are closed!

Winners are...

For the Q&A dropping on the 6th of August (HOW is it AUGUST so SOON. WHAT.):
Leith with 52% of the votes!
Please send in your questions, if you have any, through tumblr, here or discord! Also! Specify if you are asking past or present Leith! >:3 

For the NSFW short dropping on the 30th of July:
sub F!MC x M!Auryn x NPC "Sharing is caring" with 35% of the votes, super closely followed by any...

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Weekly Dev Log #7, July 24th 2023

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing swell<3 I don't have much to tell about last week— I wrote a little, coded a little, listened to gods silence, went on too many social functions that left me with grass-stained shoes and an empty head, spilled secrets to the bees, you know; the usual for summertime.
I have to say that I'm getting so excited for the twine port that my head is teeming with everything surrounding that- what to edit and add, structuring the hunters arc a bit better; I...

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Preset!Leith, in the present day, moodboard + a sneakpeek

Oh, dear. 

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Something drips with a rhythm so deliberate it implies a source. It is the slow movement of an unholy metronome that resounds in the darkness, each droplet meeting the wet, the dark.

It whispers, like worms writhing through loamy soil. Your head throbs as if suspended upside down, yet you see no up and no down and no walls and no ground. 

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Weekly Dev Log #6, July 17th 2023

Another week has arrived! I’ve been busy, busy, busy, and absolutely on fire when it comes to creative things all throughout last week. You saw the cover/banner, two of the moodboards, one of the three short stories- but along with all that I started tweaking the twine version again(poking around in different templates this time)!
It started after hearing the somewhat worrying news that dashingdon is no longer supported by its indie creator, which is absolutely understandable a...

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Weekly Dev Log #5, July 10th 2023

Hello everyone! I hope you have had a great week and weekend. I spent my weekend being an absolute gremlin, rearranging rooms and obsessively cleaning and then dancing my ass off in a forest to some really loud music- just overstimulating my brain in the best kinds of ways! 😌 It really helped me reset in a big way, which my neurodivergent brain sorely needed after the sort of stalemate I got in last week. I’ll tell you a bit more about it- and I hope you are ready to hear about every fac...

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Wednesday bonus post: story memes

Hello everyone! Today I humbly offer some memes I made :]

Hunter with the masterplan </3

They might go through it kicking and screaming, but I'll be damned if I won't let your hunter feel loved again throughout the story.

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Weekly Dev Log #4, July 3rd 2023

Hello! What a week it has been - writing wise, I churned out over 7k in both the interactive fiction, and in side-stories. I am really enjoying seeing the number go up :>

There was a part of the next chapter in Ouro where I got really weird and poetic, and I'm still considering if I want that there, but it was exciting to write, even if the emotions are heavy. I’ll give you one more sneak peek of one of the less...insane parts:

Everything perched on the shattered edges of...

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Wednesday bonus post: Voice Actor Dreamcast

OHOHOHOH. This was a treat to put together, and I spent too many hours pouring over different voice actors and their roles to catch a golden nugget of what I really think embodies each character. I'm pleased to say that the voice clips are not only canon for their voices, but also in actual dialogue, what they say in those clips. 

Swap some names or locations, and it's them. Yes, I am absolutely being normal about this! Why won't you let me chew o...

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Weekly Dev Log #3, June 26th 2023

Hello everyone! I hope you had a good weekend, whether you celebrated midsummer like me, vegged out on the couch (like me also) or stole the declaration of independence. (Did you?) 

Last week was very productive for me even with the long weekend! I finished the entirety of next chapters coding skeleton + some key dialogues and bare-boned actions. Oh, I'm so excited to see the reaction when this chapter comes out. It is so action packed! I am extremely satisfied with the flow of eve...

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POLLS ARE CLOSED AND THE WINNERS ARE....


For the Q&A: Idren/Ida with 63% of the votes!

Start sending in your questions if you have any, and I will have Idren/Ida answer them night-show style. I'm so excited! I will post the interview on the 7th of July, two weeks from now :D


For the NSFW short: "Battle-lust" with F!MC and Yor with 52% of the votes! 


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Wednesday bonus post: Early Concepts

This map of Riven is so scuffed and so old, but I still reference it all the time when writing! One day I will draw a proper one, but until then, I love my one minute scrawl to death. It was drawn during the time I only really knew of Sive and Lyselin! ps. The word "Stall" between the tavern and the mercenaries office is the Swedish word for stables. lol.

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Weekly Dev Log #2, June 19th 2023

I hope you've had an amazing weekend! This was the first weekend for me, since starting this project, that I had completely off: not a single thought on writing nor the guilt of not having enough energy to write after a week of work! It felt amazing. I read a whole book from cover to cover, and enjoyed a show called Silo that had me nerding out over worldbuilding. It was raining and gloomy too, so all in all, a pretty perfect weekend!
I did have to force myself to step aw...

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Wednesday bonus post: Character Alignment Memes

I have been staring lovingly at patreon and discord, soaking up the feeling of your support. Thank you all for being here :D I can't believe it! I can already pay the entirety of household expenses like electricity with this money. (Yes I cried about that fact. It feels incredible.) I'll stop being sappy but just know that I feel endless gratitude for you! Forever!

Now, on the discord doing some of these memes were suggested, and this will be the first of many of these posts, I just kn...

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Update is OUT!

IT IS UPDATE TIME! For those of you who missed the dirty draft in the discord, the original play link has now been updated with 35 thousand words sizzling with exposition, and heated rivalry. I'm so excited!

Here's...

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Weekly dev log #1 June 12th, 2023

I don't think it's hard to see where I got inspired to write OUROBOROS forest setting when you see where I walk my dog :> Above are two photos from the forest trail I'm lucky enough to live by, and a bonus appearance of my dog, Nana. I wish I could post the scent of these photos, it is my favor...

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A new day, AND THERE IS SO MANY OF YOU!


I just woke up and I'm sipping my tea, trying to wrangle this enormous feeling back into my chest. I think my eyes have forever changed into heart-shapes. Yesterday was a success! I can't believe that so many of you are willing to support me and I just wanted to come on here and say thank you! I hope that you will enjoy it here. I have so many fun things planned! And as always, if you hav...

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About the upcoming Q&A

I have decided to make this months Q&A a type of interview with a Romance Option from OUROBOROS, in case no one subscribes. (ಥ‿ಥ)

If you are here, drop a comment on what you'd like to see, or vote on the options below! 

The poll will remain open until June 23rd.

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Leith 101 preview, 2.6k words

You press the button for ground floor, hoping a walk around Riven might clear your head. The silent glide of the platform and the faint whispers of leaves brushing against it as you pass bushy sections isn't enough to distract you. Your thoughts drift to Leith, who wasn't just your lover/friend but your partner. The day you lost them felt like the world fell into a twilight zone where nothing but death could bring you relief.

You've been trapped in a cycle of guilt and regret ever since...

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Chasing tail - a F!MC x Idren NSFW short

It started a few weeks ago with a breathless kiss in a hidden nook withing the library, both of you tearing at each others clothes before you were interrupted by a hushing librarian. And then the time where his cock had just slipped past your lips and someone had yanked at the door to the storage closet he had shoved you in. There was also the day he caught you on the stairs on your way down the turret, and with no one else around, he had stuck his nimble fingers down your pants and fingered ...

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