Teran is a warm, resource- and technology-rich sprawling archipelago far to the west of Westerlin and Jezhan. A belt of independent islands sit between Teran and Zaledo, some of which have always been separate and some of which seceded over the centuries (the most recent was Dahaika...
2023-06-27 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick reminder that I'm going to be posting answers to this month's Q&A by the end of this week. I have a few questions lined up but there are room for more so if you have anything burning yo...
2023-06-26 13:12:18 +0000 UTC View PostWell, it's been a couple of weeks of working hard on Chapter 3! I've now completed the first draft, done some playtesting (both of Chapter 3 and the earlier chapters), and have got a solid outline for Chapter 4. Next week I'm going to start coding Chapter 4. It was quite a challenge to get this n...
2023-06-23 18:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostFull name: Savarel Lopes
Age: 28
Gender: selectable between cis man (he/him), cis woman (she/her) and agender (they/them)
Background: having grown up in a recently-built town in the rainforest, Savarel remained ...
2023-06-20 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI don't always post when I do early access edits but this one adds various variables and therefore may not play ball with your save slots so I wanted to give you a heads up!
Thank you for the feedback you've given so far, it's so so helpful! And hearing that you're enjoying it is so lovely!...
2023-06-16 10:04:16 +0000 UTC View PostFull name: Rafferty/Raffaela/Rafaele Claudian
Age: 25
Gender: selectable between cis man (he/him), cis woman (she/her), and nonbinary (they/them)
Background: originally from a coastal village on one of the small...
2023-06-13 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis fortnight I finished coding Chapter 3 and started writing the prose! I also did edits on Chapters 1 and 2. While I was reading through Chapter 3, I deleted about 2000 words of code because it really was a bit too large without enough substance and some of it was repetitive. I was very happy ...
2023-06-09 18:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, I hope you're well! I'm so thrilled to have been able to put up the Honor Bound demo for you, and I hope you've enjoyed it. I've had some really helpful feedback from people already which is an amazing bonus!
Around this time last year, I stepped back from doing Q&As as ...
2023-06-08 13:12:11 +0000 UTC View Post
It's here! Play Chapter 1 now!
Chapter 1 is around 30,000 words in total (longer than...
2023-06-06 17:28:03 +0000 UTC View PostFull name: Matia Frasada
Age: 44
Gender: selectable between trans man (he/him), trans woman (she/her), and genderqueer (they/them)
Background: a former Specialist in the Exploration Service, Matia spent most of ...
2023-05-30 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick heads up that the monthly Patreon payments will be restarting on June 1st. I'm going to be putting up the early access Honor Bound demo on June 6th for Sneak Preview subscribers, and continuing with the Newsflash posts and early access to the character intro posts for all subscribers...
2023-05-30 08:34:29 +0000 UTC View PostThis fortnight I finished my draft of Chapter 2 and started planning and coding Chapter 3. Here is a song from my writing playlist that I've been listening to!
Chapter 3 is turn...
2023-05-26 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFull name: Captain Varenn Korzha
Age: 41
Gender: selectable between cis man (he/him), cis woman (she/her), and agender (they/them)
Background: Korzha grew up in the capital of Ravella, one of the largest of the ...
2023-05-23 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs parent and child, Fiore and Catarina are strongly linked, and their relationship with each other is tracked as well as your relationship with them as individuals. In order to get very close with Fiore, you'll need to have a solid relationship with Catarina too; Fiore won't want to be close wit...
2023-05-16 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostI'm going to try to get back into the swing of doing these twice a month, as it helps keep me accountable about what's going on and I do like to share and track things!
Since the start of April, I've been working on Chapter 2 of Honor Bound. It's a chunky one!
Current wordcoun...
2023-05-12 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostDear subscribers, thank you for your patience while the Patreon has been lying fallow. I'm going to be restarting payments and regular updates on here from June because... drumroll... I will be putting up a brand new early access demo on June 6th.
And while you wait, here is an early announ...
2023-05-09 18:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostI can't quite believe I'm saying this, but Royal Affairs is out!
It's been such a journey, and I wanted to say how grateful I am for your support. I appreci...
2023-03-30 13:48:06 +0000 UTC View PostAnd to celebrate, here's a small story about one of the Royal Affairs side characters, Fabien. He's an old friend of the PC's mother, the queen of Westerlin. Here's a moment many years before Royal Affairs during which he, the PC's mother, and the PC's father graduate from university.
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To celebrate Royal Affairs being out soon, I'm considering commissioning a portrait of one of the main characters. I don't know when it'll happen due to artist timings, but I wanted to let you know first so you can fill out the poll before I make it public. I'd love to hear who you'd like to see!...
2023-01-15 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for your support this year. Between various health things (positive and negative), big (positive) family milestones, and work changes, it’s been quite the rollercoaster. It really means a lot and I so appreciate your patience when I’ve needed to dial things back or slow down...
2022-12-31 16:22:45 +0000 UTC View PostAs November comes to an end, I've submitted my full first draft of Royal Affairs to my editor! It's currently a total of 333000 words, and an average playthrough of 71000 words (longer than any of my other CoGs).
It's been intense. I've added about 10000 words in 4 days doing the following:...
2022-11-30 23:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostDear all, I'm so pleased to say that I have one (1) functional first draft of Royal Affairs!
Right now it's 323,000 words, with an average playthrough of 70,000 words - both are going to go up a lot during testing, I can tell you that much - and QuickTest and RandomTest WORK. That doesn't p...
2022-11-25 11:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostI'm delighted to say that I'm onto coding the final chapter of Royal Affairs - what a surreal thing to say after such a long journey, but I'm so grateful for everyone who's stuck with me along the way. Once I've finished drafting I've got a big stack of feedback to chew on and implement before th...
2022-10-27 19:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostNext weekend I'll be sitting down with Eric Moser (Community College Hero series, Zip!), Jim Dattilo (Zombie Exodus series, A Wise Use of Time, VTM: Out for Blood), and Zachary Sergi (Heroes Rise and Versus series) and doing a video chat about writing interactive fiction. We're opening up questio...
2022-10-06 08:59:04 +0000 UTC View PostHere is an update! This is the whole of Chapter 6, in which there is some Drama Club... drama, and this year's Festival of the Birds in which you can have some friendship or romance tim...
2022-09-24 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI finished the Chapter 9 draft for Royal Affairs!!!
This chapter has been such a slog, not because it's been hugely complicated, but it was tough going from the mindset of editing Noblesse Oblige to making completely new material, especially because a large chunk of my day job was devoted t...
2022-08-21 18:23:39 +0000 UTC View PostIt's August! When did that happen?? I've been working on Royal Affairs - more sporadically than I'd have liked because of some medical issues (this is beginning to become a refrain, which is very annoying - but though unpleasant I've recovered).
ANYWAY, medical stuff aside, I've been doing ...
2022-08-05 15:58:14 +0000 UTC View Post
thinking about Them (extremely vague character concepts for extremely vague future game idea(s), you saw it here first)
Can I stop staring at this? NO. Am I delighted by Danelak's dungarees? YES. Look at that gorgeous sepia tone and the warm light of the fire! Look at Pascha's untucked shirt and Rys's delicious coat!
2022-07-26 18:09:57 +0000 UTC View Post