Love in a Time of Earthquakes (WIP)

It’s just a brief mention of Raybearer in a review of Way Walkers, but you can find it here.

Thank you so much for the link! I’m definitely going to order some signed copies! And I’m following her on Instagram now, too.

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@NMCannon Did you create the character art yourself?

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I’m very flattered you think so, but no, it’s a picrew! Fully free to play around with :grin:

Oh, this is awesome. I’m in the first few pages and I’m already laughing so hard.

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Too bad, they’re so cute and I was hoping you could use them in the game itself!

Oh well. I’ve only read the character profiles so far and I already know I’m going to enjoy romancing Ziya. A nerd who wants a dog? Be still my heart!

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I like the new title!

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@LiliArch @AletheiaKnights @HarrisPS thank youuuuuuuu :kissing_closed_eyes:

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@NMCannon – Hearing of your progress and reaching milestones is inspiring.

I do have a question about the demo; is it the same I read long ago, or have you updated it recently?

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Checking the date of the demo posting and your feedback, it should be the same demo you played. I suppose I could update it, but there’s only been minor edits to the first Chapter since then. I’m saving bigger changes–like adding world-building flesh, outfits, hair descriptions–for when the game enters beta testing.

I really like hearing and reading your progress too! Keep it up! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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"She looks:

Like a black woman.
Like a brown woman.
Like a white woman."

I found this choice for ethnicity confusing. The term “brown people” can also be pejorative. I think the common “choose your skin colour” choice works better.

Will each love interest get 15 dates?

Hey, thanks for playing the demo and for bringing the complications of the word “brown” to my attention. The term “brown” isn’t a traditional pejorative, but does have controversy behind it, on who it includes and excludes. Here’s a Wikipedia article, a NBC News piece, and an NPR talk. I honestly wasn’t aware of this issue when writing the chapter–in real life and online I’d only seen brown (or Brown) used as a rallying point. I’ll have to have a think about how to change the writing. Could capitalize it but that might have more political subtext than I want. What you propose I’d have to re-structure the scene. Hmmm. :thinking: Again, thanks for playing the demo. I hope you enjoyed the other bits!

Thank you giving me the opportunity to clarify the date number because it’s confusing! The number 15 is from me counting dates by location. Each LI has 3 unique dates and 3 generic dates. The generic dates are available to all LIs, and take place in the same location. How I arrived at 15 dates is 4 LIs x 3 dates = 12. 12 + 3 generic dates = 15. I guess I could count it like 4 LIs x 6 dates = 24, but that seems like giving me way too much credit.

The important thing is, if you fall in love with Ziya, you can have 2 full game runs of different dates with him.

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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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Hi Harris! Thank you for telling me. I’ve removed my stuff from Dashingdon and will now work on transferring it over. I appreciate the ping.

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The demo is back!!! Play a Chapter 1 with less typos today right here.

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