A SHRIEK OF ASH AND FIRE 1(WIP) [approx 220K UPDATE, 1.36 Million TOTAL-23rd August 2025] (1.43 Million on Patreon)

No problem! Little things like this one is the least us readers can do for the pleasure of reading cool stories, I think. Double useful for me, I use my IF hobby as a motivation training for learning English better.
And yeah, I aligned myself with Raith, so he indeed tagged along xD
If I spot anything else, I’ll post it. But later, its 3 in the morning where I live and I have work in 6 hours, ha.

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Damn, again with missing reply button. Actually, I remember another strange thing. It’s not bug per see, but.. in Fort Ard, choosing the ‘Find a more refined establishment to take the load off’ –> if in relationship with Raith, you can have a dinner with him. And after some… personal time with him I walked away in the morning with him being alive, but still got the ‘At some point, the Lord’s body will be found. You can only guess at when someone will realise that he’s not in a deep slumber, but that he will never wake again’ sentense, no matter what happened after dinner. Kind of weird.
Hope this helps too!

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Aight, so I also wanted to ask if there is an art corner or some pictures/drawings which show the different kinds of ash crawlers for every faction alongside other machines like steam boars?

Is there images for that? No matter if they are ai generated or not?

Edit: I love the lore bits in the stats screen :ok_hand:

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It is with joy that I wield my blustercrank to slaughter those bugs in a timely spray of viscera!!!

I get the kills, but you get the assists for those 2, @Vertigo1 ! As you said, the issue was an incorrect variable (multiple times) and an error of repeating text.

Wow, that is a challenge for learning English, going through code in a game full of made-up words! Also, slang-heavy, stereotypical ‘Artful Dodger’ accents here. And Vin is known to fragment his sentences.

For whatever reason, you tried my game. Big thanks for the help and for giving it a go. It is very difficult to find these things on my own.

@Zahmed

Glad that you liked the lore. I eventually decided that this was a necessity, so as not to overwhelm players, particularly those who hadn’t played Green. I feel they give a bit of background, but don’t overly explain things.

I only have the title image to ‘suggest’ what a crawler looks like, and that is my own concoction, a mix of a dreadnaught, tank and the Technodrome. I want to draw some vehicles and the crawlers, but when I try, I cannot do them justice. My artistic skills are very limited. I do picture steeds, drays and carriers as sort of Mad-Maxy, at least those in the Road Fleet.

So, no art for these yet. I will try to throw something together for the vehicles and crawlers, but would love for anyone to conjure up an image of their ideas for these things. As a note, anything made with AI cannot be used in the final game. But if someone can draw a crawler/vehicle and it fits in with my own efforts, I might use it. Of course, I would ask permission first and give credit in the final game.

There are 12 crawlers, 6 Behatland Union, 6 Cold Pact, though one of the Cold Pact crawlers has already been destroyed.

Of the 6 Behatland Union Crawlers, 4 are Ardland-built. These would all have a similar look. One is built by the dwarven states of the Union and one, using the financial coordination of the Royal Rump, is a grand collective effort of all Union states.

Of the 5 remaining Cold Pact crawlers, 3 are Yonderfolde built, so they will have undead ‘stuff’ mixed in with the metal. The remaining 2 are built by Brimstone’s Goad. One is, almost literally, a vast anvil which moves even more slowly than the Despair’s Demise and, though smaller than that, is far heavier and denser.

There are 3 uncompleted crawlers. One for Krog’s Gift, which just never worked and fell apart. One for Nagaswelt, which was not really a crawler but a large, ash, wood and magic-made levitating war machine. The Nagarese lacked the resources and expertise to finish this.

Currently, another crawler, Basilisk One, is being built by Ardland. Apparently, it doesn’t need a crew, though it is all very secretive.

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QUICK UPDATE 26th August 2025

I have added some hints to the player notes page, available from the stats screen, directing you on how to find various ROs. Most are path-dependent.

As we know, ROs are not the main focus, but each is different, and some of you may be interested in finding them.

From what I read, our MCs seem to like Gibleti, or Ritih or Revira the most- so totally sane and healthy then! Although several like the warm-hearted, wholesome Tinnafri. Humanity has a hope!

EDIT: Big thanks to the player who suggested adding a few hints. I have been asked about how to find some of the ROs several times, and I think a little guidance in the game will be helpful.

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Solid Gold

Found an error when tapping player notes in stat screen.

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AAAAARGH!

brb!

@Zahmed

Presto! Here’s your gold mate: :coin: :coin: :coin: :coin: :coin: :coin: :coin: :coin: :coin: :coin:

Such a schoolboy error, I wrote *Notes…….. but choicescript is very demanding of asterisks and doesn’t just let them hang around making visual points.

Cheers!