Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it 
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Well the last 2 posts are the only reason I discovered it this time. So good work, I got myself a new WIP to try out that’s actually far along!
I’m excited to give it a go! Perusing the tumblr first to get an idea of everything. Its always a good feeling to find WIPs with so much love behind them!
Well I’ve never seen this before… this WIP pulled in my saves from Ghost Simulator.
@Sailingshells Am I understanding correctly that if I want my MC to be a nonchalant all-around badass, I should choose Jack of All?
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Glad to have you here! Hope you enjoy the demo 
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Hey! For the saves issue I’d direct you to dashingdon since there’s definitely no way my code has access to another person’s game 
Alternatively, maybe try playing in an incognito window, so anything that’s being tracked from your browser/account won’t be accounted for? Though that also means your saves won’t last after closing the tab.
As for your gameplay question, I think jack of all trades is a great option for character building along the lines you’re thinking! The nonchalant aspect will largely be characterized by dialogue options you choose, so it’s not background dependent. But the “all around badass” vibes basically come down to passing skill checks, and jack gets some nice evenly-spread bonuses to all stats Happy gaming!
So far so good! And if worst comes to worst, I can take to editing the stats. 
Regarding the saves, however… yeah. I have no idea what’s up with that! I just deleted them.
Love your work so far, looking forward to the finished product!
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Thank you so much!
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Just an update for those following here but not on tumblr: Chapter 8 is complete at ~37k words 
Chapter 9 is in progress with over 47k words written (it’s a long one because of branching paths). There’s also a chapter of the Fey minigame in development for next month’s Halloween Jam, so if you’re interested in a world-of-Leas fix there’ll be one available at the end of October. I’ll also be posting an alpha demo of it to ko-fi this Friday It’s set in the wilds in the time shortly after the wars, right around the time cities like Leas were built I’m super excited to share it!
Some other additions I’ve added over the past two months (not a part of the current demo, but you’ll see them in the finished game):
- Ability to select and/or design tattoos for your MC in chapter 3
- Bows added as a preferred weapon option to the game
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Thank you so much for adding bows!
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No problem! If there are other things you’d like to see in the game in terms of mechanics or story, feel free to let me know. I’m always interested in hearing and possibly implementing them Bows were added because someone following me on tumblr was headcanoning their MC using one!
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Will the tattoos play a role on the story or is it purely an aesthetic/costumization choice?
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@Asturias aesthetics. I got some beautiful fanart of an MC with tattoos awhile back and then an ask about the culture around tattoos in Leas. Then I found myself describing a character’s sleeves in detail and thought hey, this has come up enough at this point, I’ll give MC the chance to have some cool canon tattoos as well
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Another update for those following here but not on tumblr: Chapters 9-11 are complete - I finished chapter 11 yesterday!
From this point, what’s left:
- Chapter 12
- A rewrite of 1/3 of chapter 9
- Various additions and edits to earlier chapters
An updated demo will release at some point in the future - no new chapters, but some new content + some changes to old content I’m on-track to reach the beta stage of the game in a few months!
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Pretty interesting concept. Might actually check it out since it seems decently long compared to other WIP. Good work so far though!
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For those following: the promised revamped demo of chapters 1-7 is up! Link is in the original post above (or here if you don’t feel like scrolling up). See below for what’s new in this demo. Chapter 8’s alpha (~31,000 words) is available on my patreon and ko-fi. Thanks for playing! <3
Additions & Removals in Chapters 1-7
Additions:
General
- Introduction of auto-success more.
- More weird dreams + strengthening of the subplot around what MC sees in them.
- Introduction of the dream journal mechanic.
- More dialogue choices throughout the entire demo.
- More descriptions of environments: MC’s living quarters, the Den Compound, desert terrain around Leas, and city architecture.
- Rearranged the stats screen and added clarity for MC’s reputation among the Fey via an opposed pair bar.
- General editing (word choice, etc.)
Chapter 1
- MC’s favored weapon can now be a bow!
- Choice added to set MC’s skin color.
- A few more dialogue choices around MC reacting to the vision Keo has in Chapter 1.
- Clearer explanation of MC agent backgrounds. Each now comes with explicit statement of what stats will be increased upon selection.
Chapter 2
- Option to specify MC’s tattoos. There are 4 pre-designed options, or you can design your own! (or choose no tattoos, if that’s not your cup of tea). This includes the ability to add/remove/modify tattoos via the stats screen.
Chapter 3
- Define how MC and Keo became friends.
- Relatedly, more content setting up the fact that MC can’t remember the agent found dead in the warehouse in Chapter 2.
- Virano and Adaan mini-catfight (is it me, the author? am I the drama?)
- Bug fix where a character already in the room would enter that room.
Chapter 4
- A new dream.
- Conversation around Virano’s family’s role in the nobility.
- A little bit of Fey-weirdness around the Ashaad.
- Conversation around the campfire with the team, mentions some of why Wren came to Leas.
Chapter 5
- An explanation of Chapter 4’s Fey weirdness that kind of just raises more questions, but does answer at least one of them.
Chapter 6:
- A new dream.
- Determining which of the three paths to take in the wilds is now a skill check.
- General editing.
Chapter 7:
- Yet another revision of the waterfall dream/flashback scene. This one’s taken so long to get right, but I’m finally happy with it. Victory screech.
- Moved Wren’s reason for coming to Leas into the main story, so the choice option that explored that on their date now allows MC to dig in to learn a little more.
- More dialogue choices in the scene where Keo’s heritage is discovered during Lasan (if it didn’t happen in the wilds).
- Another choice in Wren’s date going into the legend behind Lasan more, and a little about Wren’s family.
Removals:
- Keo no longer goes into seeing the magic in a vision. Removing this was part of a consolidation effort on my part. Tldr; I had too many side plots and needed to scrap some of them. Keo still has a reason for wishing to pursue the magic, if MC tries to refuse Rin. I actually like it a lot better now, which is a happy coincidence.
- In Chapter 7, going to the wilds to see Keo’s mother is no longer an option. Don’t worry: everything I wrote for it will be used in book 2 But for book 1 it created a weird imbalance where the three options were so different they didn’t converge well back into the main route.
- Removed the ability to give Virano a sample of the magic or not. With all the other potential endgame outcomes, this got scrapped to consolidate things. I was finding it didn’t really have a meaningful impact on the larger story despite reading like a major plot point, so in the bin it goes.
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I am so happy for you @Sailingshells !
I look forward to being able to read the update, when I can
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@Eiwynn Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy it
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I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THISSSSS, question is this like about to be published on hosted games or something? THIS IS SO GOOOODDDDD
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@M_M Ahh, thank you so much! The current status of the game is that I’m halfway through the final chapter’s first draft. After that, I’ve got editing and some filling in of scenes I’m adding, plus creating a map of the world. Then the beta, and when that’s done I’ll be submitting the game to HG! My hope is to be in the beta phase by July at the latest. I know that’s a little longer to wait, but I want the game to be as good as possible for you!
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I literally just fin re-playing this like yesterday and now I see that there’s an update? Hell yeah.
Adaan your fav agent is returning.
But in all seriousness, congrats on everything man. Can’t wait to start playing again!
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@MeowMeow422 Thank you so much! And that’s such a cool coincidence!
Adaan’s either breathing a sigh of relief that things are going to get done properly, or bracing himself for whatever miracle’s about to be brought from chaos, depending on your MC 
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