I really missed writing angst with Salyra 👀
In response to Salyra asking if you're really going to accompany Irus on his journey, you'll get various responses to choose from. This is one of the more angsty responses provided 😅
2023-06-19 17:04:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons.
With Chapter 8 only scheduled for a July release, the RO side stories will not feature the events of Chapter 8. For that reason, I wanted to find out from you what type of story you would like to read for June.
I've broken down the options as follows:
As a Cyre-tier Patron, you will receive one side story featuring an RO's perspective. The option with the most votes will be shared with you.
2023-06-18 13:04:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons!
I hope you're having a lovely Sunday and for those celebrating Father's Day, I hope it's been a great time spent with family.
This past week saw me working on the early scenes of Chapter 8. I've completed the small scenes with Summu and the MC's recovery in preparation for them leaving to the Southern Islands. I'm currently working on more of Salyra's scenes where she...
2023-06-18 12:52:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 8 is still slow-going for me - but I'm hoping that I'll be done with the chapter by mid-late July. For now, here's a sneak peek of an early scene with Salyra. As most of the revelations have been revealed, players will now get the choice to completely ignore Salyra if they want. I can't promise...
2023-06-17 18:12:43 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
I hope everyone is having a great weekend 😊
After going through the livestream poll with your different timezones, I've realised I'll have to do two sessions since many people are in very different timezones. That said, I don't want to do two sessions if Patrons can still attend livestreams that aren't hosted during conventional hours for them.
Please make su...
2023-06-17 13:13:24 +0000 UTC View PostThis side story is available to you and will feature a story that follows an NPC other than the ROs. The option with the highest votes will be shared with you all so make sure to vote for the story you want the most.
The options for June are as follows:
Hello Patrons!
Another week has come and gone and we're nearing the middle of June sooner than I imagined would happen. This past week has seen me start writing Chapter 8. At the moment, I'm still in the early stages of Chapter 8 with a few early scenes written. The way I've structured Chapter 8 is that there should be about 20% of Ishari and preparation for the journey, about 10% of trav...
2023-06-11 09:53:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 8 is finally happening 🥳️ Yesterday, between work, I plotted the basic outline of Chapter 8 and when I did that, I realised there's not a lot of major plot points to write for Chapter 8. That said, interactions will be the main focus of Chapter 8, as well as the reunion with Dena, some cra...
2023-06-07 16:31:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons!
The early access demo for Crowning Glory's demo is now available here. Please make sure that you have an itch.io account in order to connect it to your Patron membership. The game will be made public for everyone and will be free to play once it is complete, so please do not share...
2023-06-05 16:34:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons!
It's the first weekly devlog for June and a fun fact for those who don't know, this time last year, I started my journey of converting the story concept of Crown of Exile (formerly The Exiled Prince) into the Twine game it has become today.
Now that it's officially June, I will return to working on the main game. I still have to plot my basic chapter outline (which ta...
2023-06-04 08:23:55 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
I thought I'd do a livestream for any of you who are interested in asking me questions about Crown of Exile or my writing, characters, future works or anything IF related 😊
My timezone is GMT+2 which means that I'm ahead of most and behind others. As I work from home (my team are overseas as well), I've found the best time to connect is either afte...
2023-05-30 05:28:18 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons.
With June inching closer, I've decided to unpause billing for the new month. My work (while it does keep me busy) is great because I'm not dying of sleep deprivation at the end of the day and I have a few hours in the evenings to work on the game which I previously didn't have on account of my long commute back and forth to my previous office.
Chapter 8 will be the la...
2023-05-30 05:16:06 +0000 UTC View PostIn this side story, read all about Prince Irus' actions and thoughts leading up to the MC's injury.
Word Count: 1523 words.
Access the story here. Please note that you will need an itch.io account to access the story.
Due to the leaks, please...
2023-05-21 08:36:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons.
It's recently come to my attention that the side stories I've shared on Patreon have been leaked on the infamous forum aimed at pirating and leaking content from IF creators - primarily paid content.
I'm really disappointed to know that my side stories, shared only on Patreon, were leaked on the forum because it means that a Patron or maybe a friend of a Patron who al...
