Dragon Butcher WIP

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Hi friends, here we have the first 4 chapters of my game. Mary suggested I post them here for feedback and first impressions. I plan on updating once a month.

Dragon Butcher is a dark fantasy story about a far-flung town trying to figure out its place in a medieval-ish civilization reemerging from a magical apocalypse. You play as a field agent hired to manage threats and protect survivors. How you define “manage,” “threat,” and “survivor,” is up to you.

Demo version of the game

Username: beta
Password: greenrhino

Content Warnings for violence, gore, dysfunctional families (chosen and otherwise), cults, intergenerational trauma, classism, at least two bad puns, and kissing.

ETA: May 9, 2023. Dragon Butcher bug report now available! Please screenshot bugs and pop them in the doc to avoid spoilers in the thread.

ETA: February 2024. Ch6 is up, featuring one-on-one time with different NPCs! Enjoy your “date.”

ETA: May 2025 relocated from DashingDon to CoG! New demo is linked.

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Welcome @Wonderbeast ! Very excited for Dragon Butcher to be shared with the wider community as a WIP. I’ve had the pleasure of working on this game with Summer and I know they’ll welcome feedback from the forum.

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How exciting! This sounds like it’ll be a treat - I’ll dive in soon but in the meantime, thank you for sharing!

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Looks good so far. I think you should implement a save system, I just got to a bug in chapter 3 and now have to start over…

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Noooo! Thank you for your sacrifice. I’ll fix it.

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Hit a bug upon starting chapter 3 plus a save system would be Hella useful.

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Oops! Good catch, I’ll fix.

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Save slots added.

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Needs more of a description of story

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Seems a little weird to be called an indiscriminate killer and “terrorizing” a shapeshifter when I told the shapeshifter to flee.

So either the game forgot my character’s behavior or the whatzit is overly judgmental.

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Good to know how it landed! It looks like the code did track the choice correctly re: V’s first impression of you, but I can tweak the language.

Do you remember which was your first adventure in town (fireflies, tavern plants, traps everywhere, chilling with your old friend, or going on patrol)? I want to make sure there are comparable opportunities to be pro-monster in each of these sections.

Thanks for giving it a look!

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I checked in on the injured guard and saw the illusionary fireflies and encountered the scorpion like creature, if that’s what you mean.

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Perfect. Thanks!

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Oh I love this already! :heart: Too bad the one that I was planning on romancing isn’t a option. (Won’t mention the name cuz I don’t want to spoil)
Definitely look forward to more updates~

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The details in your writing @Wonderbeast are remarkable.

You have a talent to say a lot without overwhelming the reader in details.

I’m still thinking over the demo as a whole right now, but the world you have created seems both deep and engaging, and right now, that is important.

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G might open up later depending on whether or not you dissolve their current relationship. Big V is available, little V is not.

There’s gonna be a big festival just before the climax where you can at least smooch some NPCs, e.g. L/H/R, even if you can’t ride off into the sunset with them. If you have your eye on someone do let me know.

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You’re too kind!

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I was aiming for our dear Jennit, may he rest in peace :sob:

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I’m so pleased that storyline left an impression! Thank you for letting me know.

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“The the arrow flits harmlessly”

The story looks great so far, can’t wait to murder more animals as inhumanely as possible.

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