Demo updated August 2nd!
Title: Leas: City of the Sun
Demo: https://dashingdon.com/play/sailingshellsgames/leas-city-of-the-sun/mygame/
Tumblr (Early demo updates): sailingshellsgames.tumblr.com
Ko-fi (Bonus RO scenes): ko-fi.com/sailingshellsgames
Demo note - Current stats are placeholders meant to give an accurate idea of each background’s strengths/weaknesses.
About the Game:
Enter the city of Leas, where humans dwell in safety behind city walls while strange and powerful Fey roam the wilds. Play as one of a rare few skilled enough to explore the outside world, an agent of Den Zarel.
After making a dangerous discovery you are sent on a mission that unfolds into an adventure that will unearth more than expected, and more than you alone can handle.
Fortunately, you’ll have help along the way: a lifelong friend hiding a dangerous secret, a mysterious and taciturn rogue, and an eccentric and charming mage unite under your banner to help save your city, and possibly, the world.
Love Interests: (In-game LI genders are determined by player sexuality)
Keo
Keo's Personality and Appearance
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Personality - An agent of Den Zarel and MC’s oldest friend. Capable, strong, and stoic, with a tendency to get lost in thought. Protective of the MC. The child of a human-Fey union, Keo has seen a great deal of both Fey and human society, and struggles to find the point of balance between them.
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Physical Appearance - Warm brown eyes flecked with gold, tan skin, very dark hair usually worn pulled back in a messy bun, muscled.
Rin
Rin's Personality and Appearance
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Personality - Snarky, clever, and sarcastic to a fault, but fiercely loyal. Not much is known about Rin’s background - and Rin, meanwhile, seems reluctant to share much. Comes from Den Luana of Leas’ sister-city, Dalusin.
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Physical Appearance - Striking silver eyes, pale skin, black hair, intentionally nondescript appearance in how they present/dress, aside from some silver rings and a small cloth tied around the neck.
Wren
Wren's Personality and Appearance
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Personality - Wren is witty, optimistic, and wildly intelligent. A traveling archivist of great renown, new to the city of Leas yet surprisingly well-connected. Silver tongued when dealing with the nobility and always ready with a smile when MC wants to talk.
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Physical Appearance - Sharp brown eyes, deep brown skin, dark hair, shimmering tattoos along their hands and forearms, small scars on their fingers.
Highlights:
- Romance and Fantasy game (with the option for a no-romance route)
- Choose your gender (including nonbinary) and sexuality
- Three romanceable love interests (LI genders determined based on player sexuality, all routes available to all players)
- Choose your specialty within your Den. Play as a prodigy, conjurer, diplomat, focus on a bit of everything as a jack-of-all-trades, or specialize in nothing at all
- Train skills and develop your personality through choices
- No wrong choices: skill checks can be failed, and the content and flavor of the story changed, but ultimately there is no “game over” screen, just different endgame outcomes.
Feedback:
Feel free to reach out to me with feedback in this thread or by way of direct messaging on this forum. I’d particularly appreciate feedback related to stats, as I’m less experienced in that area.
Final Note:
Thank you very much for clicking on this post! I hope you enjoy the game. I currently have a series of three games for this story outlined, so depending on how things go this could keep my writing hands occupied for quite some time!
I’ve been playing CYOA games and RPGs for quite some time now, and this is my first Hosted WIP. Have been reading the forums and this seems like a nice community - I hope to become a part of it
Feel free to check out my tumblr, if you like! I post early demos and weekly writing updates there. I’ve also launched a ko-fi recently where you can get some bonus scenes.
August 31, 2022 Update Notes
Chapter 4, and a very short Chapter 5 are up. We’re heading into the wilds! You can also expect a scene addition to chapter 2
December 31, 2022 Update Notes
Chapter 6 is up! We’re deep in the wilds and searching for some answers ~
April 2nd, 2023 Update Notes
A lot of additions this time, so see the list below!
April 2nd Update details
- Chapter 7: ~26,307 words (first half). For comparison, chapter 3 is ~15,982 words.
- Chapter 1: Generally toned Adaan down a little in chapter 1. I reread it and realized I’d made him meaner than I envisioned him
Ah, well. That’s what a demo is for, right? Being a non-final draft? Hopefully? xD
- Chapter 1 choice to choose MC’s hair style and color, including the option for players to write their own custom style/color.
- Chapter 4: New scene where MC speaks with either Viara or Tiane.
- Chapter 4: Option to have the Little Wish take the form of MC’s sibling (sibling gender selectable by player).
- And whole lot of behind-the-scenes work to consolidate code and make nice subroutines that no one but me will ever see but I worked hard on so I still wanna mention here xD
You can find a guide on how to get different Chapter 7 scenes here
August 2nd, 2023 Update Notes
- Chapter 7 Part 2 is complete
Attend the festival with the date (or friend) of your choice. There will be food! Romance! Probably some weird crap happening at some point!
- Some changes to Wren’s character.
- Choose the style of MC’s quarters at the Den in chapter 3!
- Choose MC’s parent’s gender in chapter 3, and get a little more backstory on MC’s family situation.
- Achievements have been added to the game!
- Enter your own pronouns in chapter 1, if the default options aren’t your preference.
- Change your pronouns from the stats screen anytime throughout the game.
- Jewelry choice addition (by request) to Chapter 7 Part 1 in preparation for MC’s trip to the festival.
- Consolidation of the stats screen (by request). There are now two stats pages instead of three: one for personality and relationships, and the other for MC’s skills.
September 20th, 2023 Developer Diary Notes
Chapter 8 is complete at ~37k words Chapter 9 is in progress with over 47k words written (it’s going to be a long one because of branching paths). MC choices to specify tattoos, and bow as a preferred weapon choice added to final game.