there is a bug along the SFW path in the beginning of the game, a skip for the scene wit the couple in Morris Village. I'll be fixed in the next build, sorry to those of you playing along that path.

Okay. Almost ready for the next update. File should be up tonight for the 7th of March. The Patreon will have the next wallpaper set, free to anyone who wants them. The discord also has wallpaper extra's that aren't on the Patreon. I don't feel like I got as much done for the march build that I would have liked, but I also didn't want to rush things or put too much on my desk if I wasn't going to be able to get it done on my own. I hope the March update is to everyone's liking.

The February release is almost ready to come out. Lots of small changes, some larger. Hopefully players are receptive to the update.

Well, I'm getting a lot of work done on the third arc now. I had to do a bunch of minor edits after a lot of thinking. Had two plot holes pop up that needed fixing. But now I have solid plans ready to add a bunch of new characters. It'll be fun introducing them.

The dating system might not be added until I'm ready to do the rewrite for the story, after draft one is complete. I want to ensure there is a beginning, middle and end before I get lost working on reworking the dialogue and characters. After the first draft is complete, I'll open the eastern half of the empire to the player to meet the rest of the characters and expand the story further.

Thank you again for everyone being patient while I work on the game.

I created a post a little while back, on Lovers Lab, some place to have more long form discussions regarding any thoughts you may want to share.

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So, fun fact: I created a plot hole and spent hours trying to patch it, just to realize a patch job was not going to be acceptable to me or to the player base, sooo... I did a full rewrite to fix it. What should have just been a fix to the lore for the gods and reason for magic amongst humans and a believable reason for the elves disappearance in history, now solidifies how the gods work and their relation to humans and their path in their world. This will go a long way to build a richer and more defined story for the players to explore. It should also make writing the world a lot more enjoyable too.

Okay, minor update to the game. I figured I needed to get something uploaded as I have been so busy with other distractions. I'm getting back to working on the game more regularly again.

Out of curiosity, how would you like to see some of these scenes rewritten when I go back and do that? I'm not super happy with how a bunch of the scenes turned out but I didn't want to stay stuck on them so I just pushed them through so that I could continue the game forward. At some point I want to go back, with a proper writer, and rework a bunch of the scenes to give them better context, world building, lore, all that.

I need to put out another update here soon, but I've been stuck on a scene. I'm not sure how I want to do it. It's a bit of an important scene, the hero being promoted to lower noble. If you have any thoughts, I'm open to hearing any of them.

Ok, Due to an NW.js error, the July 28 build doesn't work. I've fixed it on my end and it should function again as soon as I get the next build out. Sorry for the problems from my end.

So. I'm finding, after finishing a really tough part of the game for the characters, I want to rush the next section but I think there needs to be more down time for the party to relax. Possibly thinking of adding a few scenes with some of the nobility, allowing the players to experience just how corrupt the nobility is.
I think what I need is to see someone stream the game and see how they react to the story so far and get their input.

So, working on the game some more. Finally got the Relationship menu to work, but I had to switch the engine from 1.5.2 to 1.6.3. This has caused a bunch of new issues. I can finally Play-test in 1.6+ but if I go into the Database and do a test battle in the Troop tab, it just opens the game in Test-Play instead of just starting the fight. If I go to 1.5.2, then I can test play just fine and I can battle test in the Troop tab just fine, but the relationship plugin crashes out.
The joys of working on a game alone.

Well, with the help of my wife, we're going through the game now and adding more music, adjusting the feel of certain scenes. The right music can make a scene flow more appropriately. Having her help on this has been good as I'm unable to feel the same way. Those scenes now play out a lot smoother. Also, we're noticing a scene that happens with Lavender will need to be pushed much further back into the game's story as it's currently happening far to early. Another thing that has come to my awareness is the file size limit for Itch. They permit a 1 gigabyte file size and the April 11 and April 28 builds are hovering right at that line. I may have to host the game on another site and just place a link here. Either that, or break the file up into parts with instructions to overwrite DC-A, DC-B, DC-C in that order. 

Finally, I apologize for the janky structure of this post. I don't know why it's like this. All attempts to get it to format correctly don't seem to have any effect at all. Best I can tell it's just the site conflicting with the web browser.

Ok. Minor update to the game. Completely redesigned the collectable cards into a portraits system now with its own menu in the main menu list. For the April 1st build, you can access all portraits by interacting with a card on the table in your room.
Also, I am still looking for help with the game as I'm struggling to work on it alone. If you like the direction the game is going, please contact me and maybe we can work together.

So, got my steam back. Still sick but the brain fog has passed and I've started working on the game again full time. Really enjoying being able to work creatively again. Got a bunch of bugs fixed, including a serious soft-block issue. Also managed to fix the bedroom scenes so the room is no longer flooded with stationary npc's.

Sorry there haven't been much in the way of updates. Going from Bird Flu into Covid has really sapped my ability to do anything constructive or creative with the game. Having an assistant writer right now would help immensely. 

Alright, a new update. We may have an artist that is willing to replace all of the generative images with CG's. It will be a little while before any of that makes it into recent builds as we have to work out certain details first, but it's looking promising.

The 2025 Feb 23 update is a pretty small update. Added a new quest for the Ranger and tied up some loose ends for the Chemist, also added some more lore to the Crown.
Been sick since December 1st with the bird flu, then on Valentines we all got Covid again. So it's just been one illness into another and I haven't been able to do any meaningful work on the game at all.
Still looking for an assistant writer or even just people to brainstorm ideas with. PM me if you're interested.

I got a bunch more work done on the game today.  A long quest chain that handles two of the characters quest along with more lore on the Crown.