2023-05-20 06:48:28 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
I'm sorry for the radio silence these past two weeks 🌼 As you know, I started a new job in May. It's a remote/work from home job which means I'm glued to my work laptop for the most part of the day.
However, I found that I do have time after work on most days to utilise for COE so once May is over and I'm in the swing of things with my new job, I should be able to ...
2023-05-14 07:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this side story, read Danzor's perspective as he deals with Salyra's return and the notion of meeting with the MC. This story takes place in the period of Chapter 6, after Salyra's return but before Chapter 7's eventual meeting with the MC. The MC is not named or gendered in this story, so it doesn't break the immersion for you.
Word count: 1332 words.
Trigger warnings: menti...
2023-05-06 10:02:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 7 is now available to play here.
This update includes:
Hello Patrons!
It's the last day of April and I can happily say that Chapter 7 is complete and undergoing testing. I hope to be done with testing tonight and then I'll post the demo for Cyre Tiers and up tomorrow.
A few things to note for the upcoming month of May:
Hello Patrons!
Chapter 7 is finally complete 🥳️
At the moment, the chapter is around 57K words long and the game in its entirety is 445K words. I've sent out the game to my testers and hopefully, I can have it posted for you sometime next week - maybe Monday if all goes well.
I'll start working on the side stories and have them posted in the duration of the next week. As ...
2023-04-29 02:12:27 +0000 UTC View PostI've finished off a non-RO/companion scene which comes after discovering the MC's possible divine blessings and instead of four variations of the RO scenes, I added a fifth for those players who either have too low a relationship with the characters or prefer being alone to have a smaller scene with a healer instead.
Because May is quickly approaching, I pushed to also finish Irus' scene ...
2023-04-24 13:39:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! 😊
We're heading in to the final week of April and Chapter 7 has progressed well.
This week, I worked on completing the scenes with Salyra and the divine blessings scenes. All that's left is the RO/companion scenes and the conclusion scenes.
Originally, I was going to add a stat increase scene but with the direction that the chapter ended up going (I can n...
2023-04-23 09:02:45 +0000 UTC View PostDestiny's calling, but will you answer? 😋
I've completed the lore talk with Anu where you can get answers to the basics of how her blade works and how it was made.
The last option is a variation that depends on your spirituality stat for the Ancient Ones. If your belief is high enough, you'll get this option but if it is lower, the choic...
2023-04-20 10:13:27 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
I've completed Salyra's scene and the letter scene and had moved on to the 'interlude' part of the chapter. This is where the MC can decompress after dealing with Salyra and/or meeting her new family/reading Ahlf's letters.
You will be able to do two of the three given option...
2023-04-19 08:35:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons!
This past week has seen me actually work on Chapter 7 properly and I can happily say that I've completed the scenes that deal with Salyra - both the letter scene and meeting the new family scene. With that out of the way, I have the stat increase scene which will correlate with a specific RO/companion character and thereafter, players will be able to have some time to thems...
2023-04-16 12:34:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
It's April which means that you can choose whose side story you want to read for this month. The story will follow the NPC character's thoughts and actions during the events of Chapter 7.
The choice with the most votes will be shared with you!
2023-04-15 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons 👋
While I busy myself with the main game, I thought I'd share Crowning Glory's game cover with you. I'll likely upload the prologue for Patrons after the main game's chapter 7 is released, since May is when I start a new job and won't be writing as much.
The game will be exclusively for Patrons while it's being written. When it's fully complete, it will be shared ...
I can't say that I am not enjoying writing the more antagonistic responses for Salyra 😅
I decided to make more work for myself with these scenes because each question (from when you first meet Danzor) leads to a scene like this where you can respond differently to the answers that you're given...
2023-04-14 09:47:44 +0000 UTC View PostEach month, there is a side story that features the perspective of a non-RO character. The story will be available to all Cyre tier patrons and up and as always, the choice with the most votes will be shared with you. Remember that you can only choose one story but if there is a particular story or character's perspective that you'd like to read, please do let me know in the comments and I'll a...
2023-04-12 08:34:40 +0000 UTC View Post