A quick and brief one with progress and so on.
Progress:
- The first playable partial of the In Absentia FMO DLC will be out sometime next week.
The way the game will be updated here is in the usual partials, but the origins will be written one by one, starting...
2025-05-26 17:11:55 +0000 UTC View Post#Lotár + altruistic Summoner: “Just listen to the sound of my voice.” + “I’m not only doing it for you. It’s much more fun if you’re not in pain.” + “Look at you. You’re shivering.”
Aside from the infighting, poisoning attempts, and the ever-present thr...
2025-05-14 16:34:23 +0000 UTC View PostYall, my dumbass calendar said April has 31 days 🤡 I wish. At least the illustrations in it are pretty, I guess! But now I know why it was on sale.
Anyways, progress:
FMO is on Early Access from today until the 14th
the...
2025-04-30 22:22:03 +0000 UTC View PostEdit (14/5/25) public release + ITCH Game Key: https://pdrr.itch.io/fool-me-once/patreon-access (you might need to log into your itch account for the link to work. If it still doesn't, let me know). 2025-04-30 22:04:33 +0000 UTC View Post
*AU where Joran knows MC before the start of the game
Your client is a no-show, which doesn’t really surprise you, seeing how skittish he was over the phone.
Still, you were desperate for cash, and so, despite your growing reservations, you dragged your ass off your couc...
2025-04-04 17:28:39 +0000 UTC View PostA quick one with what’s to come (this month) and progress:
- the FMO:In Absentia GUI is more or less designed, but coding all the assets will, as usual, take a while. Thankfully, I’ll have some much-needed help, so instead of crying-coding I’ll spend that time writing 🤩
- the...
2025-04-02 08:19:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The game screen will include an inventory for items you pick up along the way and a tooltip for codex entries and new terms. There’s also a mini interactive map of Nefas, with buildings as buttons.
Other than that, we’ll have 3 backgrounds for MC: convict, clergy, and charlatan. Each ba...
2025-04-02 07:48:54 +0000 UTC View PostGood news!!! FMO script is finished!!! Took me days to code all the smaller variables and such, and I am exhausted. Funnily (clown-inly) enough, my first thought after wrapping everything up was, ‘but what if this isn’t enough? Should I add more?’ But I decided to leave any possible extras ...
2025-03-27 17:12:29 +0000 UTC View PostRambling ahead! For progress, skip the first 3 paragraphs.
I hate February, I really feel like lack of the 2-3 extra days. Early March kicked my ass, like every year, it seems. I had very little time for writing, but I spent a lot of time feeling guilty over it. I always feel like I w...
2025-03-14 00:16:56 +0000 UTC View PostFirst, the reminder - from the email I just got, it seems Patreon has enabled the Apple in-app purchase fee (+30%) of new (not current/auto-renewing) pledges and purchases, so if you’re planning on renewing or pledging please do so via browser on desktop. More info [2025-02-21 16:35:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Prompt list used: [here]
♡ “that’s more roses than i’ve ever seen in my life.” - Jewel
#Alan: “Just look at me. Forget everything else.” + “I’m going to ask you how you are, and I would like you to answer me honestly.” + “Show me where it hurts.”
What ought to be an objectively good workday falls completely apart with an hour-long lecture ...
2025-01-23 00:55:02 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re off to a good start! I am happy to announce that the rest of chapter 4 of Avulsion is officially done (~20k + words total) and uploaded.
Extra branches/content to look out for:
- romanced Jewel, Laurent, Reed if you picked someone else to go with (chapter 3)
...
2025-01-17 14:46:03 +0000 UTC View PostHappy holidays! I come to you with a progress devog and a 'what's to come' update. Progress first:
a supplementary scene for a romanced Saltire was just added (2 versions, depending on your stat). I also had to sort out the love triangle variables for Mal and Lotar (because I confus...
2024-12-23 14:04:52 +0000 UTC View Post1st: pre-game with Lotar, Mirren, or Rez
2nd: following the 'on the run' ending with Sal or Mal
To play: download and unzip the .rar file then launch it via browser. Click on the [Holidays ‘24] button and enjoy!
2024-12-17 16:32:42 +0000 UTC View PostA quick one with progress:
- the remainder of Jewel’s branch (chap 3) is done and posted (guide for her branch included in attachments). Her branch is about the same size as the rest, so ~20k, making it 60k-ish for the whole chapter 3.
