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I honestly loved everything about the demo so far! I cant wait to see how the story progresses!
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@Sarah_C Thank you for pointing that out. It’s on my list to fix.
@Mystic_Miss I’m glad you enjoyed it. I am also eager to see the story progress.
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Wait you can find other then the Crown Prince. 
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I always get found by the king. 
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Yes. 
Depending on what you do when you realize you’re lost in the woods.
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Monthly Update: December 2024
Happy December everyone!
I’m happy to report that November was a productive writing month, if a horrid personal one. I managed to write just over 30k words including code this month, and almost all of it went towards chapter 3. I only have one major scene left to finish the skeleton (all f the common route writing plus the code for the branching.)
My main focus for December will be completing this final scene, and filling in branches for the chapter. Then I’ll tweak the codex, and make sure everything I added in there is working properly. If I have time, I also want to make some minor changes to chapters 1 and 2 before updating. Mostly just fixing the typos you guys sent me. (Which I am grateful for.) And I am going to go back and add one minor content change: MC will now have an object that was with her when she was found as a baby.
I will be visiting family from the 14th to the end of the month, so I might be a little less active on here, but I will still be writing as much as I can during that visit, and will try to check Tumblr and the forum at least every other day if any of you guys have questions.
Hope you all a good December and a great holiday season no matter which holiday you’re celebrating!
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Oh man I love you and your story. It is so so good and very cute and I especially love that you have a fixed female MC. All the characters are written well and believable in my opinion. I can’t wait to read more. Enjoy christmas my dear!
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Thank you so much. 
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I concur youve done a great job and looking forward to seeing what you give us in the future when ever that may be. Enjoy the holiday times and take all the time ya need.
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Just wanted to pop in a share a mini update I put out on Tumblr today: Announcement – @guardian-of-time-if on Tumblr
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Funnily enough its actually healing magic. The concept fixing things are broken is the base of healing spells, so I’ll probably find it in that section. Although it could also be in the basic magics section…" Samira trails off and starts flipping through books, so I decide that I should go find something to entertain myself with while she’s busy looking for the right book.
Funnily enough, it’s actually healing magic. The concept of fixing things which are broken…
“Oh,” I say nodding. “Why didn’t you just say that.”
Question mark or rewrite as statement.
“Fascinating,” she mumbles. She reaches her hand back out, but instead of touching, she waves her hand over the necklace in what I assume is some kind of pattern. “Don’t not worry. It’s not a curse.”
Don’t worry
“My family has our own private sweet in the imperial palace, and you’ll stay with us.” Lord Igor folds his arms across his chest as he speaks. Then he winces and returns his arms to his sides. “You will, however, be free to play with His Majesty’s children when they are free from their studies.”
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Monthly Update: January 2025
Hello everyone! Happy 2025! I almost can’t believe we made it. This year seemed to go by so fast, but maybe that’s because I was just really busy this year.
December was a busy month for me, and some personal issues came up. I got more done than I expected with everything going on, but not as much as I would have liked. I was about 600ish words shy of adding 20k words this month. Almost all of that was filling in choice branches that I left blank in my skeleton, but I did have a great idea that I added into chapters 1 and 2.
My plan for January is to finish chapter 3. I’m estimating it will take another 20k words to complete the chapter. It’s turning into a giant chapter, and I may end up having to cut some scenes. I’m still going to keep it as is for the update and probably up until chapter 5 because I think I need more chapters to accurately judge the pacing. (If anyone has thoughts either on the pacing of the available chapters or once I get the update out, I’d love to hear them.)
Guardian of Time is going to be my main focus this year, and I would really like to increase my speed of updates. Hope everyone has a great 2025.
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Happy new year. I can’t wait for more adventures or our little time gal. 
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Just to make you aware, Dashingdon hosting will be closing soon so I would recommend moving this to cogdemos or uploading a compiled html file:
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Thank you for bringing this to my attention @HarrisPS
For those wondering: I was planning to move to COG demos with the next update, but given the new information, I will be moving the demo over soon than expected. I will aim to have it up by tge end of the week.
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Hi all, I have finished moving the demo over to COG Demos. Since I update my files as I go, the new demo link is also a minor update. Along with the new hosting site and link this update includes:
- Fixed typos (pretty sure I got all the ones mentioned in this thread.
- Fixed the error where leodra MC tells Emperor Konstantin she’s never met another leodra, after clearly identifying Violet as a leodra.
- Removed the section after name selection asking for MC’s thoughts on not knowing the meaning of her name (only available for MC with elven or half-elven names.) Some readers found this confusing, so I will move it to a place that makes more sense.
- Stats screen overhaul: added a codex to the stats screen, expanded the glossary, and converted the relationship stats into descriptions instead of numbers.
- I added mentions of MC having an object that was with her when she was found by Samira. Currently, it doesn’t change the writing much and only adds a couple of paragraphs spread across the two chapters.
Overall, the changes to the writing are minimal, but I wanted you all to have a list of all the changes in the new demo. I hope this tides you over until chapter three is out. (Which should be very soon, stay tuned for more news).
New link: CoGDemos
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I am in love with this story! 
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Just popping by to let everyone know that I plan to have my Patreon put up this Friday, January 31 which will include an updated demo!
Public release for chapter 3 is currently scheduled for February 21.
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Oh yes! Finally! I cant wait!
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