Weekly Devlog: 3 - 9 June 2024

Hello Patrons 😊

Over the last week, I worked on the demo's release for the Vinia and Cyre tiers and I also started work on Chapter 10 🎉

It's still a little unbelievable how close we are to the finish line - yes, it'll be a while until the game is officially finished but three chapters and an epilogue is less than half of the entire game's total chapters. I'm really excited because while I love the game and writing it, I'm also horribly impatient and want to actually have it done so I can start polishing scenes and getting the game submitted on Steam.

The poll for which path to start first in Chapter 10 was also decided and it will be the Nomad Tribes path. I have planned both the side paths out but if you've been following these devlogs and progress reports long enough, you'll know my chapter outlines mean almost nothing and I tend to change my mind while writing the scenes 😅

So far, I'm still working on the early intro scenes of Chapter 10 which includes the goodbye scenes with the MC's family and then I'll add scenes for the ROs and friends if the MC chooses to go on a separate path from them.

Oren-mancers, also get ready for his confession scene early in the intro 😋

The new artist I commissioned has sent me a sketch of Anu and I know we all loved the previous sketches but let me tell you, this is even better and heaps more detailed 🥰 I'm holding off on sharing any of the portraits until I know for certain that they'll be completed and that should be around mid-late August.

If you've played Chapter 9, please do engage in the community chat. The question of the week will remain the same until all Patrons get access to the new update since I really would love to hear your thoughts on the newest scenes and if you're new and playing Chapter 9 for the first time, any other thoughts on earlier scenes are welcome! Please don't think your feedback isn't necessary.

A lot what you think is lacking or what works great really helps me when deciding what dialogue responses to include and certain actions that you'd like to do but I haven't thought about it. It's sometimes harder writing IF to a novel in that there are so many perspectives to write for but I usually won't see something that a lot of players would like, so please feel free to share any feedback 😊

And as always, I'll end this long and rambling devlog with a huge thank you to everyone who's been supporting me so far 💖 Before we know it, we'll be celebrating the game's conclusion and then its release and I'll likely end up feeling sad without an IF to write 😅 Your support makes this scenario possible so thank you for your understanding and patience.