Chapter 4 will be finished faster because the...
2024-12-14 14:16:02 +0000 UTC View PostA short one with progress:
Reed's branch (chapter 3) is out. I don't have the full chapter guide yet (it'll be done after Jewel's branch is completed), but I have a few tips if you want to unlock the optional early confession:
To unlock it, you need to pick the crushin...
2024-12-05 15:05:45 +0000 UTC View PostA quick one with progress:
- another FMO partial is up, around 6-7k with scenes for Malitiose, your aide/maid, aunt, and Lotár (romance solo + LT, and platonic).
We’re having the first LT choice scene, but there will be some in-script differences for broken-up ROs later...
2024-11-28 14:05:10 +0000 UTC View PostHappy post-Halloween! Turns out I was sicker than I thought lol so it took me a bit to actually bounce back, which wasn’t easy because I was super busy IRL, too.
Anyways, I’m back, I’m better (?), I bring progress:
- new FMO update is live, first scenes of chapter 5 (both MC ro...
2024-11-17 14:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostA Halloween themed Academy!AU playable snippet for PFM, featuring Jewel, Reed, and Laurent. Enjoy!
To play, extract the .rar file (usually by clicking on it and selecting unpack, unzip should work too), then open the .html file via browser
2024-10-30 18:23:40 +0000 UTC View PostHappy almost-Halloween!
Guess who’s been sick like a dog! Ya girl. I am much better now, though, so we’re back to the regular schedule.
As for the progress:
another spicy snipped uploaded, for Malitiose this time. Next will be Rez or Sal...
2024-10-26 09:53:45 +0000 UTC View PostHappy almost-Halloween! I am here with a progress update:
the rest of Reed's branch (chapter 3) has been posted, including a quick guide on how to unlock his early confession.
Both Laurent's and Reed's branches are about 15k words each, and Jewel's is estimated to be...
2024-10-05 15:34:49 +0000 UTC View PostA quick one to let you know the good news! Chapter 4 of FMO is finished (and uploaded (version 1.4.9) + the guide, and new pass).
It was the most difficult one to handle by far due to the if/elses and variables I had to juggle, but hopefully the different scenes and stuff were worth the wa...
2024-09-23 19:11:25 +0000 UTC View Post# “How do you always know exactly what I need?” “I pay attention.” - Alan
You never would have guessed that Alan’s office, of all things, would become your haven. But you crawl your ass there time and time again whenever the shit hits the fan, and it doesn’t see...
2024-09-19 17:57:26 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the silence, I had a funeral to attend, and some other personal things to deal with.
I am back, though, with a new FMO update. I should have another one ready next week, since I already started writing it, and another Avulsion update in between.
The FMO ones are huge becau...
2024-09-12 19:15:06 +0000 UTC View Post#1 “I’d come for you. No matter what, when you need me, I will be there.” - Rez
The taste of blood in your mouth is pungent, and yet your tongue can’t refrain from licking it off your lips as you stagger out of the meeting room, almost forgetting to bow. ...
2024-08-29 12:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostSo Patreon hit us with this:
As a reminder to people who use Apple, please pledge via browser if you don’t want to pay the Apple tax bs or whatever that is.
Now, progress:
- Avulsion chapter 3, Reed’s branch is updated, one more pa...
2024-08-23 18:22:47 +0000 UTC View PostSweet and to the point, we’re talking progress today:
- another FMO partial is live.
As I mentioned in the description, about half-way into chapter 4 there will be branches depending on your route and stats. It’ll look about the same as how the LT scenes and solo scenes are ...
2024-08-04 12:00:38 +0000 UTC View PostProgress:
- Malitiose’s branch of the unused scene (Twine build) is out,
- another partial FMO update is out, with Rez’s and Malitiose’s scenes, both solo and LRTs.
I rearranged the future scenes in my draft a bit, so now we’ll have the breakfast/court meeting scene fir...
2024-07-26 11:04:19 +0000 UTC View PostA quick one, as per usual lately lol. A new update of FMO is out. I’ll have one more, hopefully larger, next week.
In the meantime, I’ll be also working on Avulsion (Reed’s branch) and the rest of the unused Twine scene. So, there's plenty of writing and coding for me, but nothing re...
2024-07-13 22:56:07 +0000 UTC View Post